Episode Details

Can you actually control your thoughts? No, and being told to think positive is exactly why so many people feel they are failing at it.

I hit rock bottom in a shopping centre and a security guard stepped down off his platform and walked over to me. Everything left me at once. For the first time in my life I could only think negatively, and it hurt so much I had no idea what to do with it. You do not have exclusive access to your own mind. It hands you thoughts the way a child hands you a drawing. What you do with it is the only part that was ever yours.

One thing to try: When the next thought arrives, do not judge it. Just decide whether you are getting on it.

In this episode

• (0:10) So you think you can control your thoughts
• (1:26) The man who broke his neck and stayed relentlessly positive
• (3:00) The shopping centre, and the security guard who came over
• (4:28) The moment every thought left me
• (6:03) Only being able to think negatively, for the first time ever
• (8:55) You do not have exclusive access to your own mind
• (11:28) The child bringing you a drawing, and what you say next
• (17:02) Where the gold actually is

The companion talk episode: 2 Words You Should Stop Using AND What to Use Instead

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