Our Mind

I used to be mad about how people treated me badly, whether in a professional environment or in my personal life.  Rather than lock myself in this mindset of unhappiness, I decided to change it. I realize that I can do something and sitting and locking myself in a room would not do any good. I remember as I went through this process , I had to continually remind myself that things will pass and that taking actions and keeping my mind busy was the key to unlock myself from this doomed situations.

In this post, I would like to talk about how our mind works and what I learned about it for this past years and I took my brain as a testing objective. Please note that many people who are in different age groups and in different professions, from white collar to blue collar jobs, have the same experiences as I do.

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Case study: I've been monitoring my brain and read countless books and news article on it this past years and I realize that it is capable of accomplishing what we want if we trust it.

I notice a few facts about how the brain wire and I would like to share them in this post. And yes, I do not buy in the idea that our IQ is determined by our genes, no matter how much fact someone shows me.  Why? You can argue the premise with a counterargument that our mind is shaped by our environment and there are supportive examples and personal testimonies to support this subject matter.

In any case, here are a few observations I learned about how the mind works this past three years:

1. Are you feeling regrets and sadness? No problem, our mind can handle that. It can forget and let go if we let it. The key objective in these situations is to shift our mind to another objective, something more positive and something other than the object that is making us unhappy. If we remember the word "shift" then our mind will help us to heal.

2. Not sure if our decision is the right one? Then the high chance we are not ready to commit to whatever is.  Maybe the right decision is to wait and explore further before making any sort of commitment.

3. Having happy thoughts and you can think clearly at the same time? Whatever we are doing is the correct course of action for our mind. Keep doing and remember to go back to whatever makes our brain feels good when we are in the low part of our life. Take notes if you want to remember later on.

All in all, I find that people who are "smart" know how the brain works and they use it accordingly and thus they succeed academically and make good decisions through out their life time. Why not imitate these so called "smart" people? They learned it from some where and someone too and so can we.