Words of Wisdom

Here’s a concept:  your thoughts and interests are yours to create, manage and promote.

Ever had a day when the synapses just don’t fire, the neurons seem clogged and constricted, the eyes can’t quite focus, and the mind is foggy?  The internal landscape seems curiously unreal and the external landscape, well…  Outsiders seem like enemies, and insiders seem like interruptions just waiting to occur!!

That’s the sub-rational mind — infringing on the available mental shelf space.  A problem demanding your attention.  A lens that requires cleaning.  A viewpoint that has become occluded.  An old upset that, over time, becomes a trusted friend.

It remains, and grows, but only if it’s given space.

Cognitive Optimization is “Thinking Better.” More clearly, more cleanly, with no inappropriate overtones.  Emotion is reasonable of course, except when it moves in, hangs around and demands accommodation.  It’s an act of will, but your life depends entirely on you, and the space you choose to make available out of your limited supply to whatever idea or perspective you deem valuable.

There are big ideas, there are small ones, destructive ones, critical ones, a sense of victimhood or a sense of adventure.  Whatever you choose to put “right there at eye level” will claim your attention, and your life.

Choose carefully and decide which idea and which viewpoint will get shelf space in your mind.

In memory of Jennifer St John

Founder & Chairman of The Fusion Group®

She left a legacy filled with wisdom, inspiration, self-reflection, and practicality.

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