No one has complete control over their thoughts. But with practice, with deliberate attention, far more control can be achieved. Here are five rules that show you how.

1.Practice thinking to develop mental thrust.

Thinking is work. To develop your thinking process you must put mind through exercises which lead it down new paths.

2.Add width to your thinking.

Narrow minded people have these characteristics. All negative.

a.They see only a small part of problems. b.They are exceptionally prejudiced. They can hate intensely. c.They are intellectually blind. They learn no wisdom as they mature.

To think wide remember :

a.Be careful of generalising with “all white and black” approach. b.Avoid sentences like, “He’s no good”, “I hate”, “They are stupid”. c.Think two sides before you make your point. Nothing is all good and nothing is all bad. d.Don’t be to fast with your opinions.

3.Think like a crew member not like a passenger.

Assume your responsibility for what happens.

4.Listen and trade minds with people you want to influence.

That's The Way The Ball Bounces!

Have you ever wondered why? Words! Yep, that's it, those tiny little stinking no good for nothing, words that you don't even remember saying; Maybe two months ago, maybe a year ago, maybe last week.

You might not want to hear this; but, words have a creative force inside them. They create whatever meaning they contain. They are like a seed planted in ground. They will bring forth whatever they are.

You plant an apple seed you gonna get apples. And I don't care how much you wish it was bananas; it ain't gonna happen. Now, we all know this is true and no one with half a brain will argue with it.

A Backhanded Compliment!

But, isn't it amazing how we go around saying junk like; "that's just my dumb luck", "I think I'm taking a cold", "they're not ever going to give me that raise", etc. And then we are shocked beyond belief when life slaps us upside head with a dead fish. We say, "Wha'd I do?

Ah...don't even try to figure it out. It's long gone now and words have already done their damage. You see, most of time, we don't pay any attention to words themselves and their repercussions.

But, try this on for size; you are actually creating your entire world with words you speak. Proverbs tells us that, "life and death are in power of tongue". So, don't get mad at me, I didn't say it, Proverbs is a lot older than I am. :>)

Bone Of Contention!

Another way you could say it is; success and failure are in words we speak; poverty and prosperity are in words we speak; health and sickness are in words we speak. That's not always a comforting thought, to think that we might have some responsibility for some of junk we've produced.

Right now, ask yourself this question! "How do I feel emotionally at this moment"? Do you feel up? Do you feel down? Do you know why? The words you speak on a daily basis are ignition switch directly to your emotions.

Your words are like a generator; your emotions are like a receiver. Every time you turn your generator on, you send signals to your receiver that will respond in kind. Send positive words, you'll get a positive emotional response, send negative destructive words, you'll get a negative response.

Just By Word Of Mouth!

You can make yourself sick with words; you can make yourself well with words. You can make yourself afraid of your own shadow with words. You can even kick a gift horse right in mouth with your own words; I know I've done it.

If you need to make some drastic changes in your life, start paying attention to words of your mouth. Many times in a difficult and challenging situation, your head will tell you; you're sunk, it can't be done, your goose is cooked, and all sorts of garbage.

The only reason your head says that is because you've said something sometime damaging with your mouth. Your head would not have known to say that to you if your mouth had not taught it to your head.