You'll see a mass of autobiographies of the rich & famous if you look at any best seller list today. They each tell a different story, but all have something in common - they focused on the positives and overcame the hardships. This is the only way to achieve anything we're aiming for. We have to consume ourselves with positive beliefs, and not allow negative a foot-hold!
Take losing weight for example - only when our belief system is predominantly positive can we expect to achieve the results we're after. To successfully complete a weight reduction program, an optimistic mindset is the biggest tool in a dieter's workbox. An up-beat, affirmative viewpoint harnesses the right results. But we get blocked if we allow unhelpful negatives to take over.
This is due to our Reticular Activation System, which is a mechanism in our brain that automatically tells us what to focus on. We become familiar with many things over time that don't continue to stay in the forefront of our minds - most of what we've learned moves from the conscious to the sub-conscious mind. It's a sort of stock cupboard of all our past knowledge and beliefs.
When we attempt to do something, our RAS (Reticular Activation System) will search for anything of significance in the sub-conscious mind, and bring it to our attention. If we're taking a walk for example, only the things that have meaning to us will be noticed.
As a result, when we've fed our sub conscious with buoyant, optimistic communications, we can expect those to be reciprocated. However, we can only expect unhelpful, depressing thoughts to be returned if that's what was originally sown.
We have an element of control over this. Successful people have generally worked on their attitude and restricted the amount of negative being stored. And so the reticular activation system emerges as a brilliant mechanism for fulfilling our dreams. The sub conscious has no way of knowing whether information sent to it is imaginary or not.
In other words, we need to build a very detailed picture of our goal in our conscious mind. This will then pass on to our subconscious via the RAS - and help us to achieve our goal. Because when we need to retrieve our old information on losing weight, the message is that it's a done deal!
Positive thinkers through the ages have taught the same - focus on what we WANT, and within reason it shall be so. Naturally, if we've bombarded our thinking with negative and defeat, we can expect exactly that.
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