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Adjust the Thermostat of the MindSummary: Our first impressions about money, work, and relationships are lasting unless we choose to change them with new information.First impressions are lasting ones. If those first impressions aren’t good ones, modify them with new information or live with the consequences. The first impression we get of just about anything looms large in our psyches. This first impression, for good or ill, will resonate for a long time unless we do something constructive and conscious to change it. Our first impression of a person is an excellent example. Suppose someone strikes us as friendly, jovial, sullen, or arrogant. Unless we later realize that we caught the person on a particularly good or bad day, the first impression will linger. Reinforce that first impression continuously with emotional power and the mind quickly turns those first impressions into a thermostat. This means that our thoughts, feelings, and reactions are set just like a living room thermostat. Even if we open and close the windows, the mechanism will keep the room at the same temperature. The only way we can effectively change the temperature is to change the thermostat. That’s a simple matter in the living room, but more involved in the mind. Most often, our initial impressions of money, work, and relationships form the basis of our mental and emotional framework about these subjects. Our parents or primary caregivers are the main shapers of these frameworks, but extended family, peers, clergy, and the entire culture contribute as well. We can’t change these first impressions, but we can realize they many of them were based on faulty information. When we modify our first impressions with new information, we adjust our internal thermostats. Find that new information (work can be fun, money can be plentiful) and you will enjoy a new experience. If not, the consequences of first impressions will linger for a lifetime. Copyright 2004 by Tony Papajohn. Tony writes and speaks on success. Subscribe to his free SuccessMotivator e-zine at http://www.successmotivator.com
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