text: Guided Thought | William Batten - Page 128 of 133 - Mental Tools for Greater Living
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  With social media, you have no excuse for not knowing what people think. Head to a favourite platform, punch in a few words and see what happens. You can see what people ask the most, what questions other people think matter… really, there's not a lot of human nature you can't learn from the internet.
  A recent foray into the mind of the masses was on the topic of success. I wanted to know what people thought about it, what strategies draw their attention and how they decide what sorts of success they should aim for.
  An interesting side effect of studying hypnosis is that people don't surprise you. Once you get in the habit of looking below the surface thoughts and finding unconscious explanations, other people's behaviour makes a lot more sense. Every action, no matter how bizarre, has some logic at its core.
  So when I say that their questions surprised me, you know I mean it.
  The top questions weren't about how to obtain success. They fixated on what success means. What is a successful life? What's the difference between success and fulfilment? What does success mean to you?