Here’s another point when it comes to stopping those negative tapes forever…there’s bad news and there’s great news. The bad news is that you’ll never be able to turn off all the negative programming from society, which is really what created the Poopy Committee in the first place. So stop trying!
The GREAT news, however, is that you can easily make them go away simply by focusing on something else because you can’t focus on two things at once.
Try this quick exercise to see what I mean: Focus on some object in the room you’re in right now – a chair, computer, door, etc. And try as hard as you can, while you’re focusing on it, to make it go away. Not working? Just try harder!
Of course it won’t work. But isn’t that what we tend to do with our problems? We focus on them, from all different angles, and try to make them go away – impossible.
Now, for the second part of the exercise – turn around and focus on something else. Where’s the first object you were staring at? Is it still there? Yup. But can you see it? Nope. That’s how to ‘stop’ the negative programming – focus on something else!
That’s why it’s so important to STAY PLUGGED IN to your positive programming. Read books, listen to audio programs, go to live trainings, both inside and outside of your company. You can never get enough positive programming, because the negative programming from society never stops!
Plus, the habits you’ve created have been around for 10, 20, 50 years sometimes! You can’t expect them to go away with some magical wave of the wand, in one weekend, or even over the course of one year. But, you can choose to follow the new, positive and empowering habits if you want to, by keeping them in your awareness.
So keep reminding yourself of your new options, whether that’s with sticky notes, affirmations, masterminds, etc. Do whatever you have to do to stay on the right path.
This is important because a lot of people will go to a seminar, take a coaching program, or read a book and feel ‘motivated’. They’ll do a few things differently during the temporary excitement, but they often choose not to continue the program, whether it be follow up coaching, participating in the masterminds, actually doing the exercises, etc.
And within a matter of just a few weeks, they’re usually right back where they were to begin with. And then they start questioning themselves, thinking “That didn’t work for me” or worse yet, “Obviously, I’m not cut out for success.”
That’s crazy. All limiting beliefs like that are ridiculous because they’re FALSE! Would you go to the gym for one week and expect to continue losing weight the rest of your life? Would you send your kids to school for one year and tell them they’re done learning? Then why would you do that with your own personal development?!?!
