Rules of the Game: Warrior Mind Podcast #490

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In this episode of the Warrior Mind Podcast I’m going to go over the mental strength rules of the game and the importance of them on your personal success.

Mental Strength Rules of the Game

How do we run our own mind?

So you want to take back control of your own mind?

Good on you.

What a wonderful goal!

And in this day age so rare.

Many people talk about taking back control of their mind and taking charge of their thoughts, but just watch them when criticized or insulted. They go to pieces. Let one of their closely held beliefs be questioned, and watch out.

Sudden it becomes semantic reaction time.

They explode with rage, anger, stress, fear, shock, etc. If they truly “control their own minds,” how is it that they lack state management skills in the moments when managing one’s reactions really counts?

Taking control of our own mind, and thinking freely in independent ways apart from rehashing worn-out or spoon fed thoughts necessitates several things.

It necessitates that we develop mindfulness about our minds (or more accurately, our minds) so that we actually develop state management skills. It means we learn to play a new Game, “I am in control of my mind and thoughts” game.

So, with that in mind:

What essentials do you need to know to take back control of your mind and thoughts?

Read them VERY carefully, they help you establish an understanding of the game of “I am in control of my mind and thoughts.”

Rules of the Game

#1: Thoughts are Things – Thoughts are things, they are real forces, and they are energy and are the ‘cause’ of all your ‘effects.’ Weak and scattered thoughts are weak and scattered real forces. Strong and concentrated thoughts are strong and concentrated real forces!

#2: Thoughts are Bidirectional – The mind is like a two-way radio, it is a sending and receiving station of thoughts. We are constantly affecting the outside environment with our thoughts, and the outside environment…those people, groups and communities we associate with…are constantly affecting our thoughts, particularly in sales.

#3: Thoughts are Like Magnets – Thoughts that are thought with emotion become magnetized and attract similar and like thoughts. Any thought that has emotion attached to it, changes the dynamic and the “energy” of the thoughts, i.e. negative thoughts attract more negative thoughts and positive thoughts attract more positive thoughts.

#4: Minds Follow Directions – They take the directions that you give them and they follow them. Provide a little description and the mind goes to work representing the information on our internal mental screen. Like a movie director, minds use the information as instructions for our mental Cinema. This explains why the following are very important questions for our states:

* What directions are you giving your mind?* What are the default instructions that you’ve learned to give your mind?* What instructions did your parents or teachers provide you about yourself, life, others, etc.?* How useful, ecological, healthy, balanced, valuable, true, etc. are those instructions?* Do those instructions create empowering states for you?* Would you want to give those instructions to your children?* Do they map out an exciting and loving life?