Shift+Ctrl+Enter your life
Sometimes I wish my brain would just work like a computer and I could give it some commands that’ll get me the results I want — pronto!
If I wanted to lose weight I could simply go Shift+Ctrl+Enter >be fit and I would only crave healthy, low-calorie foods and lots of physical activity.
If I wanted to learn something new faster I’d do Shift+Ctrl+Enter >build more memory neurons and voilá — I remember and execute immediately.
I recently read the books “The power of habits" by Charles Duhigg and “The Daily Stoic" by Ryan Holiday and through them I realized: I really need to give myself these commands whenever one of my bad habits like nibbling my fingers kick in, but especially in situations where I contemplate about things in my life I can’t change.
Why do I waste my precious time thinking over and over again about something that’s not in my power to be influenced? What is that all about?
Instead, why don’t I focus all my energy and brainpower on things I can actually turn around?
Luckily, these books created this awareness and analysis of my own behaviours so that at least now I notice when it happens and I attempt to stop and think about my thinking.
And that’s the moment Shift+Ctrl+Enter comes into play:
