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How To Train Your Mind, Part One
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How To Train Your Mind, Part One

Let's Set A Foundational Understanding On What The Mind Is

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Welcome to the two-part analysis of How To Train Your Mind. This is Part I of two. You can find Part II here.

“If you don’t give your mind something to think about, society will give it something to think about.”— Franklin O’Kanu, October 2024

Our Mind Interacting With The Environment

Introduction

In my last article, How to See the World, I introduced two fundamental concepts for everyday life and how we view the world.

  • The first concept is that you are a soul, which is ultimately what matters in everything we think, do, and overall live.

  • The second is that you have a mind that helps you transverse this reality we find ourselves in.

In this article, part of a two-part series, I’ll dive into how to train your mind. This series is inspired by the title How to Train Your Dragon, and I’ve always wanted to write something along these lines, similar to my earlier piece, How to Tame the Beast.

I’ve considered titles like How to Train Your Ego, but with the work I’ve done exploring the mind and brai…

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