Change Your Thinking, Change Your Results

     The human mind is a busy entity. It has been estimated that the human mind creates more than 70,000 thoughts every day. However, more than 85 percent of those thoughts are negative. That is a lot of negativity and a lot of wasted brainpower.

     The good news is that all thinking patterns can be changed, even the negative ones. As your thinking is given deliberate leadership, you can direct it to predetermined and desired patterns of thought. For change in thought to be lasting, you need an awareness of your thoughts, an awareness of the process required to change and a commitment to change. Once the process is understood, your thinking will change, and your external results in life and work will also change.

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"A man who does not think for himself does not think at all."

Oscar Wilde, Irish poet, dramatist, novelist, 1854-1900

     This week Promotional Consultant Today will look at myths of the mind that can sabotage even the most motivated achievers. Yesterday we looked at Negative Thinking, Today we'll review How We See Things.

Myth Of The Mind No. 2: Our Filters Of How We See Things Come From The Past

     A filter is the way we see the world based on our values, beliefs and expectations. If you were to ask the average person about their thinking patterns, you generally wind up with a series of answers such as: "My thoughts and beliefs come from the way I was brought up,"  "My thinking is the result of what I have experienced in the past."

     Sometimes people even state it as part of their identity and attach it to genetics: "I am this way because of my father," or "I am a red head; we have bad tempers." You may have also heard thinking attached to culture or ethnicity, "I am French, and we are gentle and amorous."

     These are all elements that have to do with the past, or a context the individual is attached to in some way. The moment "now" is also part of your past. Technically, what you are currently experiencing is part of your past.

     While we depend on the past, the most important filter you use is the future. Your future thinking is like a magnet pulling your thoughts in the direction you believe to be most beneficial for you. It is estimated that most people spend an average of 80 percent of their effort thinking about future events. Unfortunately, most combine them with filters of the past and get negative results.

     When we become aware of our filters the picture suddenly becomes clearer and it is easier to perform productive thinking, especially about future outcomes. If you can learn to direct your most productive thinking through the filtering process, you can make it a reality.

     Source: Douglas Vermeeren is the director of the SUCCEED Research Center which is dedicated to sharing research on the systems that top achievers use to create lasting success. He is the producer of the film How Thoughts Become Things.