Many of my clients have said to me that they lack willpower and it is a common misconception that willpower is what is required to overcome challenges. In fact, willpower is what we require when we are working without the agreement of our primitive brain; we can achieve things this way but it is often difficult and a constant challenge, leading in most cases to failure!
A more effective way of achieving any goal is to get your entire brain on board, get yourself into first gear! One key way to do this is to work on our intent; to put it simply we need to decide 100% that we are going to “go for it”. When we get ourselves into this mindset where there are no get out clauses our conscious and subconscious work together to help us achieve our goal. Both the logical and primitive parts of our brain help us to succeed. Several things happen when we truly make a decision to make a change, one of these is that our brain helps us to come up with not only the motivation to succeed but also solutions to potential pitfalls and problems. We have far greater ability to overcome challenges than we often give ourselves credit for, but to access our greatest creativity we need to have the right mindset. This is the mindset of 100% intent.
If you are struggling to achieve any goal then take a step back and get your mindset right. Once you have recruited the help of all of your brain, achieving your goals becomes much easier and willpower will be obsolete. As the saying goes: “get the mindset right and the rest is easy”.
There are many examples of individuals employing this way of approaching challenges, for example many ladies give up smoking easily when they find out they are pregnant, although they might have struggled in the past. For those who believe it is simply unacceptable to smoke when pregnant it creates the mindset of 100% intent- smoking is simply not an option! I have worked with numerous clients who have recounted examples of the power of mindset.
Whatever your goals are for 2010, good luck and remember to congratulate yourself for your successes and be kind if you experience any setbacks- this too will help to ensure your ultimate success.
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