Even though you are going to feel like a hero when you tackle any of those feats, your mind computer will still scramble to find excuses and justifications why you shouldn’t. But you are not your mind computer, fueled by fear. You are the operator of your mind computer. And you always have the choice to ignore the thought output and do it. It’s what Albert Einstein was getting at when he said, “You can’t solve a problem on the same level it was created.” You can’t always outsmart the thought-machine with more thoughts. Instead, thank the machine for its efforts, take manual control of what is
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