Is it time to change your filter? Huh?
It seems like a funny question doesn't it?
When I'm referring to filter, I'm talking about, your Reticular Activating System (RAS)* that part of your brain that scans the environment to find what you're looking for.
Yep, you have that kind of power to influence what you get.
So, how do you use your power? For finding the negative, or the positive?
It's a mindset thing.
Have you ever started your day where things aren't going well so you decide...maybe not consciously...it's not going to be a good day. The next thing you know, all the evidence to support this starts presenting itself to you.
It's not random.
Once you decide that you're looking for something, your brain's job is to help you find it. So it will filter out the things that don't meet your criteria in order to allow you to more clearly see the things that you're looking for. Hence, if you decide you're going to have a bad day, no surprises here...you get one.
The cool thing about this is it also works in the opposite way.
At any given time, you're given the choice to decide how you would prefer things to go, not in a woo woo way at all. In a truly scientific way, your brain will deliver for you what you tell it you want it to deliver.
The lens you look at the world through is designed by you. What are you looking for?
If you've always looked at things from a negative perspective, deciding to change can feel like a lot. It means acknowledging that you do have choice.
So back to those filters again...is it time for a change or maybe a tune up?
Consider this a check in.
Are you ready?
Let's get to it...
Your challenge...
It was Henry Ford who said "Whether you think you can or think you can't you're right."... this pretty much sums up mindset.
Does it mean that everything turns out all the time? Absolutely not...and you have a far greater chance of things working out and going more smoothly...if you have the mindset that it's possible.
If you find that you lean towards the negative, it's not a fault in the system, it's how our brains are designed. We're meant to look for the negative. It's a protective response. So you're working against nature here.
So how do you make this shift?
Shifting your mindset when you're working against nature is going to take some practice.
Start small.
Pay attention.
Seems obvious but we tend to do things on autopilot, so you may not even notice that it's happening. Notice...there I go again...
Course Correct.
What do I want to do instead? Decide that you're going to choose an optimistic mindset this time. What could go right?
Repeat.
Often. This is a practice. Be gentle with yourself. That autopilot brain of yours is determined to win. Repetition of this process makes it more likely that you'll eventually be able to interrupt this pattern and gradually, ever so gently, shift your mindset.
Remember...change doesn't happen overnight...it happens over time. I've got your back.
Ready to change your mindset filter? Contact me and let's set up your FREE chemistry call.
Cheers,
Ann
**RAS -Filters incoming sensory data, allowing only essential information to reach conscious awareness. Helps the brain identify, filter for, and recognize opportunities related to your focus or goals.
Is it time to change your filter?