when you reflect on your core values, you literally change your brain in a productive manner. Perhaps even more meaningful is that these effects weren’t just confined to the brain. The study participants who reflected on their core values went on to overcome challenges in real life.3 The implications of this research are fairly straightforward. After a great achievement or a harrowing failure, ask yourself if your response—both what you are feeling on the inside and how you express it on the outside—is aligned with a core value of mastery. Doing so prevents the powerful emotions that accompany
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