“The person who dumps garbage into your mind will do you considerably more harm than the person who dumps garbage on your floor, because each load of mind garbage negatively impacts your possibilities and lowers your expectations.”—Zig Ziglar
My co-host and I recorded an episode for the Aging Well Podcast yesterday titled: “Energy Follows Thoughts” (based on the title and lyrics of a new Willie Nelson song). It was quite interesting where a title and a few lines of a song took us. We explored the impressions of the likes of James Allen, Orison Swett Marden, Norman Cousins, Robert Schuller, Stephen Covey, and others, as well as ‘detoured’ into discussion about Purpose, God, religion, and of course, even exercise science. It was a good reminder of the power of possibility and the role of the mind and the Energy of the Universe.
The Zig Ziglar quote above reminds that our thoughts and our energies are affected by those we allow to affect us. Jim Harshaw, Jr. often speaks of our “Environment of Excellence.” Jim Rohn famously said, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” People who would dump garbage into our mind (or onto our floor, for that matter) pollute our Environment of Excellence. We must surround ourselves with those how will challenge us and elevate our expectations—who will require of us nothing less than (extra)ordinary.
There is great power within each of us should we choose to use it. We must engage with the (positive) energy that follows our (positive) thoughts. Dismiss negativity and choose to….
Be your best today; be better tomorrow.
Carpe momento!!