This Invisible Force Is Controlling Your Thoughts

We know that there's radiation, so you put some sunscreen on perhaps on certain days. In other words, invisible forces, they're not something you can't influence, but you have to be aware of them. So I want to start this morning with a very important invisible force that most people for some reason don't seem to know, and that is a term called priming. Priming. Jot it down. What is priming? It is a psychological principle, and it's such a simple one, but it's controlling most people's lives. See, most of us think when we think a thought, I thought that thought, I made up that thought. First of all, it's probably not even your thought. I want you right now to think of your most stressful thought. In fact, just do me a favor for one second. Take out your paper or your iPad or your phone, whether— write down what are your one or two most stressful thoughts that come up in your life, just for a second, about yourself, about your family, about finance. What is it that maybe grabs you at times? When you have this thought, what do you start to feel? What do you start to do? When you have this really stressful thought, how do you start to become? How do you start to act? How do you start to feel? How do you behave when you let this stressful thought dominate your thinking? If you know one or two stressful thoughts that really get you, kind of know what tends to trigger them, what you feel, you experience— real fast, think of a really positive thought that sometimes strikes you. What's the thing you focus on sometimes that lights you up? What's the thought you have that makes you really happy? What's the thought that makes you feel really fulfilled? What's the thought that makes your life feel meaningful? You may not have it as much as the other thought. You might have it more, I don't know. So your thoughts are triggered by many things. Number one, your energy level. When your energy level is low, which thoughts show up? The happy thoughts or the painful thoughts? No question about it. That's why managing your state is your still number one job.