E20. The Most Powerful Force in Human Behaviour

In Episode 20, Joe talks about the Most Powerful Force in Human Behaviour. Joe dives deep into the concept of 'Identity' and the 'vehicles' to express it. He also shares the importance of finding different ways to express this identity and he says "find the things in life that lights you up" Some quotes from Episode 20: "...Identity is the most powerful force in the human conditional in human behaviour, absolutely hands down..." "...a lot of contributing factors To anxiety and depression these days, is because of an identity crisis. And just so I'm clear, I've got to be really clear about this... I'm not saying that identity crisis is the sole creator of anxiety and depression because anxiety and depression is very complex, and is very real when it's experienced by anyone who's experiencing it...  and I mean, it's just, it's awful. And it can be quite a dark sort of journey for a long time for some people... In many cases, it translates into an identity crisis..." "...It's very difficult to be emotionally fit, and emotionally healthy when we're not clear on who we are, or who we want to be or who or what we stand for..." "... we perceive our identity to be, we will do anything to remain consistent with the concept that we have of who we think we are..." "...Don't put all of your identity eggs in one basket..." "...Identity. It is by far the most powerful human behavioural force because we will do anything to remain consistent to what we believe in who we believe we are. So if you dilute your identity or across many different vehicles, you'll be able to handle the pressure and the stresses and the ambiguities and uncertainties of life..." "...if we've got various vehicles to express our soul, you know, we can handle that better. And it's not going to make it easier. But we can handle them more efficiently. So it reduces the risk of us suffering long term from anxiety and depression. We all have depressing moments of ups and downs. It's just as some of us get stuck in the down for too long. And if we stuck in the down for more than four or five, six weeks, it's really difficult to get out and we need outside help to get out..."