Another week, another bonus episode. And this week I want to talk about the importance of positive thinking,

because it's no secret that it's better to spend more time thinking about the things that you do want to see happen, rather than the things that you don't.

But it bears repeating, especially when it comes to productivity. So, keep in mind the goals

you have and the steps you want to take and ask yourself from time to time, what do you want to see

done this week? Is there something you're putting off? Well, let's see how far through

it you can get this week, even if it's just a few steps of it, because those big goals can be

really overwhelming, so it's important to break them down. Have you ever heard of Stu Mittleman?

He won the world hyperdistance record for running a thousand miles. Took him nearly 12 days. When he was interviewed by a journalist afterwards,

he was asked how he was able to possibly prepare to run a thousand miles.

And do you know what he said?

He said, I could never have prepared myself for running a thousand miles.

I simply ran one mile a thousand times.

And that's good advice because our goals have to be realistic, otherwise we lose faith in

ourselves. When a weight loss client comes to therapy, they might say that their goal is to lose

three stone and two dress sizes. But until we break it down into losing one pound or two inches at a time, they don't

believe that they could do it. So they go straight back to the box of Maltese's. Our belief in

ourselves, our confidence that we can reach our goal is absolutely vital. Because our emotions,

our feelings, they run our lives to a degree.

They nudges along.

They urge us to behave in certain ways.

Fight or flight, run and hide.

And the meaning behind the feelings is going to be different for everybody.

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