What if you thought something different? As humans, we are a byproduct of our beliefs. We think, act, do, and be based on beliefs. Our beliefs are the lenses through which we interpret everything in life; our thoughts, our interactions, our fears, our desires, our friendships, and ourselves. Where did these beliefs come from? What if they are wrong? Beliefs are like seeds. Seeds that someone else planted in you. Many of those seeds were planted when you were very young. Those beliefs take root and live within you for so long that they simply become a part of you. You don't even realize where many of your beliefs came from or that the beliefs even exist at all because they are simply part of your internal root structure. This week, we challenge you to ask yourself, "What if I thought something different?" This is the first step to digging up those internal roots that may be holding you back from greatness.
People think they think, but it’s not true. It’s mostly self-criticism that passes for thinking. True thinking is rare - just like true listening. Thinking is listening to yourself. It’s difficult. To think you have to be at least two people at the same time. Then you have to let those people disagree. Thinking is an internal dialogue between two or more different views of the world. Viewpoint One is an avatar in a simulated world. It has its own representations of past, present, and future, it’s own ideas about how to act. So do Viewpoints Two, and Three, and Four. Thinking is the process by which these internal avatars imagine and articulate their worlds to one another.
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