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Turn that Frown Upside Down
Would you like 2010 to be more prosperous and joyful than 2009? If you’re like most Americans, you’ve experienced this country’s economic downturn. And, you probably know that it isn’t over yet. However, you don’t have to let these circumstances direct your fate!
This continued economic contraction is forcing a great majority of individuals to generate creative solutions to maintain their security and independence. Some have created their own jobs, gone back to school, or taken a second job. Others have let things get the better of them. Which will you be?
If you’re ready to think creatively to ensure your economic future, consider running the process below. It only takes twenty minutes, and it could mean a much brighter future for you and yours.
1. Make a list of the top 5 things you most want in your career or financial life ($x/year, fun atmosphere, etc).
2. Write down what 5 emotional needs those things fulfill (security, freedom, joy, etc).
3. Remember the last time you came up with a great solution to a problem. How did you feel just before that solution popped into your mind?
4. Remembering that feeling, notice where it is in your body. If it had a shape or color, what would it be?
5. Now that you’re engaged with your creativity and have given it form, ask it to find a few new solutions that will give you everything you want in lists #1 and 2.
6. From those solutions, decide which one or two you can employ right now to get yourself moving forward. Imagine taking the necessary steps with confidence, certainty, and excitement. It’s going to be great!
If any fears surface in regards to taking those steps, consider booking a private session.
New Year’s Resolutions for the Unconscious Mind
Statistics show that 50% of American adults make at least ONE New Year’s resolution each year. However, 97% of them are not kept. In fact, more than half of them are broken within the first month. You’re probably not surprised by that. But are you surprised to learn that it doesn’t HAVE to be that way? If you understand how your mind works you can change gracefully, instead of trying to use brute force.
Trying to use will power and discipline to make a change in your life is absolutely the worst way to achieve any sort of lasting change. Your conscious mind is only responsible for only 3% of your day-to-day actions and perceptions.
At an unconscious level, you have established certain habits and beliefs that keep your life “comfortable”. It works exactly like the thermostat in your home that automatically picks up any change in room temperature and then makes corrections to bring everything back into your comfort zone. These internal settings act like triggers to override your conscious desires, forcing you to act or respond in the same way that you always have. That’s why you see the same results over and over, rather than making immediate changes.
These automatic triggers cause you to rationalize (or rational-lies) why you’re not sticking with your resolutions and forces you to revert back to your habits and patterns. If you don’t like the results you are witnessing with your weight, job, income or relationships, you must break the old patterns and conditioning that’s causing them.
Studies conducted by NASA have shown that it takes about 30 days to re-train your brain’s neural pathways. That’s also the average time it takes to change a unconscious habit or belief. This year, resolve to change just one thing- and practice doing it for the next 30 days.
Imagine carrying out your resolutions for 2010. Imagine all the benefits of sticking to them. Pretend you’re making changes easily and pleasantly. And lastly, attach strong, positive emotion to making this change. Feel what it’s like to change, and decide that it just feels good to grow!
