Melisa Martinez

“Emotions are not reactions to the world. You are not a passive receiver of sensory input but an active constructor of your emotions. From sensory input and past experience, your brain constructs meaning and prescribes action. If you didn’t have concepts that represent your past experience, all your sensory inputs would just be noise. You wouldn’t know what the sensations are, what caused them, nor how to behave to deal with them. With concepts, your”
― Lisa Feldman Barrett, How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

“If behavior is contagious, is yours worth catching?”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life

“And for flow junkies who get their fix through action sports, this has always been the dark secret. Ecstasis only arises when attention is fully focused in the present moment.”
― Steven Kotler, Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work

“We don't just treasure our memories; we are our memories”
― Daniel Todd Gilbert, Stumbling on Happiness