Change
Your Focus
There's
a good chance that you accept your reasons and excuses only because you're
focusing on the wrong thing. You're likely focusing on the process and not the
result or reward that you really want.
What
do I mean?
Let's
say you wanted to clean up your home.
Instead
of thinking about how nice it would be to have a clean home you start thinking
about all the work that you have to do and you focus on the process - cleaning,
mopping, dusting, sweeping, doing the windows, etc.
When
you focus on the process, on those little steps that you have to take you'll
talk yourself out of cleaning up because you were focusing on the process and
not the result which is to have a clean, tidy home that you can be proud of.
If
you want to get a new job and you're not doing anything about it - then you're
probably thinking about the process of going through the papers, searching for
other opportunities, going on interviews where you may get rejected, and you're
not focusing on the result that you want - which is to get a better job so that
you can improve the quality of your life.
When
you focus on the process you'll come up with excuses for not doing what you
really want to do.
Why?
Because
the process is time consuming, it requires work, you have to put in the effort,
and everybody wants things done immediately - we all want results right away.
But
does a marathon athlete start off by running the Olympics?
No.
Instead
he or she trains sometimes for years before running in the Olympics.
Does
a professional football player become a professional football player without training and playing at least
in high school?
No.
Does
a successful company generate millions of dollars in profits overnight?
No.
They
all go through a process, which to you may seem excruciating and time consuming
because you're looking only at the process and not focused on the reward or the
result.
By
shifting your focus to the reward or the result you give your mind an objective
and you continually give your subconscious mind the instruction of achieving
that goal. You're constantly telling your subconscious mind that achieving that
goal is important and you're telling it why it is important.
Your
subconscious has no choice but to help you achieve that goal - mainly because
you are regularly instructing it - by thinking of the rewards and the result.
Focus
on what you want. Eliminate the excuses.
Change
your reasons - by thinking of what you want and why.
Feed
your mind new information, give it a new objective.
Learn
to instruct and direct your subconscious mind to help you achieve your goals
and stay motivated.
