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• A reply on Conversation: How can we develop passion towards something?

  Feb 10 2013: and that is in understanding how far you can go with your abilities and skills

• A reply on Conversation: How can we develop passion towards something?

  Feb 10 2013: What if you are passionate about something that doesnt really require elevation of your strengths, skills. my point is, can your abilities exceed your passion? or does it have to be a challenege?

• A reply on Conversation: Are emotions essential for making rational decisions?

  Jan 27 2013: thats a better description i must say, thanks Brian

• A reply on Conversation: Are emotions essential for making rational decisions?

  Jan 27 2013: I see what you mean now.Thank you! and i made a mistake it's Daniel Goelman not David, sorry. Have a good day

• A reply on Conversation: Are emotions essential for making rational decisions?

  Jan 27 2013: Yea, emotions bring sense to our lives whether we control it or not

• A reply on Conversation: Are emotions essential for making rational decisions?

  Jan 26 2013: Well Salim, I'm not an expert either :) so i might be wrong but ill try to tell you what i think is right..
  
  Regarding your point about deciding completely rationally, i think we have to look on the impact of the decision on the decision maker himself first rather than on others around him since the consequences will be his responsibility.
  And ofcourse there are many factors that affect decision making, perspective, place, beliefs, and even emotions to an extent.

• A reply on Conversation: Are emotions essential for making rational decisions?

  Jan 26 2013: Eventhough i'm somehow confused between what you said and what Mathew said, i still find it true. I'm picking up pieces of information from evryone here so im not basically an expert in this field, im rather asking because of interest.
  You seem to be thinking that emotions have negative impacts on our lives since we can be "victims" of our emotions, or maybe i just misunderstood the metaphor.
  and its interesting to know that feelings and emotions are actually different.. i know them as only synonyms.
  Thanks alot, great reply

• A reply on Conversation: Are emotions essential for making rational decisions?

  Jan 26 2013: Exactly, balance is the solution
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  A reply on Conversation: Are emotions essential for making rational decisions?

  Jan 26 2013: completely agree on everything that we do is emotionally driven, in fact ive read this, that our "emotional" brain actually existed before the other parts of the brain...ofc taking into consideration that we have "two minds" if you know what i mean.
  Interesting question and an interesting reply, thanks Mathew

• A reply on Conversation: Are emotions essential for making rational decisions?

  Jan 26 2013: Actually what drove me to asking this question is the book by David Goleman "Emotional intellgence", but sure id love to read this one.
  Indeed, including reason in decision is important, but you said that "our limbic system calibrates our preferences....enabling us to make a choice" which i believe means that emotions drive our choices (if im wrong please tell me). but my question to you Brian is how come rational decisions are "emotionless" if they are basically motivated by emotions? Im a bit confused here..