THINK STRAIGHT: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life

The quality of our thoughts determines the quality of our lives. And our decisions are a result of our thoughts.

If we want to think straight at all times, we must stay grounded, look at facts, listen to other people’s perspectives, and only then draw practical conclusions.

His most important idea is that we should question the source of our beliefs, not the belief itself. Because most of our beliefs are based on our or other people’s perception.

It’s better to be aware of your thoughts and decide what you will ignore, and what you will give importance to.

Only think about things you can control. That automatically eliminates about 99% of your thoughts because there’s very little you control in life.

If you want the dots to connect in the future, you have to make sure you form dots in your brain. The only way you form dots is by learning, doing, making mistakes, reflecting, or anything you can do to feed your brain with the input it needs to give you the output you want.

The point is that there are multiple ways to achieve your goals. Also, if everyone is doing one thing, that often means you shouldn’t.

Thoughts should serve a useful purpose. If they don’t, they’re useless. That’s straight thinking.

The emphasis is on deciding. And that’s what this book is about: With practice, you can get better at controlling your thoughts, so you can decide what you think.

But the most important lesson I’ve learned was that you don’t regret what you did in life, you regret what you didn’t do.

“The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.”

“You become what you think about all day long.”

Remember: Money is a replaceable resource. When you’re out of it, you can earn it back. You can’t say the same for time. Don’t spend too much time thinking about money.

Just sit down, be one with your thoughts, observe them, and then, ignore them. That’s all there is to meditation.

When we hold on to a lot of things in the past, they form an obstacle to living in the present.

If you want to think straight, you discard all assumptions, and only look at facts.

Knowing yourself is step one. Step two is acting on that knowledge.

Never underestimate or overlook details if you want to do a job right. And if you don’t, it’s better not to do it at all.

“The life of wisdom is a life of reason. It is important to learn how to think clearly. Clear thinking is not a haphazard enterprise. It requires proper training.”

When you stop doing things the way they’re done, you’ll start doing things how you get it done.