A Good Time to Think

It’s almost always a good time to think — as long as you’re thinking about the right things.

A visit to the dentist is a good time to think. It’s a good time to think about how grateful you are that it’s a sunny day, that you drove there in a convertible, or that your family is healthy. It’s a good time to think about which words to use in that email you need to send out this afternoon, which piece of content to produce next, or how to adjust your overall business strategy. It’s a good time to think about almost anything except how worried you are that your treatment might be painful, that there’s something wrong with your teeth, or that your dentist might make a mistake.

In choosing your thoughts, you will choose your state of mind — and in choosing your state of mind, you will choose your state of heart, mood, and happiness.

It’s almost always a good time to think. The only question is: What should you be thinking about right now?