If you better manage your thoughts, you can better manage your life [Discussion]

Submitted by TreatThompson t3_zs6ela in GetMotivated

Everything gets created twice: first in our minds and then in reality.

And since the average person has 60,000 thoughts per day, that gives a lot of opportunities for decisions to be made.

It’s why thoughts form our world, and their quality determines the quality of our lives.

So if you’re always thinking negatively, then you block the potential for your mind to bring you what you want.

We can live out the glory of our imagination or let negative thoughts put boundaries in our life.

How we perceive our circumstances is also up to us. And how we end up perceiving them becomes fact.

For example, you can see your job as being amazing because of the resources and opportunities it provides you, or you can see it as inadequate because you could be making more money and afford a more extravagant lifestyle. For both scenarios, the circumstances are the same, it's the same job. The difference is the perception.

"The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the colour of your thoughts.”—Marcus Aurelius

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TreatThompson OP t1_j16ea1h wrote

It makes me think of this quote too:

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”—Anais Nin

How remarkable our lives are, is limited by how courageous we live.

The more courageous we live, the more doors we open. The more doors we open, the more we expose ourselves to life-enhancing opportunities.

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humble_oppossum t1_j16irg1 wrote

It's similar to not being afraid of failure because you can define it differently if you have the perspective.

Not succeeding isn't failure if you learn something from it. Programming, for example, is an endless series of failures that cumulatively result in success. So failure being part of the process makes it easier to swallow and push past

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TreatThompson OP t1_j16j2lz wrote

That’s perfectly put!

Great example, I never thought of it like that. The accumulation of iterations results in a satisfying life

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Remote-Notice-4250 t1_j16kaa9 wrote

Clap clap clap this info is very valuable and would make a difference in everyone's lives. Even the punching bags of the family.

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NotForgetWatsizName t1_j16r91f wrote

You say the truth while thinking you’re being sarcastic. Ha ha

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Remote-Notice-4250 t1_j16ri7b wrote

Truth is this post isn't helping most people. If all we had to do to win was get up after a fall then we all be winners wouldn't we.

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curiouscuriel t1_j185zjn wrote

That really depends how you define winning.

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Remote-Notice-4250 t1_j186hg6 wrote

TO LIVE, TO BE HAPPY, TO BE SUCCESSFUL, TO LIVE A FURFILLING LIFE, ETC.

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curiouscuriel t1_j18ocrr wrote

You can be happy with very little. Success is defined by the individual. Fulfillment too. You can have everything and still have nothing, or you can have nothing and still have everything. It's all up to you.

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Remote-Notice-4250 t1_j18spds wrote

Who the hell done lied to you my guy?

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curiouscuriel t1_j18x34n wrote

Your belief is your reality whether it's true or not. To answer your question, everyone lies to everyone, because truth is not actually known or knowable.

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Remote-Notice-4250 t1_j1adrw4 wrote

What kind of acid trip type shit.

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curiouscuriel t1_j1awc3a wrote

I hope you find can find peace and joy in everyday existence! Life can be really hard, we make it infinitely harder by judging ourselves and others harshly. Best wishes.

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Remote-Notice-4250 t1_j1awlzh wrote

Tf is you talking about?! Im the universe punching bag, how do you expect me to find peace in such a shitty world.

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