Why is change so hard to take place?

Why do we often repeat the same mistakes?

Why do people like staying in the comfort zone?

Why are we accustomed to so many things?

What really hinders us from becoming outstanding people?

The answer is: "Our instinct"!

"Instinct" comes from the hard links of genes and it is extremely important for our survival. About 80% of human nerve cells are located in the cerebellum, and only less than 20% of them are in the cortical region. This means that most of our behaviors come from primitive instincts rather than the result of rational thinking.

Although instinct allows us to perceive danger with extremely vague clues, it does not allow us to see ourselves and things better. The exploration of self and things requires intuition and thinking that counter our instinct.

This book uses “countering instinct” as a focal point to profoundly explain changes in action and thinking of oneself:

Only when we overcome our instinct of beautifying ourselves can we better face our own deficiencies.

Only when we overcome our instinct to attack can we better understand others;

Only when we overcome our instinct of being narrow-minded can we see the real world as it is and find out what things are like.