A Quick Lesson with Wise Words from Two Wise Change Makers
Sept 10, 2022
Henry Ford comes first,
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.”
Our thoughts play a critical role in the development of our actions and behaviors. How we think and how we feel shapes how we show up in the world.
Tony Robbins has this common statement about how people don’t live up to their dreams, or live a life that matches their desires, but instead people find themselves living a life according to their standards. Low standards equal low-quality perspectives and low-quality living as a standard.
“People don’t live up to their desires, they live according to their standards.”
As I mentioned most recently, if you want to change your life you need to change the way you think. If you don’t want to shake the binge drinking alcohol, late nights out with your friends on the weekends to ignore the pain and self-neglect of the work week then go ahead and keep thinking the way you do. If you want to keep using nicotine, caffeine, or sugar as your broken crutch to brace your self-care instead of doing the deep work to truly heal your longing spirit and strengthen your soul, go right ahead.
But some people desire more. Some people desire change. Some people go so far as to make something BETTER their standard for tomorrow. You have to transcend your reality today and project yourself into what you want your life to look like in the future in order to get there. You must commit yourself to radical changes – as your standard operating system – if you really want to live a radically different, much improved life.
So, whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you are most certainly right.
The power of the mind is impressively powerful when it comes to shaping our reality. From the crazy ways in which the medically administered placebo and nocebo trials have helped us understand just how influential is the doctor’s bedside manner, the emotional support system of the patient, or the profound impact that someone’s perspective, hope, joy, and optimistic outlook on life has as a correlation to their outcome results.
This might sound crazy, but they have literally performed fake knee and hip surgeries on folks to test out the psychological effects of healing without actually even making an incision to the injury.
People wake up feeling FIXED! “You did it doc! No more pain! Thank you so much!”
Can you believe that?
Can you believe just how powerful is the mind? We truly can push ourselves in a better, more prosperous, and positive direction when we give ourselves the chance.
Problem is that most people don’t give themselves the chance. Most people get stuck with ANTS in their head and run the hamster wheel of life with a cyclical negativity bias running their lives.
But, after enrolling in surgery to fix a broken knee, someone can apparently pass through the twilight zone and become magically healed as a result – all by way of the subconscious and conscious mind.
Want to raise your life up from the standard status quo of today?
Then raise your standards above the status quo of today.
If you want your life to look different, then you need to think different every step of the way.
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