The Self-Employed Life

550: Shirzad Chamine- Increase Your Positivity in the New Year

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Jan 1, 2020
Shirzad Chamine, a renowned Stanford lecturer and CEO coach, dives deep into the concept of Positive Intelligence (PQ). He discusses how to boost mental fitness and transform negativity into positivity. Listeners learn about the internal battle with self-sabotaging thoughts and the significance of recognizing their 'saboteurs.' By embracing challenges and fostering a positive mindset, Chamine offers practical strategies for personal growth. He also shares insights from his six-week course aimed at empowering individuals to enhance their overall happiness and respond from a place of joy.
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INSIGHT

Age Helps, But You Can Accelerate Growth

  • Aging tends to strengthen the sage slowly, so people often become happier with each decade after 40.
  • You can accelerate this by rewiring the brain to strengthen sage regions and weaken saboteur patterns.
ADVICE

Use Negative Emotions As Brief Alerts

  • Use negative emotions only briefly as alerts and then shift to learning and action.
  • Treat negative feelings like pain: useful for a split second, harmful if you ruminate.
ADVICE

Name Your Saboteur To Disempower It

  • Name and label your saboteur to depersonalize and reduce its power instantly.
  • Calling the voice an enemy helps you treat it as a separate habit, not your identity.
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