Life of the mind

There is a flow to your life and much of that flow is found within the thoughts that fill your mind. 

Those thoughts are wholly your own. No one else thinks the same as you. 

Your thoughts and ideas are unique and truly yours. 

Their subject determines so much about your life. 

How often do you stop and ponder exactly what does go through your mind? 

Do you hold thoughts captive? 

Do you strain your mind to control its contents? 

With so much riding on the ideas rolling around in your mind, it makes little sense not to. 

Successful men and women don’t allow thoughts to stride through their mind willy-nilly. No, they expend great energy to inform their minds. 

Take a play from their playbook and do the same. 

If life is foremost the life of the mind, success if anything else comes from disciplining your mind.  

The power of positive thinking

There is power in positive thinking. Although, it’s not the power you’ve been led to believe.

Positivity won’t suddenly bend the laws of nature and society to your will and make all your dreams come true. It’s not a magic weapon or secret to unlocking your best life now. 

It is a remarkably useful and essential tool to have on your toolbelt. 

Having a positive outlook and attitude improves your performance. 

One reason is that your emotions and thoughts aren’t an extra hurdle for you to climb. 

You can focus your energy and think about the actual problems in the real world, instead of the ones in your head. 

Why create more stress and work for yourself by thinking negatively? 

It might be a difficult habit to break, but it’s one worth it. 

Practice finding the good in every situation and focusing on it. Then set to banishing negativity from your mind. 

The Rule of Expansion

What we focus our attention on expands. It starts taking ground like an army on the move. It grows and grows filling up more and more space in our mind. 

That can be good if you’re working on an important project or something you love. But it’s devastating when that thing eating up your mental resources isn’t good or helpful. 

That’s why we have to test each thought entering our minds. Is it something worth focusing on? Is it helping you grow, improve and win? Is it something good, honorable and right? 

Banish thoughts that nag and eat away at you. Things like worry, and fear. Tell them to leave and then lock the door behind them.

Use the rule of expansion to your advantage by choosing to focus on good, positive things. Allow them to fill your mind and drive you forward. They will lead down the path to strength, health and a better life.