Showing posts with label thought. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thought. Show all posts

layers

If looking at the surface of your mind does not give you the answer you are seeking about yourself, look deeper. If looking deep into your mind does not provide the answer, look on the surface.

gadget weight

The obstacle that keeps you from throwing a thing away might be the need to admit that you were tricked into thinking the thing was important in the first place.

levels

You are not your stuff. You are not your thoughts about your stuff either.

microscope

It is a trick of the mind that makes you think people are paying attention to the way you do things.

in the wind

There are times when a roll of the dice will produce a better course of action than any plan your conflicted mind can come up with.

the inventor

Spend more time paying attention to the problems that you want to solve than to the problems that you just want to complain about.

showing the way

The more clear your thoughts and intentions are, the easier it is for you to provide an example to follow.

now we are

A meeting of the minds is built on an agreement about the meaning of time.

smalltown

To think big, you have to set aside the opinions of those who want you to think small.

original critic

When you find yourself worrying about what people will think, ask what opinions you are worried about and where those ideas came from.

one step removed

Sometimes it’s better to delegate tasks to people who will do them without giving them much thought or taking much time.

unboxing

The long-sought solution, when it comes, may appear crazy or capricious at first.

just my imagination

To change your thoughts through affirmations and similar techniques you may need to consciously repeat the new thoughts many times. One common challenge is that you may imagine that you have done the number of repetitions needed when in reality you have only imagined most of the repetitions.

news

Change your idea of who you are, and you change your idea of where you are.

room to consider

Arrange your material surroundings so that they direct your attention toward useful lines of thought.

antiparadox

If you arguing one side or the other in a paradox, you are missing the point.

flip side

Often you can discover what you want by reasoning from a list of things you don’t want.

under a microscope

Feelings become twice as complicated the moment you start second-guessing them.