Great to see so many of you interested in following Social Night Slides, the private-but-social feed that's been helpful as a central place to unload thoughts, share more personal content and generate discussions to lessen the impact of cognitive overload 🤯 Sharing is caring, after all.There's currently space for 15 subscribers to join the fun, so if you want in then hit the thumbs up towards the bottom of this email and I'll send over the invitation.Following the Social Night Slides feed also comes with your own personal Mindwave feed too, valued at $60 per year, naturally protected from the algorithms (and the COVID deniers too).An exclusive offer for subscribers only.See you over there on the daily!Framing is everything The simple replacement of a single word can change your entire outlook on a situation and therefore conditions the emotional response too.In the following example, we reframe the internal attitude when assessing our own willingness to undertake an activity or task that could be causing friction or strengthening stubbornness to avoid.From the begrudgingly:"I have to..." To the appreciatively:"I get to..."If the situation presented might cause an element of frustration, pain or discomfort; your attitude to framing it determines the consequential emotional reaction. "I have to cook a healthy breakfast""I have to call my parents today""I have to do a workout tomorrow"Becomes..."I get to cook a healthy breakfast""I get to call my parents today" "I get to do a workout tomorrow"This subtle change reframes having to do something which infers an external obligation that one must adhere to (outside of preferred choice) to getting to do something which infers internal commitment of a privileged opportunity to be thankful for.Interestingly, both 'have to' and 'get to' are examples of auxiliary verbs (words that help other words express their tense, mood or voice) which rather appropriately highlights how framing a situation conditions our attitude and consequential emotional reaction to it. Feeding appreciation energy over abrasive apprehension.Charlie
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Great to see so many of you interested in following Social Night Slides, the private-but-social feed that's been helpful as a central place to unload thoughts, share more personal content and generate discussions to lessen the impact of cognitive overload 🤯 Sharing is caring, after all.There's currently space for 15 subscribers to join the fun, so if you want in then hit the thumbs up towards the bottom of this email and I'll send over the invitation.Following the Social Night Slides feed also comes with your own personal Mindwave feed too, valued at $60 per year, naturally protected from the algorithms (and the COVID deniers too).An exclusive offer for subscribers only.See you over there on the daily!Framing is everything The simple replacement of a single word can change your entire outlook on a situation and therefore conditions the emotional response too.In the following example, we reframe the internal attitude when assessing our own willingness to undertake an activity or task that could be causing friction or strengthening stubbornness to avoid.From the begrudgingly:"I have to..." To the appreciatively:"I get to..."If the situation presented might cause an element of frustration, pain or discomfort; your attitude to framing it determines the consequential emotional reaction. "I have to cook a healthy breakfast""I have to call my parents today""I have to do a workout tomorrow"Becomes..."I get to cook a healthy breakfast""I get to call my parents today" "I get to do a workout tomorrow"This subtle change reframes having to do something which infers an external obligation that one must adhere to (outside of preferred choice) to getting to do something which infers internal commitment of a privileged opportunity to be thankful for.Interestingly, both 'have to' and 'get to' are examples of auxiliary verbs (words that help other words express their tense, mood or voice) which rather appropriately highlights how framing a situation conditions our attitude and consequential emotional reaction to it. Feeding appreciation energy over abrasive apprehension.Charlie