Brain Trash Myths

• ”My mind is made to organize my life.” – Lack of Priorities
• “I can handle it all.” – Information and Commitments
• “I can’t do anything about it.” – Reactive vs. Proactive Attitude
• “It’s just the way I am.” – Lack of Hope in Change
• “I am really not addicted to technology (or something worse!).”
• Dopamine is a real thing!

Brain Trash Effects

• Technology – Information Overload – ex. Internet, Phone

Types of Crisis

• Crisis of recalling/associating (relating things to others): tip: Seek Silence
• Crisis of Memory – tip: Manage Information Intake
• Crisis of Intellect – tip: Do Difficult Intellectual Things (ex. spelling, Sudoku)
• Crisis of Sentiments – tip: ”Name and Claim” ”Feel and Deal”
• Crisis of Communication – tip: Phone Rules (ex. at meals)
• Crisis of the Will – tip: Win the first battle of the day (no snooze button)

Cleaning up the Brain Trash: Possible Solutions

To overcome Crisis of Experience need for the Experience of Crisis

• Looking for excellence in my own life, in what I do. Do things well with great love.
• Perseverance in the Struggle – Do hard things!
• Seek to be profound. We need men that talk about things that matter in life and not the latest gossip or tidbit of news and seek profundity in my relationships (ex. God, wife, kids, friends)
• Do things that are BORING or HARD. Stability can bring meaning.