Just as you might make time for learning…
So, too, should you make time for unlearning.
Adding knowledge is undoubtedly helpful…
But removing limiting beliefs and toxic thought patterns is liberating.
I help busy people do inner work.
Just as you might make time for learning…
So, too, should you make time for unlearning.
Adding knowledge is undoubtedly helpful…
But removing limiting beliefs and toxic thought patterns is liberating.
Rather than thinking about what you can ADD to your to-do list…
Think about what you can SUBTRACT.
The reality is… we do WAY too much stupid stuff every day.
And by eliminating more of the stupid stuff… VOILA—you’ll have more time for the not-stupid stuff.
Which is ultimately what we’re really after when we make to-do lists isn’t it?
In a world that’s constantly trying to get you to do addition:
Commit to doing more subtraction instead:
Addition, now more than ever, is the modern day toxin—and subtraction is the antidote.
Before you answer the question, make sure it’s the best possible version of the question you can ask.
Certain questions leave no room for good answers.
In fact, many of the questions we ask ourselves beget demeaning/ self-limiting/ hateful answers—and we’re better off not answering them at all.
Want to level up your life? You’ll need better answers for that.
And nothing will lead to better answers faster than asking better questions.
P.s. In case you missed it, you can read the best of what I posted to MoveMe Quotes last week, here.
It’s hard to take action of any kind when you don’t believe in yourself.
Just like it’s hard to start a business of any kind when you don’t have the resources yourself.
One strategy that has helped countless people start their businesses, however, is borrowing resources from others (like a bank) and paying them back later.
We can do the same thing with belief.
We can borrow belief from others, like a loan of sorts, that gives us the boost we need to take the action; to get the results (and hopefully successes); to build the confidence; to start the self-belief generating process on our own.
The absolute key to doing this is to surround ourselves with people who believe in the human potential. Growth-minded individuals who know that with alignment, action, effort, guidance, and reflection—great things are possible (no matter how inept a person might seem). People who will be there for us in victory AND defeat—because defeat is inevitable on the journey upward and teaches us lessons that victory never could.
Find your people and use their belief in you (or the human spirit) until you’re able to create your own self-sustaining self-belief producing business.
Then, pay off your loan (with gratitude and belief back into others), continue on the path, and let your belief “profits” give you the inner resources you need to chase whole-heartedly your wildest dreams.
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The ‘inner weather’ of our mind directly impacts how we get to travel in life.
A sunny/ seventy kind of mentality = full speed ahead.
An overcast/ foggy kind of mentality = which way is even forward?
In life, mental clarity is the sunny day that allows us to unleash our full energy and potential into the journey that lies ahead.
Mental cloudiness is what throttles all of our efforts to that creeping, hazard lights pace that makes the prospect of the journey seem so daunting, confusing, and un-accomplishable.
The good news with our “inner weather” vs the “outer weather” is that we can actually influence our inner weather.
Which is excellent news for the person who is driving 25mph forward on a road that they’re not even sure is correct.
How do we influence/ change our inner weather? By incorporating more of the tasks that lead to mental clarity and removing more of the tasks the lead to mental cloudiness.
Some tasks that lead to mental clarity:
Some tasks that lead to mental cloudiness:
Mental cloudiness is typically the byproduct of passive, modern day living. Click bait bombards you at every turn, superficial gossip is the comfortable/easy form of communication, and busy is essentially society’s status update.
Mental clarity is typically the byproduct of active, rebellious type living. Writing when click bait is buzzing… Therapy when superficial is literally calling your name… Meditation when busy is ingrained into your state of being…
If you want to unleash all of what’s inside, you need to rebel; you need to make space for clarity; you need to clear the fog that’s inside.
Sometimes, what your negative/ demeaning/ hateful thoughts need is a freaking way out.
Moving the thought from the head, through the body, to the hand or mouth, and out into paper/ keyboard/ conversation are all excellent strategies.
Nothing fancy required.
No special journals, questions, or prompts… Just plainly writing/ expressing/ sharing what’s on your mind so as to give your mind space from the thing it’s holding.
It’s not always obvious to people that this works.
They think more thinking is what needs to be done. But, what ends up happening is that the brain becomes overwhelmed with remembering—which throttles its thinking ability and essentially handicaps it from coming up with new thoughts (solutions).
By relieving the brain of some of that info, new space is freed up for fresh thinking that’ll eventually lead to either solutions or releasing (which is sometimes all we really need).
Don’t underestimate the power of writing, typing, and discussing what’s on your mind. It’s one of the most powerful means for moving forward in thought.
P.s. I asked: “How do YOU stop negative thinking” on Twitter. Here are the answers. I hope they help. 🌱