Reprogram Your Subconscious Mind - English for Psychology with a podcast, selected passage and illustrated flashcards to improve your listening and reading comprehension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDbqsgMwxR8 Reading practice Focus on your future instead of your past People focus on the negative instead of the positive, and on the past instead of the future, because that is what used to save us from danger. When our DNA was being programmed with this propensity, there was the very real fear of being killed by forces of nature and wild animals if we didn't learn our lesson the first time. When your mind experiences emotional ...
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Reprogram Your Subconscious Mind – English for Psychology
Updated: by Dr. Mohammad Hossein Hariri Asl
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Dr. Mohammad Hossein Hariri Asl
Dr. Mohammad Hossein Hariri Asl is an English and Persian instructor, educator, researcher, inventor, published author, blogger, SEO expert, website developer, entrepreneur, and the creator of LELB Society. He's got a PhD in TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language).
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I think that most of the people in this planet mostly think about their past but not their future, and that makes sense because People focus on the negative thoughts instead of the positive thoughts. When our DNA was being programmed with this propensity, there was the very real fear of being killed by forces of nature and wild animals like a dangerous and hungry tiger if we didn’t learn our lesson the first time.
You’re absolutely right, Soroosh. This obsession with the past events has been a defense mechanism to protect us against the future source of dangers and threats. However, we no longer dwell in caves; therefore, we should harness the intrinsic fear.
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