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How To Take Care of Your Brain — The Rat Race Trap — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:01:40 +0000

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By: Carla

Carla — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:34:09 +0000

Being mindful of my thoughts both positive and negative is a challenge for me at times. I get into these thought patterns and the next think I know, I have had 10 minutes worth of negative thoughts. Old habits die hard, but I have to keep working at it to completely kill it. I will definitely add the book to my Amazon shopping list.

By: Stephen - Rat Race Trap

Stephen - Rat Race Trap — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:03:08 +0000

@Lance, thank you for your comments. I believe this is great stuff and possibly life-changing!

By: Lance

Lance — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:03:06 +0000

This really does sound like a great book, and you’ve given some excellent bullet points on bringing positivity into our lives! The concept of the 3 to 1 ratio – I find this highly intriguing – and this alone makes me want to be more productive! Awesome stuff!

By: Stephen - Rat Race Trap

Stephen - Rat Race Trap — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:46:20 +0000

@Glen, yes that is an interesting perspective. It is probably necessary though, because you can’t experience the positive without experiencing the negative. Thanks for stopping by to comment!

By: Glen Allsopp

Glen Allsopp — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:00:33 +0000

Nice Stephen, this must have taken a while to put together.

Regarding positivity, I read something recently that i thought was interesting, where someone claimed if you try to be positive then it’s just covering up some negativity you have. You will be positive / happy in the moment is you just let everything be.

I thought that was an interesting perspective!

Cheers,
Glen

By: Stephen - Rat Race Trap

Stephen - Rat Race Trap — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:42:10 +0000

@Daniel, thank you so much! Much appreciated.

@Giovanna, thanks for stopping by and commenting. I hope you enjoy the book.

@CathD, thank you for the insightful comments. You are right we only want stuff because we think it will make us happy and it generally doesn’t.

By: CathD

CathD — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:45:33 +0000

Excellent post, Stephen, with some great practical tips – I’ll look out for the book.

For me, who you’re BEING makes all the difference in creating the life you want. What life do we want? We all just want to feel good – the only reason we want all the other stuff (a successful business/ a promotion/ a nice house/ a partner/ children/ nice car/ whatever else) is because we believe it’ll make us feel good. And we can have all the feelings we want right now – we don’t have to wait until we have that stuff.

This post is a great summary of how you can get the feelings you want now, and what I call living from a “love state” instead of a fear state.