Did you know that your mindset can be the deciding factor in your success?
In Part 0: We understood the importance our thoughts
In part 1: We understood the tricks of the subconscious mind
In Part 2: We Understood how the tricks manifest in real life to keep us thinking small
In part 3: We Understood how change is possible
In this guide will delve into the importance of mindset and provide actionable steps to shift from a negative or passive mindset to one that empowers you to achieve your goals.
Why Mindset Matters
Your mindset shapes your reality. It’s not just your abilities that determine your success, but also how you approach your goals. To achieve anything significant, you must think in a way that aligns with what you want to accomplish. In other words, we need to become the person who deserves what we want to achieve. To do so, we need to adopt the mindset of someone who has already achieved what we aspire to
The Past was yesterday. The Future starts today
By thinking and acting like the person who has already achieved what you want, you set yourself on the path to similar success. It’s a hard truth, but if you were already that person, you would have reached your goal. Therefore, define who you want to be and the situation you wish to achieve.
Ask yourself: Who do you want to be? Don’t focus on who you’ve been so far; that’s your past self. The past is behind you. It’s not now, and it’s not in the future. Decide who you want to be today and who you want to be tomorrow. To obtain the desired results, you need to change both your mindset and your actions.
Overcoming the Conflict Between Body and Mind
The body, often controlled by the subconscious mind, creates a struggle between physical needs and long-term goals. The body seeks instant gratification, while the mind understands the need for discipline and delayed rewards. For instance, if you want to lose weight but find yourself eating at McDonald’s, your body’s craving for immediate satisfaction overrides your mind’s long-term goal. Similarly, to achieve significant goals, your mind must take risks, but your body prefers safety. To overcome this, decide what you want: staying in your comfort zone or working towards your goals. Train your mind to control your body’s impulses.
Learn to control your mind, and your mind will control your body correctly. If the body rebels, be stronger. In this way, you turn your body into a tool that helps you achieve your conscious goals! Don’t give up on your physical needs altogether; just remove the space for everything that has no real benefit in your life and is keeping you far away from where you want to be.
Understanding the Belief-Action Loop
A belief-action loop represents the cycle where our beliefs influence our actions, and these actions, in turn, reinforce our beliefs. Let’s break down this concept with an example:
Example: Steve strongly believes he is not good at public speaking. This belief makes him feel insecure whenever he needs to speak in front of a group. Consequently, his presentations are not effective, reinforcing his belief that he cannot speak well in public. This negative experience strengthens his initial belief, creating a vicious cycle where his performance deteriorates further.
Why It Matters: This loop shows that our beliefs determine our actions, and our actions reinforce our beliefs. Therefore, changing what you believe in is essential for achieving different and better results.
Practical Techniques to Change Your Mindset : Visualization
Visualization is a powerful technique used by many to achieve their goals. It involves creating detailed mental images of your desired outcomes and the steps needed to achieve them.
Why Visualization Works: Having no critical thinking capacity, the subconscious mind treats vividly imagined scenarios as real experiences. By visualizing your goals and the actions needed to achieve them, you effectively program your subconscious to align with your aspirations.
Visualization Exercise
Step 1: Simple Visualization
- Close Your Eyes: Imagine painting your room in any color you like. Picture yourself with a brush, painting the walls with your chosen color.
- Feel the Process: Imagine the sensation of the brush in your hand and the color spreading across the wall.
- Engage Your Senses: Visualize the smell of paint, the texture of the brush, and the sight of the newly colored wall.
Step 2: Intermediate Visualization
- Close Your Eyes Again: Imagine getting up, walking to the nearest door, and knocking on it.
- Detail the Experience: Visualize each step, from standing up to hearing the sound of your knock.
- Engage Your Senses: Feel the floor under your feet, the movement of your arm, and the sound of the knock.
Step 3: Advanced Visualization
- Close Your Eyes Once More: Imagine you have no money, no contacts, no influence, and no special skills. Visualize yourself starting to build a billion-dollar business from scratch.
- Detail the Actions: Picture the specific actions you would take to build your empire. Imagine networking, pitching ideas, working late nights, and overcoming obstacles.
- Engage Your Senses: Feel the challenges, the excitement, and the determination in every step you take.
The Subconscious Trick Did you notice any resistance during the advanced visualization? Many people find it easy to visualize simple, familiar tasks but struggle with complex, unfamiliar ones. This resistance is your subconscious mind trying to avoid discomfort and complexity.
Overcoming Subconscious Resistance The key to effective visualization is pushing through this resistance. By continuously imagining complex scenarios, you train your subconscious to become comfortable with the idea of achieving significant goals. Over time, this practice can change your subconscious beliefs, making the actions needed to achieve your goals feel more natural and automatic.
But what do we visualize?
We need to understand and visualise what the behaviours and mindest of successful people. all of the important mindsets are covered in depth here – “Learn Mindsets of The Most Successful“
But before you explore the necessarry mindsets, perform a self-reflection. As doing so is necessarry to start your transformation.
Exercises to Guide Your Transformation
To be start changing, you need to know what you want to change from and where you want to go. Take a pen and paper and write down the following answers. The tricks of the subconscious mind might try to prevent you from doing this, but push through the impulse to stay comfortable:
- Who You Are Today: Reflect on your current mindset and situation?
- Who You Want to Be: Define the mindset and characteristics of the person you aspire to become?
- Your Current Situation: Analyze where you are right now in terms of your goals.
- The Situation You Want in the Future: Visualize your desired outcome and the steps needed to get there.
This is a fundamental step to start directing your mind in the right direction. Recognize that this is the moment from where your life will start changing and the subconscious mind does not want this change as it would require you to do unfamiliar things.
Ultimately, the final decision is yours – Take the first step to change or stay stuck in the loop.
Conclusion
Your mindset is a powerful tool in achieving your goals. By understanding and transforming your mindset, you can become the person who deserves the success you desire. Start today by identifying your current mindset, setting clear goals, and training your mind to align with your aspirations. Remember, the mind must control the body to overcome instant gratification and achieve long-term success.
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