My first thought in seeing this outside my front door, “Oh what a mess…” A split second later I thought, “But the purple color is so nice…” and then my mind rambled on with back and forth thoughts on whether it was a mess or beautiful. Why am I sharing this? Because your mind produces thousands of thoughts per day and those thoughts of yours can serve you or play havoc with your internalGPS. I went looking for some information on how many thoughts we have in a day and came across a NY Times article about a professional baseball player who works with Jim Fannin, an ex-tennis pro and performance Coach who works with corporate executives and professional athletes. He states:
”Superstars don’t think like everyone else,” Fannin said. ”The average person has 2,000 to 3,000 thoughts a day, and 60 percent of the average person’s thoughts are in chaos. The superstar has 1,100 to 1,300 thoughts a day. They eliminate worry, envy, jealousy, embarrassment and anger. The superstar thinks a lot less and holds a thought longer.”
Think about how powerful it is to shift your thoughts out of chaos and eliminate (or at least minimize) thoughts associated with those negative emotions.
My hope is that these “Thursday Thoughts” will help you shift your thinking and thrive while you drive with your internalGPS.
Please share a few of your thoughts in a comment!