You Are What You Think

Happy Thursday All,

You've heard the saying, "You are what you eat."  If you eat cookies, chips, donuts, and cake...what do you think your body is going to turn into?

 

Your mind is like your body.  It turns into what it gets fed.  Your mind can be a very powerful thing.  Buddha said, "The mind is everything, what you think, you become."  Another very influential person, Napoleon Hill is quoted saying,  "What you think, so you will become."

So what is it that you think?  What is it that you feed your mind?  Your mind gets fed from many different sources throughout the day. 

First off, you feed your mind your thoughts.  Do you keep positive or negative thoughts going through your mind?  Are you thinking about the good things or the bad things?  Do you think about things getting better....or do you think how bad it's going to get?

Second, you feed your mind by allowing others to feed information to you.  What are your friends talking about?  What about what your co-workers are discussing?  Are they positive or negative?  Jim Rohn has a great quote, "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with."  Who are you spending time with?  You are probably just like them.  You get to determine if you want that or not.

Another way you feed your mind is by what you watch on TV, listen to on the radio or read in a book.  What are these modes of communication feeding you?  TV is an extremely influential mode of communication.  Just think about how much money advertisers are willing to pay to spend just 30 seconds in front of you....this year's 30 second Super Bowl ad cost...$5,000,000.  That is over $166,000 per second, wow!!!  What are you watching?  What are you reading?  What do you listen to?

 

Henry Ford is quoted saying, "Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right."

 

If you are interested in growing, understanding what you are feeding your mind is pretty important.  You get to pick what you feed it so choose wisely.   "Watch your thoughts, for they become words.  Watch your words, for they become actions.  Watch your actions, for they become habits.  Watch your habits, for they become character.  Watch you character, it becomes your destiny."  Lao Tzu

Have a great Thursday,

Chris