How To Create The Motivation To Quickly Eliminate Negative Habits Using NLP

Did you ever try to get rid of an unhelpful behavior, only to not succeed? There is an extended list of universal problem behaviors that people often try to alter or do away with using self-hypnosis or NLP. Possibly 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. If you mull it over, all of these unconstructive 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 anxious, and that can be the reason for these behaviors. And since you think and motivate yourself into these behaviors, you can think and motivate yourself out of them. In order to successfully think and motivate yourself out of them, you will need to know the "Motivation Formula For Success."

DESIRE:

You're probably reading this editorial for the reason that you want the motivation to alter some personal behaviors. And that is handy because 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 eliminate a destructive behavior, that person must be motivated to do so. Merely wanting a 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 make a change in our behavior, then we will experience a high level of motivation. Conversely, if we believe that something very important to us will be placed in jeopardy if we don't alter our behavior, we will also feel motivated to alter our behavior.

Some plain examples of these motivational beliefs might be:

If I lose weight, then I'll be able to get a date or find someone to love me.

If I quit smoking, then I won't have to worry about cancer.

If I can improve my study habits, then I can graduate from college.

TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN CREATE THE BELIEFS THAT LEAD TO MOTIVATION:

NLP - which is short for Neuro-Linguistic Programming, provides strategies that are able to instantaneously generate the element of belief. You can discover more on this topic 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 defines the word "Decision" as making up one's mind / a verdict or judgment. When you believe a thought that gives you a powerful feeling of motivation to modify your behavior, you will feel a compulsion to make a decision to get rid of 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 bring about your desired changes.

SELF-TALK:

One of the many reasons that most people fail to change or eliminate a negative behavior is because of their self-talk. Self-talk is important because repeatedly it is an important part of what caused the negative behavior in the first place.

I'd like you to consider this for a moment: Let us say that you want to stop smoking. The first thing that you may well say or think to yourself is: "I'm not going to smoke any longer."

It is universal for people to tell themselves what they aren't 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 don't want to do, or what we won't do, in order to make sense of it our mind must show us doing whatever it is that we would like to stop doing. And when we imagine ourselves in a behavior, our mind compels us to produce that behavior.

SUMMARY:

In order to alter a negative behavior, we must first want or DESIRE to get rid of it. BELIEF is the ingredient that leads us to MOTIVATION. MOTIVATION is the drive that compels us to DECISION. DECISION is the impetus to ACTION. Neuro-Linguistic Programming is a tool 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 image of ourselves using the behavior that we want to alter. And that mental movie gives us an urge to create the unwanted behavior. So if we want to get rid of a negative behavior, rather than tell ourselves what we won't do, we must always tell ourselves what we will do.

To break the smoking addiction say: "I can live without them."

To abort cravings for fattening food or to stop chewing 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 quickly, and sleep restfully throughout the entire night."