Chasing Excellence

Chasing Excellence

Ninety Seconds

Daily Chase #289

Jul 14, 2026
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Neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor made a discovery worth remembering: the physiological response to an emotion lasts about 90 seconds. That’s how long the neurochemical loop takes to move through the body and clear out.

Ninety seconds.

Everything after that — the continued anger, the lingering anxiety, the replayed argument …

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