Welcome back to Inevitably Great! If you’re new, I recommend checking out Season One, where we explore the principles behind what makes us great at anything. And if you want to dive deeper, my new book, The Greatest Gift, may already be out—so you can find it on our website or Amazon. Today’s episode is simple but important: you’re never under any obligation to stay on a train of thought that doesn’t feel good. This morning, I came home to find myself locked out because my wife had left the key in the door while on a work call. I could have gone down a whole spiral of frustration, but as soon as I noticed how bad that train of thought felt, I stepped off. It’s just like ordering food at a restaurant—you don’t have to finish a dish you don’t like just because you paid for it. Thoughts work the same way. Just because you’ve started thinking something doesn’t mean you have to see it through. And yet, we often stay stuck, especially in the ugly ones, as if we have no choice. But we do. You’ve already experienced this—when you’re lost in thought and suddenly something urgent pulls your attention, the thought is gone. We drop thoughts all the time without effort. And if we start noticing that feelings are just signals telling us where a thought train is headed, we can hop off before we end up somewhere we don’t want to be. You don’t need willpower, just awareness: if a thought feels bad, the direction it’s taking you isn’t worth following. And that realization alone is incredibly freeing.----- Keep exploring on www.easierproject.com ----- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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