SUMMARY – CHAPTER 3
1. We cannot control the thoughts that pop into our minds, but we do have control of our spotlight of attention.
2. Trying not to think about something tends to make us think about it more.
3. Allowing all thoughts to be present, but choosing which ones we give our time and attention to, can have a powerful impact on our emotional experience
4. Turning our attention is a skill that can be practiced with both mindfulness and gratitude practice.
5. While there is a time for focusing on a problem, we also need to focus on the direction we want to move in, and how we want to feel or behave.
6. Thoughts are not facts. They are suggestions offered up to us by the brain to help us make sense of the world.
7. The power of any thought is in how much we believe it to be the only truth.
8. Taking power out of those thoughts starts with stepping back, getting some distance (metacognition) and seeing them for what they are.
1. We cannot control the thoughts that pop into our minds, but we do have control of our spotlight of attention.
2. Trying not to think about something tends to make us think about it more.
3. Allowing all thoughts to be present, but choosing which ones we give our time and attention to, can have a powerful impact on our emotional experience
4. Turning our attention is a skill that can be practiced with both mindfulness and gratitude practice.
5. While there is a time for focusing on a problem, we also need to focus on the direction we want to move in, and how we want to feel or behave.
6. Thoughts are not facts. They are suggestions offered up to us by the brain to help us make sense of the world.
7. The power of any thought is in how much we believe it to be the only truth.
8. Taking power out of those thoughts starts with stepping back, getting some distance (metacognition) and seeing them for what they are.