What is the Mind
The mind has been discussed in many writings and people who understand their minds may be able to achieve great things. I believe that it would be useful to have an understanding of the way the mind works. We think a thought for example, we think a thought of standing up and by a miracle our body controls our muscles and we are able to stand up. But let us look at times when we do not do the things that we should do. How can we allow our minds to do the things that we know that we should do. What are the reasons that drive us to do the things that we should do, and what causes us to over come laziness?
How can pleasure and pain allow us to take the action that we need to take? It would seem that we tend to do things that give us pleasure and avoid things that give us pain. If we had an important essay to write for college home work, we could be driven to do it based on pleasure or pain, if we were told that we would be kicked off the course and thrown out of our home, then this might be a good reason to do the homework. On the other hand if we were told that we could get a £1000 cheque for writing the essay that could also drive us to do the homework. But what would you prefer to be the reason to drive you to take action pleasure or pain? May be you could start writing down the reasons why you do the things that you do, then go over your list and see how many were because of pleasure and how many were because of pain. They also say that we tend to be the creatures of habit, it has been said that it takes around 30 days to learn a new habit. What new habits would you like to obtain in the next 30 days. What new habits do you think would be of benefit to you? And what habits do you feel that you would like to stop doing?
Do good things come with a high price?
It was noted by some writers that children who do not have to earn their success in life could end up losing out later in life. Is it true that people who tend to be very successful, do it by their own abilities, or are self made? Would a self made millionaire appreciate their wealth more than someone who has won millions via the lottery. Do you think that people who have won a large amount of money tend to lose it just as quick.
Would you say that having an understanding of how to manage money effectively would be a good asset? What would you prefer, to work and earn your money or to be given money by a rich relative? What would give you more satisfaction getting money because of the skills that you have learnt or getting money because someone decided to give you? Would you treat the money the same, or would you value the money that you worked very hard to obtain? Do you believe a hungry boxer would work harder to become a champion or some one who had things very easy? Who would appreciate money more? Some one who had to study for a number of years and managed to live with very little money? Or someone who had been given money any time they wanted it by a rich parent?
MGA Brown (c) March 2011
About the Author MGA Brown is the writer of “Thoughts to Make You Think“
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