Note: This is a guest post submitted by Jimmy Tong from My Life Architects.
“Thoughts become things. If you see it in your mind, you will hold it in your hand.”
— Bob Proctor
We are who we are because of our thoughts in the past. Thoughts become things. We are consciously or subconsciously always thinking about something. The problem with that is we usually think more about things we don’t want than about the things we do want. And we will get what we mostly think about.
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Every day you’re faced with thousands of choices. Most are small and inconsequential so they have no long term effect on your life. However, there are a few decisions you’ll have to face that can do some real damage.
Not only can the wrong decision cost you a huge opportunity, it can lead to a much longer emotional drain in regret. It would be great to not have to deal with such a negative emotion. So couldn’t you just find a way to avoid regret altogether?
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Nobody likes to be criticized. Criticism is one of those things people wish would just go away, but inevitably find it hard to avoid. But avoiding criticism for the rest of your life is impossible. Someone, somewhere is eventually going to find fault with something you do. However, despite a reasonable aversion to it, criticism is actually a good thing.
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I’m going to go out on a limb and say that we are currently living in the golden age of travel. Normally I don’t like to make such bold statements, but I honestly think it’s never been as good a time to be a traveler than right now. There’s even reason to think that travel might not be as good in the future. But before I get into the reasons that this golden age might not last, I want to go over several reasons why it is just so good now.
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If I had to pick one skill to master, I think storytelling would be a close contender for the top spot. Stories are how we organize our experiences in the world and how we make sense of events that have happened to us. But they’re also important for many other reasons you probably never considered.
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One of my favorite stories comes from an agronomist, Norman Borlaug. When he won the Nobel Peace prize in 1970, he was credited with saving the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the globe. But none of that would have happened if he had not taken one risk back in 1944 on a life-changing opportunity.
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Suffering and adversity are bad things and should be avoided at all costs. At least this is what any rational person would say. No one goes out into the world asking themselves how to make their lives miserable.
But it’s hard to deny that overcoming hardship is often seen as a big inspiration for famous actors, writers and comedians. For some reason, they credit their talents to the difficulties they went through. But how much does hardship really matter?
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