Our attitude determines how we see and interpret the world around us. As a result, we act in a way according to our attitude and sabotage ourselves with it. By having negative thoughts of the people around us, they sense our energy and turn away from us. ...

The way we talk to ourselves about the events in our lives is subject to the same laws of learning and habit formation that physical behaviors are.

That means we can learn to talk to ourselves in specific ways just like we can learn to tie our shoes or say please and thank you.

The theory of shared reality implies that we are most likely to feel closer to each other when we turn our mutual attention to something beyond ourselves.

So the responsibility of keeping the conversation going falls how on the way we engage in the world, cultivating our c...