I just bought a kindle from Alu's mom
I just read the book, Mind Hacking. I enjoy reading some self-help material because, if nothing else, it makes me feel like I'm making an effort to improve myself and my life, even if that often ends up not actually being the case. However, this is the first full book I've read on the subject and I found it pretty enlightening. The core concept, as I understand it, revolves around understanding the negative thoughts you subconsciously repeat to yourself (referred to as negative loops) and replacing them with increasingly positive ones, and it provides several methods for each step of this process.
For example, once you find an undesired thought loop, simply ask yourself why you feel/act this way. Then once you determine that answer, ask yourself why that's the case, continuing to ask why until you reach the root cause.
This is complimented by practicing gamified focus meditation and making a lot of goals, both grandiose, long-term goals and small sub-goals that act as steps to the larger ones. It also encourages breaking down those smaller goals even further until they get small enough to be easily manageable and, preferably, easily trackable (working on a project for an hour a day, for instance, is preferable to simply saying "finish this project today," since said project may end up taking 40 hours). These are ultimately not ground-breaking concepts, but the way it's all presented resonated with me enough to make a lasting impact, I think. That said, I could definitely understand this being seen as sort of pandering to the geek crowd, but I don't think it's quite on the level of something like Ready Player One (which I still enjoyed well enough even though it's largely one giant nostalgia/pop-culture reference).
While I of course recommend buying the book, the text is available - I believe in its entirety - along with a few helpful resources at mindhacki.ng.
This is not sponsored, although I wish it was. Is it still selling out if you get paid to say you like things you actually like? I've read that Billy Mays only repped products he actually used, which I think is neat. I guess he and his family really liked Taco Bell and he was about to start a new ad campaign for them when he died.
Anyway.
Take it easy!
For example, once you find an undesired thought loop, simply ask yourself why you feel/act this way. Then once you determine that answer, ask yourself why that's the case, continuing to ask why until you reach the root cause.
This is complimented by practicing gamified focus meditation and making a lot of goals, both grandiose, long-term goals and small sub-goals that act as steps to the larger ones. It also encourages breaking down those smaller goals even further until they get small enough to be easily manageable and, preferably, easily trackable (working on a project for an hour a day, for instance, is preferable to simply saying "finish this project today," since said project may end up taking 40 hours). These are ultimately not ground-breaking concepts, but the way it's all presented resonated with me enough to make a lasting impact, I think. That said, I could definitely understand this being seen as sort of pandering to the geek crowd, but I don't think it's quite on the level of something like Ready Player One (which I still enjoyed well enough even though it's largely one giant nostalgia/pop-culture reference).
While I of course recommend buying the book, the text is available - I believe in its entirety - along with a few helpful resources at mindhacki.ng.
This is not sponsored, although I wish it was. Is it still selling out if you get paid to say you like things you actually like? I've read that Billy Mays only repped products he actually used, which I think is neat. I guess he and his family really liked Taco Bell and he was about to start a new ad campaign for them when he died.
Anyway.
Take it easy!
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