John Assaraf

You're walking down the street, you're about to go off the sidewalk, and all of a sudden you hear the tires of a car maybe 30 feet away. And if you jump back on the street, that's automatic because sound travels automatically. Okay, the speed of sound and your subconscious is processing this. And then it's activating neural circuits around cars coming really fast.

Don't get off of the sidewalk, jump back on the sidewalk before you even had a chance to think about it. These are all subconscious processes that happen beneath our level of moment by moment awareness. However, when we have a feeling of stress, We can be aware of that. We just have to listen to what we're saying. We have to pay attention to our behavior. We go, oh, hold on.

Don't get off of the sidewalk, jump back on the sidewalk before you even had a chance to think about it. These are all subconscious processes that happen beneath our level of moment by moment awareness. However, when we have a feeling of stress, We can be aware of that. We just have to listen to what we're saying. We have to pay attention to our behavior. We go, oh, hold on.

Don't get off of the sidewalk, jump back on the sidewalk before you even had a chance to think about it. These are all subconscious processes that happen beneath our level of moment by moment awareness. However, when we have a feeling of stress, We can be aware of that. We just have to listen to what we're saying. We have to pay attention to our behavior. We go, oh, hold on.

Something's triggered the stress center of my brain. First, let me calm it down and let me turn on the circuit that allow me to respond in a calm way. So the stress circuit's automatic, but the calm circuit is deliberate.

Something's triggered the stress center of my brain. First, let me calm it down and let me turn on the circuit that allow me to respond in a calm way. So the stress circuit's automatic, but the calm circuit is deliberate.

Something's triggered the stress center of my brain. First, let me calm it down and let me turn on the circuit that allow me to respond in a calm way. So the stress circuit's automatic, but the calm circuit is deliberate.

Right. So where do thoughts come from? Were you born with a basket or a reservoir of thoughts from before another life? Were you born? No. So would you agree that our thoughts are like effervescent bubbles that are percolating from our subconscious mind? Yeah, we probably get that visual. What if I shared with you a little technique with red bubbles and blue bubbles?

Right. So where do thoughts come from? Were you born with a basket or a reservoir of thoughts from before another life? Were you born? No. So would you agree that our thoughts are like effervescent bubbles that are percolating from our subconscious mind? Yeah, we probably get that visual. What if I shared with you a little technique with red bubbles and blue bubbles?

Right. So where do thoughts come from? Were you born with a basket or a reservoir of thoughts from before another life? Were you born? No. So would you agree that our thoughts are like effervescent bubbles that are percolating from our subconscious mind? Yeah, we probably get that visual. What if I shared with you a little technique with red bubbles and blue bubbles?

Red bubbles are disempowering, negative, automatic, destructive. So it'd be disempowering, could be negative or destructive thoughts. And we all have them, right? Because we've seen stuff on TV. We've read stuff. We've experienced stuff. We've witnessed stuff. So those thoughts are in our memory bank. But we also have positive stuff.

Red bubbles are disempowering, negative, automatic, destructive. So it'd be disempowering, could be negative or destructive thoughts. And we all have them, right? Because we've seen stuff on TV. We've read stuff. We've experienced stuff. We've witnessed stuff. So those thoughts are in our memory bank. But we also have positive stuff.

Red bubbles are disempowering, negative, automatic, destructive. So it'd be disempowering, could be negative or destructive thoughts. And we all have them, right? Because we've seen stuff on TV. We've read stuff. We've experienced stuff. We've witnessed stuff. So those thoughts are in our memory bank. But we also have positive stuff.

Now, first thing, we have about 6,200 thoughts a day, new research. Not 50,000, not 75,000, about 6,200 during our waking hours. Now, our brain remembers a negative, disempowering experience that we've read about, seen, watched, whatever, 10 times faster than it does a positive one. 10 times faster. So the memory is created faster around something negative and traumatic, for example.

Now, first thing, we have about 6,200 thoughts a day, new research. Not 50,000, not 75,000, about 6,200 during our waking hours. Now, our brain remembers a negative, disempowering experience that we've read about, seen, watched, whatever, 10 times faster than it does a positive one. 10 times faster. So the memory is created faster around something negative and traumatic, for example.

Now, first thing, we have about 6,200 thoughts a day, new research. Not 50,000, not 75,000, about 6,200 during our waking hours. Now, our brain remembers a negative, disempowering experience that we've read about, seen, watched, whatever, 10 times faster than it does a positive one. 10 times faster. So the memory is created faster around something negative and traumatic, for example.

Traumatic is actually 1,000 times faster. So it's in the memory bank. And just like earlier I shared that behaviors have a trigger, so do thoughts. So let's say we want to achieve something. When we say, I want to achieve this. I want to make more money. I want to be in a better relationship. I want to start a business. I want to write a book. I want to travel the world.

Traumatic is actually 1,000 times faster. So it's in the memory bank. And just like earlier I shared that behaviors have a trigger, so do thoughts. So let's say we want to achieve something. When we say, I want to achieve this. I want to make more money. I want to be in a better relationship. I want to start a business. I want to write a book. I want to travel the world.

Traumatic is actually 1,000 times faster. So it's in the memory bank. And just like earlier I shared that behaviors have a trigger, so do thoughts. So let's say we want to achieve something. When we say, I want to achieve this. I want to make more money. I want to be in a better relationship. I want to start a business. I want to write a book. I want to travel the world.

I want to leave my job and get a new one. We get excited because we activate the reward center, the feel good possibility network. Oh my God, that would be so great. But then right beneath that, The Frankenstein's monster goes, hey, hey, hey, let me share with you what's in this little bubble machine. OK, that could be the negative thoughts around this.