Your Reactions to People Work Exactly Like Driving a CarShe saw her stepbrother's son and the feelings came flooding back. He had done nothing. He was a completely different person. But her brain painted him with history that had nothing to do with him.
That is what we do. We pull out a bucket of paint, or dung, or history and we start painting people to match what we already believe to be true. We filter everything to match what we already carry inside us. Write this down. The past is over and it does not exist. The past that you remember is yours. You created it. You internalized it. You massaged it. You rehearsed it. And your brain, which is pretty smart and pretty stupid at the same time, took all of it and built a program. Think about learning to drive. The first time was terrifying. Brake pressure, turn signals, staying between the lines. All of it conscious and overwhelming. Today you get in the car and none of it requires a single thought. Your brain accumulated the variables and built a program called driving. Your reactions to people work exactly the same way. So ingrained you do not even notice them happening. The old emotional history runs automatically, faster than your logic, and you are already reacting before your conscious mind gets there. To change it you have to adjust the variables. Change the details inside the memory. When you do that, you change. You become a different person. Happier. More in control. More powerful. That is exactly what I teach in You Can Change Yourself Master Training Level 1. If you know what to do but still cannot do it when it matters, this is where the work actually happens. Signup here: linktr.ee/robertgenesmith 🎙️ Full episode 42 of The Robert Gene Experience is on Spotify and YouTube now. #robertgene #fastereft #Perception #PastTrauma #MindsetShift
Apr 9, 2026
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