If you can control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his action. When you determine what a man shall think you do not have to concern yourself about what he will do. If you make a man feel that he is inferior, you do not have to compel him to accept an inferior status, for he will seek it himself. If you make a man think that he is justly an outcast, you do not have to order him to the back door. He will go without being told; and if there is no back door, his very nature will demand one.
Carter Godwin Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro
Our mindset and our thoughts define our life. Of course it is very difficult to course correct our way of thinking without retrospecting our core beliefs and values which actually defined our identity. Our surface level thinking would be heavily impacted by our belief patterns. Then the thoughts we have in a given moment would impact the feeling we have internally. When we emote those internal feelings to the outside world, they become emotions. Our emotions show our behaviour. A behaviour when done repetitively would become our attitude towards our world we live in. Our attitude towards life would influence the kind of decisions we take and choices we make on a daily basis. Our decisions making ability would impact the kind of results we get in life.
Essentially when we combine and aggregate our small and big decisions over a period time, we can see our life in miniature.
Hence, pay close attention to your thoughts. How can we improve our thinking for our benefit. Choose to do things and activities that improve your thinking. As simple as that. Our mindset does not change for better automatically without our conscious effort.
For improving our thinking to work in our favour and in our best interests, you can read books, watch or listen to experts, reach out to an expert, you can do certain deep breathing techniques, do meditation, do workouts or yoga, of course eat healthy foods and focus on certain nutrients that positively our brain function, choose to actively relax, sleep well.
Apart from all the above the most important of all is to be really be careful about what kind of information are you taking in through all your senses.
Choose to watch or listen or read content that is positive, that motivates you, that tests you and helps you elevate your mindset to a higher level. Access only that information that makes you hopeful of a better you and better tomorrow. When you have hope, you would get faith to think and do things that enhances your life.
Remember that you are who you talk to, you are the books you read, you are the content you watch and listen to, you are who you follow or subscribe to, you are are an average of your friends circle, you are your beliefs and values. Our exposure to various things in our environment including everything like food, water, air, people will have an impact on our thinking and our perception. So working to improve various factors of our immediate environment will improve our state of mind and thought process.
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