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The One Truth
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The One Truth

by Jon Gordon
June 2023
Beginner to intermediate
176 pages
2h 57m
English
Wiley
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Chapter 3Elevate Your State of Mind

Feed the Positive

Over the years I've written a number of books like The Energy Bus, Positive Dog, Training Camp, Stay Positive, The Power of Positive Leadership, and others that are all about feeding yourself with positivity in order to feed others. They've had a positive impact on a lot of people, but I must confess that at the time I wasn’t sure why they made such a big difference. I knew they helped people become more positive, but I didn't know why positivity makes a huge difference. It's like knowing a car runs really well on high‐octane fuel but not knowing why it runs better. What's really happening under the hood and in the engine? Now years later, since understanding how our state of mind works, it makes so much sense. Where negativity lowers our state of mind, positivity elevates our state of mind. Where negativity creates sludge in our pipeline and engine, positivity is a better fuel that flows smoothly. Where negativity brings you down, positivity lifts you up. As I will explain in Book III, the brain is an antenna and you can tune into a positive or negative frequency every moment of every day. When you tune into the positive, it elevates your state of mind.

Tune into Trust

The answer to doubt is trust, and it's only a thought away. When doubt comes in, choose to trust. Trust in yourself. Trust in those you can trust. Trust in the Creator of the universe. Every addiction program believes in a higher power because it's well ...

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