5 Mind Hacks to Better Manage Your Attitude

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5 Mind Hacks to Better Manage Your Attitude





Allow me to paraphrase. Framing theory suggests that how something is presented influences the choices we make. It's not the thing itself but how it was packaged.

Let's say you are in the meat aisle of a grocery store. You are looking at two different packages of hamburger patties. The one you hold in your left hand claims to be 85 percent lean meat. The one you are holding in your right hand claims to have only 15 percent fat. Same data. Different packaging. But which would you choose?

In the political circle, it's called spin.

Scott Adams calls it choosing your delusion. In his book, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of my Life (Portfolio/Penguin, 2013), Adams made this astute observation:

When you can release on your ego long enough to view your perceptions as incomplete or misleading, it gives you the freedom to imagine new and potentially more useful ways of looking at the world.

So, however you choose to call it -- framing, spin, delusion or attitude management -- here are five ways to hack your brain to better manage your attitude.

5 Mind Hacks to Better Manage Your Attitude

1. Cultivating gratitude. Count your blessings. Since I learned the importance of appreciating little things, I no longer pursue happiness. I now know that happiness is a byproduct of gratitude.

2. Remembering what's important. Tough circumstances have a way of distracting us from the things that matter most. During such moments, it is crucial to remember your deeper purpose. What meaning did you want to give to your life? Figure out what's important then build your life around it.

3. Using adversity to build resilience. It is tough for the world to break the person who easily adapts to his or her shifting environment. Adaptability increases resilience. Resilience is your inoculation against the hard times.

4. Staying hopeful in hopeless situations. Hope is a thing worth protecting. Without it, it's easy to fall into despair. When you can visualize the future you want, hope feeds your dream.

5. Honing a positive outlook under negative circumstances. Know that circumstances will always be temporary but your spirit is a permanent force to be reckoned with.

To easily remember the mindhacks, use the acronym, C.R.U.S.H. Now go and crush it!

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