Everyone needs to read this... Black Coffee Theory (a visual thread)

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Sahil Bloom@SahilBloom
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Everyone needs to read this...

Black Coffee Theory

(a visual thread)
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Imagine you walk into a coffee shop...
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When asked what you want, you reply:

"Anything but black coffee."
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But after 5 minutes, you're handed a hot cup of exactly what you didn't want...
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Harvard researchers studied this phenomenon in the 1980s...
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The deliberate attempt to suppress a thought may unintentionally amplify it...
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Your thoughts become your reality...
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A life built entirely around what you don't want is a life controlled by it...
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Create a vivid image of what you do want...
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When you define what you actually want with clarity, your brain starts scanning for it...
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Your words, actions, habits, and character will start organizing around the life you want...
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Your thoughts are your order to the universe. Treat them accordingly.
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A lot of questions on how this concept is in tension with inversion as a life tool.

I think of it like this:
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