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“Never again!” commanded his will. “Again! Tomorrow!” begged his heart. (Narcissus and Goldmund, Herman Hesse) Most of us are driven by this internal division between heart and mind. I often return to this concept that people fall somewhere on the spectrum of heart-heavy versus head-heavy. This dictates much of reality that materializes around them. Heart-heavy people are very instinctive, driven by an eagerness or compulsion to follow emotion, fullness of expression, at the expense of stability. They tend to fall headfirst in love, quit their jobs to seek passion, constantly drive toward decisions on the basis of feeling. Sometimes, this risks legibility and status. On the other hand, to be head-heavy is to be highly practical, rationalist minded, navigate the world in a cerebral fashion. They tend to chart legible paths, obsess over pros and cons, crave certainty and almost-perfect information before deciding. Which one are you? If you read this newsletter regularly, I might take a g

René Magritte. Mr James’s Daydream, 1943 “Never again!” commanded his will. “Again! Tomorrow!” begged his heart. (Narcissus and Goldmund, Herman Hesse) Most of us are driven by this internal division between heart and mind. I often return to this concept that people fall somewhere on the spectrum of heart-heavy versus head-heavy. This dictates much of reality that materializes around them. Heart-heavy people are very instinctive, driven by an eagerness or compulsion to follow emotion, fullness of expression, at the expense of stability. They tend to fall headfirst in love, quit their…

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