Our mind loves the idea of a positive outcome.

I realised the same as I watched the Final Reckoning with my son, i.e. the latest movie in the Mission Impossible series.

I was glued to my seat as I saw the high octane action with Ethan Hunt emerging as the hero who saved the world once again!

There were a few moments when the action seemed pretty unreal – the dive to the submerged submarine, the fight in the single seater plane or the last second diffusion of the nuclear detonator!

But I let my mind rule the brain which meant that everything that happened was deemed possible.

I enjoyed the proceedings. 

I was clearly on a high – the invincible kind who was ready to get on a plane to perform some of those gravity defying stunts!

The movie ended and I took the lift to reach the basement. 

I was wondering about the power of our mind.. the adrenalin can flow even through a work of fiction – something which may be far from reality.

If so, why don’t we trick our mind too often for the extra dose of energy?

What could be done?

What do you do to supercharge your mind?

Making it possible

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