5 Ways To Conquer Your Subconscious Mind
It is Motivational Friday. 2 weeks ago we talked about your Self Concept http://bit.ly/VXaSY& then last week we talked about the driver of your self-concept – your subconscious mind http://bit.ly/hdkg2. Today we are going to talk about 5 ways to conquer your subconscious mind.
You are probably waiting for me to say positive thinking… Even though it is better than negative thinking it doesn’t hold enough water. I was talking to Hank Haney earlier this year and we were talking about his star pupil Tiger Woods. I asked him what his process was in his mental routine before hitting a shot. No athlete on the planet has had more success in clutch situations. To be able to hit the shot or putt that you need to make at the time with the most pressure. Not just once, but over and over.
I asked, does he visualize himself making it in his minds eye like Jack Nicklaus did, so that way when he steps up to hit the shot he has “already” done it (or at least the mind thinks it has).
Hank with a quirky smile, paused and laughed lightly. All pro’s try to visualize it in their mind and they may make it in their mind, but after enough misses in real life it won’t matter what is going on in your mind before. There was a lot before and after this part of the conversation so I do not want to misconstrue the context, but it really struck me.
What that means to me is that the most perfect intention does not guarantee the results of execution. Thinking positive is not enough. It takes more.
1. You have to believe it whole-heartedly… Thinking positively is great, but to what degree of belief you have may dictate outcomes. So you have to believe it NO MATTER THE RESULTS it produces.
2. Change your focus… Focus on the intention, strategy, process, and execution of where you want to be, then let the chips fall where they may.
3. Change your state of being… Tony Robbins talks about changing your physiological… your physical. If you walk up to someone and have zero care in the world about being there and show total lack of interest. It is going to show in your physical actions. Your voice will be low, your head and shoulders will slump etc. VS. if you go up to someone like you have not seen them in 10 years. The excitement will be in your voice, your posture… YOUR ENTIRE BEING.
4. Where your heart is, your mind will surely follow… If you love something, it consumes you. Your thoughts, your actions. Everything you do is done always working toward that. So as you guess, this can be negative or positive.
If money is that love, then decisions and choices you make may unconsciously be made to support that love. Why because love blinds us. We sometimes do not see the negative actions and consequences it produces it because we do not want to see it.
So make sure you really frame that love. Make sure you know exactly desired outcomes and potential damaging ones. You may get what you ask for.
5. Have A Sacred Council… Have a board of advisors that help you weigh your options. Run it by them. They do not make decisions for you but rather make sure you have really thought through the entire matter. Look at the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats because they may have a perspective you have not thought of. They may confirm your subconscious mind. Then again, they may not. So the goal is to have all the information possible, sift through it and have the best and most relevant information there to make a decision.
