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“The Thinker Thinks and The Prover Proves”
Written by Steve | Published: |
This school year one of my sons started at a new school and has been having a difficult time with his math class.
Over the past couple of weeks I have heard him repeat comments like, “I’m bad at math” or “math is hard” or “my teacher is hard to understand.”
It’s hard to hear those that you love so deeply have a negative view of themselves when in reality this son of mine is super bright, really good with people and quite hilarious to be around.
In fact, he is actually really good at math once the concepts are introduced in a way that he can grasp.
Last night after I was working with him to get ready for a math test I had him get ready for bed and then shared with him the following quote:
“The thinker thinks and the prover proves”
He looked at me like a confused puppy with his head tilted to the side, so this is how I explained it…
There is part of the brain called the reticular activating system (RAC) and its job is to filter out all the “unimportant” information so it doesn’t overload your nervous system.
Let’s say that you are looking to buy a new car, like a Mercedes G-Wagon.
Before making the decision to buy that car your brain most likely filtered out seeing that car on the road most of the time.
After making the decision that you are considering purchasing this particular car your RAC now has instructions to say “oh this is important” I better bring more of this information forward. And you recognize that car much more often.
So if you are saying (and visualizing) things like, “math is hard”, “I am no good at math” your brain goes out and looks for experiences to “prove” that what you thought is right.
It is trying to find evidence to why your perception of reality is correct.
Isn’t that fascinating???
This is why it has been said “thoughts are things” and “careful what you wish for”. Your brain is so powerful that it will bring things into existence.
So I told my son, don’t say “i’m great at math” if you don’t believe it yet, your brain will throw out that suggestion.
Say instead “I am getting better at math everyday”, “why is math getting easier everyday?”
Now that the new thought is there the brain will go out to find evidence to prove it true.
Get it now??
“The thinker thinks and the prover proves”
So how could this apply to you building wealth…great question!
If you have thoughts such as:
Building wealth is hard
I need to take lots of risks if I am going to make a lot of money
The government is always going to hold me back
I’m going to lose a lot of money in the next recession
Creating monthly increasing cash flow is impossible
Your brain will find evidence to prove to you that you are right.
Could this be why Forbes stated that the average investors ACTUAL not AVERAGE returns over a 30 year period was only 1.9%?
So instead change your thinker to say things like:
Why does it seem so easy for me to grow my wealth?
I like how I have removed the majority of risk from my portfolio while still getting fantastic returns.
How can I turn the next recession into a profitable opportunity for me?
Why is it so simple to create increasing cash flow?
Pay attention to what your thinker is thinking over the next week and let me know if you have any “aha!” moments.
