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the quality of your thoughts determines
the quality of your life
improved thoughts = improved life
improve your thoughts
so how do you improve your thoughts?
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the quality of your life
improved thoughts = improved life
improve your thoughts
so how do you improve your thoughts?
/THREAD/
1
read deeply + often
reading is the gym for your mind
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one"
– George R.R. Martin
read deeply + often
reading is the gym for your mind
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one"
– George R.R. Martin
2
write daily
great thinkers are great writers
"Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That’s why it’s so hard"
- David McCullough
write daily
great thinkers are great writers
"Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That’s why it’s so hard"
- David McCullough
3
meditate
meditation trains the mind to focus on the present and improves attention and concentration
"Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight"
- Ajahn Brahm
meditate
meditation trains the mind to focus on the present and improves attention and concentration
"Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight"
- Ajahn Brahm
4
schedule deliberate learning
learning is a superpower, and skill that will improve your life in innumerable ways
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
schedule deliberate learning
learning is a superpower, and skill that will improve your life in innumerable ways
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
5
exercise
exercise will literally alter your brain chemicals to improve memory, mood, and thinking skills
"It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor"
- Cicero
exercise
exercise will literally alter your brain chemicals to improve memory, mood, and thinking skills
"It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor"
- Cicero
6
forgive
forgiving helps us let go of negative emotions that weigh us down
it reduces stress + redirects that energy to more productive thoughts
"Sometimes, it’s hard to remember that forgiveness benefits the forgiver more than the one who is forgiven"
-Elizabeth Scott
forgive
forgiving helps us let go of negative emotions that weigh us down
it reduces stress + redirects that energy to more productive thoughts
"Sometimes, it’s hard to remember that forgiveness benefits the forgiver more than the one who is forgiven"
-Elizabeth Scott
7
practice gratitude
it has a powerful effect on the mind + body. it opens the mind to infinite possibilities, it improves alertness, enthusiasm, determination, + attentiveness
"A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things"
- Plato
practice gratitude
it has a powerful effect on the mind + body. it opens the mind to infinite possibilities, it improves alertness, enthusiasm, determination, + attentiveness
"A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things"
- Plato
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