Stay with me while I string this together.

The most prominent memory I have of tapping into emotion with the intent of using it for my own purposes occurred in college. I had always played sports, and still remain as active and competitive as a husband and father of two allows me to be. Back when I was pursuing my degree, I played for the school’s rugby team. Teams loved to schedule matches against us because one, we weren’t very good and two, we threw the sickest parties afterwards.