Are You Thinking Your Way to Success or Failure?
Do you ever wonder about the millions of thoughts and stimuli that cross your mind on a daily basis? The ‘background chatter’ or the ‘little voice in your head’ which is always switched on. Sometimes the chatter is completely random and as quickly as thoughts come to mind, they simply disappear again, sometimes against our will…”I was going to tell you something, but it’s gone…”, and sometimes they stick, whether they’re good or bad, and there appears to be very little we can do to dislodge them, think of a song you don’t like, for example!
In the bestselling book ‘Think and Grow Rich’ by Napoleon Hill, he states that “Thoughts are things”, which on first reading sounds more than a little strange, after all, thoughts aren’t tangible and they don’t exist in the physical world, so how can they be ‘things’? But, if we explore the concept a little further, and apply real-life examples to this notion, perhaps I can convince you that Mr Hill’s argument actually holds some truth.
Thoughts Are Things
It’s actually more the case that we are driven to behave in line with the thoughts which are predominant or most relentless in our minds. Furthermore, it doesn’t really matter whether this is doing us good or ill, if we’re not consciously controlling our thoughts we will act accordingly.
However, there is a very positive side to this theory and that is that if we can control and channel our thoughts so that they are in line with the goals we want to achieve, then we can surely improve our chances of success.
But, by the very nature of being human, our existing thoughts (aka our beliefs) have been rattling around our brains for the whole time we’ve been on the planet, and therefore, our brains will automatically take the easiest (most familiar) choice when faced with a decision. In other words, if we fail to actively walk the ‘correct’ road consciously (think the correct thoughts) often and persistently enough, our brains will automatically choose the familiar path and we will get more of our familiar results. Good or bad. [Read more…] about Are you thinking your way to success or failure?