Thought Bridging - Wyoming Society of CPAs

Thought Bridging: ChangeYour Thinking, Change Your Life

Intellect & Emotion: How are We Wired?

Intellect Can Clarify Intent

Emotion Moves Us to Act

Thoughts ALWAYS Precede Emotions

Change the Thought, Change the Emotion

Change the Emotion, Change the Action

Change the Action, Change the Result

How Long Does it Take for a Strong Emotion to Pass through our System?

90 Seconds

How Can We Intervene to Change the Result?

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In those choices lie our growth and our happiness.”

The Results ALWAYS Seek to Justify the Precipitating Thought . . .

I told you I was right!

Reptile Brain (Amygdala Highjack) – Failed Intervention

You see! They really are out to get me!

Our Brain is like Teflon for Positivity and Velcro for Negativity (hat tip to Gretchen Pisano)

Flashlight Analogy

CatastrophizingWe’re all going

to die!!!!

Now It’s Your Turn: Individual Exercise

• Describe a recent vivid event that elicited a strong emotional responseo Thoughto Felto Acted Likeo Result

• Alternative thought – just as believable as the original

Find a Friend: Pair Exercise

• Describe your situation

• Brainstorm some alternative thoughts – push your partner’s thinking

• Switch – now it’s your partner’s turn

Turning Your Brain Back On

Contact InfoDan Griffiths, CPA, CGMA is the Director of Strategic Planning at Tanner, LLC, a Salt Lake City-based professional services firm with about 80 team members. Prior to merging his practice with Tanner, he co-founded Proficio Services Group to provide strategic & business planning, leadership development, and business coaching services. Dan is a graduate of the 2010 AICPA Leadership Academy and in 2011-2012 served as the chair of the Young CPA Network Committee for the AICPA. Dan has also been very active with the UACPA and in 2011 was recognized as the Outstanding CPA in Business and Management. He was recently selected to serve as Utah’s elected member of the AICPA Governing Council. Dan is an avid flyfisher, backpacker, and gardener. He and his wife Bibianajust welcomed their fourth child to the family.

Contact Dan at: [email protected] connect with him on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/dangriffithscpa