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Perceptions and Why You Aren’t Always Right

What you perceive to be true and what is actually true aren’t always the same.

In fact, those two things can be so far removed from each other, you might wonder how you ever thought what you thought in the first place.

You are not always right, this you already know. But what about when you know you’re right and you decide to take action on that “knowledge”?

Who is affected by your behavior when you depend on a belief that may actually be incorrect?

Your perceptions define your reality, and your behavior is based on what you believe to be real. This article is a reminder that what you think is true may just be a alternate reality that you made up. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Behavior, Beliefs, Deception, Decisions, Healthy Thinking, Human Potential, Negative Emotions, Podcast Episode, Toxic Thinking Tagged With: assumptions, beliefs, perception is reality, perceptions

The Breakthrough from the Breakdown and a Note on Assumptions

tolle personal growth stress anxiety overwhelmed tony robbinsAre you more important than your “stuff”? I hope you think so, because I know you are. However, when you value stuff a little too much, you tend to stress and get concerned about what will happen to you if your stuff gets damaged or disappears.

Today’s episode isn’t necessarily about stuff, but I do talk about breakthroughs and one way they can happen to you. Stuff comes into play, I promise. I also change the subject and go into a talk on assumptions, and how they can shape our reality if we’re not careful. (And how someone’s assumption about my intentions on the show did shape their reality when they left a critical review for me in iTunes.) Fun “stuff”, huh? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Behavior, Human Potential Tagged With: anxiety, assumptions, breakdown, breakthroughs, panic

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