Your mind cannot process a negative.
A while back I recall snowboarding in the backcountry up in Stowe, Vermont and having a challenging time. I was bumping into every tree and couldn’t seem to find my line. I remember consciously thinking, “Wow, whatever happens, I don’t want to hit the trees”, and I kept seeing trees and bumping into them. That ever happen to you? Well, I then switched my thought process and restated in my head, “I want to find the perfect line”, and miraculously, the trees became non-existent and all I saw was the open line. It was a lesson well-learned and realizing that what I focus on, is what I see. We teach this all the time and I found myself living it. Our minds cannot process what you don’t want it, or do want it, it’s just sees what it sees. In example one; I saw the trees and in example two, I saw the clear line. Same scenario, I just saw two different things.
The question is, how are you seeing things in your life? Are you focusing on what you don’t want? Or are you focusing on what you do want? Personally, I am focusing whole heartedly on solutions and what to see happen in business, health and life. I am not putting any energy towards what I don’t want to see happen. How you apply this lesson is up to you, however, I hope you do spend more energy on solutions and less on the problems.
Happy living!
