Want to know how to run your brain and be more motivated?
Let me tell you a true story…
One day when I was in school, many years ago, the school
principal wandered into our class room, sat down and started
to talk.
He talked and talked and there was nothing we could do to stop
him seeing as how he was in charge!
For once he actually said something that interested me and I
never forgot what he said. Not because he was so original but
because he was the first person I heard saying it.
That day he spoke about the untapped potential of the human
mind and how we are all capable of so much more than we
realize.
And how once you learn how to use more of this vast
intelligence you can become much more successful.
This distinction has a special significance when it comes to
motivating yourself. Because on those days when you are not
motivated the solution to your problems may seem elusive. Even
though you are capable of handling the situations you find
yourself in.
If you could approach each day with an attitude of demanding
more from yourself than anyone else ever would – you would be
shocked at what you can achieve. You would be using more of
your potential and making great progress.
Silly tasks you have to perform then become stepping stones to
something far grander and problems become opportunities for
you to grow and impress not only yourself but everyone else
around you.
The challenge for you right now comes down to getting started.
Once your engine is running the momentum will keep you going
but what do you do if you feel stuck and unable to begin?
You need to learn how to run your brain!
All of that vast potential is not being used because you do
not know how to activate it. When you discover how easy it is
to become motivated you will be amazed that something that
once seemed so complicated can actually be so simple.
Here is something you can do right now to experience how your
mind works – it is an application of research carried out by
behavioral scientists in the 1970?s.
Think of something you are highly motivated to do and choose
something else you want to get done which you are not
motivated to do.
Now compare how you represent these two experiences in your
mind in terms of pictures, sounds and feelings.
Take the task you need to get done and change the way you
think about it by giving the picture, sound and feeling the
same qualities as the motivated experience. i.e. picture size
and color, sound volume and pitch, intensity of feelings.
This is difficult to do the first time you try it but it gets
easier with practice. When you learn more about peak
performance you will be able to do this in a matter of
minutes. And go from feeling apathetic to feeling energized
and highly motivated.
This time spend learning how to run your brain will transform
the quality of your life even more quickly than you can
imagine.
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