THERAPYCISE

What could happen today if you improved just 1% in terms of your mental performance?

How would your life be different if you became more aware of tools that you could be using right now that allow you to be at your absolute best when it counts?

One of the things I love about writing articles for brilliant magazines such as Wokingham Local is the opportunity to share some amazing tools and tips, that I know can help someone the moment that they read it. Another reason is that it gives me a chance to flex those mental muscles that are used for writing and logical thought. Flexing these amazing components in the brain is a good thing to do for everyone from time to time and this nicely links with what I would like to talk with you about today.

If you have ever read any of my written content before, watched me speak at an event, maybe Wokingham Local’s Cocktail Chat social networking, or watched some of my many videos that I have produced over the years, you will know I like talking about software and hardware. Just like a phone or a computer has hardware and software, the space between the ears is very similar. I see the brain as the hardware like your latest phone or computer model. I also see the mind as being like the software like your IOS operating system (Apple user) or the latest Windows update (Microsoft user). Now unlike your phone or computer, we cannot just swap our brain for another brain when we feel like it. We as humans cannot just wake up one day, have a browse online and order your new brain to be delivered to you next day delivery on Amazon Prime, maybe in the future but not quite yet. What we can do however, is upgrade and update our operating systems i.e., our mind and this can allow us to operate at a higher level, have an increased level of life satisfaction and overall be happier.

How does that sound for you?

I haven’t got enough time today to go through all the sensational upgrades that are available, but I would like to motivate you to do an audit of your life including your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Since the start of the year, how have you been behaving and what actions have you been taking? Have your thoughts been mainly positive, rational, and optimal or have those negative automatic thoughts been forcing their way in? How have you been waking up and feeling on a daily basis? These are all questions that can be asked when you give you mental toolkit a little dusting off and see what improvements can be made. I would like to leave you with a little quote today that will throw some fuel on the fire inside your mind. I’m not going to say who said these words as to be honest, quotes get changed over time and adapted and tweaked but trust me when I say, I absolutely love it hence me sharing it with you today…

Take some time today to have a little mental dust off and audit of that amazing machine we call our mind. Play with it, give it some awareness, write down your insights and then pick one area to work on. Keep it simple, focus on progress and I’m sure with the Summer just around the corner, you too can achieve greatness, in the areas that you consider important.

Keep stoking - Chris

Chris Hunt | Therapycise Mental Performance Psychologist www.therapycise.co.uk |

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