We Can Choose How We Are Wired
There are one hundred and ninety-five countries in the world today. Man made borders and boundaries governed by cultures (also man made) that determine how people think, how they feel, how they act, what they believe and so on. Unless you've been living as an indigenous person in complete isolation you have experienced many cultures different from your own. Your reaction to these differences tend to speak volumes about your own culture that you subscribe to.
We seem so different from one another when we come from different cultures. Wars have been fought over these man made boundaries and differences. What we have in common is that regardless of what many believe, no one is born subscribing to a specific culture. This is an entirely learned process we become conditioned and wired to. Children of all cultures from all countries are wired for language mastery but that wiring is not language specific.
Our problem as a whole is that what we become wired to what we believe to be innate. The foods we like, the music we like, the ideas both political and social that we favor, the smells we admire, these are all things we become wired to. The experiences we have wire us to our environments and overtime become habits. Our brains undergo actual physical changes during this process. Unlike any other animal that exists we can change our wiring. Zebras don't have to be taught to fear and run from lions. This is what their evolution has wired them for. Lions don't have to be taught to hunt and chase zebras. This is what they have been wired to do. They can not stop to consciously think and make the choice to change their wiring, we can but we seldom do.
Many of us know the things we want to do and know the things we want to stop doing but we fail at executing this. Why? We fail at changing our wiring. We fail to create new habits. The secret is taking small steps and committing to them over a long period of time. This changes the wiring and gets to the point where once the new wiring is there, we then no longer have to think about doing it. We change our instinct. This doesn't happen on its own. We need to use the superpower of imagination and create the goal to work towards.
Our environments impact our behavior and what we become wired to. Change your environments to change you behaviors. This will change your wiring. Set your goal and understand that it takes time to change your wiring but even more importantly be mindful changing your behavior to start the process and then commit to it.
#elliotyi
#paradigmleft
#habits
#mindset
We seem so different from one another when we come from different cultures. Wars have been fought over these man made boundaries and differences. What we have in common is that regardless of what many believe, no one is born subscribing to a specific culture. This is an entirely learned process we become conditioned and wired to. Children of all cultures from all countries are wired for language mastery but that wiring is not language specific.
Our problem as a whole is that what we become wired to what we believe to be innate. The foods we like, the music we like, the ideas both political and social that we favor, the smells we admire, these are all things we become wired to. The experiences we have wire us to our environments and overtime become habits. Our brains undergo actual physical changes during this process. Unlike any other animal that exists we can change our wiring. Zebras don't have to be taught to fear and run from lions. This is what their evolution has wired them for. Lions don't have to be taught to hunt and chase zebras. This is what they have been wired to do. They can not stop to consciously think and make the choice to change their wiring, we can but we seldom do.
Many of us know the things we want to do and know the things we want to stop doing but we fail at executing this. Why? We fail at changing our wiring. We fail to create new habits. The secret is taking small steps and committing to them over a long period of time. This changes the wiring and gets to the point where once the new wiring is there, we then no longer have to think about doing it. We change our instinct. This doesn't happen on its own. We need to use the superpower of imagination and create the goal to work towards.
Our environments impact our behavior and what we become wired to. Change your environments to change you behaviors. This will change your wiring. Set your goal and understand that it takes time to change your wiring but even more importantly be mindful changing your behavior to start the process and then commit to it.
#elliotyi
#paradigmleft
#habits
#mindset
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