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Reflections is all about sharing personal gems of insight to change and challenge the way you think.
The marshmallow experiment proves the power of patience. When you can delay gratification/reward, you’re more likely to have success in your life. The concept of patience ties perfectly into what we discussed in previous episodes. Having patience is the prerequisite for becoming the experiencer of your thoughts and feelings. Patience is the ability that you need to increase the gap between stimulus and reaction. The good news is that there are mundane ways to practice patience every day.
Our thoughts and emotions tend to carry us away. We believe that we are our thoughts and feelings. What if there was a way to become the experiencer of our thoughts and emotions? What would happen then to the intensity of our feelings? How might our lives change? All that, I discuss in this episode.
This episode is about the fundamental choice that you have in life. There are two ways to go about living your life. I illustrate those two ways by giving the example of public speaking and being criticized by someone. The inspiration for this approach comes from Michael Singer. Learn more here: https://untetheredsoul.com.
Every emotional reaction is cause by something hitting our internal system of preferences. In this episode, I share examples of that mechanism and how understanding our preference systems can help us raise the quality of our lives.
Explore with me the connection between having a self-image and holding on to negative emotions. This talk by Yogi Krishnamurti inspired this episode: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHMoiSk63A.
There are two ways to draw the Mona Lisa. The first way is to draw it like a picture by numbers. The second way is to outline the Mona Lisa with a pencil sketch, and the add layer upon layer of detail until it is in color and full resolution. But what does that have to do with life?
We keep striving, pursuing goal, trying to please everyone, so that we feel better. And so that we feel “enough.” What if you believed that you are already enough? What would change for us?
In this episode, I question the widely known assumption that goals are essential to being happy and successful. Are they really, though? Or is there an alternative?
What is urgent is often not important. Focusing on the urgent puts us onto the hamster wheel, making it impossible to know whether or not we work on what’s important to us. Find out why it is beneficial just to take a breath.
Ever got stuck writing an important email, then this strategy might help. It is tempting to exert your will and get it done. But there is a more elegant way.
