The Path to Calm

Think in Models: A Structured Approach to Clear Thinking and the Art of Strategic Decision-Making (Mental and Emotional Abundance Book 5) By Nick Trenton

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00:05:04.009 Julia Galef’s famous TED talk

00:14:53.029 An expert in doing this was Charles Darwin

00:21:01.940 Internet activist Eli Pariser

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NZWFRLS

Learn mental models for error-proof thinking, analysis, and decisions.

The world is not as it seems. It requires a bit more analysis to see reality, and applying mental models is the best way to start.

A thinking toolkit for nearly all problems and complexities in life.

Think in Models is a collection of the world’s (and history’s) greatest mental models that are exclusively focused on getting the most insight from the least amount of information. You’ll learn over 20 of the most helpful and widely-applicable mental models and above all else, learn to think like a genius.

A wide variety of examples, explanations, and step-by-step guidelines are also included.

Nick Trenton grew up in rural Illinois and is quite literally a farm boy. His best friend growing up was his trusty companion Leonard the dachshund. RIP Leonard. Eventually, he made it off the farm and obtained a BS in Economics, followed by an MA in Behavioral Psychology.

Knowing how to think is always better than having more information.

•The simple way to know whether you are truly open-minded or not

•Why you must always ask yourself a few questions in Latin

•What your gut feeling is really telling you

•How to analyze systems in your everyday life

•How Sherlock Holmes thinks and solves crimes

Don’t just wing it. Emulate the best and reach your goals.

Thinking in models isn’t just important for large decisions or work issues. You can use all of these skills in daily life to live better, happier, and more stress-free.

Think in models and think like history’s most accomplished thinkers.

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00:11:05.710 TIPP Skills

00:21:58.080 The ACCEPTS Skill

00:31:46.409 Follow Through

00:37:56.900 Turning Anxiety into Mindfulness

• We need distress tolerance skills to help us cope with extremely trying or painful moments, or emergency situations. When we’re distressed, it’s easy to slip back into old patterns of behavior or default to clumsy, destructive, or unconscious ways of coping—these are false coping mechanisms.

• Self-soothing is a way to acknowledge and accept pain that is inevitable—without making it any bigger than it should be. It is not distraction or avoidance, but about anchoring in the present using your five senses—a technique called grounding.

• TIPP stands for temperature, intense exercise, paced breathing, and paired muscle relaxation, all of which can help lower physiological arousal. Try cold water, vigorous movement, or breathing exercises to calm the limbic system.

• Practice radical acceptance, which doesn’t mean we like what is happening, only that we have agreed to not fight with reality. Acknowledge how you feel and the reality of the situation and remind yourself of what matters.

• The ACCEPTS acronym (Activities, Contribute, Comparisons, Emotions, Push away, Thoughts, and Sensations) can help you better tolerate momentary distress—although not for the longer term.

• With anxiety, our goal is not to force ourselves not to worry, but to worry more efficiently. Scheduling worry time puts you in proactive control and helps you gain distance.

• Notice the anxiety, write down the time you’ll postpone to—with the duration and content—then follow through as agreed.

• Mental noting and focused mundane tasks can help you turn anxious moments into opportunities for mindfulness.

Transform Your Self-Talk: The Art of Talking to Yourself for Confidence, Belief, and Calm By Nick Trenton

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00:06:04 The Science of Self-Talk

00:12:27 Neuroplasticity is the key

00:14:28 The Dialogical Self Theory

00:15:46 The Relational Frame Theory (RFT)

00:34:31 Good Versus Evil

00:48:32 A Simple Cost-Benefit Analysis

00:52:23 How Negative Self-Talk Sabotages Your Life

00:57:17 Meet Your Inner Critic

01:07:45 Five Levels of Self-Talk

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08F4GKLSG

Change your self-critic into your biggest cheerleader.

Our behavior comes from our thoughts, and our thoughts come from our beliefs. Thankfully, our self-talk can change this entire sequence and allow us to control our own fate.

Quit self-sabotage and stop your negative thoughts before they happen.

Transform Your Self-Talk is all about changing the narrative you’ve told yourself your entire life. It’s probably disempowering and robbing you of the belief you should have in yourself. We shouldn't start our days facing defeat. This book will dissect every mental habit you possess and rebuild your self-talk from the ground up. Start each and every day knowing that it is yours to conquer.

You are what you believe. Will you take advantage of this?

Nick Trenton grew up in rural Illinois and is quite literally a farm boy. His best friend growing up was his trusty companion Leonard the dachshund. RIP Leonard. Eventually, he made it off the farm and obtained a BS in Economics, followed by an MA in Behavioral Psychology.

Stop living in your head and start living the life you want.

•The real science of self-talk and how it changes your body.•The true root of negative self-talk and self-esteem -- and what to do about it.•The role of cognitive behavioral therapy in changing self-talk.•Thought replacement and positive scripts.•Everyday self-care practices and exercises.

End your overthinking habit and live with self-esteem, compassion, and gratitude.

There’s no reason that you shouldn’t be happy, comfortable, relaxed, and confidence each day. Rescue yourself from your mental prison, break free, and seize the life that you want.

Change your self-talk and change your life: scroll up the click the BUY NOW button.

This is book 2 of the Mental and Emotional Abundance series, as listed below:1. The Empath Self-Care Blueprint2. Transform Your Self-Talk

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00:00:52.430 5. MAKE A MIND MAP

00:08:27.270 6. PLAY MIND GAMES

00:15:07.110 7. USE THE ABC MODEL TO UNDERSTAND YOUR STRESS

• Making a mind map gives us perspective and clarity on the chaos that may be in our minds. Start with a single word or phrase and do a “brain dump,” then look for patterns and themes, asking what you can control and what you cannot. One of the best cures for anxiety is to ask what you can realistically do about your situation.

• The ABC model helps us understand the antecedents, beliefs, and consequences of our stress reaction, and allows us to re-engineer our perspective and behave differently.

• One option is to simply distract yourself by giving your brain an engaging “mind game.”

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80/20 Your Life: Get More Done With Less Effort, Time, and Action (Mental and Emotional Abundance Book 4) By: Nick Trenton

00:10:46 He called his version of the 80/20 rule the “Principle of Least Effort."

00:19:23 The 80/20 Principle and How the World Turns

00:24:25 The Department of Health and Human Services

00:29:05 The 80/20 Rule as a Life Principle

00:39:07 A Word of Caution

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08L26PLR1

Uncover what really matters and completely eliminate what doesn’t.

It’s too easy to get caught in the tiny details that we think matter. This is like getting caught in the trees and not being able to see the forest. When you can apply the 80/20 Rule to your life, your personal effectiveness will skyrocket in every aspect.

More of the results you want with less action and effort.

This book will teach you how to analyze every single aspect of your life to determine what actions and mindsets you need for the success you want, and how to ruthlessly discard the rest.

You will gain a blueprint for how to optimize every part of your waking life, from health, to social life, to finances, to business and career.

Learn how less can certainly be more.

Nick Trenton grew up in rural Illinois and is quite literally a farm boy. His best friend growing up was his trusty companion Leonard the dachshund. RIP Leonard. Eventually, he made it off the farm and obtained a BS in Economics, followed by an MA in Behavioral Psychology.

Defeat overwhelm and frustration, and find the rewarding lifestyle you always wanted.

•A process for filtering through your life priorities.

•A three-step guide to apply the 80-20 Rule anywhere.

•Why the 80/20 Rule underlies happiness in life.

•What to do with the remaining 20 that doesn’t matter.

•How to completely shift your mindset to be more efficient.

Escape drudgery and spend more time doing the things you love instead. It’s time to 80/20 your life.

The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule, the law of the vital few and the principle of factor sparsity) states that for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes (the "vital few").

#Ballmer #GeorgeZipf #Habel #Juran #Laziness #MicrosoftCEOSteveBallmer #Pareto #ParetoPrinciple #ProfessorZipf #VilfredoPareto #Zipf #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #8020YourLife #TheWorldTurns8020 #NickTrenton

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00:01:31 What Makes a Happy Song Happy?

00:10:41 Injecting Happiness

00:18:21 Eat Ice Cream

00:23:59 Relive Happy Memories

00:35:14 EFT Tapping

00:42:26 Flower Power

• Though happiness is a habit, there are also plenty of immediate happiness “quick fixes” to use when you’re feeling low and need something to pick you up.

• One great way to be happy is to use music. Pick songs that are relatively quick in tempo, written in a major key, and have positive and uplifting lyrics.

• You may find that nostalgic music from your past is especially good at summoning up good feelings.

• Studies done on the effect of Botox on people’s ability to express and interpret facial expressions point to the interplay between our moods and our biology. Being able to mirror other people’s expressions is important. Even though we think we smile because we’re happy, we are also happy because we smile. This means we can often create good feelings by smiling—even if we don’t quite feel it.

• Ice cream has been shown to be one of the greatest comfort foods that genuinely boosts mood, primarily because of its associations. A healthy diet is best in the long term, but an occasional treat can be a legitimate pick-me-up.

• Recalling happy memories or making new ones has been shown to predict happy feelings.

• Finally, EFT tapping is an approach that can help you alleviate anxiety.

#AffectiveNeuroscience #AnxietyCure #CBT #Chatwin #EFTEmotionalFreedomTechniques #DanielKahneman #DeakinUniversity #DonnaBach #DrFernandoMarmolejoRamos #DrJacka #Duchenne #EFT #EmotionalFreedomTechnique #EpidemiologistFeliceJacka #EvolutionaryPsychology #FlowerPower #GaryCraig #Groningen #HappinessResearchInstitute #IntegrativeMedicine #LowriDowthwaite #Ltryptophan #MarmolejoRamos #MeikWiking #Neuroimaging #NeuroscientistDrJacobJolij #ProfessorCatherineLoveday #ProfessorJeanetteJones #ResearcherJustinKim #Salimpoor #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #TheAnxietyCure #QuickHappinessFixes #NickTrenton #ThePathtoCalm

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00:06:36 Emotional Origins

00:23:45 The Purpose of Emotions

00:34:32 The Keys to Eliminating Emotional Triggers

00:44:46 The Nature of Triggers

00:56:09 The Emotional Spectrum

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLNDKQ6K

Emotion is not the enemy. We just need to decipher them and learn tools for regulation and resilience.

We all get knocked down and face hardships, but we always have the choice to get back up or not. What will your choice be?

Learn to train your emotions and tame your reactive brain.

Calm Your Emotions is the rare book that understands where you’ve been, the obstacles you’ve overcome, and what you need to make sure you are in full control of your life at all times. This is a stunningly detailed and insightful guide into our emotions, our triggers, and why we act against our own interests so frequently. The key to our emotions is NOT to just “think calm and meditate” or “be mindful and grateful.” This book avoids unhelpful platitudes and gives you real advice, borrowing from all fields, such as psychology, counseling, behavior science, evolutionary biology, and even Buddhism and Stoicism.

This book gives you the tools for emotional success and the daily happiness and calm you seek.

Don’t let your emotions dictate your decisions and life.

Nick Trenton grew up in rural Illinois and is quite literally a farm boy. His best friend growing up was his trusty companion Leonard the dachshund. RIP Leonard. Eventually, he made it off the farm and obtained a BS in Economics, followed by an MA in Behavioral Psychology.

Discover your inner strength and calm.

•Understand the biological and psychological purposes of emotions.

•Find what triggers your deepest and strongest emotions.

•Learn how to properly express yourself for greater understanding.

•Tools to recognize and regulate in the heat of the moment.

•How to activate your “emotional immune system.”

This book is the blueprint for what to do when you inevitably get knocked down. The path to what we want is never easy; controlling your emotions gets you from Point A to Point B.

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00:02:04 The ABC method

00:10:45 Step 1 - How to Keep a Thought Journal.

00:25:12 Sh*t Happens ...Even if You Think Positively.

00:27:07 How to Take a Step Back.

00:32:05 Focus on Concrete Action.

00:36:51 A Word on the Most Useless Habit in the World.

00:44:01 Try a Cognitive Defusion Exercise.

00:56:36 Make Your Beliefs Earn Their Keep.

• To rewrite our negative thought patterns, we “can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”

• We can use the ABCDE acronym (activating event, belief, consequence, disputation, and new event) and explore the stories we’re telling in a thought journal. We can decide whether a new alternative is a good one according to its accuracy, helpfulness, and congruence with our values.

• Once you’ve identified your current thoughts, ask if there’s a different way to think about things, and how you can bring that idea to life with concrete action. Seek out evidence for a new belief, practice self-compassion, and go into learning mode, asking questions instead of making statements.

• Negativity can be relieved by shifting perspectives and creating psychological distance. Remember that pessimism, negativity, and gloomy nihilism are all coping mechanisms and once served a purpose. But right now, we can choose to cope with adversity in different, healthier ways (and there always will be adversity!)

• Create spatial, temporal, and psychological distance from distressing thoughts, ask what others might do in our situation (role-switching), and turn your mind to concrete action instead of asking why. Focus on a small, concrete detail in the present and ask what you can do. Avoid identifying problems without seeking solutions—i.e., complaining! Be mindful of your media use and minimize negative content that is draining you.

• When we are stuck in intense emotions, we can try the ACT technique of defusion. Imagine that your Mind is something separate from you and that you can watch it.

• Remember that you are not your thoughts; you are just having thoughts. Make your thoughts earn their keep!

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00:05:36 Causes for Mental Clutter and Agony.

00:20:57 The nature vs. nurture debate has actually been resolved - it isn’t either, but both.

00:31:48 The De-Stress Formula and Then Some.

00:33:56 The 4 A’s of Stress Management.

00:43:38 Stress Diaries and Journals.

00:50:19 The 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique.

00:54:43

Narrative Therapy and Externalization.

Overcome negative thought patterns to reduce stress and live a

worry-free life.

Overthinking is the biggest cause of unhappiness. Don't get stuck in a

never-ending thought loop. Stay present and keep your mind off things

that don't matter, and never will.

Break free of your self-imposed mental prison

Stop Overthinking is a book that understands where you’ve been

through,the exhausting situation you’ve put yourself into, and how you

lose your mind in the trap of anxiety and stress. Acclaimed author Nick

Trenton will walk you through the obstacles with detailed and proven

techniques to help you rewire your brain, control your thoughts, and

change your mental habits.

What’s more, the book will provide you scientific approaches to

completely change the way you think and feel about yourself by ending

the vicious thought patterns.

Stop agonizing over the past, over-analyzing the bad experiences, and

worrying about the future.

Nick Trenton grew up in rural Illinois and is quite literally a farm

boy. His best friend growing up was his trusty companion Leonard the

dachshund. RIP Leonard. Eventually, he made it off the farm and obtained

a BS in Economics, followed by an MA in Behavioral Psychology.

Powerful ways to stop ruminating and dwelling on the negative thoughts.

-How to be aware of your negative spiral triggers

-Identify and recognize your inner anxieties

-How to keep the focus on relaxation and action

-Proven methods to overcome stress attacks

-Learn to declutter your mind and find focus

Release your unlimited potential and start living.

No more self-deprecating talk. No more sleepless nights with racing

thoughts. Free your mind from overthinking and achieve more, feel

better, and unleash your potential. Finally be able to live in the

present moment.

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00:01:38 1. LABEL YOUR EMOTIONS

00:08:14 2. BUILD SELF-AWARENESS

00:15:45 3. QUESTION YOURSELF USING SOCRATIC METHOD

00:22:59 4. TEST YOUR FALSE BELIEFS

• Whatever form stress and anxiety take in your life, it’s worth having some psychological tools to help you manage it mindfully. Build more self-awareness by learning to label your emotions and noting how they feel on your body in the moment. We can also build self-awareness by keeping a regular thought diary, or by taking psychometric tests.

• We don’t have to accept our anxious thoughts as gospel. The Socratic questioning method asks us to look for evidence, become curious, and deliberately seek out alternative interpretations. We can likewise test our false beliefs by reappraising our assessment of the situation and the “threat” we see.

• Making a mind map gives us perspective and clarity on the chaos that may be in our minds. Start with a single word or phrase and do a “brain dump,” then look for patterns and themes, asking what you can control and what you cannot. One of the best cures for anxiety is to ask what you can realistically do about your situation.

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