I know something about you without knowing you. I bet you spend A LOT of time in your head. You know, thinking, worrying, stressing, freaking out -- call it whatever you want. I call it a preoccupied mind. And with what?
99% of your thoughts are useless. William James, once the leading psychologist in America, and one of the founders of the philosophical school of pragmatism, put it best:
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
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When I want to quit, I still listen to it because sometimes it is a sign. But more often, it's just fear. And I refuse to surrender to it. And neither should you.
Only think about things you can control. That automatically eliminates about 99% of your thoughts because there's very little you control in life. Only focus on what you control. Things like your: -desires -actions -words -intentions