Your brain processes 11 million bits of info per second but only 40 reach your awareness. Most people accidentally program their filter for mediocrity instead of success.
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Your brain filters 11 million bits of info per second, but only 40 make it to your awareness. The filter deciding what gets through? Your Reticular Activating System.
Think red Honda Civic and suddenly they’re everywhere. The cars were always there – your brain just started noticing them.
Most young professionals accidentally program their RAS for mediocrity. They focus on Monday morning dread instead of visualizing breakthroughs. Your subconscious becomes a heat-seeking missile for whatever you focus on.
Attila B. Horvath explains this perfectly in Chapter 6 of “The Journey – I wish I knew this before I was 21.” He shows how successful people under 30 use intentional mental programming – not wishful thinking, but deliberate subconscious training.
Carl Jung called developing your unique self “individuation.” William James said your attitude shapes your life. Both understood that attention shapes reality through brain mechanisms like the RAS.
The trend among high achievers? Using visualization and positive focus to direct their RAS toward specific outcomes. They’re choosing what gets through their mental filter instead of letting it happen by default.
Your subconscious works 24/7 whether you guide it or not. Horvath argues that intentionally directing it isn’t just personal development – it’s a strategy for thriving in a world that rewards authentic differentiation.
Time to upgrade your mental operating system.
Check out Chapter 6 to learn how your brain’s filtering system can work for you instead of against you.
For more about Chapter 6 of Attila B. Horvath’s book, “The Journey – I wish I knew this before I was 21”, visit https://attilahorvath.net/the-journey.
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