Attitude and the brain

Hi all,
When I get stressed out or nervous about some situation in my day-to-day life, I've been reciting the "Attitude" paragraph to myself while taking deep breaths. It works well to calm me down and help me turn the page mentally -- to think past the thing that's worrying me and remind me that "... life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it."

Our brains want to please us. So, what we tell ourselves about ourselves is what our brains seek to make happen. If I keep thinking counter-productive thoughts like, "Man, I can't figure this out," "I'll never catch up on my homework (or my work projects)," "I always forget where I put my keys," etc., my brain is going to say, "Oh -- is that how you want it to be? OK, I'll go along."

The same goes if instead, we feed our brain positive messages:
-- I'm smart
-- I'm capable
-- I can figure this out
-- I like doing pushups =0)

Give it a try!

- Michael