you probably think much about it. But now if I ask didn’t you to switch arms and put your other arm on top, chances are it probably feels a little sort of different or it feels not quite so feel quite so instinctual. natural, doesn’t The same thing is sort of applied to like how we do tasks, like for example one example often used in this – that’s exercise is to sign your name using your dominant hand. So when you do your signature you sign your name, it feels very natural. almost like a no-brainer activity that It’s you do. natural, instinctual. There is no thought to It’s it’s it. almost like you really need sort of skill to do it. It’s don’t just something that automatically, instinctually comes It’s to you just just an automatic instinct because you’ve – it’s to use that dominant hand. But then if you switch hands and you try to sign your name with your opposite hand, it’s completely a different experience. Chances are going it’s to feel awkward, going to feel different, going to feel it’s it’s like you really have to think about it. And kind of what we think about with instincts. that’s It’s not that, you know, yes we have a dominant hand and that feels more natural and not that we the it’s can’t perform task or do the task with our non-dominant hand, it just means that we have to think about it or be more conscious of it. It our default, if you will. And so the same isn’t that’s thing with instincts. And so according to Jung our primary instinct is how do we get energy from the world? What feels us? What motivates us?
you probably didn’t think much about it. But now if I ask you to switch arms and put your other arm on top, chances are it probably feels a little sort of different or it feels not quite so natural, doesn’t feel quite so instinctual. The same thing is sort of applied to like how we do tasks, like for example – one example that’s often used in this exercise is to sign your name using your dominant hand. So when you do your signature you sign your name, it feels very natural. It’s almost like a no-brainer activity that you do. It’s natural, it’s instinctual. There is no thought to it. It’s almost like you don’t really need sort of skill to do it. It’s just something that automatically, instinctually comes to you because you’ve just – it’s just an automatic instinct to use that dominant hand. But then if you switch hands and you try to sign your name with your opposite hand, it’s completely a different experience. Chances are it’s going to feel awkward, it’s going to feel different, it’s going to feel like you really have to think about it. And that’s kind of what we think about with instincts. It’s not that, you know, yes we have a dominant hand and that feels more natural and it’s not that we can’t perform the task or do the task with our non-dominant hand, it just means that we have to think about it or be more conscious of it. It isn’t our default, if you will. And so that’s the same thing with instincts. And so according to Jung our primary instinct is how do we get energy from the world? What feels us? What motivates us?
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