Comments on: The Myth of Positive Thinking, Part 1 http://www.thisoldbrain.net/personal-development/positive-thinking/ Seeking Success Together in a Networked World Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:02:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: NeuronOutlawhttp://www.thisoldbrain.net/personal-development/positive-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 NeuronOutlaw Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:46:16 +0000 http://www.thisoldbrain.net/?p=1163#comment-1238 You are on the right track. Believing what others say is part of the problem. Believing - period - is the main problem. Understanding your experience - now - is the challenge. <br><br>What would happen if you stop for a moment and do just that? You are on the right track. Believing what others say is part of the problem. Believing – period – is the main problem. Understanding your experience – now – is the challenge.

What would happen if you stop for a moment and do just that?

]]> By: Jostenhttp://www.thisoldbrain.net/personal-development/positive-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-1234 Josten Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:28:26 +0000 http://www.thisoldbrain.net/?p=1163#comment-1234 I must say i do not believe that positive thinking is a myth. but to some it may it be a myth. Because they have not opened up to believing beyond there known belief. I must say i do not believe that positive thinking is a myth. but to some it may it be a myth. Because they have not opened up to believing beyond there known belief.

]]> By: NeuronOutlawhttp://www.thisoldbrain.net/personal-development/positive-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-1154 NeuronOutlaw Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:36:55 +0000 http://www.thisoldbrain.net/?p=1163#comment-1154 I would like to agree with you. "I can't" and "I can" are identical in context, random firings of neurons in a brain that is constantly firing neurons. Both are like pop-ups on your computer screen. You can choose to click the button or not click the button. What counts is which direction your feet and hand and mouth take you. Thinking is a tool. When we look through our thoughts, we see the world through them. When we look at the world "through" the filter of thinking, our thoughts begin thinking us. Take a step back and look at them. Are they worth entertaining or not? That's the question. I would like to agree with you. "I can't" and "I can" are identical in context, random firings of neurons in a brain that is constantly firing neurons. Both are like pop-ups on your computer screen. You can choose to click the button or not click the button. What counts is which direction your feet and hand and mouth take you. Thinking is a tool. When we look through our thoughts, we see the world through them. When we look at the world "through" the filter of thinking, our thoughts begin thinking us. Take a step back and look at them. Are they worth entertaining or not? That's the question.

]]> By: Yellow Smiley Facehttp://www.thisoldbrain.net/personal-development/positive-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-1153 Yellow Smiley Face Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:00:17 +0000 http://www.thisoldbrain.net/?p=1163#comment-1153 “Whether you think you can or you can’t…you’re right!” What Henry Ford said suggests that how we think about life and business has a big impact on what we get in life and business. How often do you hear yourself say, “I can’t!” ? Every time you say “I can’t,” you make it come true. When you say “I can’t,” your subconscious hears it as instructions about how things are. Your subconscious is very literal and it follows instructions perfectly. ‘You can’t’ becomes the instructions and the subconscious makes it come true. On the other hand, if you say “I can,” the subconscious makes that come true. The mechanism for all this is the filtering that your brain does so you can exist in time and space. At any given instant there are upwards of 20 million bits of information coming into your brain. Your consciousness, however can only process about 20 bits. What you think you can or can’t do, becomes the instructions to your subconscious about how to filter out the bits that won’t get processed. So if your instructions say you can’t, all information, opportunities or possibilities to the contrary don’t get to your thinking processes. You won’t notice, understand, or remember those bits that get filtered out. You just guaranteed that you can’t. “Whether you think you can or you can’t…you’re right!”
What Henry Ford said suggests that how we think about life and business has a big impact on
what we get in life and business. How often do you hear yourself say, “I can’t!” ? Every time
you say “I can’t,” you make it come true. When you say “I can’t,” your subconscious hears it as
instructions about how things are. Your subconscious is very literal and it follows instructions
perfectly. ‘You can’t’ becomes the instructions and the subconscious makes it come true. On
the other hand, if you say “I can,” the subconscious makes that come true.
The mechanism for all this is the filtering that your brain does so you can exist in time and
space. At any given instant there are upwards of 20 million bits of information coming into
your brain. Your consciousness, however can only process about 20 bits. What you think you
can or can’t do, becomes the instructions to your subconscious about how to filter out the bits
that won’t get processed. So if your instructions say you can’t, all information, opportunities or
possibilities to the contrary don’t get to your thinking processes. You won’t notice, understand,
or remember those bits that get filtered out. You just guaranteed that you can’t.

]]> By: Mike Kirkeberghttp://www.thisoldbrain.net/personal-development/positive-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-1009 Mike Kirkeberg Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:46:57 +0000 http://www.thisoldbrain.net/?p=1163#comment-1009 You've got it. The pull in a successful life, which makes sense in relation to how our brains work as well, are goals and values. An old friend used to say that you can't think your way out of a mess you behaved your way into. Same goes for success. We do success, we can't just think it. mike You’ve got it. The pull in a successful life, which makes sense in relation to how our brains work as well, are goals and values. An old friend used to say that you can’t think your way out of a mess you behaved your way into. Same goes for success. We do success, we can’t just think it.
mike

]]> By: maureenhttp://www.thisoldbrain.net/personal-development/positive-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-1008 maureen Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:08:49 +0000 http://www.thisoldbrain.net/?p=1163#comment-1008 Totally cool! I agree. I've even written on this myself pertaining to goals, the self-help industry, etc. I agree whole-heartedly Totally cool! I agree. I've even written on this myself pertaining to goals, the self-help industry, etc. I agree whole-heartedly

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