Centuries ago Gautama Buddha said, “Mind of the Man is the Man.’ Napoleon Hill wrote,” Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe it can achieve it” and Henry Ford the great entrepreneur said, “If you think you can, you can and if you think you can’t, you can’t and either way you are right.” All these great people professed that one of the greatest powers is the power of human mind. Mind is never a problem but mindset is the problem. Psychologists say before a person attains the age of 18 on a minimum we are told 148,000 times, “You Can’t, You will not and such negative things.” These words are uttered by parents, teachers and peers without even knowing that they are destroying the mindset of people. Hence a negative mindset gets created which stops us from achieving great things in life. But how do we get the right mind set and how do we change our minds. Zig Ziglar said, ‘If you have to change yourself, change what goes into your mind.” Yes this is the most critical thing. At the age of 23 without any academic background I dreamt of becoming a trainer. When I shared this dream of mine with my friends most of them ridiculed the idea and gave me thousands of reasons on why I can’t become a speaker and trainer. One fine day I decided that I am going to stay away from all the people who told me the reasons on why I can’t and instead choose to stay with people who encouraged and inspired me. Not only that I decided that millions of times people can say, “I can’t but I can million plus 1 times that I can.” Eventually in a span of 2 years I became a speaker and trainer. In Information Technology there is a jargon which is GIGO: Garbage In, Garbage Out and same way in human psychology also there is GIGO which is Good Thoughts In and Good Actions Out. Starting from today, “Mind what goes into your Mind.” Stay away from toxic people and negative thoughts. Keep programming your mind with inspiring thoughts so that your mind is ignited. Self-programming of your mind is vital for the world can stop you only temporarily but you and you alone can stop yourself permanently. Wishing you a thoughtful and inspiring week. Loving you. JVC Sreeram