Dr. Jim Doty

Yes. So this is what happens when your mind wanders or you're daydreaming. And it's self-referential because it's internally focused, but it's where you create the narrative of who you are or what you want.

Absolutely. And that gets really activated and results in rumination for some people.

Absolutely. And that gets really activated and results in rumination for some people.

Absolutely. And that gets really activated and results in rumination for some people.

No, that's exactly correct.

No, that's exactly correct.

No, that's exactly correct.

Oh, absolutely. And it's available 24-7, and it doesn't matter what's happened to you before. You know, so many people get fixated, well, I don't deserve this because of. We all deserve it. So once this gets embedded and you create the narrative of who you want to be or how you see yourself, what you're doing is you're creating salience, okay? What's that word mean?

Oh, absolutely. And it's available 24-7, and it doesn't matter what's happened to you before. You know, so many people get fixated, well, I don't deserve this because of. We all deserve it. So once this gets embedded and you create the narrative of who you want to be or how you see yourself, what you're doing is you're creating salience, okay? What's that word mean?

Oh, absolutely. And it's available 24-7, and it doesn't matter what's happened to you before. You know, so many people get fixated, well, I don't deserve this because of. We all deserve it. So once this gets embedded and you create the narrative of who you want to be or how you see yourself, what you're doing is you're creating salience, okay? What's that word mean?

It means making it important, okay? Once something is important, this activates what we call our task positive network, okay? And the task positive network has three parts. It has the salience network, it has the attention network, and then it has the executive control network. And once something is salient, what you're basically saying is, this deserves my attention.

It means making it important, okay? Once something is important, this activates what we call our task positive network, okay? And the task positive network has three parts. It has the salience network, it has the attention network, and then it has the executive control network. And once something is salient, what you're basically saying is, this deserves my attention.

It means making it important, okay? Once something is important, this activates what we call our task positive network, okay? And the task positive network has three parts. It has the salience network, it has the attention network, and then it has the executive control network. And once something is salient, what you're basically saying is, this deserves my attention.

And by doing it in a very specific way, then that becomes important to you. That gets embedded into your subconscious as something to pay attention to. Once that is defined as something important to you, then that activates your attention network so that then you cognitively focus your attention on whatever that intention is.

And by doing it in a very specific way, then that becomes important to you. That gets embedded into your subconscious as something to pay attention to. Once that is defined as something important to you, then that activates your attention network so that then you cognitively focus your attention on whatever that intention is.

And by doing it in a very specific way, then that becomes important to you. That gets embedded into your subconscious as something to pay attention to. Once that is defined as something important to you, then that activates your attention network so that then you cognitively focus your attention on whatever that intention is.

Once those are activated, and I use the analogy in the book, it's as if you have a file cabinet and you put this file into the file cabinet that says important stuff. And once that is there, then the attention network is activated, which is, as an example, a bloodhound. that says, okay, now there's something there. I need to track this down and figure out what's going on here.

Once those are activated, and I use the analogy in the book, it's as if you have a file cabinet and you put this file into the file cabinet that says important stuff. And once that is there, then the attention network is activated, which is, as an example, a bloodhound. that says, okay, now there's something there. I need to track this down and figure out what's going on here.

Once those are activated, and I use the analogy in the book, it's as if you have a file cabinet and you put this file into the file cabinet that says important stuff. And once that is there, then the attention network is activated, which is, as an example, a bloodhound. that says, okay, now there's something there. I need to track this down and figure out what's going on here.

Then you activate the bloodhound, and then that gets released. And then once that attention is focused, then It starts looking around through all the possibilities in your environment. And as soon as it identifies one, then your executive control network is activated, which in some ways is the thing that chases down what is in your subconscious. And this is how it works. There is no magic here.