My brother found a book, read it, loved it, had me buy him three copies from Amazon, then he gave me one of those copies. The title? Thoughts to Build On: Thought Power for Successful Living<\/i>, by M. R. Kopmeyer.<\/p>\n
It’s like a mini-Haanel translated for daily living. We’re taught to have no opinions. Chapter Five is a little twist in that. We are to separate fact from fiction and only believe the fact. <\/p>\n
Imagine a past-middle-age man saying to you, “I’ve lost my fortune through unwise investments. It’s too late to start over. My family and I will live out our lives in disgrace and poverty. ”<\/p>\n
There’s only one fact in that statement. The rest are opinions. Unless the man believes them all to be facts and lives his life as if they are. Then, they become facts. <\/p>\n
Can you see where this is going? We need to have a clear understanding of what’s fact and what’s opinion in our thinking about our lives.<\/p>\n
This is a game changer. Whether we like the Buckeyes or the Wolverines means nothing on the have no opinions scale. Whether we believe we’re all washed up or not in our inner self-talk is what really matters. <\/p>\n
Eradicate the opinions. Focus on the facts. Make sure you teach yourself which is which. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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