In school, we learn how to do math problems, read, write, draw and experiment. We are praised when we follow rules and punished when we don’t. We are given formulas and frameworks, we memorize facts and we are told how to behave. As we get older, we take behavioral questionnaires and strength finding assessments, we are told our tendencies, we seek out mentors and ask others for advice, but where do we learn how to think?
It took me over 40 years before I really learned how to think. I would love to believe that I wasn’t completely without self awareness or common sense, but I didn’t truly understand what was going on in my brain at any given time and how I could intentionally influence that – how to create thoughts that served me, how to erase beliefs that didn’t serve me, how my thoughts create my emotions, and how I create action or inaction based upon how I think and feel.
I struggled to make decisions because I would look to others for guidance vs looking inside myself and liking the reasons for my choices. I wanted to feel better about myself, but was still looking for others to validate whether I was worthy. And when I was trying to create something different in life, I was convinced that it was the outside world that would enable me to succeed instead of understanding that everything I needed to thrive was on the inside.
When I learned how to think, it opened so many doors and created so much more opportunity. So this week, I am sharing the framework I use with you. If you missed today’s lesson, you can view it here and join me on Facebook at 8:00AM MT every day this week for a short 10-15 minute lesson.
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