Positive Intelligence is the percentage of time our minds are working for us vs. against us (PQ Score).

In his NY Times best-selling book Positive Intelligence Stanford lecturer Shirzad Chamine talks about mental fitness.

It is your ability to handle life's inevitable stressors and challenges with a more calm, clear-headed, and laser-focused approach.

If you’re not physically fit, you’d feel physical stress as you climb a steep hill.

If you’re not mentally fit, you’d feel mental stress, such as anxiety, frustration, or unhappiness, as you handle work and relationship challenges.

80% of people score below the minimum level of mental fitness required for peak performance and happiness.

The program was founded on the latest results in neuroscience, cognitive and positive psychology, and performance science and is based upon research conducted by executive coach and Stanford lecturer Shirzad Chamine. The results were summarized in his New York Times bestselling book Positive intelligence.

· Hundreds of CEOs

· Fortune 500 sales, operations, and technology teams

· Professional athletes

· 500,000 participants from 50 countries

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You will literally reshape your brain. Within 6 weeks of this type of practice, you would be able to see changes in gray matter density in MRI imaging.

With recent breakthroughs in neuroscience and technology, you can now improve your mental fitness significantly within 6 weeks of practice. The results? Dramatically improved positive thinking, performance, productivity, and a calm, clear and happier mind

A key to Mental Fitness is to weaken the internal Saboteurs who generate all your “negativity” in the way they respond to challenges. Your Saboteurs cause all your stress, anxiety, self-doubt, frustration, regret, shame, guilt, and unhappiness. Saboteurs include the Judge, Controller, Avoider, Victim, Stickler, Restless, Hyper-rational, Pleaser, Hyper-achiever and Hyper-vigilant.

Unlike your saboteurs, your Sage lives in an entirely different region of your brain and handles challenges in ways that produce positive emotions like curiosity, empathy, creativity, calm, and clear-headed laser-focused action. 

Your “Sage” is the real you. When the sage is in charge:

• You are free from your saboteurs.
• You work for your best interests.
• You learn and grow faster; you get better results and higher performance.
• You are not stuck, you have a vision, a plan, you take inspired actions, move forward, and achieve your goals with ease.
• You move beyond fear and take bold action with confidence.
• You feel compassion for yourself and others, allowing you to increase self-care and strengthen your relationships with people

This is done by identifying those saboteurs that harm you the most, properly labeling them saboteur thoughts when they come into your mind and then letting them go.

This consists of accessing your inner wisdom. Reflect on how you can turn a problem into an opportunity. Whenever a problem arises.

This can be done through special exercises meant to build up positive intelligence “muscles” or the parts of the mind most involved in the Sage’s functions. Shift your attention to feeling your physical sensations, focusing on breathing or how your body feels sitting in a chair or standing, or rubbing your fingers or wiggling your toes. Do these repetitions for at least 10 seconds.