A thought is an event, not an instruction.
You can notice a thought without automatically obeying it.
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Think Straight: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life
7 memorable lines from Think Straight: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life by Darius Foroux, each with the idea behind it.
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Facts become useful when separated from interpretation.
The mind calms when evidence is not mixed with prediction.
Writing thoughts down makes them easier to question.
Externalizing a loop turns it into material you can edit.
Mental loops often ask for action or deletion, not more thinking.
Rumination feels productive while avoiding a decision.
Clarity improves when priorities are explicit.
A mind with no ranked aim treats every worry as equal.
Assumptions should be labeled before they become plans.
Naming uncertainty protects you from building on fiction.
The book is strongest as a daily thought-editing habit.
Short, repeated cleanup beats occasional dramatic insight.
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