Thank you, brain, but it’s time for you to step aside.

The biggest fallacy in society is that logic is the overarching ‘truth’. That only gets us so far.

From a very young age, I was taught that the highest standard of knowledge is science. Anything that can be proven from first principles is the irrefutable truth, and logic is the pinnacle of human achievement.At school, the lessons focused either on rote memorization (History, certain fields of science) or on logic and thinking your way to a conclusion.

Both of these are important aspects of life, but going through schooling, you’d be forgiven that our cerebral selves are the perfect representation of what life is. Objectively and simply, that just isn’t the case.

Both within and without the workplace, the most meaningful successes I’ve had have been emotional; shared moments of vulnerability. Helping someone achieve something they didn’t think possible. A deep sense of presence for others and being cared for when the going gets tough.

In a life without space for imperfection, there’s no place for beauty.

No amount of thinking or logic can conjure the things that really matter. Interpersonal connection, love, the deep drives and desires that…