Use Your Head · Going Public with Ross Mandell

Use Your Head

Listen up. You’ve got superpowers. And don’t smirk, I’m dead serious. Between your ears and inside your chest, you’re carrying around the most sophisticated, miraculous machinery ever built. Your brain. Your heart. Your instincts. Together, they’re a freakin’ miracle. And the truth is, most of the time you don’t even realize how much they’re doing for you.

Think about it. You’re at a crowded restaurant, everyone’s talking over each other, silverware clanking, pure chaos. Then suddenly, someone across the room says your name. Or maybe they mention a company you’ve been following. Boom. All that noise disappears, and you’re locked onto one conversation like a sniper. That’s not ordinary. That’s superhuman focus.

Or here’s another one. You go to bed stuck on a problem, tossing and turning, frustrated. Then, like magic, you wake up and the answer is just there. That wasn’t luck. That was your subconscious running the night shift, solving puzzles while you slept.

And here’s something that blew my mind when I first learned it — your heart is loaded with neurons, just like your brain. That’s why falling in love feels euphoric and heartbreak feels like someone drop-kicked you in the chest. It’s real. It’s biological. And that gut feeling you sometimes get? That sixth sense that something’s off? That’s your built-in radar, picking up signals your conscious mind misses.

Now here’s the kicker: if you can already do all of that instinctively, imagine what happens when you actually use your head on purpose to chase happiness.

Let me give you a story. Years ago, I had a deal in front of me — flashy, high stakes, dripping with “can’t lose” promises. My gut screamed, “Ross, don’t touch it.” But my ego? Oh, he was leaning in hard, telling me to swing for the fences. So I ignored my instincts. Signed the papers. And within six months, the deal imploded. Millions evaporated. I sat there thinking, “I knew it. I knew better.” My head and my heart had been giving me every warning signal, and I bulldozed right over them.

That lesson cost me dearly, but I’ll tell you this — I never forgot it. Since then, I’ve learned to tune in, to anticipate, to trust that inner voice. Because when I actually listen? It doesn’t just save me money. It protects my happiness, my sanity, my life.

So, yeah, you’ll work extra shifts to pay off debt. You’ll skip dessert to fit into those jeans. You’ll save for years to take that dream vacation. That’s all effort, sacrifice, discipline. But here’s the beautiful truth — cultivating happiness takes less work and pays bigger dividends. Once you start, it snowballs. Happiness compounds like money in the bank. Before you know it, you’re living in a whole new normal, a better one.

So, use your head. Not just to grind through problems or survive chaos. Use it to actively create joy. To push yourself into passion. To remind yourself you already have the instincts, the radar, the power to build a life worth living.

Because if you can already pull off miracles without even trying, imagine what happens when you start doing it on purpose.

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