Hacking Situations, Considerations, and your Determination for BOOSTED Self-Motivation
How quickly can we change the way we think? Even though its not very healthy, our minds are capable of dealing with high amounts of stress and adversity. However, there are no shortages in stories about the unstoppable power of the human will through self-motivation.
If you have made a decision to take control of your life, then you must understand that your mind and in turn, your will, can shift and alter itself at YOUR DESIRE.
Want to know how a simple mindhack can improve your self-motivation?
Changing the way you think may sound awfully heavy, but to illustrate my point here's a funny story collected by spiritualist and author, Anthony de Mello:
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A man went to see a psychiatrist and said that every night he was visited by a twelve-foot dragon with three heads. He was a nervous wreck, could not sleep at all and was on the verge of total collapse. He had even though of suicide.
"I think I can help you," said the psychiatrist, "but I must warn you that it will take a year or two and will cost three thousand dollars."
"Three thousand dollars!" the man exclaimed. "Forget it! I'll just go home and make friends with it!"
- From the Prayer of the Frog
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The story illustrates one thing:
YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF YOUR MIND
Your thoughts change according to Situation, Consideration, and your Determination.
Situation
Your decisions and opinions can be affected by your upbringing, culture, education, the people around you, and even the place and the moment that you are at. For example:
I'm strongly against animal cruelty because I grew up with animal activists.
I prefer the Newcastle football team over Liverpool because I grew up in Newcastle.
Everyone is ranting that the iPhone is awesome! I want one too!
Consideration
Previous negative experiences can affect the way that you approach a similar situation. Once bitten, twice shy. This may be thoughts like:
I hate buying things at this store, they've short-changed me before.
Don't trust him, he's been known to lie compulsively.
I'm too fat, I've failed a fitness test before, I'll fail it again.
Determination
This is raw will and focus - this is where manifestation and Attraction happen:
I will earn my first 1 million dollars by the time I'm 30.
I will be a tournament tennis player in 5 years.
I will have a fun job with a great working environment.
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Situation and Consideration are automatic behaviors and would be the most immediate and simple for the mind to recall.
The Law of Attraction states that many of our automatic mental behaviors sometimes attract MORE negative situations.
Determination, however, in many cases is NOT an automatic behavior, but it many success stories, we realize that positive determination and focus attracts positivity.
So what are you going to choose?
Still think its tough?
Think of Situation, Consideration, and Determination as three friends on a sofa, trying to give you opinions on a decision that you have to make.
Situation and Consideration, the friends you are most familiar with tend to speak louder than the more reserved Determination.
In some minds, Situation and Consideration are jumping on the sofa screaming fears and judgments at you. But in most minds, Determination usually has the most straightforward and simple answer - but is overshadowed by the nonsense that Situation and Consideration babble.
Allow Determination
In your mind, consciously allow Determination to speak up, compromise with Situation and Consideration and listen to their opinions, but ultimately allow Determination to take the lead on your decisions.
I assure you, slowly, your Determination will be the loudest ringing voice in your head and Law of Attraction will ring true to you. It just takes practice. Try mentally reciting this in your mind:
"I allow my Determination to take lead of my decisions."
So next time you clear your mind, invite your three friends for a conversation. Make friends with your fears, and allow Determination to take the lead.
Never underestimate how much the smallest of yelps that Determination has for you. All your three friends have their best interests for you, but Determination will be the one that will ultimately make your dreams come true.
Want to know more about you can hack your head for supercharged self-motivation?
Check out these great reads on mindpower expert Jose Silva and Law of Attraction teacher, Esther Hicks.