Tham khảo tài liệu 'master your mind master your destiny phần 4', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 106 MASTER YOUR MIND DESIGN YOUR DESTINY HOW SOME TURN DISASTER TO OPPORTUNITY - For Themselves Here s a good example. When the SARS epidemic hit badly many people started to believe that business would be bad and they would have to struggle to survive. I have a friend whose pet business suffered. But instead of believing that the outbreak was a big problem he focused on how it could be an opportunity for him. He quickly used his strong network of suppliers and sales agents to get into the mask and air purifier business and he made a big fortune. A Perceptual Blind Spot. Has This Happened to You Have you ever experienced this You are sitting in the living room watching television when your spouse shouts Can you go into the kitchen and get me the salt I don t know where it is you reply. She shouts back Go look for it It is around somewhere Reluctantly you get up and walk into the kitchen mumbling to yourself I don t know where the salt is. How can I find it Sure enough you go in look around and you don t see the salt. So you shout back I can t find the salt . She says Look carefully it is somewhere around . You look high and low and still don t see the salt. Finally your wife walks into the kitchen and grabs the salt from right under your nose and says What is this Are you blind Why does this happen In psychology it is called a schetoma or a perceptual blind spot. It is one of the most common examples of how a belief will delete what you perceive. If you keep convincing yourself that you will not be able to find the salt your brain will internally delete the image of the salt even though your eyes may physically pick it up. Similarly if you believe that there are no opportunities around and that times are bad then you will delete everything that does not support your belief and you will experience all the lack. THE INCREDIBLE POWER OF BELIEFS 107 What Some Famous Intelligent People Believed in So Strongly. We Now Know is Not True The tendency for most people is to .
