Most of us do not watch our thoughts, but we can control them, says the American psychologist James Borg, and thus achieve emotional well-being, personal and professional success.
As it turned out, every day we have about 60-80 thousand (!) Thoughts. What’s more, research shows that it’s mostly negative thoughts that come up. And they, in turn, affect our feelings and mood. Most of us do not watch our thoughts, but we can control them, says the American psychologist James Borg, and thus achieve emotional well-being, personal and professional success. Borg tells how the brain works, how thoughts are formed, how our memory works. But its main goal is to explain how to change your thinking in order to become happier. It will not be possible to do this in an instant, but you can still learn how to influence your thoughts. “Old habits cannot be thrown out the window. But they can be persuaded to go down the stairs — step by step, ”the author quotes Mark Twain. Many other aphorisms (borrowed and his own) are convenient stepping stones along the way.
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