Episode #292: Our Thoughts create our Reality

Apr 25, 2024

Your car breaks down during the morning school run. You spill a cappuccino on your favourite sweater. A desirable prospective client ghosts you. YIKES. When negative things happen to us, it can throw us into a spiral of negativity that derails our whole day. Sometimes, these events can tap into our insecurities and trigger negative thoughts about our capability… or whether we even deserve to succeed.

Automatic negative thoughts can be caused by our learned belief systems and societal conditioning. It's easy to fall victim to these negative thoughts, but we need to remember that we CHOOSE our thoughts — and that our thoughts become our reality.

I’m a huge proponent of the power of positive thinking. If this feels a little cliché or woo-woo to you, I understand. In fact, I’m on a mission to shift the way that people view positive thinking… so let’s get started! In this episode of The Business of Thinking Big, I bust some of the myths around positive thinking, explore how to find the positives in negative situations, and dig into the link between negative thoughts and hormones.

In‌ ‌this‌ ‌episode,‌ ‌you’ll discover:‌

Why your circumstances don’t actually dictate your thoughts, contrary to popular belief (and why you have more control than you think!)
How we tend to project our own perceptions onto our experiences — and why mindset work is SO important!
Powerful mindset challenges to put into practice after listening to the episode

Timestamps:

00:33 Intro

00:57 “Our circumstances dictate our thoughts”

02:37 Choose where you spend energy

04:22 Program rejection example

07:56 The human experience & projecting our perception

09:26 Mindset work & challenge

13:19 Negativity bias

14:10 Thought patterns & hormones

16:43 Law of attraction

18:15 Ripple effects & starting small

23:12 Starting & ending the day