Thoughts are things: The Power of Focus
Psychology refers to the way the mind or our character works and
how it influences our behaviour. Psychology self improvement is
the basis of all self improvement and personal development. When
you change and improve your mind and character your whole life
will be transformed. The psychological state you are in on a day
to day basis determines the way you feel, the emotions you
experience, what you will or will not do and everything that
flows from that.
Contrary to popular belief, psychology self improvement is not a
miracle that someone performs on you once. It is a process of
continuous wilful action on your part on a daily basis. A
commitment to having an extraordinary psychology will guarantee
you an extraordinary life. We all have the need to expand and
grow as human beings. If we don't grow then we won't be happy.
It's as simple as that and it all starts with an improvement in
psychology and a realization that it is you and only you who can
and will do it.
80% of success in life is psychology; the ability to manage your
mindset. Psychology self improvement is an improvement in the
way you manage your mindset. There are two components to your
psychology that once you understand and apply them can transform
your life and your experience of life. The first one is your
mental focus and the second aspect is your physiology.
For the purpose of this discussion we will stick to the way you
control and use your mental focus in your psychology self
improvement. Mental focus refers to the thoughts, ideas, images
and conversations you hold in your mind on a daily basis. Your
conscious mind can only focus on one thing at any time although
there are millions of things going on around you all the time.
What's wrong is always there, but so is what is right and what
we focus on determines what we think about.
We all become what we think. We are what we think and we always
move towards the "image" of our ideal selves. By definition an
improvement in our thoughts will lead to an improvement in our
lives and our destiny. But what is a thought? The process of
thinking is nothing but a process of asking and answering
questions in our mind and this process, mostly, happens
unconsciously. Whenever something happens to us there are two
automatic questions that our subconscious minds immediately ask:
what does this mean and what should I do next. If we want to
have an extraordinary psychology we need to take conscious
control of this process until it is conditioned in our
subconscious minds.
If we then want to have improve our psychology, we firstly need
to learn the skill of asking ourselves questions that will
direct our focus. Whenever you find yourself thinking about
anything that is disempowering and leading to emotions like
anger, overwhelm, jealousy ex. you need to bring your mind and
mental focus back to what's most important by consciously asking
yourself a new question. Remember that the thoughts we dwell on
will eventually manifest themselves in our lives.
Imagine, just for a second, that something happens that makes
you feel angry. Immediately your focus is on what made you angry
and if you focus on it long enough your mind will come up with
more references and eventually you will be feeling furious.
Imagine now that someone came up to you and said: "good morning
miss, can you tell me what time it is?" and immediately your
mind is distracted from what caused the anger and you feel fine.
By simply asking yourself the question "what else can this mean"
and by really searching for alternative and empowering answers
you can immediately change your mental focus and that is one
powerful way of starting your journey on improving your
psychology.
By designing a series of questions for yourself you can always
get out of a bad state and turn your mental focus around.
Realize that nothing in life has any meaning except for the
meaning you give it and by consistently asking yourself
questions like "what's great in my life?" and "who do I love and
who loves me?" you will start to consciously direct your mental
focus. By focusing on what's great in your life everyday, you
will always feel great. What's wrong is always there, but so is
what is right. Decide right now to focus on what's right, good
and beautiful in life and make controlling your mental focus a
habit. Whether something is a problem or an opportunity, good or
bad, happy or sad comes down to your mental focus.