Pick Up the Sled Hat & Tool to Clear Your Mind

Pick Up the Sled is a visual representation of how your mind creates your world. Visualize yourself standing at the top of a snowy hill with a sled in your hands. If you sled down the left side of the hill, just a couple of times, it creates a rut in the snow. You don't have to steer anymore. The path has been made and your trip is virtually the same every time going forward. The brain works in a similar way. You think a thought a couple of times, whether it’s a judgment or something that delights you in reaction to a situation, and your brain says, Hey, let me make life easier for you. I’ll create a neural pathway around that thought and put it on autopilot so you don’t have to learn it again. And I’ll run it in the background without you needing to do a thing. You have just created a rut in the snow of your mind. The majority of what we do on a daily basis is actually determined by our subconscious mind. We don’t make a choice in the moment. In essence, you don't have to steer the n