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Because of the power of neuroplasticity, you can, in fact, reframe your world and rewire your brain so that you are more objective. You have the power to see things as they are so that you can respond thoughtfully, deliberately, and effectively to everything you experience.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
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Brain
Deliberately
Effectively
Everything
Experience
Fact
In Fact
More
Objective
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Complete objectivity is not an option. We are all subjective about the way we respond to 'what is,' whether it's the people we encounter, the circumstances in our lives, or ourselves. What we can do is reduce our subjectivity - what I call 'I see, therefore it is.'
~ Elizabeth Thornton
About
Call
Circumstances
Complete
Encounter
I See
Lives
Objectivity
Option
Our
Our Lives
Ourselves
People
Reduce
Respond
See
Subjective
Subjectivity
Therefore
Way
Whether
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If we are honest with ourselves, we have to admit that sometimes our assumptions and preconceived notions are wrong, and therefore, our interpretation of events is incorrect. This causes us to overreact, to take things personally, or to judge people unfairly.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
Admit
Assumptions
Causes
Events
Honest
Incorrect
Interpretation
Judge
Notions
Our
Ourselves
People
Personally
Preconceived
Sometimes
Take
Therefore
Things
Unfairly
Us
Wrong
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It is important to remember that a thought is harmless unless we believe them and act on them. As the subject, since thoughts are an object of your awareness, you have the power to challenge every thought. You can decide if you want to make that thought real.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
Act
Awareness
Believe
Challenge
Decide
Every
Harmless
Important
Make
Object
Power
Real
Remember
Since
Subject
Them
Thought
Thoughts
Unless
Want
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Many high school students are under so much competitive pressure. They are sometimes taught that if they don't have a 4.0 GPA, score in the 99th percentile on admissions tests, and demonstrate leadership in sports and participate in clubs, they won't get into college anywhere. Even highly credentialed professionals get caught up in this.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
Admission
Anywhere
Caught
Clubs
College
Competitive
Demonstrate
Even
Get
High
High School
High School Students
Highly
Leadership
Many
Much
Participate
Pressure
Professionals
School
Score
Sometimes
Sports
Students
Taught
Tests
Up
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Most of us know when we are about to react emotionally. We can feel it. Often there is a brief warning before the amygdala hijack. For some of us, it is butterflies in the stomach; for some, it is an increased heart rate, and for others, it is a feeling of agitation.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
About
Agitation
Before
Brief
Butterflies
Emotionally
Feel
Feeling
Heart
Heart Rate
Increased
Know
Most
Often
Others
Rate
React
Some
Stomach
Us
Warning
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New Year's Resolutions come and go. Some we keep, some we don't. In order to make lasting changes in our lives, we must first change our minds. We sometimes forget, and we often feel stuck, but we all have the power to do so.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
Change
Changes
Come
Come And Go
Feel
First
Forget
Go
Keep
Lasting
Lives
Make
Minds
Must
New
Often
Order
Our
Our Lives
Power
Resolutions
Some
Sometimes
Stuck
Year
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Objective leaders identify their unproductive mental models and tweak them for greater effectiveness.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
Effectiveness
Greater
Identify
Leaders
Mental
Models
Objective
Them
Tweak
Unproductive
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One of the most powerful transformational catalysts is knowledge, new information, or logic that defies old mental models and ways of thinking.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
Information
Knowledge
Logic
Mental
Models
Most
Most Powerful
New
New Information
Old
Powerful
Thinking
Ways
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Our brains have the ability to reorganize themselves by forming new neural connections throughout our lives. This ability is called neuroplasticity.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
Ability
Brains
Connections
Forming
Lives
New
Our
Our Lives
Themselves
Throughout
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Our thoughts are certainly part of us; they come from us, but we are not our thoughts. Have you ever woken up in the morning and said to yourself, 'I am not going to think today; I am too tired'? No, of course not. Just as breathing happens and is constant, thoughts happen, and they are also constant.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
Also
Am
Breathing
Certainly
Come
Constant
Course
Ever
Going
Happen
Happens
I Am
Just
Morning
Our
Part
Said
Think
Thoughts
Tired
Today
Too
Up
Us
You
Yourself
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Sometimes our childhood experiences are emotionally intense, which can create strong mental models. These experiences and our assumptions about them are then reinforced in our memory and can continue to drive our behavior as adults.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
About
Adult
Assumptions
Behavior
Childhood
Continue
Create
Drive
Emotionally
Experiences
Intense
Memory
Mental
Models
Our
Reinforced
Sometimes
Strong
Them
Then
Which
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The key to creating the mental space before responding is mindfulness. Mindfulness is a way of being present: paying attention to and accepting what is happening in our lives. It helps us to be aware of and step away from our automatic and habitual reactions to our everyday experiences.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
Accepting
Attention
Automatic
Aware
Away
Before
Being
Creating
Everyday
Experiences
Habitual
Happening
Helps
Key
Lives
Mental
Mindfulness
Our
Our Lives
Paying
Present
Reactions
Responding
Space
Step
Us
Way
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The key to transforming mental models is to interrupt the automatic responses that are driven by the old model and respond differently based on the new model. Each time you are able to do this, you are actually loosening the old circuit and creating new neural connections in your brain, often referred to as self-directed neuroplasticity.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
Able
Actually
Automatic
Based
Brain
Circuit
Connections
Creating
Differently
Driven
Each
Each Time
Interrupt
Key
Mental
Model
Models
New
Often
Old
Referred
Respond
Responses
Time
Transforming
You
Your
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The truth is many of us have been socialized to think that if we are not the very best, if we are not at the top 1 percent of whatever it is we do, then we are not good enough. To reinforce this already pervasive mental model, society has established a competitive hierarchy for just about everything.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
1 Percent
About
Been
Best
Competitive
Enough
Established
Everything
Good
Hierarchy
Just
Many
Mental
Model
Not Good Enough
Percent
Pervasive
Reinforce
Society
Then
Think
Top
Truth
Truth Is
Us
Very
Whatever
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There are times when we are just not very kind to ourselves. The problem with our negative thoughts is that the latest science has revealed that thoughts are very powerful, even impacting us physically.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
Even
Just
Kind
Latest
Negative
Negative Thoughts
Our
Ourselves
Physically
Powerful
Problem
Revealed
Science
The Problem With
Thoughts
Times
Us
Very
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To be an effective leader and make sound decisions, you must be able to gather data by seeking out diverse perspectives and be willing to consider points of view other than your own.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
Able
Consider
Data
Decisions
Diverse
Effective
Gather
Leader
Make
Must
Other
Out
Own
Perspectives
Points
Seeking
Sound
Than
View
Willing
You
Your
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To be an objective leader means aligning your models with the needs of the organization. There is no question anymore that collaboration, seeking out diverse perspectives and developing new ways to look at challenges and opportunities, is a key leadership competency.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
Anymore
Challenges
Collaboration
Developing
Diverse
Key
Leader
Leadership
Look
Means
Models
Needs
New
New Ways
No Question
Objective
Opportunities
Organization
Out
Perspectives
Question
Seeking
Ways
Your
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To increase our objectivity, we must learn to switch off the mini-movies. Objectivity requires us to be mindful, present in the moment, and experiencing what is happening without judgment.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
Experiencing
Happening
Increase
Judgment
Learn
Mindful
Moment
Must
Objectivity
Off
Our
Present
Requires
Switch
Us
Without
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We all have mental models: the lens through which we see the world that drive our responses to everything we experience. Being aware of your mental models is key to being objective.
~ Elizabeth Thornton
Aware
Being
Drive
Everything
Experience
Key
Lens
Mental
Models
Objective
Our
Responses
See
Through
Which
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24 January, 1940
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12 July, 2010
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