So the easiest way is that an integral emotion is an emotion that's relevant to the decision at hand.

So you're looking at option A or B. The idea of taking option B fills you with regret.

That's an important signal and those

emotions the ones that are relevant to the decision usually last for days so if you're

thinking about a decision and you keep feeling regret when you think about it's

that's something you should listen to.

An incidental emotion, which is irrelevant to the decision at hand,

is usually has a much shorter time frame.

So an example of that is I'm driving to work, I get stuck in

traffic for two hours and then I get a parking ticket. When I get to the office, I'm

going to be frustrated and mad and I'm going to make worse decisions if I don't

understand that that anger or that frustration is affecting the way that I see the world.

And that will pass, like in the afternoon

I'll probably have eaten lunch, calm down.

And then when I go back to make a decision,

I probably won't be so frustrated.

So that's definitely an incidental or irrelevant emotion.

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