Your Brain Magnifies What You Focus On | The Power of the Subconscious Mind

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   Subconscious mind as the hidden driver of identity and behavior

   1. SZDr. Shadé Zahrai0:00

      Now, 90% of our mind is the subconscious. It has a huge influence on who you are, on how you feel, on how you interpret things, on how you perceive things, how you interact with others, and how you respond to the world. If you don't believe you can do something, you're not going to have the mental clarity, the determination that you need to be able to achieve it. You'll just give up. But if you're positive, if you have a positive and optimistic explanatory style, then you'll start to notice things that are more positive in your life. You actually

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   Beliefs determine persistence: why doubt kills clarity and follow-through

   1. SZDr. Shadé Zahrai0:30

      attract it to you through the reticular activating system in the brain, through that filter system, the magnifying glass of our subconscious. So when it comes to attitude, you can choose and control what you pay attention to by starting with your thoughts. What are you telling yourself about the world, about your abilities, about your interactions? Because when it starts here, then you start to notice things that reinforce that because it starts to become a belief.

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   Reticular Activating System: focus filters reality and reinforces beliefs

   1. SZDr. Shadé Zahrai1:02

      You magnify things that reinforce your way of being. If you're looking for something, you'll find it. So why don't we look for things that actually build us up? It's how we can be more transformational in our approach, whether as leaders or just every single day. When people are positive and optimistic, you want to be around them because of this contagion, this energy transfer. [upbeat music]

Episode duration: 1:29