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Need a Confidence Boost? Eat an Apple.
Turns out that it’s pretty easy to trick yourself into a certain mindset.
The most inspiring Reddit post I’ve ever read is a 342-word rant about how it’s impossible to give a fuck while eating an apple.
How do you eat an apple? You just fucking bite it. Where? Who the fuck cares where. You know where to bite. In the APPLE part. You chomp the fuck into that apple and you rip it the fuck apart.
Look at yourself. You’re a god damned bad ass. The number of fucks you give is decreasing rapidly.
At first, I laughed about the absurdity and creativity of the write-up, but there was a real lesson behind it. A lesson that taught me how to deal with situations that would make me nervous.
It’s simple. Your brain pays attention to your body to decide how it should feel.
Eating an apple makes you look cool, therefore you’ll feel cool. If you walk with your head up high — radiating confidence — you’ll feel confident. Smiling makes you happier.
It’s difficult to think yourself into a particular state of mind, but you can fake it, with your body, ’til you make it — with your brain. And you’ll make it fast.
Go for a walk. Apple in hand. Who looks at you? People? What do…
