How to stop your thoughts from controlling your life | Albert Hobohm | TEDxKTH

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Published 2018-05-02

Albert Hobohm shares life-altering, personal and professional ideas on how to take charge of your reality. Through alarming statistics and hands-on solutions, Hobohm shows us our critical situation as a species and how to start taking control over our mental operating systems.

Albert Hobohm is a lecturer and professional operating at the crossing between psychology and business. He has an academic background from The Royal Institute of Technology as well as Stanford University. He has also built an orphanage and lived with Buddhist monks.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

All Comments (21)

@susanb5339 4 years ago

1. Practice meditation. Objectively observe the mind. (Learn the structure of your web of thoughts, then choose which path to go down. 2. Restrain your mental intake. Carefully feed your mind with selected input. Choose what you feed your mind!
@sagek7654 4 years ago

"I no longer believe everything I think."
@Belief_Before_Glory 2 years ago

“You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this and you will find great strength.” — Marcus Aurelius
@MrJoon360 3 years ago

“If you can change your mind, you can change your life.” ― William James William James spoke the truth
@GoldenDelicious78 4 years ago

I’ve shut down my Facebook and Instagram account 4 years ago and it’s the best thing I’ve ever done. I have no other social media, although I do watch a lot of YouTube videos. Mostly about mental health, anxiety, wisdom etc. Thanks for a very good speech.
@rajaghani8805 4 years ago

The eye opening conclusion was “ It’s not the harsh, traumatic, or horrible events themselves you should fear the most in life but, your own unwillingness to control your reaction to those events. Ultimately, it’s your capacity to take full responsibility for your own thoughts that will dictate the course and growth of not just you but our entire World.
@sagek7654 4 years ago

"The more we use social media, the more isolated we feel."
@michaelmallal9101 4 years ago

I'm addicted to TEDx lectures.
@abhinashkumar9429 5 years ago

How many come here after lot of suffering?
@pietroandrioli 4 years ago

He says nothing new, but his way of speaking is magnetic. One of the best Ted Talks I've ever watched.
@magicmagiccirclebyenlife5231 4 years ago

I like his stage presence. Confident. Calm voice. He really knows his materials.
@TheDAZ1001 4 years ago

I gotta say I needed this... I've started having a lot of bad thoughts recently thats been effecting my overall health. Been a struggle holding myself together and focusing, so I started meditation again today and its already starting to help. And i've deactivated Facebook, its such a terrifying tool! I miss the old days of meeting up with my pals and having to ring land lines and knock doors to see them!
@wiktorf01 4 years ago

It's nice that you call your audience: "friends". I love it. Excellent and wise speech:)
@mustafabaris9681 3 years ago

“ I no longer believe in anything I think ..” That was an eye opener ..!
@tasneemsakifibnealam949 4 years ago

What a brilliant presentation! I completely forgot about my surroundings while listening to the speech. Thank you Mr. Hobohm. Great speech indeed.
@dragonchr15 3 months ago

Very simple and useful Ted talk. 1. Meditate 2. Quality input for your mind (media) 3. Control social media use and advertising you are exposed to
@adrianna8993 2 years ago

Meditation does help battle those negative engaging thoughts, let’s you live in the present moment rather that in the past or worried so much about the future. Listen to your thought and decide what to keep and what to discard you have the power to decide.
@Nicoley88 3 years ago

“It’s not the harsh, traumatic, or horrible events themselves you should fear the most in life, but your own unwillingness to control your reaction to those events. Ultimately it’s your capacity to take full responsibility for your thoughts, that will dictate the course and growth of not just you, but our entire world” - Albert Hobhom Thank you 🙏🏽✨
@tysonbranch8469 10 days ago

“Now please reflect on the stories that I’ve told, which are yours. And decide what you want to do with them. Because it’s not the harsh, traumatic or horrible events themselves that you should fear the most in life, but your own unwillingness to control your reaction to those events. Ultimately it’s your capacity to take full responsibility for your thoughts that will dictate the course and growth of not just you but our entire world.” - Albert Hobohm Wow…what a conclusive statement. Thank you for the advice good sir.
@lukaslukacio 4 years ago

The way he speaks, clearly demonstrates the high achieved mind focus. Great talk. Thx!