661: Mindset of Grumbling or Gratitude

So, a quick thought on mindset. If we think immediately, mindset,  whatever, doesn't matter. It absolutely matters. In neuroscience, it's way above my head, but I trust it, and I read about it, and it says, mindset absolutely matters. And we can actually create new neural pathways. That's a really big word. But we can create new ways of thinking that actually change our brain, and its structure, which is amazing. Mindset does matter, and our thoughts determine our behaviors and our behaviors just determine our life, really. It affects our lives. And so our thoughts is where it starts, and that affects everything, you, the folks in your sphere of influence. So it affects your day to day at life and work because those, as we say, necessarily intersect.  So I'll give you an example. We had a hurricane come through here on the South Carolina coast, and we all lost power. We've got several friends that live in our neighborhood, and we all lost power. Here was my mindset. Okay, I'm calling myself out. Here we go. We got a two-year-old. We need to bathe her. It's going to be hot. She's not going to sleep. Woe is me. We got a text from our friends who live in the same neighborhood who have three kids, and they sent us a picture, and they had thrown glow sticks in the bathtub and put all three kids in the bathtub, and had a party. Mindset. Right. I had a mindset that was bent towards grumbling and complaining. Theirs was a mindset of, well, hey, we're going to make lemonade out of lemons. We're going to just be grateful that we have hot water for the time being. We're going to throw glow sticks in there, and we're going to have fun with the kids. Mindset matters. So the question is, do you have a spirit of grumbling or a mindset of grumbling or of gratitude? Are you making the most out of the situation that you're currently in, at work and in life, or are you grumbling? Because it absolutely determines, really, the trajectory of our lives. So mindset matters. What's your mindset? What things do you need to change in order to cultivate a mindset that is actually going to move you in the direction that you want to move or keep the mindset you currently have? If it's one like I had the other night, and we know the results, all right, it's miserable for you. It's miserable for those around you, and there's no way to live. And now science is saying, hey, we can change our thought patterns. That actually changes things within our brain that will ultimately change our lives.  So y'all have a great day, have a great weekend, and we'll talk soon.