December 29th, 2011 → 1:03 am @ Andrew Bernstein
The Myth of Stress website will remain online, but Andrew Bernstein’s blog has moved to www.activinsight.com where it is being rechristened “Something to Think About.” It will feature new content in 2012.
March 31st, 2011 → 4:09 pm @ Andrew Bernstein
Motivation is about trying to add more energy to your life—energy to build your business, get in shape, find a job you love (or just find a job). Insight is not about adding energy. It’s about releasing it. ActivInsight helps you find the parts of your mind that are stuck or contracted and releases that [...]
March 23rd, 2011 → 7:49 pm @ Andrew Bernstein
Q: “Isn’t ActivInsight simplistic in suggesting that change happens by just flipping a thought around and proving it?” A: I get variations of this question from time to time, mostly from smart, skeptical people who haven’t yet sincerely tried ActivInsight for themselves. Let me answer it with a true story (drawn from the Wall St. [...]
March 7th, 2011 → 4:40 pm @ Andrew Bernstein
When I explain to someone that stress for children doesn’t come from monsters in the closet—it comes from their thoughts about monsters in the closet—they typically agree. When I explain that stress doesn’t come from traffic jams—it comes from your thoughts about traffic jams—they typically agree. When I explain that stress doesn’t come from moving, [...]
March 1st, 2011 → 3:45 pm @ Andrew Bernstein
You want to run faster. Instead of trying to increase your speed (with motivation, positive thinking, etc.), decrease the resistance. What are you carrying that slows you down? What should be different in your life? What’s wrong with your world? Write it down: “_________________ should/n’t _______________________” and use the ActivInsight worksheet to challenge it. Performance [...]
February 22nd, 2011 → 9:58 am @ Andrew Bernstein
Two weeks ago I attended a presentation given by a famous behavioral coach. During the session, he suggested that when we feel angry or upset about something, we should just take a deep breath, exhale, and let the issue go. Life is too short, he said, to get caught up in negative emotions. There are [...]
February 21st, 2011 → 5:23 pm @ Andrew Bernstein
It happens every time. I explain that stress doesn’t come from what’s going on in your life—it comes from your thoughts about what’s going on in your life. Things don’t have the inherent power to provoke stress. People nod and say they understand, and then they ask about a certain stressor in their lives. But wait. [...]
February 15th, 2011 → 7:00 am @ Andrew Bernstein
At the end of last year, I was invited to train an unusual group of people in ActivInsight: the national trainers for CrossFit. What is CrossFit? Here’s a description from CrossFit.com: CrossFit is the principal strength and conditioning program for many police academies and tactical operations teams, military special operations units, champion martial artists, and [...]
February 14th, 2011 → 12:37 pm @ Andrew Bernstein
Some people love Valentine’s Day because it’s an annual reminder to express your love. Others consider it contrived and superficial, with seemingly nothing at all to do with the Roman priest beheaded for showing kindness to Christians. I like that, one way or the other, it makes people look at the way they think about [...]
February 11th, 2011 → 11:24 am @ Andrew Bernstein
There’s something you want to change, and so you have a choice to make. You can continue doing THIS or you can start doing THAT. Or you can do nothing at all. But it’s your choice, right? That’s why people who drink too much should choose to get sober. Why bosses who micromanage should choose [...]
