Thinking well, having more control over the flow of our thoughts is investing in quality of life. Because who controls the rumor of negativity is able to directly influence their emotions. Because who thinks and feels better influences their behavior, their organism and even their own health. After all, happiness starts from what happens inside us, not outside.

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Although we all have clear these principles, in our day to day it continues to weigh heavily on that critical voice and lover of negativity. It is she who reminds us of the failures of yesterday. It is that presence that pulls us to the threshold of anxiety, anticipating what can or can not happen if we do not do this or that. Far from despairing of this style of thought that often characterizes us, it is worth having an aspect clear.

"No pessimist has ever discovered the secret of the stars or opened hope to another human being."

-Hellen Keller-

Neuroscientists remind us that the human brain is programmed to focus on the negative. It is not a curse or a punishment printed on our DNA. It is our survival mechanism. In anticipating the dangers (although these are not real) we prepare our body to defend ourselves against them. Dimensions such as worry, worry or anxiety instantly release various chemicals such as cortisol, to allow us to always be "alert".

On the other hand, something that neuropsychologists also point out to us is that negative thoughts act like tobacco smoke. They not only impact on our health and well-being. Often, they are printed in our environments, affecting our families, friends, colleagues ... Because the brain of those who listen to us also changes, it also ends up feeling nervous and irritable ...

Let us therefore learn to think better, invest in quality of life by entering the style of our thoughts.

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Think well to train your brain towards wellness

Barbara Fredrickson is a well-known scientist at Stanford University, famous for her studies in positive psychology. As he explains in his work, overcoming the negativity bias is a challenge that, when achieved, becomes a profitable investment. More than an art, thinking well is the result of a continuous training with which to change the "factory" programming of our brain.

As we already know, the natural inclination of our mind is to focus on the negative to guarantee our survival. Therefore, we must be able to include in us another route plan, another more sophisticated program with which to invest not only in avoiding risks, but also in welfare, in happiness. At the end of the day, a good thought generates clarity, balance and direction. It is to stop getting lost in the mudflats of fear to be more proactive, more sure of ourselves.

Let's see next how we can train our brain to learn to think well, to think positive.

1. Train your attention to focus on the present

Daniel Goleman reminds us in his book "Focus" the importance of training our attention. We must see it almost as a muscle, an entity to be put at our service, and not at the service of an erratic mind. The goal is that this basic psychological process is more controlled by us than by external stimuli or anarchic thinking.

• As a curiosity, it should be remembered that the thought circuit extends along the posterior cingulate gyrus and the medial prefrontal cortex. Our reasoning flows through these brain structures. Sometimes, that road of cells, connections and neurons is so hyperactivated that it is difficult to have control over it. Soon there is exhaustion, stress, apathy, negativity ...
• One way to have control over thinking is to control our attention. To achieve this, nothing better than "disconnect" that flow of thoughts. Let's try for at least 15 minutes, do not think about anything. Imagine the surface of a silent and smooth lake like a mirror. Everything is balance, there are no sounds. Just calm down
• Once we manage to silence the rumor of thoughts, we will focus our attention on what surrounds us. In the present moment.

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2. Think well, the art of having a purpose

Thinking well requires having a purpose. The negativity and all that rumor of invalidating thoughts is like a cyclone with no course that catches everything. Therefore, to break this unproductive mental bias, it is necessary to define our purpose.

I want to feel good, I want to be calm, I want to achieve my goals, I want to be good with myself ...

All these goals have a directionality, a clear sense. Thus, once we have our attention focused on the present moment, what we will do is enunciate one by one all our purposes with conviction. The setting of objectives is the key to well-being, it is making sense of life, it is deluding ourselves and letting those positive emotions influence our behavior.

3. Train your brain's ability to work with positive information

Thinking well does not only require a good approach, adequate attention, purpose and will. In turn, it requires extending networks in our brain to remind us of the importance of working with positive information. What do we mean by this? Basically sometimes, even if we say that "I have an objective to fulfill" our mind, sometimes, remains positioned in old mechanisms, in negative and invalidating routes of action.

• To work with positive information, we must tear down our limiting attitudes.
• Likewise, we must shape a more relaxed, open to experience and optimistic self. We must put aside the mistakes of yesterday to see the opportunities of the present.
• Also, it will be very useful to learn to put filters to stay alone with the useful information, the one that helps, the one that stimulates and not the one that places us once more in our comfort zone.

To conclude, we know that thinking well allows us to live better and enjoy an adequate inner balance. Now, "good thinking" in turn requires a deep personal work. We must reconcile with our present "I" to feel worthy of something better. Only then will our future "I" consolidate as someone stronger, creative and kind to himself.

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