Neuron: The Brain
I can remember that it is not our place to try to _______ anyone except myself.
change
Tool #2: ⟴ Timing means we ____________.
... get the bud.
Fixed Mindset learners are afraid of _______ .
failure
(Or: looking stupid or bad).
My thoughts and words are sculpting me all day and night.
I am my own __________.
sculpture
What we are feeling will always be what we are __________.
... experiencing
Every day, a human being has about _(Number) thoughts!
60, 000
One fast, effective way to say Tool #1 is Delete.
What is the other way?
I don't choose to have such thoughts.
If you have a Growth Mindset and not a Fixed Mindset, one way to respond to a difficult challenge is that you might say, "I can't do that ___."
yet
Everyone always believes this about their own thoughts.
That they are true.
It takes effort and p - - - - - - - to be able to think what we choose.
practice
When two neurons repeatedly connect in the brain, they become automatic and work very FAST because of the _______ sheath that covers them.
myelin, or white fat
Tool #3: ⟴ I can replace a negative thought _________________________ .
... with a positive thought
We have almost no control of what happens to us, but we have 100% control of _____________________ to what happens .
.. how we respond
Free will is the power to ______ ______ ____ _______.
think what we choose
You can't just delete automatic negative reactions. They are strong emotions that are harder to get out because they have grown - - - - .
roots
Neurons that fire together ... (2 words)
... wire together.
⟴ I can choose not to ________________, whenever I want.
(Hint: This works very well with gossip)
... believe a thought
I am learning to use my thoughts so that my thoughts do not ______ ____ .
... use me
Our moment-to-moment perception and experience come from ___________________________ .
... whatever we are thinking
People are getting addicted to their smartphones, social media, and the internet because this chemical gets released in the brain, over and over, and we get addicted to wanting it all the time.
It is often called the "pleasure chemical."
Dopamine
When neurons wire together through repeated thoughts or feelings, scientists say that neuronal pathway is __________.
hardwired
When addiction is a concern, Tool #5 reminds me -
I can prove that I can ___ ________ "___."
... do without "it"
I am not my grades. I can use this test as a ____ to help me study for next time.
map
You can use the creative power of your thoughts to change unwanted reactions by doing two things:
1) Visualizing or drawing yourself with new feeling while in the situation you want to change.
2) Feeling like the new feeling is _______ ______.
already real (or true)
Every single sentence in Rolling Thunder's quote, "Watching Our Words," is a powerful tool to think about and practice.
In it, he says, "If we don't want to think certain things,
__ ____ ___ ____."
we don't say them