Rob Dial

And it is worth the work, okay?

The goal is not to kill system one.

System one's not bad.

You need it.

System one will help you survive.

It helps you drive your car.

It helps you recognize patterns quickly.

It helps you react fast when needed.

So the goal's not to eliminate it.

The goal is to stop letting it completely run your life unconsciously.

Like you want system one to serve you, not to control you.

And the way you do that is by strengthening your awareness, strengthening your ability to pause as soon as it comes in, and then strengthening your ability to choose your next thought, right?

So let me give you some practical steps to actually use, like a step-by-step process to reclaim your brain, okay?

Number one, start catching your thoughts.

Not changing them immediately, just catching them.

Become aware of them.

Notice them.

Because every single time that you notice negative self-talk and catastrophizing and overthinking and all of that, notice it and then just say it out loud.

ah, I am noticing that I am overthinking.

I am noticing my negative self-talk.