33 Short sentences that will help reframe your brain for happiness and success: Usual Frame: I fail at 90 percent of the things I try. Reframe: I only need to succeed 10 percent of the time. Usual Frame: Manage your time. Reframe: Manage your energy. Usual Frame: I need to come up with a good idea. Reframe: I need to release all my bad ideas as quickly as possible. Usual Frame: Success requires setting goals. Reframe: Systems are better than goals. Usual Frame: The effort is so big and daunting I can’t even start. Reframe: What’s the smallest thing I can do that moves me in the right direction? Usual Frame: I can’t think of anything good to write. Reframe 3: I can write something bad and fix it. Usual Frame: Find yourself. Reframe: Author yourself. Usual Frame: I have nothing to do. I am just standing here. Reframe: Perfect time to practice proper breathing and posture. Usual Frame: Alcohol is a beverage. Reframe: Alcohol is poison. Usual Frame: Your job is what your boss tells you it is. Reframe: Your job is to get a better job. Usual Frame: Another problem! Why me??? Reframe: Ooh, a new puzzle to solve. Usual Frame: It takes money to make money. Reframe: I can turn energy into money. Usual Frame: Don’t give something for nothing. Reframe: Giving triggers reciprocity (on average). Usual Frame: Luck is random and can’t be managed. Reframe: You can go where there is more luck (more energy). Usual Frame: I feel like an impostor at my job. Reframe: Everyone is an impostor. Usual Frame: Your mood is determined by your internal thoughts. Reframe: You can improve your mood by completing meaningful tasks. Usual Frame: I have writer’s block. Reframe 2: I’m trying to write at the wrong time of day. Usual Frame: Some people are good, and some are not. Reframe: We’re all flawed, and we’re all good at different things. Usual Frame: I hate someone who deserves it. Reframe: Hate is nothing but punishing myself for the misdeeds of others. Usual Frame: I worry something will go wrong. Reframe: I’m curious what will happen. Usual Frame: Worry about all potential bad outcomes. Reframe: Control the heck out of things you can control. Accept all outcomes. Usual Frame: I am in pain. Reframe: I am in pain for a minute. Usual Frame: You are the center of your universe and the highest priority. Reframe: Viewed from space, everything looks small, including your problems Usual Frame: You need to stop thinking negative thoughts. Reframe: You can’t subtract negative thoughts. But you can crowd them out. Usual Frame: I’m afraid to do the thing I know I should do. Reframe: Life is short. Usual Frame: No one wants to talk to me. I’m boring. Reframe: Everyone enjoys talking to people who show interest in them. Usual Frame: People judge me, so I feel bad when I mess up. Reframe: People only care about themselves. They don’t care what dumb thing I did recently, even if they mention it. Usual Frame: Stress comes with the job. Reframe: Reducing stress IS your job. Usual Frame: Learn to love yourself as you are. Reframe: Be glad your brain is pestering you to improve. Usual Frame: I am crying because my relationship ended. Reframe: Don’t cry because it is over, smile because it happened. Usual Frame: I deserve to be treated well by others. Reframe: You get what you give, on average. No one deserves anything. Usual Frame: Be yourself. Reframe: Become a better version of yourself.