Why can some people control their emotions so well and others seem to emotionally fall apart so quickly? It’s often said, don’t make big decisions when your emotional. Many of us hold in high admiration the individual that holds their emotions in check most of hte time. SO is it really better to do this or do emotions play a productive role in good decision making.
Fast Company.com published an article that notes that emotions are essential to making rational decisions. So Spock like decision making might not be the best way to go. According to neuroscientist Antonio Damasio’s book Descartes’ Error,