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reality. And when your reality is one of acting on the things that are in your
best interests, your thoughts will actually shift to match that. Think about
this: your thoughts (and the resulting feelings) are not always aligned with
what is in the best interests of your life, your health, your finances or your
potential. Many times those same thoughts and feelings are pulling you away
from your potential. Things like doubt, fear, procrastination or frustration rule
the day instead of the kind of positive action that will actually forward your
life.
If you always attack the task at hand without hesitation, what will you think
the next time you have something important to do? Your thoughts start to
become intuitive action over time until you start to act independently of your
negative thoughts time after time after time. Are you going to think about
yourself and what you lack, or are you going to deal with the actions
presenting themselves right there in that moment of time?
Haven’t you ever noticed, when you’re fully immersed in something, all of
your problems or negative conversations seem to disappear? When you are
cognitively and genuinely engaged in a practice or project, that internal
chatter gets quieter and quieter. The golfers, tennis players, meditators,
knitters, musicians, artists and runners among us know exactly what I am
talking about. Athletes call this “the zone.” And the good news is, you can
get better at getting in the zone too!
When you can focus your attention on the action at hand, eventually your
consciousness starts to get
the idea.
Each time you do, you build your experience of self-confidence and trust in
yourself. All of that impacts the long-term way in which you think.
So what’s the second way that actions influence our thoughts?
Remember when I said your thoughts can become your reality? That’s true.
While your thoughts can become your reality, it’s only through your actions
that your thoughts actually become your life. Until then, they are only
thoughts.
Sometimes our mind is like the equivalent of a funhouse mirror, distorting