Funny Motivational Speaker Colette Carlson

The IBM “THINK” sign and mantra, created by founder Thomas Watson, Sr., was said to be a permanent fixture around their offices in the 70’s. Somehow I ended up with a discarded sign on my desk that stared back at me when writing my high school English papers which were always due the following day. Since I was stuffing rather than speaking my truth at the time, I was also stuffing an extra 20 lbs in my faded Levis. Maybe that is why I glanced up at the sign one day and saw the message within, “THINK THIN.” Although unaware at the time, I had just discovered the recipe for success which leads me to ask, “What are you thinking?”

Are you spending your day thinking about what you want to create, how you want your life to look, or do you find yourself thinking about everything you don’t want? If you’re miserable at your job, are you focusing on next steps to move you forward or do you put your focus on how much you hate showing up everyday? The Law of Attraction is always at work, bringing you what you think about most. What are you attracting?

People who hear me speak often ask how I managed to lose and keep off the 50 lbs. that weighed me down for a long time. (I managed to put on 5 lbs. a year for years.) It took a smorgasbord of behavioral changes, and one of the biggest shifts was I started to “THINK THIN.” I started to see myself as a thin person, talk to myself as a thin person (which meant replacing my negative self-talk with positive statements) and make choices as if I was a thin person. No longer was my weight loss a matter of will-power, but rather one of want-power. Put your focus on what you want to see more.

A Wall Street Journal article published on 2/5/2007, entitled, “Lose Weight through Think and Thin,” is just one of many articles you can find on the power of our thoughts. According to a new study done by psychology researcher Ellen Langer of Harvard University, just thinking that you’re making healthier choices impacts your results.

Housekeepers at seven Boston hotels were told that their everyday cleaning was not only good exercise, but that it met the requirements for a healthy, active lifestyle. Housekeepers in three other hotels were told nothing. The women were monitored during the four-week study to make sure that the amount of work they did each day didn’t change either on or off the job. The group that was told they were meeting healthy guidelines lost an average of two pounds, their blood pressure dropped; they lost more body fat and reduced their body-mass index. Housekeepers who were told nothing showed no changes. In other words, just thinking that their cleaning work was a fitness routine changed their bodies. That’s the power of our thoughts.

The next time you’re getting a workout Windex-ing your bathroom mirrors, remember this: Your life to date is simply a reflection of your thoughts. This leads me to ask again, “What are you thinking?”