Control Your Input
Published by lesleeunruh March 27th, 2009 in Leadership Nuggets from the PresidentRemember, your mind is your ultimate personal computer. Sometimes you might forget to turn on your mental virus protection program, allowing negative thoughts to invade your mind — without you realizing it. The computer adage “Garbage in, garbage out” as it applies to your mind should really be “Garbage in, garbage stays.”
Your mind never sleeps. You can’t pull a ”fast one” on it. Whatever your mind hears from others, and especially from you, it records and stores. The mind doesn’t discriminate between input that is good for you or harmful - it collects all input. If you hear something often enough, you will tend to believe it and act upon it. Your mind can be your greatest ally or worst enemy. Seek positive input and you will improve your chances of producting positive output.
“If you want to be successful, put your effort into controlling the sail, not the wind.” — Anonymous
Leslee
Source: Lee J. Colan, “Orchestrating Attitude”