At this exact moment, your senses are receiving about 2,000,000 bits of information per second. Your conscious brain can only process about 126 bits per second. This means you are ignoring 99.99% of reality.
The Bouncer in Your Brain
Who decides which 0.01% gets through? A bundle of nerves at the base of your brain called the Reticular Activating System (RAS). The RAS is a bouncer. Its job is to filter the noise and only let in “Important Data.” How does it know what is important? You tell it.
The “Red Car” Effect
If you decide to buy a red Tesla, suddenly you see red Teslas everywhere. They didn’t magically appear. They were always there. But previously, your RAS filtered them out as “irrelevant noise.” Now, they are “signal.”
The Poverty Filter vs. The Wealth Filter
This is where “Mindset” becomes “Biology.”
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The Cynic’s Filter: If you believe “Money is scarce and people are evil,” your RAS will literally blind you to opportunities. You will walk past a million-dollar idea and not see it, because your brain is scanning for “scams” to prove you right.
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The Sovereign’s Filter: If you believe “Opportunity is everywhere,” your RAS scans the chaos and highlights the connections.
The Protocol: Reprogramming the Bouncer You cannot “wish” for success. You must prime the hardware.
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Define the Signal: specific goals (e.g., “I am looking for a partner who knows Supply Chain”). Write it down.
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Visual Priming: Review your goals every morning. This is not “affirmation”; this is “setting the search parameters” for the day.
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Evidence Hunting: When you see a small win, celebrate it. You are teaching the RAS: “Yes, more of this.”
#DhandheKaFunda: You don’t see the world as it is. You see the world as you are configured to see it.