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Brain Training
Good morning! This month, the focus is on YOU. How do you
earn more while keeping your life in balance? That’s what we’re going to
explore – starting with this: Did you know that research shows we can
consciously keep about seven things in our head at a time?
Functions such as your heartbeat, the air temperature and the position of
your feet are on autopilot, allowing you to focus on more important
things. This is a very useful feature of your mind. Yet many people
consciously see the same seven things that they have noticed in the past,
which means that they miss the 8th, 9th and 10th things that could change
their lives. So what you have to do is tell your mind to look for
something new and different instead of what you already know. Make sense?
Now imagine your brain as a control tower on a battleship in the middle
of the ocean. Instead of one radar system, you have dozens. You have the
happiness radar, the misery radar, the problem radar, the failure radar,
the beauty radar, the peace radar and the self-critical radar, to name a
few. You can choose which radar you want to turn on and which ones you
want to turn off.
The happiness radar is simple to activate. Just write “What is another
reason to be happy NOW?” on an index card, and read it a few times a day.
While this may seem simple, it’s linguistically elegant because it
presupposes that there is already another reason to be happy. (Now your
brain is finding two things, not just one.) And it has an embedded
command to be happy right now – not in the future… now!
Asking the question is part one. Finding the answer is part two. You must
allocate 60 seconds to answer this question 5-12 times a day, every day.
This mental process must become a habit in order to rewire your brain and
create new, stronger neural pathways each time. Do this every day for 21
days, and you will be happier.
Need help? Give me a call. I’m always available to help agents get the
MOST from their lives and their careers! Have a great day!
Something to Think About
How many things would you like to change in your life? Could it really be
that simple? Are you willing to invest 21 days to find out? You can start
with “happy” and then move on to questions such as, “How can I accomplish
more in less time?”
Weekly Challenge
Let’s apply this lesson to your real estate career. Decide on a question,
write it on 10 index cards or sticky notes, and put them where you will
see them a few times a day. It could be your computer monitor, the
dashboard of your car, your desk drawer or your bathroom mirror. You
don’t have to work on the question or the solution – just see it… read
it… let it sit in your mind and percolate. Here are some examples: How can
I double my income? How can I make a million dollars? How can I
experience more freedom while earning money? Read your question at least
five times a day. You can use the same question for a day, a month or
even a year. Another activity is to look for different ways to do what
you already do. Think outside the box. Or perhaps contact someone who’s
very successful and ask for a few tips on how he/she achieved such
success.
Words of Wisdom
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine
jobs into joy and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”
– William Arthur Ward
“I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary
opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.”
– Sonia Sotomayor
“My favorite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I
think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open
the doors, you create possibilities.”
– Mario Testino
“The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one’s opportunities
and make the most of one’s resources.”
– Luc de Clapiers
“Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.”
– Winston Churchill
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