The Blue Assignment: Setting Your “Mental Channel”

• Take a look around where you are sitting or standing and find 4 things that have blue in them.

• With a “blue” mindset, you will find that blue jumps out at you: a blue book on the table, a blue pillow on the couch, blue in the painting on the wall, and so on. Likewise, whenever you learn a new word, you hear it 5 to 6 times in the next two days. In similar fashion, you have probably noticed that after you buy a new car, you promptly see that make of car everywhere. This is because people find what they are looking for, this is worth repeating, people find what they are looking for.

  • For example, if you’re looking for the humor in your daily life, you’ll find it.

  • If you’re looking for the positive qualities and contributions of others, you will find that too.

  • It is simply a matter of setting your mental channel.

• Our mental channel in essence represents our intentions, which guides us in the direction we want to go. For instance, if you want to learn to laugh more, look around where you are sitting and find 4 things that make you smile; this will set the channel for spontaneous laughter to occur more readily.