How to Control Your Mind …

for Fun and Profit

Controlling your mind isn’t about turning off your thoughts or trying to be some emotionless monk on a mountain.
It’s about direction.
It’s about choosing what you allow in, what you give energy to, and what you rehearse day after day—because all of those things quietly shape your beliefs, your behavior, and your outcomes.

When you learn to control your mind, the impact isn’t just personal—it’s strategic. It leads to greater focus, better results, less stress, and more joy. It’s fun. And yes, it can be wildly profitable.

Here’s how it works, one key principle at a time.


1. What You Focus On Increases

Control Your Mind with your focus

Your attention is a spotlight—and whatever you shine it on gets bigger.

If you focus on your limitations, they start to feel like walls.
If you focus on opportunities, they begin to multiply.
If you constantly think about what you don’t want to happen, your brain starts preparing for it as if it’s inevitable.

This isn’t just positive thinking—it’s how your brain is wired.
Your Reticular Activating System (RAS) filters incoming data and prioritizes what aligns with your dominant thoughts. It scans the world looking for reinforcement—proof that your focus is correct.

Think about that. If you’re focused on failure, your brain will notice all the reasons something won’t work. But if you shift your attention to progress, your mind will start looking for ways forward.

That’s why people who expect the best often seem “lucky.” Their focus filters out the noise and locks onto the next step. It’s not magic—it’s mental management.

So if you want to control your mind?
Start by asking: What am I focusing on right now?
Because that’s what you’re growing.


2. You Can Replace the Picture in Your Mind

Let’s go a layer deeper.

Your mind doesn’t think in long paragraphs. It thinks in pictures.

Say the words: “Don’t think of an elephant.”
Instantly, a big gray animal appears in your mind’s eye—because your brain grabs the subject, not the command. “Don’t” gets ignored.
Now say, “Imagine a blue monkey dancing on a basketball court.”
Boom. New picture.

This isn’t just fun—it’s functional.

If the image in your mind is fear, failure, or embarrassment, your body responds as if it’s happening. Your breath changes. Your muscles tighten. Your mood shifts.

But you can change the picture.

And when you do, you shift your state.

This is one of the most powerful tools in mental framing: learning to interrupt the automatic images that don’t serve you and intentionally replace them with ones that do.

Got a big presentation?
Instead of picturing disaster, visualize connection, impact, and calm confidence.

Worried about making a mistake?
Picture yourself learning quickly, adjusting, and winning the next round.

The goal isn’t to “never feel fear.” The goal is to not dwell on it. To move your mind from fear to focus. From problem to possibility.

And it starts by changing the picture.


3. You’ve Got to Know What You Want

You can’t aim at a target you haven’t defined.

Clarity doesn’t just feel good—it directs your mind. If you want your internal GPS (a.k.a. your RAS) to work for you, you have to program the destination.

What do you want to create?
What kind of person do you want to become?
What specific outcomes do you want in your career, your relationships, your health, your finances?

If you don’t decide, the world will decide for you. And that’s a dangerous gamble.

When you know what you want, your brain begins filtering the world differently. You’ll start noticing opportunities that were always there—but previously hidden in plain sight. You’ll begin meeting people who align with your goals, because your energy has shifted and your focus is clear.

Write it down. Speak it aloud. Picture it often.

The clearer the image of what you want, the more your brain goes to work on your behalf—connecting the dots and opening doors you didn’t even know existed.


4. Create the Vision of Your Future Self

This is where belief becomes behavior.

Once you’ve decided what you want, you need to start rehearsing it mentally. Why? Because your brain doesn’t fully distinguish between vividly imagined experiences and real ones.

That’s why elite athletes visualize the perfect performance before they compete. That’s why top performers in business rehearse a pitch before walking into the room.

Your mind becomes familiar with what you repeat.
And familiarity breeds confidence.

So imagine the version of you who has already achieved what you’re after. The confident you. The calm you. The clear and courageous you.

  • How do they handle conflict?
  • What do they do in the morning?
  • How do they speak?
  • How do they recover from setbacks?

The more you mentally rehearse that version, the more your actions start to align with it. You become it—one thought, one decision, one day at a time.

You’re not pretending. You’re training.


5. Repetition Is Power

Repetition wires the brain.

It’s how habits are formed. It’s how beliefs are reinforced. It’s how fears become phobias—and how champions build confidence.

If you’ve rehearsed a failure story for years, no wonder it feels real. But the exciting truth? You can write a new story. You can use the same power of repetition to build a mindset that lifts you.

Repeat your goals. Repeat your affirmations. Repeat your visualizations.
But also—repeat the actions that move you forward.

Even small wins, repeated often, begin to change your identity. You go from “someone who hopes” to “someone who does.”
You stop waiting for confidence and start building it, brick by brick.

Repetition makes it real.
And what you repeat, you become.


6. Mind Framing Is a Skill You Can Train

You are constantly framing your experiences—consciously or not.

When something goes wrong, do you see it as proof that you’re failing? Or as data for improvement?

When someone criticizes you, do you crumble—or do you see an opportunity to strengthen your resilience?

Framing is the story you tell yourself about what’s happening.
And stories shape reality.

The good news? You can practice new frames. You can train yourself to interpret challenges as fuel, not fire. To see delays as preparation, not punishment. To respond with curiosity instead of judgment.

This is the ultimate skill—because it gives you your power back. No one controls your interpretation but you.

Train your framing like a muscle.
Start small. Catch yourself mid-thought. Pivot. Practice.
Soon, your reflex will shift from “panic” to “possibility.”

And that’s when your mind becomes a true asset—not a liability.


Why Fun and Profit?

Because that’s what happens when the control of your mind becomes your ally instead of your enemy.

Fun comes from flow. From confidence. From knowing you can trust yourself under pressure. From not being derailed by every negative thought that pops up.

Profit—whether financial, emotional, or relational—comes from clarity and execution. You stop wasting energy on overthinking. You make faster decisions. You recover quicker. You show up better. You lead with purpose.

Controlling your mind is not about perfection—it’s about direction.

And when you point your thoughts toward what matters most?

You win more. Smile more. And yes… profit more.


One Last Thought:
It’s time to Reclaim the Wheel

Every day, your mind is being programmed.

By your thoughts.
By your habits.
By the people and media you surround yourself with.

The question is: Who’s doing the programming?

Is it you… or someone else?

If you don’t like the way your life looks, don’t start by changing the outside. Start with the pictures in your head. The stories you tell yourself. The focus you choose. The frame you give to each moment.

Control your mind—and you control your future.
Take the wheel and steer your life.

What’s your next step? How about a free downloadable worksheet with a 7 step process that leads you through changing the way you think and taking control of your mind? Download the PDF created by Coach Wheeler: Mind Control 101 worksheet — A simple, powerful tool to help you reprogram your thoughts and rewire your focus.

Why?

Because your mind is the operating system of your life. You need to control your mind.

And the upgrade?
That starts today.

Personal Mind Control

Let’s talk about Mind Control… specifically who controls your mind.

Because If You Don’t Have Control of your Mind, Someone Else Will

Personal Mind Control ... why you need to take control starting right now.

What if I told you your greatest battlefield isn’t out there in the world… but inside your own head?
What if the most important fight for your future isn’t with the economy, or your job, or even your relationships…
but with the thoughts you allow to set up camp in your mind?

Because here’s the truth:
If you don’t control your mind, someone else will.
And you can be sure—it won’t be in your favor.


How Does It Happen?

It’s subtle. Almost invisible. Like water shaping a stone drop by drop.

One suggestion here. One fear planted there. One “just trying to help” from someone who loves you… but never broke out of their own cage.

And before you know it, you’re living out a script that isn’t yours. A play written by someone else.
Parents. Teachers. Friends. Advertisers. Politicians. Even social media algorithms.

Not all of it is malicious. Most of it isn’t.

In fact, many of the people influencing your thoughts and decisions genuinely believe they’re helping you.
But even the most well-intentioned guidance can become a prison if it’s based on fear, limitation, or outdated beliefs.

Let’s look closer.


Your Parents Loved You …
. . . But They Weren’t Perfect

Nobody walks away from childhood without a few scars.

Even in the best homes—full of love, structure, and support—parents still pass along stories.
Stories that were passed to them, and to their parents before that.

  • “People like us don’t do things like that.”
  • “Money is hard to come by.”
  • “It’s better to play it safe.”
  • “You should be grateful and not want too much.”

Sound familiar?

These kinds of beliefs often masquerade as “wisdom.” And they might have made sense… decades ago, in a different time, in a different place, with different resources and different options.

But the world has changed. And if you never challenge those beliefs, they’ll quietly direct your life from the shadows.

You’ll pull back when you should push forward.
You’ll say “I can’t” when you really mean “I’ve never tried.”
You’ll pass up opportunity… because your mind has been trained to avoid risk.

And here’s the dangerous part: you’ll think those thoughts are yours. But they’re not.

They’re inherited.


The Media Is Selling You a Mindset

Now let’s talk about the elephant in the room—media.

Not just “the news,” but advertising, entertainment, social platforms… all of it.

These systems are designed to capture attention, stir emotion, and influence behavior. That’s not conspiracy. That’s business.

If the media can make you feel fearful, angry, or like you’re not enough—
they can sell you something to fix it.
A product. A lifestyle. A political candidate. A belief system.

Ever notice how the news rarely ends with solutions?
It’s not because there aren’t any.
It’s because outrage gets more clicks than calm.

Fear holds attention better than hope.
Division is easier to sell than unity.

And guess what? Every time you scroll… every time you tune in… you’re training your mind.

Not just what to think, but how to think.


You’ve Been Trained—But You Can Retrain

Think about it. Most people spend more time programming their playlists than they do programming their thoughts.

We guard our passwords but let anything into our brain.
We say we want success but surround ourselves with messages that scream scarcity, danger, and division.
We’re hypnotized by repetition.
Entertained by fear.
And slowly… we forget we ever had the power to choose our thoughts in the first place.

But you do.

The ability to think independently—deliberately—is not some rare superpower.
It’s your birthright.
It’s just been neglected.

And now… it’s time to wake it up.


Why It Matters

You were not born to be a pawn in someone else’s plan.

You were not created to echo recycled fears.

And you certainly weren’t put here to live a secondhand life, following a map you didn’t draw.

You were born with the raw material to shape your own reality.

But that starts with the mind.

Control it—and you unlock everything else.


One Final Thought: Who’s In Charge?

Let me leave you with a question.

When your alarm goes off tomorrow morning…
When you look in the mirror…
When you choose what to focus on, what to believe, what to chase—

Who’s in charge?

Is it the scared voice from childhood?
The commercial you saw last night?
The political slogan drilled into your head?

Or is it you?

Take your mind back.
Guard it like your life depends on it.

Because it does.

And once you learn to control your mind…
You’ll find you can shape your habits, your relationships, your outcomes—
your entire life.

That’s power.
And it’s yours for the taking.

Coming soon: This article was about Mind Control and WHY it is important. The upcoming follow-up article, being released on Monday, will give you the step-by-step process to take control of your mind. The title: “How to Control Your Mind for Fun and Profit.

Because taking control isn’t just survival—it’s strategy.
And it just might be the smartest, most profitable move you ever make.