Two people can experience the exact same situation and feel completely different about it. Let me show you what I mean.

A flight gets delayed by two hours.

Same fact. Different feeling.

Here's why. A feeling isn't caused by an event. It's caused by how you interpret the event. Something happens, you assign meaning to it, and that meaning produces a feeling. Which means two people can stand in the same airport, staring at the same departure board, and walk away with two completely different emotional experiences.

Now this isn't to say your feelings don't matter. They do. But feelings aren't facts, and the problem is that most people treat them like they are. They let a short-term feeling drive a long-term decision. They assume that because something feels true, it must be true.

Your feelings are real. But they are also a moment in time. And as quickly as they arrive, they can change.

So before you react, before you make a decision, before you make sure everyone around you feels exactly what you feel, pause and ask yourself one question.

Is this a feeling or is this a fact?

Because today you will have feelings about a lot of things, and some of them will be loud. Just remember, loud doesn't mean true.

Act differently than you feel.

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