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How can I control my thoughts? Let me count the ways…
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Nicole O. Salmon2024-03-20T09:00:00
In her new book, Courage and Confidence - A Bold Guide to Unboxing Who You Were Made to Be, Nicole O. Salmon presents four simple practices to help renew your mind.
Psychologists at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada released a study that suggests we have 6,200 thoughts a day, on average. That’s a potential of 6,200 votes daily in favor of what empowers you, or 6,200 votes in agreement with what enslaves you (or some combination of the two).
A shift to purpose led living needs to be positively and biblically reinforced daily, and we are physiologically rigged to enhance it.
That’s approximately:
6,200 opportunities a day
43,400 opportunities a week
173,600 opportunities a month
2,083,200 opportunities a year
The gravity is jarring, but the odds are in your favour. Your life will produce from its roots.
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