Nature versus Nurture: Do we gain power and control in our lives because we are genetically destined to do so because our brain is set up in a special way (the Nature argument) or do we gain power and control of our lives because of the influence we have received as we grow up that instills in us a belief we can make the difference we want to make (the Nuture argument).

Some people say it is Nature, some people say it is Nurture, some say it is split fifty/fifty.

I disagree with all of these suggestions.

I believe like Paul Zane Pilzer that only about ten percent of our lives is controlled by our Nature and about another ten percent is controlled by our Nurture. The balance a huge EIGHTY percent is based on how we choose to think about our lives and how we decide to act.

The way we choose to think brings us power into our lives because it gives us control of whether we experience happiness or sadness, love or anger and a whole lot more.

Think about the way you think today. Is it bringing more power or less power into your life?

Your friend on the journey,

David

Follow up reading

The Seven Day Mental Diet

The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton

You can and the way you do this is by the habits you perform everyday. Your eating habits create a large part of your health, your habitual way of thinking controls your happiness, your habitual way of serving other people will impact your prosperity in more ways than you can imagine.

The great news is that you can consciously create or negate a habit.

Personally, I have learned again and again. If I want to make my life better I have to change my habits.

Are there any habits you need to change?

Your friend on the journey,

David

More reading on habits

Health and Wellness Tips

How to Make a Positive Habit Infect You

The Habit Poem

From time to time I am asked what books I am currently reading, well, recently, I was looking at my Dad’s books and he had purchased a copy of the First Editions of Napoleon Hill. In this book that is free of the sugar coating of many modern day personal development writers Hill explains in very clear and decisive words the power of a number of life changing laws like the Law of Compensation, the Law of Repulsion, the Golden Rule and the Habit of Forgiving and Forgetting.

First Editions is in fact a collection of Hill’s early writings that were published in two small magazines during the 1920′s. One magazine was called Hill’s Golden Rule Magazine, the other called Napoleon Hill’s Magazine. On one magazine cover was written ‘the little silver quarter you pay for this copy may mark the most important turning point in your life!’

It is noted the topic matter is dealing with the laws of the mind and human conduct that paint the way to success for every human being. It is a wonderful book to read since it pre-dates the content of Hill’s most famous book Think and Grow Rich that has been a personal development best seller for over half a century.

If you are an enthusiast of the earlier pioneers of personal development like Napoleon Hill, Earl Nightingale and Norman Vincent Peale. I highly recommend you get a copy of Napoleon Hill’s First Editions as Hill said the money you invest in these books may make a turning point in your life. Such an inexpensive investment so you can live a happier, healthier and more prosperous life.

Your friend on the journey,

David