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🧠💀 “Lizard Brain Can Kill Your Dream!” 🦎💭

4 min readApr 20, 2025

Imagine this: You’re fired up. You’ve got a dream that glows brighter than Shah Rukh Khan’s smile in a 90s Bollywood climax. You’ve read Atomic Habits, made a Notion board, watched 42 YouTube motivational videos back-to-back, and you’re finally ready to launch that start-up, write that book, build that app, or finally hit the gym…

But suddenly…

You hear a voice.

No, not Morgan Freeman narrating your life (we wish). It’s a tiny, annoying, ancient whisper in your head:

“What if I fail?”

“What if people laugh at me?”

“What if I just take a nap instead?”

Congratulations. That’s your Lizard Brain talking. And my friend, it wants to KILL YOUR DREAM. With a tail whip of doubt and a tongue flick of laziness.

🦖 But… What Is the Lizard Brain?

Ah yes, the Lizard Brain — the OG of our neurological system. The ancient, crusty, caveman part of your brain that evolved to help you survive, not thrive. It doesn’t care about your dreams. It cares about:

  • Comfort 😴
  • Safety 🛏
  • Not being eaten by a sabertooth tiger 🐯 (which now takes the form of your boss, rejection, or your…

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Aditya Mangal
Aditya Mangal

Written by Aditya Mangal

Tech enthusiast weaving stories of code and life. Writing about innovation, reflection, and the timeless dance between mind and heart.

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