It’s indeed unbelievable that not many people pay a great deal of reflection to what gets into their minds.
You see, the mind is the single most important factor in determining who you are and what you do as an individual. The thoughts you have determine if you’re going to press forward towards your goals, or stop you in your tracks.
However, if your mind is positive and creative, you can become all you ever dream of becoming.
Most of the highly successful people you see in the news today took a great deal of time to work on improving their minds. They understand the importance their minds play in their success.
On the other hand, if your mind is negative and inactive, it’s very likely you won’t amount to anything in life. Analyzing the lives of some of the most notorious people in the world would reveal that they always fed their minds with negative thoughts. They have become what they think about all day long, we all do.
The question that obviously comes to play here is - are we born with positive or negative minds?
I will quickly and firmly say NO to both!
We develop our minds by what we put into it. If we are continually putting negative information into our minds, this results to negative thoughts and ultimately negative actions.
So, if you want the opposite creative thoughts, it is pertinent to always get the right kind of information into your mind.
The most common way to do this is by reading the right kinds of books. It has been said that we become what we read.
Sadly, because of the great demand on our time, only few people still read lots of books, especially after college.
We mostly only have time to read the newspapers and magazines. And guess what? Most newspapers only end up giving us bad news that further increases our negative state of mind. Newspapers are full of negative information. I stay away from them, and keep updated on what’s going on in the world in other ways.
If you want to really get positive and helpful information, you need to read books that contain such information.
Thankfully with the advent and popularity of audio books, anyone can get the right information into his or her mind without having to “read”.
You can enjoy the benefits of audio books while exercising, commuting to and from your work, etc.
For those who don’t know exactly the audio books to go for, below are some of the 7 best audio books to improve your mind.
1. As A Man Thinketh – Author: James Allen
2. How to Win Friends & Influence People Author: Dale Carnegie
3. Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway Author: Susan Jeffers
4. Be Creative – Author: Guy Claxton & Bill Lucas
5. Success Principles – Author: Jack Canfield
6. How to Get What You Want and Want What You Have - Author: John Gray
7. The Magic of Thinking Big - Author: David Schwartz
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copyright 2006 Anthony Treas