Episode 121

Positive thinking, affirmations and visualisations are all tools that can be very beneficial in the daily struggle to improve ourselves and achieve success. But what about the other side of things? Can thinking about the bad things that may happen actually be helpful? Contemplating what would happen if the things you had were gone can actually help you manage your emotions and increase your self control. In this episode Carter and Mo talk about realising the things we take for granted, contemplating loss and whether there is anything wrong with wanting more.•Austin’s hike and bike trail (00:43)•Feeling unwell and thinking it might be covid (03:05)•Mo’s recent discovery of negative visualisations (09:58)•It’s not just what you think about, it’s about how you feel about what you think about (09:56)•Meditation and stoicism as a means of managing your emotions and increasing self control (11:18)•The stoic method of negative visualisations (12:35)•There is power in contemplating your own death (13:58)•Hedonic adaptation (15:42)•Is there actually anything wrong with wanting more? (21:21)•The discipline of saying no (25:03)•Why Carter is taking more care over his deals right now (26:22)•Is there value in practising bad positions in jiu-jitsu? (33:10)•What if there is no jiu-jitsu? (36:01)•Combining a mediation session with negative visualisation (37:34)•Realising all the things we take for granted (40:45)•How would a stoic view the pandemic? (44:28)The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale https://www.amazon.com/Power-Positive-Thinking-Norman-Vincent/dp/9388118561/Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual by Jocko Willinkhttps://www.amazon.com/Discipline-Equals-Freedom-Field-Manual/dp/1250156947