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By Dr.
Jill Ammon-Wexler You've heard the expression, "We are what we think." But is this old saying really true in a scientific sense? Do our thoughts "really" control what we accomplish in life? I recall a classic study from many years ago. Picture this: A teacher comes into a primary-level classroom, and tells her students that a new scientific study proved blue-eyed children are a lot smarter than brown- or green-eyed children. The results are both immediate and dramatic. The blue-eyed children immediately began to outperform their brown and green-eyed classmates in all aspects of their studies. Then two months later the teacher calls a special class-room meeting. She tells the students she'd made a serious mistake. She apologized, and said the study had actually proven that brown- and green-eyed children are the most intelligent. Again the results are dramatic and immediate. The blue-eyed children lost their edge and began to under perform. The brown- and green-eyed children's grades, on the other hand, immediately soared to the "superior" range! What does this prove? Simply this: If you "believe" you're smart, you act smart. If you "believe" you're creative, you act creative. If you "believe" you're a success, you act successful. If you "believe"
you're excellent at something, you act We each live up (or down) to the image we hold of our self. An Important
Insight Nightingale reported discovering one common belief: "We become what we think about." It seems
Nightingale's finding agrees with what the classroom-study proved: If
you *think* you're bright and destined for success, guess what? You'll
be smart, and you'll do smart things that will move you along toward success.
How This
Works So -- you approach some kids playing ball and ask to join. They assign you the position of third baseman. But by the time the inning is over, you've clearly shown your lack of skill. Then catastrophe strikes when you come up to bat and strike out! That's the end of your "baseball career." You were dubbed a "stupid dummy," and thrown off the team. Then suppose you tell your Dad what happened, and he says something like: I'm not surprised Son, you're really NOT cut out for sports. The ANTs
Have Invaded These ANTs (Automatic Negative Thoughts) don't just go away on their own. They sneak around in your subconscious mind twenty-four hours a day sending their messages throughout your mind. If you even
consider engaging in an activity that has ANTs attached to it, a whole
army will start to march along your neural networks. Suddenly you'll decide
to "just forget it" because "I'm not any good at that anyway."
How to
Stamp Out ANTs This exercise
is intended to be performed in privacy, while facing a If you want to overcome negative feelings about public speaking, for example, your affirmation might be: "I am an excellent speaker." If you want to stomp out negative feelings about failure, you might say: "I am fearless." Frequent repetition creates new and stronger neural networks. Don't be alarmed if you begin to look like a different person in the mirror. Done over time, you will begin to get glimpses of a "truer" version of yourself in the mirror. By
Dr. Jill Ammon-Wexler, creator of Quantum-Self.com. Discover
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