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We all want to change something in order to make our world better so that we can enjoy it more. At this time of year those changes often take the form of New Year’s Resolutions, and right about now some of you are about to give up on a resolution or two. Don’t! The secret is to do 3 simple things to make your Resolutions really work for you instead of against you.
Before going into the three simple things, take a moment to consider the form of typical New Year’s Resolutions. They are things like “I’m going to lose weight.” or “I’m going to start feeling better.” Those are very broad topics. The problem is that these are like someone asking you to shoot at a target that’s “over there somewhere.” You can only hit a target if someone says, “Hit that target right there.” In the same sense you need a clear target. “I’m going to lose 30 pounds.” and “I will make my knees stop hurting.” are much less lofty Resolutions because you can definitely say whether or not you acomplish them. Even so, there is a problem with them. This goes into what can be called The Psychology of Daily Defeats. If you set your Resolution to lose 30 pounds, the fact is that you can’t acomplish that in a short amount of time. It just can’t be done. So, everytime you get on the scale you will say to yourself, “I haven’t lost the 30 pounds yet.” or “I still need to lose 25 pounds.” That means you experience defeat because you haven’t achieved your Resolution… evenutally you give up.
So the second step is to create micro Resolutions. Things you can easily accomplish on a day to day or weekly basis. For example, the lose 30 pounds Resolution can be broken up into micro Resolutions like…
- Find out about glycemic index based eating this week
- Do 1 Vitalogy Recipe this week
- Eat Vitalogy meals 80% of the time this week
- Lose 1 pound this week
These are simply, easily accomplished micro Resolutions you achieve one small thing each week. Then you begin to experience Daily Successes. That reinforces what you are doing.
Many people will recognize this as setting goals and tasks from objectives. Those words work great in business, but the problem is that they are too weak psychologically for personal change. So, the third simple thing to do is to make a commitment in writing to someone you care about for each micro Resolution… and report back to them on how you did. If you make the commitment to lose 1 pound, then report that back.
These three simple steps of
- defining clear targets
- setting easily acomplished micro Resolutions
- making commitments about your micro Resolutions
Will help you achieve the Resolutions that you made.
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The Change Process
The change for 2012 is a change in consciousness. The question is how we actually bring about that change. I attended a workship presented by Keith Cunningham. One of the topics discussed was the process for change. Consider the following diagram at the right.
For change to occur in any human being, one of the sides of the triangle must change. Recalling high school geometry, if one side of a triangle changes, then the other two sides of the triangle must also change by necessity.
A change in Thought means changing either what you think about or how you mentally approach a given subject. For example, if you perceive yourself as a victim in some particular arena and change that to think about how you can take control of the situation then you will cause change.
A change in Focus means changing what you are giving your attention to. For example, if you own a business and are focusing on the day to day operation of the business, then if you start to focus on the growth of the business the business will change. In your personal life if you are focusing on the negative aspects of say losing money in the stock market, then changing your focus to see how you can increase your income will change your life.
A change in Physiology means literally a change in the state of your body. If you have allowed yourself to get out of shape, or if you are a couch potato, or if you are sick, or if it hurts every time you move then changing the state of your body will change your life.
Extend the last example a bit and you will see how this really works. Set your commitment to yourself to change your Physiology. Let’s say you determine that you are going to tone up your body. In order to do that you need to change your Focus and begin to look for ways that you can actually accomplish that. Maybe you select a program like Vitalogy. As you focus on the program, then your Thoughts about what “toning up your body” and “getting in shape” actually means and how it can be accomplished. Before long, your Physiology will actually begin to change and that will reinforce the changes in both Thought and Focus.
That’s a practical way you can change those daily defeats into successes.
more about personal change at The 2012 Challenge>>>
Have you seen the movie 2012? Pretty spectacular special effects, but really kind of a dud.
Contrary to popular notions 2012 doesn’t mark the end of the world on the Mayan calendar. It is more accurate to think of it as the end of an era. David Wilcock describes it as more of a crisis point (my term). It’s a point at which energies are lined up so that humanity can make a change in direction.
J. Krishamurti
J. Krishnamurti describes the crisis we are facing as a crisis in consciousness in which we can no longer accept the old thinking, patterns, norms, and traditions. Yes, that means that we’ve got to use our brains like we have never used them before and decide if we are going to grow up or remain a species trapped by lower emotions. You know… things like anger, greed, fear, and stupidity.
Do you ever look at world events and ask yourself exactly who put the crazy people in charge? I’m reminded of a movie called The King of Hearts. In it a World War II Scottish soldier goes into a village in France where all the citizens have evacuated except for those in the local insane asylum. The doors to the asylum have been opened and the patients have taken over the main roles in the city like the mayor, the chief of police, and the local judge. Well, I feel like I’m living this movie every time I turn on the television, read the newspaper, or check out one of the political blogs. Think about it. There are people who really think that providing health care for our citizens is a bad thing. There are other people who doubt climate change despite seeing big chucks of glaciers melting throughout the world.
Anger, greed, fear, and stupidity really put blinders on people’s eyes. But here is the thing… you can’t take the blinders off of other people’s eyes, you can only take them off of your own eyes. Work on shifting your own consciousness, not on trying to convince others. If you live the example of your ideas, then you will impact others by the example of your own life. As 2010 approaches, I see a challenge in front of me, you , and everybody else to start changing the way we think about things. More to come later…
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