984: Act As If and the Science Behind Positive Thinking and Intentions by Erin Blaskie

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🗓️ 21 August 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Erin Blaskie shares the science behind positive thinking and intentions. Episode 984: Act As If and the Science Behind Positive Thinking and Intentions by Erin Blaskie (Optimism & Improving Discipline) Erin Blaskie has helped numerous businesses come online, establish their web presence and create community. Erin’s primary expertise is in creating solid systems and processes for businesses but she also leads clients to leverage the power of the Internet to nurture community, create culture and inspire change. She is a TEDx speaker and a Google Certified Speaker and speaks all around the world. The original post is located here: http://erinblaskie.com/act-as-if/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 984, act as if and the science behind positive thinking and intentions
0:07.4	by Aaron Blaskey of AaronBlaskey.com and a reverial personal narrator Justin Mollick
0:12.4	reading to you from some amazing blogs and books to help you optimize your life.
0:16.7	And happy birthday to my brother Neil, he's the host of Optimal Health Daily.
0:20.7	A nice gift for him would be if you checked out his show.
0:23.6	For now it's here from Aaron Blaskey as we optimize your life.
0:30.6	Act as if and the science behind positive thinking and intentions by Aaron Blaskey of AaronBlaskey.com.
0:39.9	I was recently having a conversation with a friend of mine who was explaining a situation
0:43.7	that they had found themselves and they were in a dead end job that was going nowhere fast
0:48.4	and due to other limitations they felt stuck and unable to break free of corporate reins.
0:53.9	As we got talking about their situation I invited them to take part in a virtual reality practice.
0:59.6	The practice of writing how they wanted their life to look like in present time.
1:03.8	As they worked through that exercise and completed it I then invited them to incorporate
1:07.9	as many pieces of that virtual reality into their current reality and act as if.
1:14.0	Act as if is a practice of living your life in the way you want it to be versus how it may be
1:19.0	right now. In the case of my friend they felt like they wanted a job where they had a bit more
1:23.5	responsibility and flexibility to start new projects and see them through to completion.
1:29.2	They wanted to own the process a bit more than they were able to right now.
1:33.1	In their virtual reality exercise they wrote out their imagined present day and they started to get
1:37.6	really excited about that possibility. What it would look like to live that life, what it would
1:42.8	feel like. After they shared with me their writing and we chatted a bit more about the act as if
1:48.3	practice I asked them a simple question. What can you do in your life right now to get closer to your
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