How to Master Your Negative Thoughts and Use Them for Good
Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory
07/16/22
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How often do negative thoughts leave you triggered, insecure, doubtful and feeling stuck in darkness that you want to escape? Negativity at work, in social media, and at home can make it feel impossible to escape. In this episode, Tom is answering 6 common questions to help you overcome negativity. Spoiler alert! It comes down to what you decide to pursue and focus on, and going after it with everything you’ve got. You cannot escape negativity, but you can take note of these powerful tactics and put them into action starting today.
SHOW NOTES:
Self Punishment | Negative thoughts affecting self worth, how to let yourself off the hook [0:46]
Toxic Relationship | Know what’s effective in next relationship & what you can do different [4:32]
Self Awareness | Reframe negative feelings & identify what’s triggering your insecurities [9:51]
Negative People | Dealing with people that are hyper negative & not ready to change [20:02]
Dark Side Power | Leverage negativity and anger to motivate and not be consumed by it [23:31]
Self Doubt |The only belief that matters, you are adaptable, acquire skills & go after it [29:12]
Book Mentioned: Lisa Barret, How Emotions Are Made
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When you come across people who have success in multiple areas of their life you want to know, what’s the secret? What do they know and what are they doing that you can possibly entertain doing for yourself?
Dave Asprey may remind you of the Bulletproof Diet, and you may be familiar with him from his podcast, The Human Upgrade, but he’s also a successful entrepreneur several times over. In this episode he and Tom cover Dave’s expansive breadth of knowledge around health, fasting, and living as long as possible, while getting into top level insights of what it means to be a game changer in business.
“You must build practices that prevent you from falling prey to those basic instincts that make you a short-term thinker.” -Dave Asprey
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SHOW NOTES:
0:00 | Introduction to Dave Asprey
0:12 | How to Fast Correctly
25:10 | Fix Your Diet Today
44:24 | How to Burn Fat & End Cravings
1:05:34 | Watch This to Live Longer
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If you’re in the middle of emotionally trying times, lost your job, death and grief over loved ones and failing relationships, we know emotional pain f*cking sucks! But what now? Sitting in these emotions forever isn’t practical or healthy. So, what are the options?
Bottle it up, push those feelings aside, and push through! You’re hardcore, you’re badass, nothing is going take you out. Just don’t think about it, move on and get gritty.
OR...
Let the pain take over until you feel like a puddle of nothing. Everything feels hopeless, the pain is unbearable, and how could you ever smile again?
Neither of these extremes are healthy ways to cope with your emotions, and as adults, if we’re honest, the majority of us suck at processing emotions. We get angry and take it out on the people closest to us. We go to work sad and hurt over a fight with our partner, now we can’t focus, productivity is low, and the quality of our work sucks.
Susan David, Harvard medical school psychologist and author of the #1 WSJ bestseller, Emotional Agility, has some strategies we can all start implementing today to learn how to process our emotions in an effective and healthier way. Her core message is that “emotions are data, not directives.”
We’re facing some really challenging times ahead and we’ve been fighting and hoping for better days since pre-Covid. This conversation answers how to deal with the difficult thoughts and use emotions as data instead of allowing them to direct a story of you starring as the victim.
You can have every valid reason to fuse with painful emotions, it doesn’t mean they’re helpful in the moment. Create space, observe what you're feeling, and identify the signpost.
Check out Susan David’s book, Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life: https://amzn.to/3aHKw25
Check out Susan David’s first Impact Theory Interview, Make Your Negative Thoughts Serve You: https://youtu.be/y8bwEgCcOXs
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 | Introduction to Negative Thinking
4:06 | Unhealthy Ways We Face Emotions
13:30 | Identify Your Emotional Signposts
24:38 | Make Space for Emotional Confusion
39:15 | The Secret Weapon Against Tragedy
50:35 | Don’t Allow Emotions to Write Your Story
1:11:01 | Strategies to Avoid Emotional Fusion
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If you’re ready to find true fulfillment, strengthen your focus, and ignite your true potential, the Impact Theory subscription was created just for you.
Want to transform your health, sharpen your mindset, improve your relationship, or conquer the business world? This is your epicenter of greatness.
This is not for the faint of heart. This is for those who dare to learn obsessively, every day, day after day.
Subscription Benefits:
- Unlock the gates to a treasure trove of wisdom from inspiring guests like Andrew Huberman, Mel Robbins, Hal Elrod, Matthew McConaughey, and many, many, more
- New episodes delivered ad-free
- Exclusive access to Tom’s AMAs, keynote speeches, and suggestions from his personal reading list
- You’ll also get access to an 5 additional podcasts with hundreds of archived Impact Theory episodes, meticulously curated into themed playlists covering health, mindset, business, relationships, and more:
- Legendary Mindset: Mindset & Self-Improvement
- Money Mindset: Business & Finance
- Relationship Theory: Relationships
- Health Theory: Mental & Physical Health
- Power Ups: Weekly Doses of Short Motivational Quotes
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