Did you ever try to get rid of a harmful behavior, only to be unsuccessful? There is an extensive list of universal problem behaviors that people often try to alter or do away with using hypnosis. 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.
Did you ever try to get rid of a harmful behavior,
only to be unsuccessful? There is an extensive list of universal problem behaviors that people often try to alter or do away with using hypnosis. 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 harmful behaviors are the product of negative thinking. In other words, you think and motivate yourself into all of these behaviors. Or at least you think yourself into feeling stressed out, and that can be the origin of these behaviors. And because you think and motivate yourself into these behaviors, you can think and motivate yourself out of them. In order to effectively think and motivate yourself out of these behaviors, you will need to know specifically how to go about accomplishing it.
DESIRE:
You are almost certainly reading this article because you want the motivation to alter some personal behaviors. And that's handy because the first ingredient 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 desires a change.
BELIEF IS REQUIRED FOR MOTIVATION:
Before anyone can alter an unhelpful behavior, that person must be motivated to do so. Merely wanting a behavior to change is not sufficient.
Motivation comes from what we believe. If we believe that something very important to us will get better or "become enhanced" if we modify our behavior, then we will feel motivated. Conversely, if we believe that something very important to us will be placed at risk if we don't make a change in our behavior, we will also experience motivation to make a change.
Some simple examples of these motivational beliefs would be:
If I take some weight off, then I'll be able to find a lover.
If I quit smoking, then I'll be healthier.
If I stop my nail biting, then my hands will be a lot prettier.
TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN CREATE THE BELIEFS THAT LEAD TO MOTIVATION:
Neuro-Linguistic Programming - which is commonly known as NLP, offers methods that can instantly create the element of belief. You can discover 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 accept as true a concept that gives you a powerful feeling of motivation to make a change, you will feel a powerful urge to make a decision to alter a negative behavior. Decision is the key that unlocks the door to taking action.
ACTION:
The dictionary defines the word "Action" as an act or deed / to do or perform. Taking action means that rather than just thinking about making personal changes, you will actually take action and create your desired changes.
SELF-TALK:
One of the reasons that most people are unsuccessful at eliminating a negative behavior is because of the way that they talk to themselves. Self-talk is vital because repeatedly it is an important part of what caused the negative behavior to begin with.
I'd like you to consider this for a moment: Let us say that you want to kick a cigarette habit. The first thing that you may well say or think to yourself is: "I'm not going to smoke cigarettes anymore."
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 programming 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 do not 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 engaging in a behavior, our mind gives us a compulsion to produce that behavior.
SUMMARY:
In order to modify a negative behavior, we must first want or DESIRE to eliminate it. BELIEF is the component that creates MOTIVATION. MOTIVATION is the drive that compels us to DECISION. DECISION is the key to ACTION. Neuro-Linguistic Programming is a technology 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 engaging in the behavior that we want to eliminate. And that mental movie gives us a powerful urge to create the unwanted behavior. So if we want to abolish 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 high calorie foods 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 soundly and restfully throughout the entire night."
