Attain Your Goals: Tell Your Amygdala To Take A Break

Harry Hoover
5 min readMay 12, 2021

You want to attain your goals, right? You need to override your amygdala because it is to blame for a lot of your failures. This small part of your brain makes you fearful of risks, and often holds you back from what goals you want to attain.

I was reminded of this when I re-read this issue of Retirement Millionaire Daily, a superb investment newsletter. This issue focused on why people fear investing. Basically, it all comes down to our friend, the amygdala. According to the newsletter, nearly half of all Americans are ruining their…

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Harry Hoover

Harry is the author of Get Glad: Your Practical Guide To A Happier Life, Moving to Charlotte: The Un-Tourist Guide, Born Creative, & The Dad’s Book of Jokes.