THE HOOD SCHOLAR

"Learning to see the structures within which we operate begins a process of freeing ourselves from previously unseen forces and ultimately mastering the ability to work with them and change them". -Peter Senge "The Fifth Discipline"

What do you want your future incorporate? Wealth, fame, fortune, poverty, destitution, squalor. Well, the way you think determines where you will be in the future hands down. Thought, whether it be conscious or subconscious, is the essential building block of all human action and activity. Genocide and reproduction, poverty and wealth, violence and peace - all start as thoughts in one's mind before they become realty. The use of one's thought can steer people into any future they see fit; however, people tend to ignore their thoughts. This allows entities external from one's self to steer one's mind, haphazardly. For instance, the use of propaganda in Germany during WWII provided the masses with just enough thought stimuli to place the in an acquiescent state of complacence; or more currently, the flow of commercials that program phone numbers in one's mind. "Can anyone tell me what number this is? 877-393-4448". One's thought can be controlled and directed just as a glass of soda can be replaced with water - using the flow of a different substance or a different flow of information.

Attainment of the control of one's own thoughts is not hard. Gaining control of one's thoughts requires a slight increase in one's use of self-discipline. Step one, figure out which thoughts to implant in one's own mind. Step two, eliminate all sources of negative thoughts (television, movies, et cetera). Step three, replace those influences with other sources of information that are conducive to your end result. This is something that should not be taken for granted, and should be incorporated into a plan of action towards a desired end result.

Your end game determines the thoughts you must implant. Your thoughts create your future; therefore, the future you want to create must create your thoughts from now on. You must refer to successful individuals that are doing something that may interest you ...