WHAT MOVES ME FORWARD? part 4 of 4

By: Mark Frentz
www.akerahomes.com
mfrentz@akerahomes.com

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"You are what you think about" is a quote I have often heard. I have no idea who it comes from, but I believe it is true to a large degree. What we put into our brains largely determines how we act, communicated with others, and believe in. The question then is... What are you thinking about? What are you putting in your brain on a daily basis? Is it TV, light party conversation, or hockey? While there is nothing wrong with any of those three in themselves, if the majority of what you put in your brain is focused on what you get from those types of activities you most likely shouldn't expect too much from yourself when it comes to overcoming problems in life because they aren't the ideal training grounds for learning courage and pushing through barriers. Another timeless quote: "You reap what you sow"

Train Your Brain

Take a few minutes to think of how you would train yourself for a job like becoming a doctor or accountant or water treatment specialist. For any of these professions you would go to school to learn specific knowledge about these fields. Why do we think differently when it comes to our ability to overcome challenges in life? If you want to overcome challenges I plead with you not to go to the school of the latest movies or sitcoms. Look around you at Canada, or North America... do you truly want to think like and get the same results as the majority of people are getting? If so, please stop reading now and go back to the latest show on TV. If you want different results you will need to start training your brain in different ways.

The school of strong minds begins with you learning all you can about your mind through free blogs, like this, relatively inexpensive books, and internet videos. You don't have to spend a ton of money in order to learn how to think well, you simply have to introduce more helpful thoughts into your head than you get from around you each and every day. Here is a list of questions and ideas to help in beginning this journey:

1. Who do you spend your time with? Are these positive or negative people? Do they encourage you to be your best and tell you the truth or do they simply help you feel good about not accomplishing anything and being mediocre because they may struggle with high aspirations themselves?

2. Explore your spirituality: What do you value in life? What do you most want to accomplish in life? These questions can focus on your 'why' which was discussed in my last post in this series. What do you believe your purpose in life is?

3. Write out a mission statement. Take your time and develop this over weeks and months until it is something you fully believe in and want to strive after in life

4. Practice better self talk: Attempt to work on eliminating certain phrases and words you use that stop you from achieving and pursuing your goals and exchange them for those that do. An example of this is eliminating the word 'can't' and exchanging it with the question 'how can I find a way to...' Another example is how you talk about success or money. Exchange the term filthy rich for wealthy, or extravagantly generous.

5. Do things to push yourself and challenge yourself each and every day. Some of my favorites are: Taking a cold shower in the morning because I feel I have accomplished something difficult first thing each day and have more courage throughout the rest of the day. Take a trip on a plane if that frightens you. Speak in front of people. Eat something new.

6. Get into routines: The importance of a routine cannot be over emphasized. Every person I've ever heard of that has accomplished anything of worth has had a solid daily routine.

7. Put something into your head from a better brain than yours: There are so many resources out there that aren't expensive like podcasts, blogs, youtube videos, as well as books including biographies, texts in your field, and simply people who have thought a lot about things and are good at thinking in general. At the very least I would recommend spending time thinking other people's thoughts (all of the examples above) for at least 30-60 minutes each day to combat all the junk thinking around you each day.

8. Review the goals you have set for yourself on a daily basis and dream about these things to encourage you to work toward them instead of whatever chances your fancy in any given hour. 

Summary

It is true that you sow what you reap. If input 'The Bachelor', then you are going to reap far less than changing the world for the better. In short, put the stuff into your head each day that will give you the results you want out of life over a long period of time. Remember that your brain doesn't change for the better or for the worse in a few hours or days. It takes weeks and months of consistent work to get results and you have to decide whether it is worth it to move forward toward what you truly want in life.




Here's to your future of risk-averse investing!

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