Think Straight: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life

by Darius Foroux

we have the ability to choose one thought over the other. In other words, we can control what we think.

“If there is any instrument you must fall in love with and fetishize, it is the human brain—the most miraculous, awe-inspiring, information-processing tool devised in the known universe, with a complexity we can’t even begin to fathom, and with dimensional powers that far outstrip any piece of technology in sophistication and usefulness.”

We’re always so quick to judge and draw conclusions based on our assumptions. We’re all human beings. We make mistakes. We change our minds. And we assume things that are not true all the time. That’s normal. What’s not normal is to let your mind go out of control.

Descartes also reviewed his own thoughts and found many contradictions. His most important idea is that we should question the source of our beliefs, not the belief itself. Because most of our beliefs are based on our or other people’s perception.

Thoughts should serve a useful purpose. If they don’t, they’re useless. That’s straight thinking.

Should post this on wall.

Steve Jobs said, “You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”

It’s better to be aware of your thoughts and decide what you will ignore, and what you will give importance to.

If you want to have useful thoughts, here’s a rule of thumb: Only think about things you can control. That automatically eliminates about 99% of your thoughts because there’s very little you control in life.