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MENTAL FLEXIBILITY

FOR PEAK

PERFORMANCE

Mental rigidity makes improvement difficult, perhaps impossi-

ble. The rigid mind is absorbed in justifying the past rather

than in improving the future. Using what you learn in this

chapter, you will be able to prevent your negative thinking from

getting the better of you. Learn why positive thinking alone pro-

duces results that are most often minor and temporary. The

Power Affirmations method allows access to the unconscious

thinking that is limiting success. It is a method that changes

your thinking to facilitate accomplishment and to eliminate an-

noying internal chatter.

TRUE ORFALSEQUIZ TOPROMOTEMENTALFLEXIBILITY

Take out a sheet of paper and number it from 1 to 6. Answer true

or false to these questions. Please, no changing answers after

writing them.

1. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.


2. The sun neither rises nor sets in any direction. Rising and setting is
   an illusion caused by the rotation of the earth on its axis.


3. $1,000 is a lot of money.


4. $1,000 is a small amount of money.


5. Everything is the same.


6. Everything is different.
   Let’s see what your answers are. Six true answers earn 100 percent, as
   do six false answers. Each of these statements is true or false, depending
   on your perception. If you were lost in the woods with a watch and no
   compass, knowing that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west would

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