Thibaut Meurisse - Master Your Thinking: A Practical Guide to Align Yourself with Reality and Achieve Tangible Results in the Real World (Mastery Series Book 5)

Over the years, Ive encountered a lot of people who have a flawed model of reality. They would tell me their goals and how excited they were to achieve them; however, when looking at their approach, I could clearly see they lacked a proper understanding of what was required to achieve those goals. This would manifest in different ways, such as:

• A level of action out of alignment with their ambitious goals (i.e. insufficient action),
• A poor strategy,
• A blind conviction they were on the right track, even when they were not, and/or
• An unwillingness to listen to feedback and reconsider their approach.

There is nothing wrong with pursuing ambitious visions. I have a crazy vision myself and I believe in the importance of having inspiring life visions. The problem arises when people spend months or even years acting in a way that rarely allows them to move closer to their visionoften unknowingly.

Thats why I wrote this book. This book will help you think more accurately, and it will help you design and enact an effective strategy to increase your odds of achieving your goals. Life is too short for you to waste time doing things that fail to bring the results you want.

Youll greatly benefit from this book if you recognize yourself in one or more of the following situations:

• Youve been pursuing a specific goal for months or years but have failed to make significant progress.
• You want to assess your chances of success for any future endeavors.
• You want to develop highly effective strategies to help you achieve your goals.
• You want to achieve any future goals or dreams faster than you normally would.

If any of the above points resonate with you, read on.

Do you have big dreams but dont seem to make progress toward them? Do you wonder whether you should even try to chase these dreams? Perhaps you think you are deluding yourself?

We live in a world where doing certain things will get you positive results, while doing others will not. This is the law of cause and effect. Therefore, one of the most important skills you can develop is the ability to create an accurate model of reality. In other words, you need to develop the ability to understand how reality works to help you act in a way that is more likely to produce the results you want.

Unfortunately, this isnt as simple as it may appear. This is especially true in todays world where the influx of information we receive can be overwhelming. But developing an accurate model of reality is vital. People who are serious about achieving their goals continuously seek to develop a better model of reality. These individuals are obsessed with finding out what works while, at the same time, letting go of what doesnt.

On the other hand, mediocre or unsuccessful people tend to rely on flawed models of reality. Because they fail to grasp how reality works, they are unable to create an effective blueprint to achieve their goals. This leads them to try all sorts of things and, when none of the gimmicks or tactics they use work, they end up feeling discouraged.

Throughout this book, we will discover that the better you understand reality, the better armed you will be to take the actions needed to achieve the results you want. As you learn to build more effective models of reality, you will be able to skyrocket results in all areas of your life.

InPart I. Letting go of inaccurate thinking, youll discover the common errors in thinking people make, and learn how to think more accurately. Furthermore, as you develop more accurate thinking, youll be able to take effective action which, in turn, will help you achieve tangible results.

In Part II.Aligning yourself with reality, well discuss the importance of being in alignment with reality and see how you can move toward this position. Among other things, youll learn how to make better assumptions, gather information more effectively and ask smarter questions. As you further align yourself with reality, youll be able to create better strategies and implement effective processes that will bring you the results you want.

Finally, in Part III. Empowering your model of reality, well see how to make your model of reality work for you. Youll learn how to design an empowering environment, develop rock-solid confidence and expand your field of possibilities. And by doing this, you will increase your odds of achieving any goal you set your mind to.

So, are you ready to align with reality and achieve tangible results in the real world? If so, read on.

To help you develop accurate thinking, Ive created a free action guide. Make sure you download it at the following URL:

https://whatispersonaldevelopment.org/myt-workbook

If you have any difficulty downloading the action guide, contact me at: thibaut.meurisse@gmail.com and I will send you a copy as soon as possible.

Alternatively, you can use the action guide available at the end of this book.

This book is the fifth book in the Mastery Series. You can check out the other books in the series by clicking the link below

mybook.to/Master_Emotions

Are you thinking straight?

Chances are, youre not.

The truth is, its almost impossible to develop a completely accurate picture of the world or any part of it. There are just too many variables and too much conflicting information out there. Not to mention the variety of biases were subject to or the countless tricks our mind plays on us.

The point is, thinking well is challenging. However, it is our responsibility to sharpen our thinking so we can develop an accurate model of reality. This, in turn, will help us take effective action and make a difference in the world around us.

Please note, in this book, we will define model of reality as the sum of all the beliefs we hold. This includes our political beliefs, our religious beliefs, as well as the beliefs we have about ourselves, our lives, or our work, to name just a few factors. The more accurate our beliefs can be, the better decisions we can makeand the better the results we will achieve. This is why accurate thinking is absolutely critical to our success.

In this section, well spend some time investigating all the ways your current thinking might be inaccurate. Well look at the common mistakes you make in terms of your thought processes, your thinking, well explore how your beliefs are created and well see how your emotions can trick you. As you learn to let go of inaccurate thinking, youll develop a better model of reality, leading you to achieve better results.

In this book, well define inaccurate thinking as thinking in a biased way, which includes:

• Holding onto wrong assumptions that dont reflect reality,
• Falling for cognitive biases that cloud your judgment,
• Being a victim of common disempowering thought patterns, or
• Letting your emotional state influence your decisions.

But before we go into each of the above points in more detail, lets review some of the consequences of thinking inaccurately.