No matter how upset he or she was with you all day long,
you had no feeling about it because you didn't think about
it. Many people suffer needlessly because they have this
relationship backwards.
If you believe that your feelings come before your thoughts--that
your feelings come out of nowhere and land in your head
like a flock of stray birds--then you place yourself at
the mercy of whatever feelings happen to be "descending
on you" at the moment.
Taking Responsibility Gives You Power
To gain the power you need to make positive changes in
your life, you can't afford to see yourself as a powerless
victim of external factors. This denies you the responsibility
for your own experience, and prevents you from enjoying
the power that is rightfully yours.
To use that power, you need to understand how it works
in connection with your beliefs. It isn't that believing
actually makes things happen--though sometimes it does.
But when you believe something strongly, the "how to"
of achieving it comes to you virtually without effort. What
you need to know and do somehow flows magically into your
awareness.
In other words, the power of your belief becomes a magnet
for the precise solutions you need. The stronger the belief,
the better solutions you attract. This phenomenon is at
the core of our human creative process. Once we are fully
focused on what we want to create, and then believe we can
create it, our results are virtually assured!
Stated another way, once we're sufficiently clear about
what to do, we need not struggle to figure out how. You
see, much of the failure of traditional weight loss is the
result of trying to force something to happen. Effort, struggle,
and relying on will power are all signs that we're fighting
with ourselves, that we're at cross purposes with our own
deeply held beliefs. But when our beliefs are clear and
positive, all we need to do is "let it happen."
What Is Your Stage Of Fitness Consciousness?
With anything you do in life, psychologist Abraham Maslow
tells us there are four distinct stages of consciousness
you can be at:
Stage One: Unconscious Incompetence. This
is where we are when we aren't reaching our goals and don't
know where to look for the problem, or may not even know
that there is a problem. An incredible number of people
are at this stage concerning weight loss and fitness.
Stage Two: Conscious Incompetence. At
this stage we have become fully aware that what we're doing
isn't working, and we know we need to be doing something
else, even if we're not sure what it is. This is where most
people are when they start working with this success system.
Stage Three: Conscious Competence. After
the first 3-4 weeks of Success Exercises, you will have
identified your problem beliefs and attitudes and very consciously
will have begun to replace them with self-supporting ones.
You are now solidly on your way to...
Stage Four: Unconscious Competence. This
is your ultimate destination. At this stage of development,
you now automatically and effortlessly do the things that
keep you fit and at your ideal weight. You may or may not
get there in 7 weeks, but you will be unstoppably on your
way if you stay with the program.
If the task of changing your beliefs seems a bit overwhelming,
keep this in mind: Every single belief you have right now
was put into your mind with your own cooperation. In other
words, you're already a "seasoned pro" at creating
beliefs. However conscious or unconscious the process may
have been, you played a central role in the adoption of
all of your current beliefs.
And it is you who keeps them alive today and lets them
run your life by not challenging their validity. Not a single
one of your beliefs can survive without your constant support.
You are the only one who can keep your beliefs alive, and
you are the only one who can replace them.
But, contrary to many people's notions, your beliefs are
not just a bunch of thoughts confined to your mind. Your
beliefs are interwoven into your body and spirit as well.
Have you ever gotten a "sinking feeling" when
you heard bad news? Have you ever felt like you were hit
in the stomach when a lover did you wrong?
That's how we humans are built. We're multi-level, multi-dimensional
beings, and to ignore that fact while we try to make changes
is to guarantee failure. And that's also why you should
never try to change your beliefs through mental processes
alone any more than you could change your weight through
physical processes alone. Instead, you need to take the
much more powerful approach, by involving your body, mind
and spirit in all you set out to do.
So, if it's a new experience of life you seek--even on
the physical level--you need to begin the process in your
mind. Your mind is the control center for your behaviors,
and your behaviors are what determine how you look and what
you accomplish. If your current experience of yourself is
not to your liking, don't run off to the gym or seek out
the latest diet. The secret of your success is much closer--between
your ears. If you want to change your life, start with your
mind!
How To Become A Success Story
Global-Fitness
is delighted to be able to offer you a proven Success System
that has already made major changes in the lives of those
who have used it. To get full details on how you can put
this life-changing program to work for you, please
click here.
I sincerely hope this has been time well spent for you.
Life is simply too short not to understand how our own minds
and bodies work, or to be wasted on activities that can
never get you where you want to go.
I wish you total success in the coming year!
Sincerely, Dr. Frank B. Smoot, DD, MA
GHF's Success & Personal Growth Coach
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