Showing posts with label habits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label habits. Show all posts

Sunday, June 16, 2013

A Few More Tidbits that can Help You Become a Billionaire

First train your body and mind to obey your commands. Keep it simple.  Don't curse or abuse yourself in any way.  Reward yourself for getting your body and mind to obey.

Read the previous post.

Act, right now, as if you are now in business,  your own bank, or whatever works for you.  Make a plan. Talk to entrepreneurs.  Form a mastermind.

Look at your habits, attitudes,  and beliefs. One adjustment in attitude,  even a little one, can make a huge difference.  

Ie you might decide to tackle a problem other entrepreneurs avoid. Use your brain. Best your competitors.

And finally,  kill your tv.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Retrain the Brain for Success

Isn't it amazing how difficult it can be for any of us to change a bad habit or behavior? It can be a habit that is very simple such as losing your temper behind the wheel of a car or a more challenging one such as trying to break a serious addiction to say, smoking or over eating. Which ever it may be, it's important for you to know that you're not alone.

One reason why change can be so difficult is because we have engaged in the habit or behavior for so long, it has become second nature. It's almost like we're on "automatic pilot." As a result, we just engage in the behavior without thinking that we have a choice to do something different in the moment. We forget that we're blessed with a free will to choose.

Based on the research that's been conducted over the last twenty years on the brain, we now know much more about how the brain works. The benefit to this information is that we can begin to understand why we often do the things we do in regard to behavior and actions in our lives.

Various studies have shown that our conscious mind is only responsible for 2 - 4% of our thought patterns and behavior. This is why when we use will power and persistence to over come a bad habit or change a behavior, we usually have sub-par results. Short term the action or result may change but if we want to realize lasting change in our life, we must start at the beginning of the cycle, which is thought and behavior.

Recent brain research has shown that the subconscious or implicit memory system is responsible for up to 96% of our thought patterns and behavior. Based on the mechanics of the mind, if we really want to illicit change in our life, this is where we need to focus. As these studies are fairly new, just learning how to change our approach to habit and behavior is a re-learning experience in itself.

We begin to develop brain connections at a very early age, say five years old or so. When we develop brain connections, we are also creating what is referred to as cellular connections. Over time and repetition, the brain and cellular connections actually leave a foot print on our neural network in the brain. They become fixed in our subconscious and wha-la, we have developed a habit or behavioral pattern.

All success and happiness begins with your thoughts based on where you think you want to be in life. Your present circumstances will always control your thoughts and behavior based on your perception of reality, unless you're consciously aware of you're behavior. Studies indicate that all results are effects or a function of what we're thinking, feeling or doing based on our past.

So, what can we do to change our thought patterns and behavior?To change your thought patterns and behavior, you first need to recondition the thought patterns of your past. This is the key to realizing long lasting change. Because thought impacts emotions, what you end up feeling loops back to what you're thinking. As a result, you continue to repeat the behavior or action, which is why you end up with the same results based on your present circumstances.

It's a vicious circle but it doesn't always feel like one because we've become comfortable with the behavior. Over time we actually begin to accept that it's who we are. Believe it or not, we can experience joy from a negative or painful behavior based on our personal association with the behavior. If the behavior feels familiar, we become comfortable with it, so we think it's good for us. We feel secure and in control because it's a familiar emotion.

Your subconscious, which represents your interpretation of past events,is responsible for your perceptions, feelings and behavior in the present. I refer to these as The Big 3. To change the Big 3, we must change our self-image, habits and beliefs, The New 3. This is where you ReTrain the Brain!

Essentially, what you need to do is create a release program in your brain, which will allow you to recreate your self-image. To create a new self-image, we first need to create new patterns of thought and behavior. This can be achieved by experiencing new affirmations, as well as visualization or meditation. These new affirmations and visualizations need to be created with emotion. They need to become more real than your present circumstances in order for the new affirmations to over ride or recondition your thought patterns and behavior.

Daily repetition first thing in the morning upon rising and most importantly, lastly before you retire are key. Initially, this will require discipline on your part but the rewards are life changing. If you change the inside, your behavior, you'll begin to change the outside, your results. If you're willing to pay the price now i.e. discipline, you won't pay the price of regret later in your life.

Look for my new workshop entitled "ReTrain the Brain Success Workshop.

Remember, if you change your habits, you can change your life!

Larry Agresto is a Life & Business Coach and the founder of Peak Performance Coaching.

He is also a writer, author and speaker. His work and writings focus on "breakthrough changes" in life and business. His latest work "The Power of Magical Thinking," is about empowering people to realize their "true potential," enabling them to live a life of success and happiness.

In your work with Larry, you'll learn to leave behind the self-limiting beliefs of your past experiences that hold you back. In doing so, you will begin to experience the unlimited thinking of your true potential, which in turn empowers the opportunity for unlimited possibilities into your life and business.

He has written several e-books; "The Principles of Success, The Journey, What's Stopping You, The Bulls Eye Business Plan and The 21 Day Breakthrough." His latest e-book is entitled "The Power of Magical Thinking."

Larry spent 25 years in Corporate America, the last 13 in senior management. He transitioned into a Life & Business Coach after he lost his wife and suddenly became a single parent in May of 1995. He has a BA from Bentley College in Business/Government and an AA in Psychology/Education.

Think Magic

Larry Agresto
Life & Business Coach
Peak Performance Coaching
http://www.larryagresto.com
(978) 649-1020

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Friday, October 2, 2009

Modeling Your Way to Success

As a child, what were some of the things you saw your parents and the people around you do? Do you remember imitating some of those things, or do you find yourself even today behaving in the same manner? This behavior is called modeling.

Modeling is a conditioned behavior that we pick up from those we are closely associated with, beginning in our childhood days. Unfortunately most of those behavoirs no longer serve us. Ninety- nine percent of the time those learned habits are of a negative nature anyway and they seem to hold most people back.

Before any significant level of success can be achieved the negative habits must be transformed into positive and influential ones. The best and fastest way to accomplish this is by learning to model other successful people. It will require making some changes, and awareness is the first step toward change.

Become aware of what successful people are doing, hence, have done that allows them to live a wealthy lifestyle. Use that information to measure where you are with the things you are now doing. Modeling to success should be easy because as kids we learned everything from modeling others.

By studying what other successful folks have done, rather than branching out on your own, you can receive the same great results much easier. Success is a choice. There is no right time for it, so why not get motivated, inspired and start right now to create the lifestyle of your dreams. Take the actions to model your way to success.

Rena Williams resides in Florida as a Lifestyle Mentor and a successful entrepreneur. She delights in helping many achieve great levels of success through free mentoring and guidance. Get a free copy of the ebook that changed her life, by visiting http://www.yoursuccesscorner.com.

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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Success and Mindset Advice - 6 Steps to Turn Your Dreams Into Reality & Finally Achieve Your Goals!

When people are trying to make changes and be successful in following their dreams, they sometimes get overwhelmed looking at the entire road. This stops them in their tracks from even beginning to create products or whatever it is they want to accomplish.

The truth is that most people will try something new for a few days, like a diet, a new way of thinking, a practice like meditation or a new exercise program. After a few days or a week when they haven't seen the results they desire, they begin to think "well, obviously, this doesn't work for me. It may work for other people, but not for me," and they stop trying altogether, which is why most people never see their dreams come true.

It's a tragedy because it makes people stop before they truly even begin. It's been said it takes 21 days to turn something into a habit. Success and goal accomplishment is simply a habit, like most other behaviors.

There are 6 steps I've identified that help people turn the overwhelming task of their end goal dreams into reality.

• Step 1- Clarify Your Vision.
• Step 2- Simplify your Physical and Emotional Space.
• Step 3- Set Realistic Start-and-Stop Deadlines.
• Step 4- Masterminding.
• Step 5- Breaking Your Dreams into Small Bite-Sized Actions.
• Step 6- Setting Rewards and Payoffs.

When you do nothing, the path to success gets longer and further away. When you break your dreams and goals into smaller, doable steps, the stepping stones in the path become easier to see and follow. Consistency is the key. Remember, it's just like the diet that you try for three days... it's not going to work if you don't work it.

And now I would like to invite you to claim your free instant access to my Dreams to Reality Video Training Series when you visit http://www.Dreams2RealityVideos.com where you'll get access to 24 short videos with more inspiration, ideas, tips and tools to help you achieve your goals.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Become a Millionaire - Develop These Habits

Becoming a millionaire is not easy, but fundamentally it is not very hard either. Learn to develop these habits of millionaires and you will become rich automatically.
There are actually no secrets on how to become a millionaire, but that's because self-made millionaires were born with a preconditioned mindset that allowed them to become rich. Along the way, they simply have developed particular wealth creation habits that have allowed them to create income streams and accumulate wealth faster than the average person. Nothing they do is by any means rocket science, they are just determined, have a vision and have the patience to realize that wealth is created and built over time. They have simply programmed themselves to become millionaires. Here's how:
Millionaires Don't Carry Bad Debt: Self-made millionaires realize that in order to become a millionaire, you cannot accumulate money fast enough if you have outstanding debt. Most investments will not come close to beating a 22% interest rate on a credit card. Therefore revolving debt must be paid down before it is possible to get ahead.
Millionaires See Long Term: When you look at how powerful compound interest really is, and understand the time value of money, you realize the importance of being a long-term investor. The longer you are in the market, the more often your money will double, and the greater the chance to become a millionaire.
Millionaires are Risk Takers: Self-made millionaires have the tolerance to take some managed risk. When they see opportunities that have an upside potential that far outweighs the potential loss, they jump on those opportunities. However, they learned to become a millionaire by limiting their risk in order to reduce the chance potential losses and accelerate their wealth creation.
Millionaires Realize the Importance of Income: Obviously the more money you can make, the wealthier you can get. But in order to become a millionaire, you really need to embrace this concept by finding ways to create income streams. They spend their time setting up systems or purchasing investments that will produce income without much involvement, which allows them to spend their time creating additional income streams.

Learn more about how to become a millionaire and transform debt into wealth by visiting Millionaire Money Habits. A free report to teach you how to become rich is waiting for you.
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