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January 9, 2012

A Penny for your . . .

Filed under: John Morgan's Blog — John Morgan @ 8:02 am

If you got paid for every thought, you’d be a very wealthy person.

There is no shortage of thoughts that run around in our heads, so which ones do we pay attention to that pay dividends?

If you monitor your thoughts for just a few minutes, you will make a major discovery about thoughts – they think you, you don’t think them. Thoughts have a mind of their own, but one thing they have in common is they all clamor for our attention.

Which ones deserve our attention?

The first act of separating the wheat from the chaff is to pay more attention to thoughts that are based in fact, and less attention to those dripping with opinion.

I suggest that you take just 2 minutes anytime today and observe what thoughts are occupying your mind. Observe without participating in the thoughts; just watch them parade by. What you will discover is that most of your thoughts are opinions, conjecture and a game of not connecting the dots.

Those are thoughts that are entertaining to watch but pay no dividends, kind of like watching “The Biggest Loser.”

The thoughts that pop in that are based in fact are the ones are worth paying attention to. Thoughts that are verifiable will take you to the bank; those that can’t be verified will keep you bankrupt.

How much of your thinking can you verify? It’s worth paying attention to. Just doing a simple 2 minute exercise like the one I recommended gets you in the habit of prioritizing the thought process. It makes you aware of what you are thinking.

Once you become aware of the value of your thoughts, you have the ability to interrupt the ones that rob you blind, and listen to the ones that put money in the till.

This is not financial advice. It’s an accounting system for your mind that lets you pay more attention to the thoughts that will pay off.

You’ll never know for sure whether this is a fact or an opinion unless you do the experiment.

 

All the best,

John

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