Have you ever tried to do away with an unhelpful behavior, only to fail? There is an extensive list of universal problem behaviors that people often try to change or do away with using hypnosis. The most common are: Overeating and weight loss; stop smoking; quit chewing tobacco; stop nail biting; increasing self-confidence; overcoming insomnia and sleeping better; improving memory; and managing stress.
WHAT THE MIND CAUSES, THE MIND CAN CURE:
The motivation for our behaviors starts in our thoughts. When you mull it over, all of these destructive behaviors are the result of negative thinking. In other words, you think and motivate yourself into all of these behaviors. Or at least you think yourself into feeling worried, and that can cause these behaviors. And because you think and motivate yourself into these behaviors, you can think and motivate yourself out of them as well. But in order to think and motivate yourself out of these negative behaviors, you will need to know the "Motivation Formula For Success."
DESIRE:
You are almost certainly reading this commentary for the reason that you want the motivation to alter some personal behaviors. And that is fitting for the reason that the first element in the Motivation Formula For Your Success is that you must want or desire to change. If you have read this far, at least a little part of you wants a change.
BELIEF IS REQUIRED FOR MOTIVATION:
Before anyone can alter a harmful behavior, that person must be motivated to do so. Merely wanting a behavior to change is insufficient.
Our motivation comes from what we believe. If we believe that something very important to us will get better or "become enhanced" if we alter our behavior, then we will become motivated. Conversely, if we believe that something very important to us will be placed in jeopardy if we don't make a change in our behavior, we will also experience motivation to alter our behavior.
Some straightforward examples of these motivational beliefs could be:
If I lose weight, then I'll be able to get a date or find someone to love me.
If I kick my smoking habit, then I will not have to worry about cancer.
If I stop biting my nails, then my hands will be a lot prettier.
TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN CREATE THE BELIEFS THAT LEAD TO MOTIVATION:
NLP - which is short for Neuro-Linguistic Programming, provides methods that can instantaneously generate the element of belief. You can learn more about this by reading the articles "How To Get Motivated To Exercise Using Hypnosis And NLP" and "Motivation Theory - How To Quit Smoking Using NLP And Hypnosis For Motivation." These articles are both available in my free hypnosis research library.
DECISION:
The dictionary definition of the word "Decision" is making up one's mind / a verdict or judgment. When you believe a thought that provides you with a powerful feeling of motivation to make a change, you will feel bound to make a decision to change a negative behavior. Decision is the key that unlocks the door and compels action.
ACTION:
The dictionary defines the word "Action" as an act or deed / to do or perform. Taking action means that instead of just thinking about making personal changes, you will actually take action and create your desired changes.
SELF-TALK:
One of the reasons that individuals fail to change or eliminate a negative behavior is because of the way that they talk to themselves. Self-talk is vital because very often it is part of what caused the negative behavior in the first place.
I'd like you to think about this for a moment: Let's say that you want to break a cigarette habit. Possibly the first thing that you are likely to say or think to yourself is: "I'm not going to smoke any longer."
It is common for people to tell themselves what they are not going to do. Unfortunately, when we tell ourselves what we aren't going to do, we are actually compelling ourselves to do it!
SELF-TALK EXERCISE:
Say the following to yourself: I can't see blue. I can't see polka dots . . . . . . .
I'll bet your mind showed you the color blue, and then it showed you polka dots. That's because when we tell ourselves what we are not going to do, in order to make sense of it our mind must make an image of us doing what it is that we wish to stop doing. And when we imagine ourselves engaging in a behavior, our mind gives us a compulsion to generate that behavior.
SUMMARY:
In order to alter a negative behavior, we must want or DESIRE to get rid of it. BELIEF is the facet that creates MOTIVATION. MOTIVATION is the drive that pushes us to DECISION. DECISION is the key to ACTION. Neuro-Linguistic Programming is a modality that we can use to facilitate beliefs, motivation, decisions, and actions.
When we tell ourselves what we aren't going to do, we make a mental picture of ourselves using the behavior that we want to alter. And that mental image gives us an urge to create the negative behavior. So if we want to eliminate a negative behavior, rather than tell ourselves what we will not do, we must always tell ourselves what we will do.
To stop smoking say: "I can live without them."
To abort cravings for food that will make you fat or to give up chewing tobacco say: "I can live without it."
To manage stress say: "I'm relaxed and calm, both mentally and physically."
To fall asleep more quickly say: "I fall asleep promptly, and sleep soundly throughout the night."
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Alan B. Densky, CH is certified by the NGH. He runs the Neuro-VISION self-hypnosis CDs website and the Self-hypnosis Video Blog. He offers hypnosis & NLP CDs for motivation. Visit the website for his free downloads of hypnosis & NLP MP3's, newsletters, and his hypnosis research library.
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