We may not be able to choose our thoughts directly, but we can certainly choose our attitudes. Our attitudes are extremely powerful filters... A positive attitude filters out negative thoughts and invites positive thoughts, while a negative attitude rejects positive thoughts and invites negative thoughts to enter uninvited. And so, our attitudes, positive or negative, have the power … Continue reading Performance Anxiety: The Power of Positive Thinking
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Performance Anxiety: The Problem with Don’t
The most absolutely worthless and destructive advice regarding anything unpleasant or undesirable is this: “Try not to think about it.” Don’t think about it?! Now all you can do is think about IT! Instead, what we need is something active and positive, something to DO, not something to NOT do. We need something that launches our … Continue reading Performance Anxiety: The Problem with Don’t
Performance Anxiety: Stream of Consciousness
To a larger extent than we care to admit, we do not have direct control over our thoughts... One thought triggers the next thought, which triggers the next, and so on and so on. One might go so far to say: We don’t think our thoughts; our thoughts think us. In order to illustrate the point, let's play … Continue reading Performance Anxiety: Stream of Consciousness