Published Nov 6, 2022
It's a Buddhist term, Monkey Mind, which suggests unsettlement, restlessness, indecisiveness, uncontrollable and capricious. We are constantly thinking; I like to call it analysing.
You have, let's say, 6000+ thoughts a day (based on a recent study in 2020) for someone who typically is awake for 16 hours a day. Many are repetitive thoughts; imagine if you could utilise the majority of them into effective thoughts that serve you; how impactful would that be to your life?
Think about this, aren't all our thoughts a bunch of questions?
This very sentence is a thought but also a question. It's like google; the term google it is a query. Every search in google is a question formed in two ways, direct and indirect.
Our brain is a supercomputer that works similarly; we constantly question and query our brain to find the answer. Where does that information come from? It searches vast knowledge from your life and experiences. What if you don't have the answer? It FORMS the best possible answer.
Not all google results give you the correct answer; it gives you the best possible answer to your query. The answer you get from google is the findings of other people's responses; it's then represented to you.
Similarly, you also provide the parameters in the mind that determines the response.
Take a moment and audit your thoughts.
All questions determine the answer, and those questions come from what you focus on. So what is happening right now in your life? Perhaps you are trying to accomplish something, a task, a presentation, a phone call, a stage talk, starting a business, trying to make money, whatever it is, how can you ask yourself more resourceful questions?
What might the brain answer when you ask it the wrong question?
All of these questions create lousy answers; they will vary from what one mind to another. You can imagine how you'll feel from the response to these answers; you end up down a deep, deeper hole until climbing back out seems so far away.
You see, one bad question can lead to more negative questions.
I want you to learn to ask yourself better questions, regardless of the experience or circumstances. Find the positive in every situation.
Get focused on the positive so that the questions you ask yourself will empower you to create positive expectations in your results and positive experiences for those around you.
Do you remember Where's Wally?
It was a fantastic childhood memory for me.
Can you find Wally? Go!
What's important here is understanding the strategy people take to find Wally. Let me ask you, can we see him looking at the whole image together? Perhaps not. We must narrow our focus.
We may start in one area of the image; perhaps someone is looking for all the red areas, and another might choose to reduce the smaller places, like the sea to sand.
We might concentrate on a small area of the image and have multiple thoughts.
Narrowing your focus will create better questions. He wears glasses - who is wearing glasses? This immediately removes much of the focus on what doesn't need attention.
The navy seal training uses this technique. To focus on the immediate now, not the next meal, not what others say about them, not how long the journey is, not how hard it is - Just the task at hand.
Using the same technique to condition your mind to see the positives and ask positive questions to excel your chances of success.
What are some of the most recent questions that have been playing on your mind, let me know in the chat.
Champions, every experience you face externally is a question and response internally, so make every thought count!
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