Don’t let your mind use you
It is an unfortunate fact, but a lot of people out there don’t always use their mind in a way that enhances their lives. Instead they use it in a way that reduces the quality of their lives. If we don’t use our minds in a positive way than our mind will more often than not use us, it will dwell on negative issues and how things will not work rather than how they will work. In any event in your life, you will have a pre-conceived idea of how that event will go. Some of the time you will not see things going your way or you will see yourself performing in a less than optimal way in a certain situation.
You will either see pictures of yourself failing or you will hear voices telling you that it won’t go well, or maybe you will get a bad feeling about it. Whatever it is, this is your brain working against you.
It is good to notice when this does happen. Start paying attention to what is happening on the inside when you start to feel angry, nervous, worried, fearful, negative or self-conscious. When you start to understand what exactly is happening on the inside you can start to do something about it.
The first step is noticing what is going on inside your head to give you feelings that you don’t want. I have started to do this, and for me I find that I make pictures of the event and also sometimes hear myself speak about it negatively. Once you are aware of this you can then change the sub-modalities (NLP term) of your representation. For example if you hear a voice you can change the voice, maybe change it to a voice of Mickey Mouse or some other cartoon character. If you see a picture, and it is big, bright and colorful you could change it so that it is small, black and white and in the distance. This is known as changing the sub-modalities.
So the next time you feel your mind working against you give it a go and see if you can change what’s going on in your head so you don’t feel as bad or negative.
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