Neuroscientists have discovered the strategy for rewiring the brain.
Contrary to popular approaches, this strategy involves more than just positive thinking or working hard.
Lets explore a few principles from brain science to make it better understand how to successfully activate these pathways.
As you think about somethingbe it positive or stressfulyou turn on a string of lights related to that topic.
The key is to activate as many of these pathways as possible given they work synergistically.
One pathway alone is not enough to successfully rewire your brain.
Identify the beliefs that support your intention.
Seeing is not required for believing.
Solution: Examine your current beliefs about a desired goal.
Identify those beliefs that align with the possibility of achieving your intention.
Embrace your positive emotions.
Emotion is the fuel, the juice or the power behind accomplishing your intention.
Without emotion a thought is neutral, it has no real power.
In other words, it is not enough to repeat positive affirmations if you are not feeling anything.
Solution: What emotions align with accomplishing your goal?
Why is your intention meaningful to you?
Spend time feeling these feelings as you focus on your intention.
The brain cant tell the difference between something real or imagined.
When you mentally rehearse your new habits, you strengthen your ability to create them in your life.
Solution: Identify images that align with accomplishing your goal and spend time visualizing them daily.
Take actions that support your intention.
Your actions have to match what you say you want and vice versa.
You cant think and feel one way and act another.
Solution: Identify the actions that align with your thoughts and emotions.
Repeat, repeat, repeat.
Change requires practicing a new habit.
It follows the principle, “use it or lose it.”
Solution: Consciously practice thinking, feeling, visualizing and acting in alignment with your desired intention.
