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Getting Rid of Our Mental Ants

My great friend, author and Certified Go-Giver Speaker, Corey Jahnke (whom I call the “Zen Pharmacist”) often writes about an affliction he calls “ANTS.”

ANTS stands for “Automatic Negative ThoughtS.”

According to Corey’s research, we human beings have roughly 60,000 random thoughts per day. Thus, he tells us that “the more of those thoughts we allow to be negative, disempowering, and judgmental, the more the ANTS eat our brain alive.” Yuck…but still!

So, I’d like to ask you: If you have ever suffered from ANTS (as I’d imagine we all have and we all continue to from time-to-time), how do you get rid of them so that you can tap into your TRUE authentic nature, which is absolutely…positively… ANTS-free.

If you’d like, check out Corey’s more in-depth and very insightful post on the topic and and see what he suggests.

This article was originally published by Bob Burg

Published: July 3, 2014
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Bob Burg

Bob Burg shares information on topics vital to the success of today's business person. He speaks for Fortune 500 companies, franchises, and numerous direct sales organizations. Bob’s audiences range from 50 to 16,000, and he shares the platform with today's top thought leaders, broadcast personalities, Olympic athletes and political leaders including a former United States President. He is the author of the widely-read Endless Referrals, and the WSJ best-selling business parable, The Go-Giver (coauthored with John David Mann). Bob’s newest book is Adversaries Into Allies, which draws on his own experiences and the stories of other influential people.