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Do our thoughts shape our lives? Albert Einstein believed so. He said, “The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” James Lane Allen, author of the book “As a Man Thinketh” states, “You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.”
It’s easy for us to focus on the negative parts of our lives. In doing this, we sub-consciously shape our future responses toward the negative. If you want to move in a positive direction, you have to shape your thoughts with positive thoughts. One way you can focus on the positive is to have a pride-experiences list.
List past experiences that are positive for you; things you are proud of, that energize you as you recall them. Include your earliest memories. They can be anything from building a house to drawing a picture or running a race. It only matters how you feel about it. The standard for items on this list is your own pride in feeling, “I did it myself.”
Examples of pride experiences are:
- Coached my baseball team to a winning season
- Created an innovative new procedure and trained staff how to use it
- Designed a go-kart with 2 friends and won first prize in a race
- Doubled the sales volume in my product area in a two-year period
- Earned enough money to travel through Europe by holding three part-time jobs
- Helped solve an important personal problem for an employee or neighbour
- Initiated a program, product or procedure at my job
- Learned to swim and dive at age seven
- Organized and led weekend Girl Guide camping outings
- Raised $1,000 organizing a raffle for my children’s school
- Remodelled and redecorated part of my house
- Set up and ran a summer business that earned enough profit to pay for my school tuition
- Successfully managed a difficult project to completion
- Taught myself how to create a web site by studying a how-to book
- Wrote an innovative database program to help my class manage a research project
This is not merely a mental exercise; write the list on paper or in your PDA. Refer to the list regularly. In particular, when you feel negative thoughts coming on, pull out the list and remind yourself of the things you have and can accomplish.
译文:
用值得骄傲的经历塑造你的思维
发表在 动机。
我们的思想塑造了我们的生活吗？阿尔伯特 爱因斯坦是这么认为的。他说：“我们现在已创造出的世界是我们思维的一个产物；他必定随着我们思想的变化而变化。”《人生的思考》一书的作者詹姆斯 艾伦指出：“今天你所在的地方是你的思维已经带你来的地方；明天你所在的地方将是你的思维要带你去的地方。”
我们很容易把重点集中在生活中的消极部分。在这一过程中，我们潜意识地塑造我们的未来以回应这消极的事物。如果你想要朝着积极的方向发展，就必须用积极的想法塑造你的思维。你可以把重点集中在积极的事物上，方法之一就是拥有一份引以为傲的经历表。
列举过去发生过的且对你而言是积极的经历;你感到自豪的事情，当你回想起这些事的时候，它们能给你增加能量。包括你最早时的记忆。从盖一座房子到绘制一幅画，参加一场比赛，它可以是任何事。它仅关乎你对它的如何看待。列表上的项目的标准就取决与你的自豪感，“我自己完成的。”
以下是一些值得骄傲的经历的例子:
- 执教的棒球队赢的本季比赛
- 创造了一个创新的新程序并训练员工学会使用
- 和两位朋友设计了一辆卡丁车并在比赛中赢得冠军
- 两年之内在个人产品领域销售量翻了一番
- 通过做三份兼职赚到足够的钱游遍欧洲
- 帮忙员工或邻居解决一个重要的私人问题
- 在工作中创始一项计划，一种产品或程序
- 学习游泳并在七岁时学会跳水
- 组织和领导女孩周末郊游露营事务
- 筹集1000美元为儿童学校举办了一次抽奖
- 改建和翻修了房子的某个部分
- 开始经营一单夏天的生意，赚到了足够的利润来支付学费
- 成功地管理一个项目直至完成
- 通过课本自学如何建立一个网站
- 编辑一个创新的数据库程序以帮助班级管理一个研究i项目
这不仅是一种精神锻炼；在纸上或你的PDA上写下列表。经常查阅这份列表。特别是在你感觉自己消极时，摆脱消极情绪，提醒自己有自己能完成的事情。