{"id":24063,"date":"2019-06-03T08:30:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T15:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/?p=24063"},"modified":"2019-05-27T07:04:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T14:04:11","slug":"dont-practice-positive-thinking-practice-power-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/all-mfn\/dont-practice-positive-thinking-practice-power-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Practice Positive Thinking… Practice POWER THINKING"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his book, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind<\/em>, T. Harv Eker talks about positive thinking vs. power thinking.<\/p>\n

\"\"Positive thinking is our default when we want to improve an area of our lives. We journal, recite affirmations, and work to build our positive thoughts. What Eker points out is that positive thinking implies that we accept our own thoughts as truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Instead, he suggests focusing on power thinking, which is an extension of positive thinking in that you are working to build your belief, but instead, you acknowledge that things only have meaning because we give them meaning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

You can attach a particular meaning to anything but that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s real.<\/p>\n

For example, just because you\u2019ve fallen off the wagon in your fitness and nutrition dozens of times doesn\u2019t mean that you\u2019re incapable of success.<\/p>\n

Secondly, just because you\u2019ve missed a few workouts last week doesn\u2019t mean that your entire plan to lose weight has been destroyed.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s the meaning most people give it right? In other words, we tend to be ultra hard on ourselves which ends up being sabotaging.<\/p>\n

I bring this concept up in the hopes that the next time a situation arises where you feel \u201cless than\u201d or defeated that you stop and ask yourself \u201cwhat meaning am I giving to this situation?\u201d<\/p>\n

By understanding this, you then have the power to change the meaning you assign for the better and propel yourself to new levels of commitment and success.<\/p>\n

In conclusion, don\u2019t practice positive thinking. Practice POWER THINKING!<\/p>\n

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Originally printed on\u00a0Move Well Fitness blog<\/a>. Reprinted with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

Maurice D. Williams is a personal trainer and owner of\u00a0Move Well Fitness<\/a>\u00a0in Bethesda, MD. With almost two decades\u00a0in the industry, he\u2019s worked with a wide range of clients, including those with health challenges like diabetes, osteoporosis, multiple sclerosis, hypertension, coronary artery disease, lower back pain, pulmonary issues, and pregnancy. Maurice is also a\u00a0fitness educator with\u00a0Move Well Fit Academy<\/a>\u00a0and NASM.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In his book, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, T. Harv Eker talks about positive thinking vs. power thinking. Positive thinking is our default when we want to improve an area of our lives. We journal, recite affirmations, and work to build our positive thoughts. What Eker points out is that positive thinking implies that we accept our own thoughts as truth. Instead, he suggests focusing on power thinking, which is an extension of positive thinking in that you are working to build your belief, but instead, you acknowledge that things only have meaning because we give them meaning. You can attach a particular meaning to anything but that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s real. For example, just because you\u2019ve fallen off the wagon in your fitness and nutrition dozens of times doesn\u2019t mean that you\u2019re incapable of success. Secondly, just because you\u2019ve missed a few workouts last week doesn\u2019t mean that your entire plan to lose weight has been destroyed. But that\u2019s the meaning most people give it right? In other words, we tend to be ultra hard on ourselves which ends up being sabotaging. I bring this concept up in the hopes that the next time a situation arises where you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":24064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[134,139],"class_list":["post-24063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-mfn","tag-fitness","tag-nutrition"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}