3 life-changing thought experiments for CLARITY:
Thought experiments allow you to run simulations in your mind.
You can suspend reality, pursue divergent thinking, and open your mind to new possibilities.
A great thought experiment will unlock newfound levels of clarity (and motivation).
Three I use often...
You can suspend reality, pursue divergent thinking, and open your mind to new possibilities.
A great thought experiment will unlock newfound levels of clarity (and motivation).
Three I use often...
1. The Documentary Crew
“Live your life like you’re the hero in the movie…Live your life like there is a documentary crew following you around, and you’re analyzing your own behavior.”
👆That’s the best advice Joe Rogan said he’s ever received.
“Live your life like you’re the hero in the movie…Live your life like there is a documentary crew following you around, and you’re analyzing your own behavior.”
👆That’s the best advice Joe Rogan said he’s ever received.
Thought experiment:
What would you do—right now—if a documentary crew was following you around?”
(Now, go do it.)
What would you do—right now—if a documentary crew was following you around?”
(Now, go do it.)
2. Advice to a Friend
If you’re anything like me, you’re better at giving other people advice than you are at giving yourself advice.
We’re often “too close” to our own problems to view them objectively (and help ourselves).
If you’re anything like me, you’re better at giving other people advice than you are at giving yourself advice.
We’re often “too close” to our own problems to view them objectively (and help ourselves).
Thought experiment:
If [insert friend or family member] came to you with your problem, what advice would you give them?
This simple reframe will help you glimpse the truth.
Exploring that truth: an act of conscious courage.
If [insert friend or family member] came to you with your problem, what advice would you give them?
This simple reframe will help you glimpse the truth.
Exploring that truth: an act of conscious courage.
3. The Dickens Process
Do you know "A Christmas Carol"?
(Charles Dickens' story)
Scrooge is visited by ghosts showing him his past, present, and future.
The Dickens Process—popularized by Tony Robbins—forces you to examine your top LIMITING beliefs across time zones.
Do you know "A Christmas Carol"?
(Charles Dickens' story)
Scrooge is visited by ghosts showing him his past, present, and future.
The Dickens Process—popularized by Tony Robbins—forces you to examine your top LIMITING beliefs across time zones.
"When we feel pain in one time zone—meaning past, present, or future—we just switch to another time zone rather than change, because change brings so much
uncertainty and so much instability and so much fear to people."
Let's face our limiting beliefs and set ourselves free.
uncertainty and so much instability and so much fear to people."
Let's face our limiting beliefs and set ourselves free.
Thought experiment:
Past—What has each belief cost you. What has it cost people you've loved? What have you lost because of this belief?
Present—What is each costing you and those you care about?
Future—What will each cost you and those you care about in 1, 3, 5, and 10 yrs?
Past—What has each belief cost you. What has it cost people you've loved? What have you lost because of this belief?
Present—What is each costing you and those you care about?
Future—What will each cost you and those you care about in 1, 3, 5, and 10 yrs?
That’s a list of 3 life-changing thought experiments for CLARITY.
- Documentary Crew
- Advice to a Friend
- Dickens Process
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- Documentary Crew
- Advice to a Friend
- Dickens Process
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