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What does it mean?
Emotion often carries us across the vast unknowns in our intellect.
In plain terms
Emotion helps us navigate intellectual gaps.
What can you take from it?
Trust emotions when reasoning feels uncertain.

Where it applies

  • creative work
  • problem solving

Putting it to work

  • allow feeling to inform decisions
  • balance logic with feeling

Questions to consider

  • When have emotions guided you correctly?
  • When might they mislead?

Another view

Overreliance on emotion can cloud judgment.

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