Your Brain Blocks Success You Don’t Expect

Published 2025-09-09 14-28

Summary

Your brain filters out most of what you see, showing you only what matches your beliefs. Think you’re unlucky? You’ll spot problems and miss opportunities.

The story

Your brain processes massive amounts of information every second, but you only notice a tiny fraction. The rest? It gets filtered out without you realizing it.

Here’s the wild part – there’s a system in your brain called the Reticular Activating System that decides what you actually see. And it’s programmed by your beliefs and thoughts.

Think you’re unlucky? Your brain will show you problems and hide opportunities. Believe good things happen to you? You’ll start noticing them everywhere.

Ever shop for a specific car and suddenly see that exact model all over the road? Those cars were always there. Your brain just wasn’t letting you see them before.

This is why visualization actually works. When you consistently picture your goals with real emotion, you’re reprogramming your brain’s filter to notice things that help you reach them.

But most people never realize they’re in control of this filter. Those old beliefs from when you were young? They’re still running the show, making you blind to possibilities.

The moment you understand your perception is a choice, everything shifts. You stop feeling like life happens to you and start directing your brain toward what you want.

In Chapter 6 of “The Journey – I wish I knew this before I was 21,” I break down exactly how to reprogram your mental filter and unlock the potential you didn’t know you had.

Your subconscious is waiting for new instructions. What are you going to tell it?

This post was inspired by Chapter 6 of my “The Journey – I wish I knew this before I was 21” book, at
https://attilahorvath.net/the-journey.

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Keywords: Visualization, confirmation bias, selective attention, mindset patterns