MindChange Universe

Happiness is a skill, love is a verb.

Embracing Mindful Living: Letting go of attachment to external validation and focusing on cultivating inner happiness through self-reflection, mindfulness, and intentional living.

The image features the book cover for "Mind Change: The Art of Thinking, Feeling and Living Well" by Ola Ahlvarsson. The cover features a photograph of Ola Ahlvarsson with short gray hair, wearing a white mesh shirt. He is leaning against a wall, looking up towards the top left corner of the image with his arms crossed over his chest. The title "MIND CHANGE" is prominently displayed in large white letters at the top of the cover, while the subtitle "THE ART OF THINKING, FEELING AND LIVING WELL" is written in smaller text below it. At the bottom of the cover, the author's name "OLA AHLVARSSON" is printed in large white letters. The background of the cover is a gradient of gray and white, which gives it a clean and modern look. Overall, the design of the book cover effectively conveys the theme of personal growth and self-improvement that is central to the book's content.
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Watch Ola's powerful insights with an introduction into the journey of mindful awareness and intentional growth.

Book Chapters

The Mindchange journey is divided into various key principles. Here's an overview of what you can expect to discover in each chapter.

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Chapter 1: The essence of MindChange thinking

Discovering that happiness and harmony are skills that can be learned. You will also understand the power of MindChange thinking. A model where you can become skilled in interpreting life to create happiness, harmony, and purpose and by doing so freeing up energy to reach your goals.

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Chapter 2: The MindChange model and how to interpret the world

The MindChange Model introduces a framework for understanding why you think and feel as you do and a path to reframing thoughts and emotions through self-awareness and intentional mindset shifts.

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Chapter 3: My path to MindChange

A journey into the author's path as a martial arts world champion, told in a way to understand how past experiences and the inner dialogue are key factors in shaping the starting point for one's mindset. You will also learn that it is a start which can be greatly improved by MindChange thinking.

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Chapter 4: How the brain works and how you can make it work for you

The brain is plastic and can be trained like any other muscle. In this chapter you will learn how to train your mind though disciplined thinking.

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Chapter 5: What is a consciousness?

This chapter is exploring the different dimensions of human consciousness, from neurological facts to philosophical chosen truths.  It also explores how consciousness relates to MindChange thinking.

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Chapter 6: Popular stories (and why?)

Stories shape reality and our minds love them. In this chapter you will learn the importance of the stories you believe in and the words you tell yourself. You will also see that most things we hold for true are actually stories we agree on, like that money have value or if god(s) exist or not.

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Chapter 7: Happiness, what is it?

What makes you happy and how you can look at happiness in many different dimensions in your journey to becoming happier are learnings from this chapter. Kind thinking, imagination, and purpose are some of the dimensions discussed that can help individuals achieve a fulfilling life.

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Chapter 8: Prepared to be mindf*cked

This chapter will make you understand that we are far less rational and much more a victim of chosen truths and phycological biases. It elaborates on our ability to be in control of our thoughts and feelings and how to reframe negative experiences and cultivate positivity through mindset shifts and intentional behavior.

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Chapter 9: Barriers and common misconceptions

Embracing MindChange thinking allows for growth, control over emotions, and a positive future-focused life but when embarking on the journey there are obstacles and misunderstandings that can make it difficult or impossible to embrace the model. This chapter creates awareness of common errors but also how to overcome these obstacles.

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Chapter 10: Negative and positive catalysts

We all have negative catalyst that continuously creates negative thoughts and emotions. We also have positive catalysts that makes us excited and happy. Understanding your personal catalysts to create positive change through doing less of the negative and more of the positive are starting points for self-awareness and MIndChange thinking.

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Chapter 11: Negative catalysts

Managing Negative Catalysts to remove or re-think negative influences in your life and to be able to handle life's unwanted challenges with a positive mindset is the essence of this chapter.

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Chapter 12: My personal story and my mantras

The authors own MindChange journey that lead to financial success, gold medals in several world championships and an exciting life but even more importantly a beautiful and kind inner dialogue leveraging positivity, cultivating inner strength, and deliberate change for a happier and more fulfilling life.

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Chapter 13: Interviews

Ola Ahlvarsson discusses AI ethics, personal growth, mindfulness, and entrepreneurship with inspiring sources.

What Readers Say About the Book

Readers share their inspiring stories of growth, transformation, and (occasionally) sanity-saving wisdom.

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A thought-provoking book that offers transformative insights on mindfulness, self-awareness, and personal growth for a happier life.

Ove Rytter
Founder of Fitnessfestivalen
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I just wanted you to know that I'm using mind change thinking and your book in treatment of my patients. And the results are astonishing. Keep up the good work. I'm looking for book number two.

Franky John
Psychologist
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I thought the book would be easy to read, but right through it is WOW! While some sentences feel like hard punches to the stomach, others are like a lump in the throat. If you read it carefully, you meet yourself, sometimes several times per page, and it is not necessarily easy to know who it is you will meet there. It is a VERY good book!

Peter Martin
MindChange Reader
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I'm really enjoying Ola's book so far! I found his ideas about life and family fascinating. I loved how he shares personal stories that resonate with my own experiences - especially about Pammie, Michael Resnick, and his childhood. Thanks for sharing this amazing book!

Bram Stoke
Lawyer

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