Think, Learn, Succeed - Understanding and Using Your Mind to Thrive at School, the Workplace, and Life by Dr. Caroline Leaf | Book Summary

Think, Learn, Succeed - Understanding and Using Your Mind to Thrive at School, the Workplace, and Life by Dr. Caroline Leaf | Book Summary

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Think, Learn, Succeed - Understanding and Using Your Mind to Thrive at School, the Workplace, and Life by Dr. Caroline Leaf | Book Summary

Think, Learn, Succeed - Understanding and Using Your Mind to Thrive at School, the Workplace, and Life by Dr. Caroline Leaf | Book Summary

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Think, Learn, Succeed. Understanding and using

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your mind to thrive at school,

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the workplace and life by Dr.

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Caroline Leaf. Think, Learn, Succeed contains

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valuable insights on mindsets and stresses

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how adopting an effective mindset can

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be the different changing factor. as

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to the levels of success and

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well-being that one attains in life.

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Furthermore, the book distills a great

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deal of neuroscientific research on the

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processes of learning as well as

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memory formation, helping readers to gain

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a better understanding of their own

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unique style of learning. The author,

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Caroline Leaf, is a communication pathologist

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and a cognitive neuroscientist, who researched

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for the last 30 years, been

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mainly on the mind and body

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A thought is not just a thing, but

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rather, a thought is something that influences other

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things. We can choose to adopt a mindset

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that improves our creativity and functionality

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in general, or we can choose

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to adopt an attitude that constrains

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us. Gratitude Mindset Activation Gratitude

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begins with an awareness of whether

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you have an attitude of gratitude or

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gratitude, so intentionally and critically observe your

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thinking and determine if an attitude of

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gratitude is part of it. happiness mindset

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activation be proactive in where you put

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your energy you can choose to bemoan

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and marinate in your misery or move

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your energy to do something constructive.

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Emotions don't happen to you. Emotions

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are made by you. It is

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you who creates the tectonic nature

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of your emotional experience. Control Emotions

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mindset activation. The first step in

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controlling emotions is to recognize that

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you have control over your emotions.

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The second step is to realize

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that you are not responsible for

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the cause of the emotion but

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rather for the management of the

2:24

emotion. Reconceptualized, redesigned thoughts that are

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holding you back by deciding what

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thought you would rather have and

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then work toward eliminating the toxic

2:33

thought and building something better. You

2:35

cannot control the events and circumstances

2:37

of your life. You can, however,

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control your reactions to the events

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and circumstances of life through the

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choices you make and the thoughts

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you think. Where your mind goes,

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your life follows. A mindset is

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an attitude or a cluster of

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thoughts with attached information and emotions

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that generate a particular perception. They

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shape how you see and interact

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with the world. They can catapult

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you forward, allowing you to achieve

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your dreams, or put you in

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reverse drive if you are not

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careful. And because you control your

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mindsets, they are not some pre-program

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function, but rather it is you

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that is actually making your brain

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and body work for you. The

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ability to think, feel and choose

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and build thoughts into mindsets is

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one of the most powerful things

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in the universe because this power

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is the source of all human

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creativity and imagination. Think of your

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mind as the movement of information

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as energy through your nervous system.

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Each thought has quantum energy and

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electrochemical and electromagnetic signals which flow

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throughout your brain and body largely

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below the level of awareness in

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your non-conscious mind. just thinking about

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a loved one for example can

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cause positive structural changes in the

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cordate nucleus of the brain which

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is closely linked to the feelings

3:56

of reward and happiness. The converse

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also applies stress which is actually

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good for you, can become increasingly

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toxic depending on your perception of

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the situation. Essentially, the way you

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think through the mindsets you adopt

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or influence the neural correlates in

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your brain, thereby influencing your words

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and actions, in turn, these words

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and actions influence the brain, and

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a feedback loop is established based

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on this mindset. An interesting study

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indicated that instead of trying to

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come down when you experience pre-performance

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anxiety before a big event, such

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as a medium of the medium

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of the boss, public speaking or

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writing a math exam, etc. Reconceptualizing

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the anxiety as excitement while taking

4:38

deep slow breath, which dissipates quartersole,

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helped people cope better. Note, this

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is an incense reframing instead of

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trying to calm your nerves before

4:47

a performance. You tell yourself repeatedly,

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I'm excited. Thus we can choose

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to adopt a mindset that harnesses

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our creativity and functionality in general

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or we can choose to adopt

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an attitude. that restricts us. Where

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your mind goes, your life follows.

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Stem cells persist in the adult

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brain and generate new neurons throughout

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life. Thousands of new cells are

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created on a daily basis. These

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thousands of new neurons that are

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added into the brain each day

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do not survive. However, one of

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the most effective ways to keep

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these cells from dying, which increases

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toxic levels in your brain and

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body, is by thinking and learning

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properly. process of reappraising and realigning

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your mindsets back to your natural

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wide for love design is integral

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to the life well lived. Dr.

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Lee writes about genetic expression and

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mindfulness. She defines mindfulness as a

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way of deliberately and intentionally paying

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attention to what you think say

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and do in a self-reflective and

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self-regulatory way. Your thinking, feeling and

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choosing impacts your genetic expression. You

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switch genes on and off. with

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every thought you have and every

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thought you have is a response

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to the way you see and

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perceive your wife. experience. Only about

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5% of genetic mutations directly cause

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health issues. Approximately 95% of genes

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are influenced by life factors and

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lifestyle choices. By changing your thoughts

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you change your mindsets and in

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turn you can influence and shape

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your own genetic readout. Research even

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shows that your mindsets can impact

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how you age. I did some

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of the first neuroplasticity research back

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in the 80s showing how intentional

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deliberate thinking changes intellectual, cognitive, emotional,

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social and academic performance. I emphasize

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retraining the brain as opposed to

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training the brain. It is incorrect

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to assume that the brain has

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a negative bias and that we

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have to find off the brain's

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natural tendency to scan for and

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spot the undesirable. This kind of

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negative mindset will actually work against

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the natural optimism bias of the

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brain's function and upset thinking patterns.

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What do you think about the

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most? Whatever you think about the

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most will grow. If you're thinking

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about something daily, within approximately two

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months your brain has changed, could

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to accommodate this pattern of thought.

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You plant these thoughts deep into

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your non-conscious mind, allowing them free

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reign to shape your mindsets, which

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in turn affects your future thoughts,

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words, and actions. We merge with

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our environments. Whatever we think about

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the most will have the most

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energy and will dominate our thinking,

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the good and the bad. Brain

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plasticity means the changes that occur

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in the brain as a result

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of our thinking and loss of

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choices. Indeed, we can harness the

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brain's plasticity by using our mind

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to train our brain to build

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normal positive patterns. This is called

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automisation. Automisation is not incredibly difficult,

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but it does require time, discipline

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and effort. If asked, I am

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certain you would be able to

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point out your positive and negative

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thinking habits, your love and fear

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mindsets. You have already been practicing

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building mindsets, Albert without consciously knowing

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this technique. The conscious control of

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this process can take you to

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a whole new level of life.

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The thinker mindset. The need to

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be constantly occupying does not just

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concern kids these days. One recent

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study found that being alone with

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one's thoughts is considered an unpleasant

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experience by the majority of people

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of all ages. In a series

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of 11 studies done by Timothy

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Wilson and his colleagues at the

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University of Virginia and Harvard, a

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number of participants of all ages

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ranges from 18 to 77, battled

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spending 6 to 15 minutes alone

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with nothing to do but to

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think, daydream, and ponder. The majority

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of participants didn't enjoy being alone

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with their thoughts, while some preferred

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even shocking themselves to sit in

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and thinking. The conclusions of this

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study indicate that most of the

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participants prefer to be doing something,

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even something negative, rather than just

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using their imagination for several minutes.

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Contrary to popular belief the mind

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does not grind to a halt

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when we are doing nothing. Spontaneous

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thought processes including mind-wandering, creative thinking

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and daydreaming arise when thoughts are

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relatively free from focused thinking and

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external influences. The mind wandering thinker

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state can be hijacked so to

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speak by existing toxic thoughts moving

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up from the non-conscious mind unless

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we control them. Controlling the mind

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wandering thinker is known as an

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awake resting state. It activates the

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coexisting default mode network M&N and

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task positive network TPN in the

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brain in a constructive and healthy

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way. The default mode network. DMN

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is a primary network that we

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switch into when we switch off

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from the outside world and move

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into a state of focused mindfulness.

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It activates to an even higher

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levels when a person is daydreaming,

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introspecting, or letting his or her

9:47

mind wander in an organised exploratory

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way through the endless myriad of

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thoughts within the deep spiritual non-conscious

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part of who we are. The

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task positive network, TPN, on the

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other hand, supports reports the active

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thinking required for making decisions. So

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as we focus our thinking and

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activate the DMN, at some point

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in our thinking process, we move

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into active decision making. This activates

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the TPN and we experience this

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as action. It is your perceptions

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of your thoughts and what you

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do with your thoughts that is

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important. Learning to capture thoughts and

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evaluate them logically by developing a

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thinker mindset is one of any

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mental self-care regime allowing us to

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become more self-evaluative and self-regulatory. Think

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a mindset activation tips. Think a

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moments teach you how to live

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the self-examine life. As your mind

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wonders think about what you were

10:39

thinking and your own experiences, perhaps

10:41

writing about your thoughts in a

10:44

journal or notepad. During your thinking

10:46

moments, write down in a self-reflective

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way which thoughts are free-flowing as

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well as which thoughts get stuck.

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Track the direction of free-flowing thoughts

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over time. Capture and change the

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thoughts that get stuck. The average

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person spends up to eight hours

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a day using technology. Some of

11:03

the worst effects of electronic devices

11:05

seem to be mitigated when devices

11:07

are used less than two hours

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a day. Find ways to limit

11:12

your use of technology throughout the

11:14

day. The controlled thinking mindset. It

11:16

is positive however to learn about

11:18

the mental processes by thinking about

11:20

your thinking and choosing what to

11:23

think about this process of self-reflection

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is not only possible but essential.

11:27

Mind body research increasingly points to

11:29

the fact that consciously controlling your

11:31

thoughts is one of the best

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ways, if not the best way,

11:36

of detoxing your brain and body.

11:38

consciously controlling your thought, life means

11:40

that you do not allow your

11:42

thoughts to rampage through your mind.

11:44

Instead you learn to engage interactively

11:47

with each thought, taking control over

11:49

and learning to enjoy the moment

11:51

you are in. Essentially your job

11:53

is to analyse the thought before

11:55

you decide either to accept it

11:57

or reject it. Controlled thinking mindset

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activation tips Never let thoughts just

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wander through your mind unchecked. Focus

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on the now moment and observe

12:06

your thoughts and feelings. Reconceptionalize, redesign

12:08

thoughts that are holding you back,

12:10

find deciding what thought you would

12:13

rather have, and then work toward

12:15

eliminating the toxic thought and building

12:17

something better. Here's an example. Start

12:19

with acknowledging and articulating thoughts weighing

12:21

you down. One that don't serve

12:23

any useful purpose beyond keeping you

12:26

stuck. Now ask yourself questions. rather

12:28

than issuing commands to yourself. This

12:30

is a much more effective way

12:32

to reconceptualize because it opens up

12:34

exploration, creates possibility and distance you

12:37

from what you were thinking, giving

12:39

you a safe space for change.

12:41

You can also label your emotions

12:43

in a non-judgmental way to give

12:45

yourself some distance from them in

12:47

order to deal with them. The

12:50

words mindset. When you make negative

12:52

statements, you release negative chemicals. These

12:54

chemicals allow negative memories to grow

12:56

stronger. Especially if you continue to

12:58

allow these thoughts to dominate your

13:00

thinking. On the other hand, the

13:03

more you speak positively, the more

13:05

you think positively. Please note, I'm

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talking about much more than just

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positive thinking or positive affirmations because

13:11

framing your world with words is

13:13

not just about talking positively. The

13:16

problem with positive affirmations per se

13:18

is that they operate at the

13:20

surface level of conscious thinking but

13:22

do not align with the non-conscious

13:24

mind where limiting beliefs really reside.

13:26

Your words have to be backed

13:29

up with honesty and integrity or

13:31

what in the psychological terms is

13:33

called cognitive congruence. What you do

13:35

and say on the outside must

13:37

reflect what you think and actually

13:40

believe on the inside. Being more

13:42

intentionally mindful about what you want

13:44

to say, what you are saying,

13:46

and what you are actually thinking

13:48

about, what you are saying brings

13:50

all sorts of prefrontal resources to

13:53

help get the amygdala unstuck from

13:55

toxic emotions. This happens because the

13:57

more intentionally mindful... you are, the

13:59

more activation you have in the

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right, then a lateral, prefrontal cortex,

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and the less activation you have

14:06

in the metaller in response. And

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this is a good thing. Thus,

14:10

congruent thinking, not positive words, creates

14:12

the necessary changes in the brain. This

14:15

type of thinking takes time and effort

14:17

because you have to be aware of

14:19

your words and the mindset behind them.

14:22

Words' mindset activation tips. Start replacing

14:24

negative statements. with positive ones. Thinking

14:26

about the kind of change you

14:28

want to see in your life.

14:31

You might reconceptionalize yourself talk to

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sound more like I am a

14:35

work in progress and that's totally

14:38

fine. Put in feelings into

14:40

words has tremendous therapeutic effects

14:42

on your mind and brain. The

14:44

controlled emotions mindset. Emotions don't happen

14:46

to you. Emotions are made. by

14:48

you. When you repress and deny

14:51

your emotions, whatever they may be,

14:53

you block the network of quantum

14:55

and chemical pathways stopping the flow

14:57

of good chemicals that run your

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biology and behaviour. Unfortunately, many of

15:02

us have become experts at hiding

15:04

our emotions or think we have.

15:06

Instead we create neurochemical chaos in

15:08

our brains. Signs of suppressed feelings

15:11

arising from the conflict include irritability,

15:13

short temper, overreactivity, anxiety,

15:15

frustration, frustration, fear. impulsiveness,

15:17

a desire for control,

15:19

perfectionism, and self-doubt. You

15:21

were not at the

15:23

mercy of pre-programmed emotion

15:25

circuits that neurocentric approaches

15:27

are dangerously trying to convince

15:30

you of. This does not mean you

15:32

deserve blame for your emotions. It means

15:34

you need to take responsibility for how

15:36

you were going to manage them so

15:38

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Control Emotion Mindset's activation tips. The first

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vital step in controlling emotions is recognizing

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you have control over your emotions. You

16:16

build them into your brain in a

16:18

creative choice with your mind. They are

16:20

not universal or reprogrammed. They are unique

16:23

to you. The second final step is

16:25

to recognise you are not responsible for

16:27

the cause of the emotion, but rather

16:29

for the management of the emotion. You

16:32

do not have to wear your heart

16:34

on your sleeve or let everything hang

16:36

out, but you do have to be

16:38

honest with yourself. Working out what you

16:41

are feeling and how to deal with

16:43

these emotions is an evolving process. To

16:45

not deny your feelings, acknowledge them, face

16:47

them, deal with them, and name them

16:50

in a positive way as soon as

16:52

possible, but most importantly, when you are

16:54

ready. The forgiveness mindset, forgiveness does not

16:56

deny pain or wrongdoing and is a

16:59

choice to let go of the person

17:01

who hurt you. The forgiveness does not

17:03

make excuses for someone's behaviour. By its

17:05

nature, forgiveness acknowledges wrongdoing and at the

17:08

same time you choose to show grace

17:10

and mercy. We're often told forgive and

17:12

forget the wrongs that we suffer, but

17:14

it turns out that there is scientific

17:17

truth behind the common saying. changes the

17:19

brain. Research shows that forgiving someone increases

17:21

the size of the brain's anterior superior

17:23

temporal solace, ASTS. In fact, the larger

17:26

the amount of gray matter in this

17:28

patch of cortex, the more likely we

17:30

are to forgive those who have made

17:32

a serious mistake by accident. Also, the

17:35

more you forgive, the more you're likely

17:37

to forgive. The brain changes to accommodate

17:39

a forgiving mindset. Forgiveness, mindset, activation tips.

17:42

Reconceptualize the memory. Find a new way

17:44

to think about the person or persons

17:46

who hurt you think about the context.

17:48

What was happening in that person's life

17:51

when the hurt occurred? Why did that

17:53

perhaps do what they did? What is

17:55

their story? What is your story? Where

17:57

are you in your life? Acknowledge the

18:00

issue and the attached pain and anger

18:02

you feel. You have to be honest

18:04

with yourself if you truly want to

18:06

forgive someone. Recognise that healing requires time.

18:09

The happiness mindset. Scrolling through Instagram, it

18:11

is easy to believe that happiness means

18:13

having a lot of money, nice things,

18:15

status or privilege. Happiness has more to

18:18

do with the sense of inner satisfaction

18:20

than external consumption. Happiness is knowing where

18:22

you belong and knowing why you are

18:24

alive, regardless of your circumstances. I cannot

18:27

emphasize enough the importance of the link

18:29

between happiness and community. Berkeley neuroscientist Amelia

18:31

Simon Thomas has found that people with

18:33

the strongest social connections are the happiest.

18:36

We also need to remember that happiness

18:38

precedes success, working harder and achieving some

18:40

entrepreneurial or academic or personal goal would

18:42

not automatically make you happier. Our happiness

18:45

does not depend on our circumstances. Furthermore,

18:47

happiness also does not mean a smooth

18:49

and uncomplicated life. If such a life

18:51

even exists. The brain works significantly better

18:54

when you choose to feel happy in

18:56

the mindset of a challenge. I found

18:58

repeatedly in my research and clinical experience

19:00

and personal life that excitement arises when

19:03

we adopt a positive attitude and persist

19:05

in the face of a daunting task.

19:07

Happiness mindset activation tips. Be proactive in

19:09

where you put your energy. You can

19:12

choose to bemoan or marinating your misery

19:14

or move your energy to do something

19:16

constructive. Don't allow yourself to think that

19:18

I will be so happy when this

19:21

is over. Enjoy, the start, the middle,

19:23

and the end. Tell yourself it's okay

19:25

to experience different emotions, moving toward peaceful

19:27

acceptance. The gratitude mindset. One recent study

19:30

investigated the effects of gratitude. on behaviour

19:32

and looked at the response in the

19:34

brain to the mind. One, the research

19:36

found that subjects who participated in a

19:39

gratitude letter writing exercise showed both positive

19:41

changes in their behaviour and the greater

19:43

brain activity in the front of the

19:45

brain, medial prefrontal cortex up to three

19:48

months later. When we choose to be

19:50

grateful we tap into our natural design.

19:52

Research on the effects gratitude has on

19:54

our biology shows us how being thankful

19:57

increases our longevity, our ability to use

19:59

our imagination and our ability to problem

20:01

solve, it also improves our overall health.

20:03

Gratitude mindset activation tips. Gratitude begins with

20:06

an awareness of whether you have an

20:08

attitude of gratitude of gratitude, so intentionally

20:10

and critically observe your thinking to determine

20:12

if an attitude of gratitude is part

20:15

of it. Are you thankful? Spend the

20:17

next week analyzing how grateful you are.

20:19

Keep a record somehow of every time

20:21

you are grateful and every time you

20:24

are whining over a seven day period.

20:26

Tell it up at the end of

20:28

seven days you may be shocked by

20:30

the results. The gift profile. The gift

20:33

profile is a tool you can use

20:35

to understand the way that they learn

20:37

and process information. In her book Think

20:39

Like Succeed, Dr. Carol Leif explains in

20:42

great detail about the research and method

20:44

she used to develop the profile as

20:46

well as how to utilise this model

20:48

of learning. She provides a questionnaire that

20:51

readers can complete to get their own

20:53

customized gift analysis and gain a better

20:55

understanding of their own thinking. She further

20:57

clarifies each one of us has seven

21:00

stages that our thoughts sequence through in

21:02

order to digest information. This sequence is

21:04

called the cycle of thinking. Our uniqueness

21:06

comes in which model of thought we

21:09

use for which stage of the cycle.

21:11

This process is different for each of

21:13

us. For example, one person may use

21:15

intra-personnel for one stage and another person

21:18

may use kinesthetic for one stage. However,

21:20

until we move through all these seven

21:22

stages, each in our own way, the

21:24

thought will not be fully processed. In

21:27

other words, we won't be thinking probably.

21:29

unless we move through all seven stages

21:31

of the thinking cycle. The switch on

21:33

your brain five-step learning process. It has

21:36

been collectively demonstrated that just about every

21:38

aspect of our thinking, learning and intelligence,

21:40

our brain power can be improved by

21:43

intense targeted deliberate mind training. The switch

21:45

on your brain five-step learning process provides

21:47

a technique for this kind of organized

21:49

drive. The model is made up. of

21:52

five steps that facilitate this disciplined and

21:54

directed learning process. Each step is designed

21:56

to take you beyond short-term memory and

21:58

into building effective and useful long-term memory.

22:01

Each step is also designed to take

22:03

advantage of a particular brain process with

22:05

all steps collectively moving toward the goal

22:07

of memory building and learning. The five

22:10

steps are 1. Input, read, listen, watch.

22:12

2. Reflect, ask, answer, discuss. 3. Right,

22:14

create the MediCog. Four, recheck. Check for

22:16

accuracy. And five, output re-teach. The golden

22:19

rule of the switch on your brain

22:21

five-step learning process is to think to

22:23

understand the information you are trying to

22:25

remember. Thinking to understand involves three steps.

22:28

Asking, answering and discussing. Dr. Carrollleaf elaborates,

22:30

one, read a chunk of information between

22:32

one to three sentences out loud with

22:34

your guide, pencil, pointer, finger. Two, stop

22:37

and ask yourself what you have read.

22:39

Three, now answer yourself by looking at

22:41

what you have just read. Then answer

22:43

yourself by re-reading the chunk of information

22:46

out loud and circling the concepts. Don't

22:48

underline or highlight words. Those are passive

22:50

actions because they don't require you to

22:52

think. Analyze or understand what you have

22:55

underlined or highlighted. Circle in is active.

22:57

Next, discuss the chunk of information with

22:59

yourself. Still looking at the sentences you

23:01

have just read. Discussion means you explain

23:04

it to yourself over and over in

23:06

your own words until you understand it.

23:08

Epilogue. You cannot control the events and

23:10

circumstances of your life. You

23:13

can, however, control your

23:15

reactions to the

23:17

events and circumstances of

23:19

life through the

23:22

choices you make through the

23:24

the thoughts you

23:26

think. When you understand

23:28

the power of

23:31

your the power of your

23:33

customized way of thinking

23:35

and harness the

23:37

power in your mind

23:40

to build healthy

23:42

memories, to begin to

23:44

realize that you can

23:46

choose to control

23:49

how you live your

23:51

life. That's wrap this

23:53

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