What image comes to mind when you think about winners? How does the person look, sound and act?
For example a loser is usually slouched over with their head down and talk very softly.
How you use your body affects your mind set. If you look like a loser you will act like a loser.
Stand up straight, stick your chest out and keep your head up and speak to the back of the room. You are going to look, act and feel like a champion.
Sometimes I need to get out of my mind.
I love listening to inspirational speakers and interview. I like to hear their struggles and how they managed to get past them. I want to apply what they have done in their lives to my own life.
The problem is that listening to them does not change my life. I have different problems. I am a different person with different circumstances. I have to find the parallels and intersections between their lives and my own.
I have the power to change anything in my life. I have the power to change my world. In changing my world I will change others as well.
Everyone has an initial gut reaction. After this feeling has passed comes in the second guessing and doubt. The analytical mind starts to think of other options and different scenarios. The longer it takes to make a decision the harder it becomes because so much noise is entering your mind and clouding your initial thoughts. Sometimes this can be good to use this part of the mind but other times it’s like scrolling through Netflix and trying to find something to watch. We doubt and second guess ourselves when we should trust ourselves and follow our instincts. Sure we will be wrong but making quick decisions is a skill and you will be able to recover quickly.
I did a three day fast and it taught me a lot about myself and about life in general. The biggest lesson I learned is to be grateful. I am privileged and honored to live in the USA where our culture and society is so advanced that I do not need to worry about my basic necessities. On a daily basis I take for granted that we have running water, grocery stores, housing, farmers and easy access to any food I want. While others do, I do not have to worry about when my next meal is. I can go into the kitchen and get a clean and cold glass of water. The fast gave me a perspective about how I and other people live. The fast also taught me how powerful the mind and body are. Your body has urges and feelings but you can overcome them with your mind. You are in control of your life and if you take full responsibility of what you put in your body and what you feed your mind then you can control your destiny.
How strong is your mind? Do you have control of you mind or does it control you?
When you get into a stressful situation can you handle it or do you break down?
If there is a conversation with your boss or partner that is heated, Do you get carried away in emotion or can you keep your cool?
There are many practices you can do to train your mind and training your mind is just as important as training your body.
Be patient and your time will come.
Keep doing the right things and soon all your hard work will pay off.
If you are bettering yourself everyday and creating good habits then soon your life will be filled with good positive reinforcing habits. You are feeding your mind and tringin it to be great. You will be prepared when the time comes.
Do not stress out over things you cannot control.
Be confident in the decision you are making or else it won’t work.
Give it your ALL! All your belief, All your action, All your heart, All your soul, All of you!
What do you want? Are you fully prepared and ready to get it?
Your brain is very good at blocking out every piece of information it deems unnecessary for survival. You must want things as bad as you want to breathe. Only then will you get it. You must tell your mind what is a must have and what is important to your survival and happiness.
Your brain has a reticular activating system. This means that your brain is like a homing missile. It will do everything it can to self correct course until it hits its target. To explain this imagine you buy an new car. Once you buy the car you start to notice this car all over the highways. You have told your brain that this car is important so it will notice it for you without any extra effort.
Use this mechanism in the brain to your advantage by expressing your dreams and goals. Your brain will notice opportunities that will lead you to these goals without extra effort.
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There are many organs that people make decisions with. Each one has a unique feeling in your body telling you what the right decision is. Sometimes they fight with each other and you do not know which one to side with. We tend to side with one over and over again casting the others to the side.
Which one do you use the most?
Whichever one you chose is exactly why you are in your current situation.
For me I tend to side with the Mind. I need to think about things before I make a decision. I need to think of a response before I say anything. I plan things out and like numbers. I am an engineer and create systems in my life. Systems to eat better. Systems to work out. Systems to track finances. Systems to make money. Systems to build relationships. Systems to be happy.
Siding with the Mind will give you drastically different results than siding with the Heart.
The Gut is strong and if not done can lead to regret. The heart is fiery and vulnerable. The mind is logical and realistic. Each one has their own strengths and weaknesses that will help you succeed or trip you up.
Would you know it if it happened?
Do you have a target for what would be the perfect way to spend 24 hrs?
There are 7 times a week or 356 times a year you can try to achieve that perfect day.
We are creatures of habits so you are either getting closer to this day or further away from it. The goal is not to have the perfect day once but to have the perfect day every single day.
Your day should be helping you get closer to your long term goals and your future perfect day.
String together perfect days and focus on your progress.
We all fall off but must get back on.
Things are not as big as I make them out to be.
The goal is to have more fun and not take everything so serious.
I have the best time when I am playing not when I am overthinking. Tasks are more enjoyable and actually easier. The output is better.
Do not be scared to look stupid.
The more you play the more you win!
