The Downside of Automation (And What It Taught Me About Emotions)”

I originally scheduled this as an email to be sent two days ago. This morning I paused it.

Thank goodness I did. 

I decided to give it one more look over before it was sent and discovered the link in the P.S. was an old link (plus I found a couple of typos).

I have since updated the link (and decided to share this story) before rescheduling it to send tomorrow.

That’s the upside and the downside of automation. 

The upside:

If it is set up properly, automation is an incredible superpower. 

This was sent auto-magically while I was using my consciousness to work on something else!

The downside:

If it’s not set up properly it just gets you results you don’t want, automatically.

The same goes for your emotions.

You’ve got a dozen or so states you are so skilled at you can access them without even thinking.

You’ve practiced them so much they have become automated.

If they are working for you, that’s a fantastic superpower. 

If not, you’re on the fast train going in the wrong direction.

Let’s take this one level deeper.

The states you are the most skilled at are the ones you tend to texture all of your other states with.

Skilled at doubting? You can bring doubt to just about anything, even yourself!  

Skilled at impatience? You can bring impatience to just about anything, even yourself!

Skilled at overwhelm? You can bring overwhelm to just about anything, even yourself!

In fact, practice enough and it becomes part of your attitude, and even your personality. 

The good news:

It’s not who you are, and it’s not set in stone.

It’s just how your current automations are set up.

And if it’s not serving you, you’ll need to pause the program, update it, and re-automate it.

The link in the P.S. should be working now,

Jason Schneider