 You know if you've watched my videos for a little while now You'll know that I'm fairly against these quick fixes You know change your life in a minute beat depression in 60 seconds You know to create lasting change things take a bit of time They do okay in this case though How to stop negative thinking? This one tip is really all I needed to do To really create lasting change in my thinking This is a little technique from cognitive behavioral therapy one of the therapists I'm stealing all of all of her ideas if she watches these videos. Oh, she's gonna be pissed this tip is so great for not only negative thinking but Have you ever had moments where? your daydreaming Or you're just thinking about things that aren't necessarily negative, but just there's no purpose to it Right, you're thinking of maybe a scenario of your in your past and you're like oh, I wish I just did that differently Let me think about that time in the past. Oh, okay Let me go back there and I'm gonna do something differently there or oh I now know what to say to that person And I'm gonna go back in my mind and you know alter that thought Try to change the past through my thinking. Do you know what I mean? Have you ever you know wasted time doing this? Unwanted thinking well me too and negative thinking and unwanted thoughts are so debilitating and Take up so much energy And they're pointless most of the time. So here's the tip without any more background here. It's just three words That's all it is When you're having a negative thought a thought that you don't want in your brain You're gonna ask yourself this question Okay, are you ready? Are you ready? write this down is This Useful Simple now you're you're thinking Scott. How have that heck can that question stop my negative thinking thanks for wasting my time, buddy See you in 2016 the point of asking yourself this question guys is to put you in the driver's seat of your mind Okay, it puts you in control When these negative thoughts are spinning and unwanted thoughts and you're just listening to them you've invited them in They're doing whatever they want in your brain Why do I keep doing this with my hand? You're allowing the thoughts to have power over you both mentally and physically When you ask that question you are putting your brain in a vulnerable state Vulnerable to you so let's say Let's say you are Feeling a little depressed. You're feeling sad. Maybe you're feeling anxious. Sorry for yourself And you're feeling lonely All right, you're feeling lonely It happens it happens and your thoughts are like this. I feel so alone I have no one to talk to What am I doing with my life? What's wrong with me? I wish I had more friends Ask yourself the question when these things are happening ask. Okay. Wait. Are these thoughts useful right now? Are they useful? What's your obvious answer going to be of? Course they're not what good is feeling sorry for yourself at that present moment. What good are these thoughts doing? They're just making you feel worse. So you ask yourself. Is this useful you say no The thoughts will stop because you've asked yourself. There's no point You have given yourself permission To stop the thoughts what this also does is encourages you to take action guys That's the biggest thing. So the thoughts aren't useful. I'm lonely. I'm lonely. So the thoughts done Now what are you gonna do about it to not be lonely anymore? You can really focus on the present moment when you don't have these negative thoughts stirring in your mind Is this useful these three words have changed my life? Have created clarity in my mind. I Invite you to try it. Thanks very much. Let me know if it works. Take care