Inner Caveman
2025-08-03
That creeping sense that all eyes are on you is called the Spotlight Effect — a mental trap wired deep into our brains.
Read more→2025-07-20
Our bodies and minds were shaped for survival in tribes, scarcity, and danger — yet we now live in cities, comfort, and constant digital noise. This gap between ancient instincts and modern life is what I call running on caveman code.
Read more→2025-07-06
Exercise is good for you — you know that. Yet your brain resists it. The reason isn’t laziness but ancient wiring: instincts built for survival, not treadmills. The key isn’t to fight them, but to design movement that works with your nature.
Read more→2025-06-28
Deadlines pile up, stress spikes, and suddenly you’re reaching for ice cream or chips. It’s not weakness—it’s ancient wiring. The same survival instincts that once pushed us to seek energy-dense foods now collide with a modern world of endless supply.
Read more→2025-05-25
Why smart, motivated teams still stumble in execution — and how evolutionary wiring, cognitive biases, and organizational dynamics conspire to derail even the best-laid plans.
Read more→2025-05-04
Brainstorming promises creativity, but too often collapses into conformity. The roots lie in evolutionary instincts for harmony, hierarchy, and quick consensus—instincts mismatched with modern collaboration.
Read more→2025-04-27
You open your phone for one quick check—and an hour disappears. It’s not weakness, it’s wiring: instincts tuned for novelty, social monitoring, and survival now collide with infinite feeds designed to exploit them.
Read more→2025-04-20
A single critique can outweigh a flood of compliments. This isn’t weakness—it’s the survival logic of negativity bias still running in modern life.
Read more→2025-03-23
Your brain treats loss like danger, even when the stakes are trivial. That instinct once kept us alive; today it often keeps us stuck. Stepping beyond it isn’t about more willpower—it’s about seeing what lies on the other side of fear.
Read more→2025-01-19
Your mind replays fights not because you're stubborn, but because ancient survival instincts still treat conflict as a threat. Understanding this mismatch helps you break free from endless loops.
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