CHAPTER 2
UNDERSTANDING HOW OUR UNCONSCIOUS CREATES BIASED THOUGHTS
To fully take accountability for our Filters and acknowledge their power to create our decisions and actions, it’s helpful to understand how they work. Our Filters have evolved to function the way they do: automatically, quickly, and out of our awareness. When we understand that function and purpose, we are better able to recognize our own Filters in action, engage the Active Conscious process, and begin learning to Filter Shift.
The three functions of our Filters are:
Absorb
Analyze
Decide
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