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Rob Dial

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The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

And we will do it all of the time. If you think, for instance, your boss is unfair, then you'll only notice the moments that prove that he's unfair. And you'll ignore all of the times where he's been reasonable or been great. If you believe that you're bad with money, you'll focus on every financial mistake that you've made. You'll ignore all of the times where you hinted things well.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

And we will do it all of the time. If you think, for instance, your boss is unfair, then you'll only notice the moments that prove that he's unfair. And you'll ignore all of the times where he's been reasonable or been great. If you believe that you're bad with money, you'll focus on every financial mistake that you've made. You'll ignore all of the times where you hinted things well.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

If you feel like you'll never be successful, you will filter out any evidence of past success. If you don't think that you can trust yourself, you'll filter out all of the moments where you did something that was trustworthy. So if you want to think clear, if you want clearer judgment, you must learn to question everything, even your own thoughts and especially your own beliefs.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

If you feel like you'll never be successful, you will filter out any evidence of past success. If you don't think that you can trust yourself, you'll filter out all of the moments where you did something that was trustworthy. So if you want to think clear, if you want clearer judgment, you must learn to question everything, even your own thoughts and especially your own beliefs.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

If you feel like you'll never be successful, you will filter out any evidence of past success. If you don't think that you can trust yourself, you'll filter out all of the moments where you did something that was trustworthy. So if you want to think clear, if you want clearer judgment, you must learn to question everything, even your own thoughts and especially your own beliefs.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

So next time you're convinced that something's true, just take a step back and just try to play devil's advocate for a second. Try to debate yourself and say, okay, well, if I think that this is true, what evidence would actually prove me wrong? What evidence would prove me wrong? If you can't answer it, You're probably not searching for the truth. You're searching for validation.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

So next time you're convinced that something's true, just take a step back and just try to play devil's advocate for a second. Try to debate yourself and say, okay, well, if I think that this is true, what evidence would actually prove me wrong? What evidence would prove me wrong? If you can't answer it, You're probably not searching for the truth. You're searching for validation.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

So next time you're convinced that something's true, just take a step back and just try to play devil's advocate for a second. Try to debate yourself and say, okay, well, if I think that this is true, what evidence would actually prove me wrong? What evidence would prove me wrong? If you can't answer it, You're probably not searching for the truth. You're searching for validation.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

So turn it into a game. Make it more fun. Have fun with it. Play devil's advocate. All right, this is what I absolutely believe to be true. Let me try to just see if I can prove myself false. What evidence would actually prove me to be wrong? If you do this, you'll start to notice that a lot of the things that you think are truth and you believe in aren't standing on solid ground.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

So turn it into a game. Make it more fun. Have fun with it. Play devil's advocate. All right, this is what I absolutely believe to be true. Let me try to just see if I can prove myself false. What evidence would actually prove me to be wrong? If you do this, you'll start to notice that a lot of the things that you think are truth and you believe in aren't standing on solid ground.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

So turn it into a game. Make it more fun. Have fun with it. Play devil's advocate. All right, this is what I absolutely believe to be true. Let me try to just see if I can prove myself false. What evidence would actually prove me to be wrong? If you do this, you'll start to notice that a lot of the things that you think are truth and you believe in aren't standing on solid ground.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

And we will be right back. And now back to the show. The second thing you need to understand is your desires, what you want actually clouds your reality as well. One of your biggest blind spots that we have just as people that doesn't come from ignorance. It comes from attachment, attachment to ideas, attachment to beliefs, attachment to people, attachment to outcomes, attachment to what you want.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

And we will be right back. And now back to the show. The second thing you need to understand is your desires, what you want actually clouds your reality as well. One of your biggest blind spots that we have just as people that doesn't come from ignorance. It comes from attachment, attachment to ideas, attachment to beliefs, attachment to people, attachment to outcomes, attachment to what you want.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

And we will be right back. And now back to the show. The second thing you need to understand is your desires, what you want actually clouds your reality as well. One of your biggest blind spots that we have just as people that doesn't come from ignorance. It comes from attachment, attachment to ideas, attachment to beliefs, attachment to people, attachment to outcomes, attachment to what you want.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

You know, you want a relationship to work. So you ignore all of the red flags and you start thinking about, oh my gosh, but he's got so much potential, right? Or you want an investment to succeed. So you downplay all of the risks and you're like, yes, this is definitely going to work. And you get yourself into a riskier situation. Or you want to be right.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

You know, you want a relationship to work. So you ignore all of the red flags and you start thinking about, oh my gosh, but he's got so much potential, right? Or you want an investment to succeed. So you downplay all of the risks and you're like, yes, this is definitely going to work. And you get yourself into a riskier situation. Or you want to be right.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

You know, you want a relationship to work. So you ignore all of the red flags and you start thinking about, oh my gosh, but he's got so much potential, right? Or you want an investment to succeed. So you downplay all of the risks and you're like, yes, this is definitely going to work. And you get yourself into a riskier situation. Or you want to be right.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

So you dismiss any new information that contradicts you in any sort of way. desire distorts reality as well. So you aren't seeing things as they actually are, you're seeing them as you wish they were. And so many people do this in relationships, as I just said. Most people don't want to be alone. They don't want to be alone, so they pretend that all of the red flags don't exist. No, those aren't.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

So you dismiss any new information that contradicts you in any sort of way. desire distorts reality as well. So you aren't seeing things as they actually are, you're seeing them as you wish they were. And so many people do this in relationships, as I just said. Most people don't want to be alone. They don't want to be alone, so they pretend that all of the red flags don't exist. No, those aren't.

The Mindset Mentor
How I’m Learning to Think Clearly

So you dismiss any new information that contradicts you in any sort of way. desire distorts reality as well. So you aren't seeing things as they actually are, you're seeing them as you wish they were. And so many people do this in relationships, as I just said. Most people don't want to be alone. They don't want to be alone, so they pretend that all of the red flags don't exist. No, those aren't.