How to Apply the Manufacturing Processes to Your Mind
Every action you take is determined by the mind’s content
There are two different terms in the field of manufacturing — just-in-case and just-in-time.
Let’s look at the process of car manufacturing. With the just-in-case technique, cars with different equipment combinations are produced even if there aren’t any orders from the customers. Huge warehouses are needed to store the massive amount of cars, “just in case” if somebody will want to buy them.
On the other hand, with the just-in-time technique, cars are manufactured only if a customer makes an order and pay for them. Every car has its clear purpose from the first minute of production.
How can you apply this analogy to learning techniques?
Right Actions, at the Right Time
When observing people, I often notice that many of them are constantly using the just-in-case technique.
They don’t know why they even take certain information as input for their minds — they just do it. As a result, a massive amount of invaluable knowledge ends up in their heads. For somebody else, that knowledge could create the results if used, but for them, it just stands there.
Like a car that nobody wants to buy.
On the other hand, just a few use the just-in-time technique. Those people analyze their current state of life and curiously search for their weaknesses.
When they decide to upgrade or fix a part of their life, they invest energy in books, courses, mentorships, or anything similar.
They see the challenge in the present moment and act accordingly just in time.
The knowledge they mindfully put in their minds is highly valuable because it’s actively helping them to upgrade whatever they decide to.
As a result, the overall quality of their wellbeing is improved, leading them to extraordinary success.
To convert the knowledge into the physical results, it has to be carefully nurtured and thoroughly applied to the matter.
Observe yourself right now, and select one thing you’re good at. I bet you’ve repeated the positive action many times to get to that level; also, you’ve used the knowledge inside your head to make those actions come true.
They weren’t just executing them by themselves.
Your future positive values will follow the same path — necessary knowledge applied at the right time is a requirement for their materialization.
Mind Diet
In this world, everyone knows that bad nutrition leads to countless negative effects. I approve that, having a healthy body is a requirement for living a fulfilled life.
In the same way, as you’re aware of the effects of a greasy burger, you should be aware of the effects of a bad content your mind is constantly exposed to.
If you don’t mindfully select the relevant goods for your current state of being, your subconscious mind will pick the useless stuff you expose it to, because it doesn’t know what should it value.
You will become your biggest enemy, without even knowing that.
A beneficial article or book is wonderful food for your mind. On the other hand, social networks and clickbaity mainstream titles might be something that is causing your depression.
Carefully select your mind’s diet.
Your Life as an Input-Output Machine
Everything you have and feel right know on every level is your current state of life —output. It surely has its downsides, as well as upsides.
That output is directly related to the input. You sow what you reap. Correct input can only be chosen if the output is constantly analyzed mindfully. Otherwise, random input ends up into one’s head, without it even realizing it.
The random input converts into a random state of life. One is surprised by it, even though it took every action to get there. Statements like “I’m not lucky” or “I don’t know how this happened” are common excuses at those times.
Observe the current state. Observe yourself. What do you have to improve? What do you have to reject? Decide, and take one thing at a time. Focus completely on that challenge, and obtain any knowledge necessary to solve it.
The correct actions induced by the appropriate knowledge just in time will solve your objectives.
Play the game of life. The opportunities are endless if you mindfully investigate them; or nonexistent if you think your time is too precious for them. Do you want to live an unexamined life?