Managing Your Mind To Do Great Work | UYGW034

Ever feel a little “poodley”? Or what about “moodily”? Maybe “gloomily”? Or even “wootily”?

On this week’s episode of Unleashing YOUR Great Work, Dr. Amanda Crowell discusses the one thing that predicts whether or not we do Great Work: our own minds.

What if you could change your thoughts and operate in a completely different world?

Using the “Cognitive Behavioral Model” as a starting point, Dr. Crowell explains how our thoughts create our feelings, and so, if we change our thoughts, we can change our feelings and, therefore, our lives. Building on this, she then explains how she's grown her understanding of this to a more nuanced mix of feelings she has named gloomily, moodily, poodley, and wootily.

Join us as we discuss:

01:40 If you change your thoughts, you can change your life.

03:02 Reasons you're not doing what you say you'll do.

04:59 You can find something interesting about almost everything. If you want to do something, and you don't currently have an interest in it, you can build that interest.

06:21 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Model - Another way to talk about changing your mind with the purpose of changing your life.

08:57 It's the thought that created the feeling, not the circumstance.

11:18 What happens in your mind is what creates your lived experience of it, and you could choose a different lived experience.

13:36 The thing that kept you from fully embracing the idea of “creating your lived experience” is the thoughts and feelings of having not been good enough.

15:32 The Standard Cognitive Distortions - Ways that our mind has a tendency to react in less effective, efficient ways.

17:40 Allows an experience to bring up more than one kind of thought, resulting in more than one kind of emotion.

23:02 Do not change your thoughts from one to another, but instead change the balance of thoughts.

Links Mentioned:

How To Be Awesome At Your Job Podcast: https://awesomeatyourjob.com/797-how-to-find-and-do-your-great-work-with-amanda-crowell/

Amanda's TedxTalk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWp87GXDvEk

About the Host:

Dr. Amanda Crowell is a cognitive psychologist, speaker, podcaster, author of Great Work, and the creator of the Great Work Journals. Amanda's TEDx talk: Three Reasons You Aren’t Doing What You Say You Will Do has received more than a million views and has been featured on TED's Ideas blog and TED Shorts. Her ideas have also been featured on NPR, Al Jazeera, The Wall Street Journal, Quartz, and Thrive Global. Amanda lives in New Jersey with her husband, two adorable kids, and a remarkable newfiepoo named Ruthie. She spends her days educating future teachers, coaching accidental entrepreneurs, and speaking about how to make progress on Great Work to colleges and corporate teams. To book Dr. Crowell to speak or inquire about coaching, check out amandacrowell.com or email amanda@amandacrowell.com.

Website: amandacrowell.com

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Great-Work-Amanda-J-Crowell/dp/1737374196

Podcast: PODCAST - Amanda Crowell

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