Make This Realization In Your Life and You've Unlocked Your "Unfair Advantage"

Optimizing your brain can give you that edge in life you have been looking for.

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A Crazy Realization

You'll step out of the crowd with this way of thinking, but don't worry that's a good thing.

Who wanted to live like everyone else anyways? Yikes, sounds like a boring life being just like everyone else around you.

There were always those kids that were smarter than me in school, that could remember more, that were more confident, that had a way with words in relationships and that could speak in front of people so much better than I could.

I thought that this was the way that I was born and I just didn't get those "lucky genes."

I was starting to accept this was how it was and started to "feel bad" for myself almost, thinking that others always had the "advantage," a common feeling, I am sure, between a lot of us.

​Well, that is until I started to stumble across these articles on brain optimization and resetting my mindset.

I started to put these things into use in my life and they actually started to work. Crazy, right?

The strategies were relatively easy, mentally challeneging and made me step outside of my comfort zone constantly, but was in every way worth it.

The opportunities and results in my life started to increase and still are to this day, and they can be for you as well.

This might be just what you are looking for, that "unfair advantge" to set you apart in your career, in school and in life.

You owe it to yourself to start now, not juist settling and going through the motions of life.

Feel better, think better, work better, create better and live better.

The Common Belief Around Brain Function

This just isn't the case at all though...

"This is how I was born, and there's no way to change it."

A very common misconception, one that I will prove wrong in a second here, but first let's explore it a little bit.

People never even explore the option, or research the possibility to change their way of thinking, they just accept it as it is because that is the easier way to live.

Instead of facing the problems they are having with confidence, their mindset or their personality, they use this as a "cop out" excuse so that they never have to do anything too hard. Then they wonder why they aren't where they dreamed of being or why other's lives seem "better" than their own.

It is easier to do this than to actually take responsibility and be accountable for their own life because then they have to commit to something and can fall short of their expectations.

All of this stems from the belief that there is no way to "change," when there is always a way to change.

Proving This Hypothesis Wrong Using Examples in YOUR
LIFE

Hear me out, and I'll even use examples from your own life.

There is no way this hypothesis is true and let me explain why.

• You know that feeling when you get into a new relationship and you feel like you are on top of the world, you'll do almost anything for that person and your confidence goes through the roof. Yes, there is increased confidence deep down there, you just have to bring it to life.
• You know those day(s) after a long night of drinking where your mind is fuzzy, your reaction time is slow and you just can't think through problems effectively. Yes, it is possible to have your environment change your thinking ability.
• Or when you get that new job or into that college you wanted to or start talking to that person you are attracted to and you start to see everything in a positive light.
• Or after you go to the gym, you feel that boost of mental clarity, almost like a recharge.
• Or when you eat a ton of junk food and feel like you can't think right, almost like a "food coma."

There are a million instances of these times in your life where you have had optimal or suboptimal thinking, or have temporarily changed the way you see the world and reduced the negativity, or maybe even increased the negativity you see, if you had something bad happen.

So, this proves that it is possible to change your mindset and the way you are thinking in order to change your outlook and opportunities.

It is all about changing your mindset and mental ability and having it stay that way, not just changing it for a short period of time.

What To Focus On First When Attacking
​"Brain Performance"

Sometimes it is what you subtract from your life that makes more of a difference than what you add.

With all the articles out there, especially around habits, you might think you need to add a million things to your life or start doing all of this extra stuff on a day to day basis.,

Well, not exactly.

Instead, there is one very powerful thing you can start to eliminate from your life that will be just as powerful as the things that you can add to your life.

What is it?

Removing negativity. Sounds easy right? Well, easy in theory and a little harder in practice.

Our brains naturally gravitate towards what is easy and that is usually negative thoughts and complaining.

Why? Because when you complain you are essentially pushing off the problem so you don't have to solve it that moment.

And when you think negative thoughts, that is much easier than staying positive and not giving ourselves a reason why we aren't where we want to be.

A hard realization to make, one of the hardest I have had to make, yet it is essential.

​And to best do this, try these strategies:

• Go through your social media and start to unfollow the negative accounts that are always complaining or posting "memes" about how bad life is.
• Stop listening to sad music.
• Every time a negative thought pops into your mind, recognize it and force yourself to change it to positive... do this for a week and it will be game changing.
• Start to write a gratitude journal every morning, what are you grateful for. Then, at night, write about what went well and what you were grateful happened each day.
• Force yourself to stop complaining for a week.
• Don't just go with the flow when your friends or family are complaining or talking negative, share what you actually feel.

What Do You Need To Focus On Adding Then?

There are really a ton of options, it depends on what you are looking to improve.

Okay sweet, you started to get rid of negativity in your life. Now, what exactly can you add?

What you are going to want to focus on adding really depends on what you want to get out of your exercises for your mind. 

Maybe you want to increase your confidence, maybe you want to start thinking more positively, maybe you want to start feeling a little more happy, maybe you want to start thinking clearer or maybe you want to remember more.

Whatever that may be, there are exercises to help you do so but you need to stay focused on one thing and set of exercises at a time. Otherwise, you will start to spread yourself too thin and not get results in any area of your life.

The best way to stick with new habits is to add them to existing daily activities in your life.
So, that is exactly what we'll do.

Starting To Add These New Habits Into Your Life

This way you don't have to carve out a ton of time from your busy schedule.

Looking to increase your memory a little? Try getting a little better sleep, get off of your phone an hour before you go to bed and start to journal and read during that time. It helps your brain start to release stress and not be super stimulated as you are going to bed.

Trying to find some more happiness? Try getting off social media while you are at the gym, or try to add a short walk to your schedule in the morning where you can be more present.

Trying to get rid of stress and negative thoughts? Take control of your morning right away and don't go on your phone for the first hour. Spend that time focused on thinking through ideas, meditating or even just going through your normal morning routine and driving/ walking to work without your phone.

Looking to increase your confidence? Start engaging with more people that you are already running into on a day to day basis. Or just add one simple thing to step outside your comfort zone everyday.

These are just a handful of ideas, if you are really interested in this "unafair advantage" in life, I wriote about staretgies and mindsets almost every day. Check out some of the resources below or visit yourmmntm.com/blog.

Wow, just like that another day on the blog is in the books! Thanks for all the support and if you enjoyed this or learned anything I just ask one thing: bring a friend back tomorrow! Time to make personal development more "normal" because it is at the foundation of every area of our lives. Stop back with a friend tomorrow-- yourmmntm.com/blog

-Taylor

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