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Mind games and self-sabotage: getting out of your own way

While you have great potential waiting to be unleashed, there is something that opposes it that is even more powerful. It prevents you from being successful; it prevents you from putting things into action, it hinders your chances of achieving the goals that are important to you. It is so powerful that it can even paralyze you. So what is it that keeps so many people from reaching their potential? What could be even more powerful than the desire to achieve your goals?

Excuse me, it’s in my way!

There is ‘someone’ who wants to get in the way of your progress, like an overzealous gorilla standing in the doorway blocking your way into the world of success and achievement. But instead of being someone external, it is an aspect of you, a sub-personality. It’s the part that sabotages you by playing mind games. He tells you that ‘you will start tomorrow’ to ‘do it later’. Find more urgent and important things to do than walk your way to success. When he sees others moving forward and accomplishing things that are important to them, this part will present justifications for why you’re not, making you believe that you’re not as talented, capable, smart, etc. . Whatever mind game this part plays, it is often very effective in keeping you from thriving and succeeding.

So what is this mind game?

So what is the game? The game is called self-sabotage. As in the game of chess it is equivalent to the mighty King. When it comes to self-sabotage, procrastination is king. This King stands at the gate that leads from intention to action. Just as the game of chess is a process, so is self-sabotage. It is a complex process that already begins in early childhood. Unfortunately, this process is a game that pits people against themselves. He throws his desire and intention against their impulses and seduces them not into action, but into stagnation.

emotional not logical

Perhaps that sounds counterintuitive, and this process is exactly that. It is an emotionally driven process and not driven by logical consideration. For the part of the brain concerned with protecting you, it seems safer not to act but to ‘stay safe’ where you are at the moment. While this is more useful for survival, we humans are not just programmed to survive, we are also programmed to evolve.

This is a perfect dynamic for mind games. The game is played out with the various parts of your brain competing with each other, competing for your focus and attention; the survival part versus the driving part. Of course, the part you prefer with the most attention and energy wins the game!

don’t give him power

Sabotage can only thrive when you give it power. You must stop focusing and pay attention to ‘King Sabotage’. While, in essence, the sabotage might be there to protect you, your courage, determination, and desire must be greater. While fear-based protection often does a great job, in many cases it gets the job done. very good getting in the way of your progress, your success, and ultimately achieving the things you most want to achieve.

feel the fear

The game can be more effective, the ‘voices’ can be convincing and seductive if you let them; ‘do it tomorrow, you’re too tired today’, ‘wait until you feel more motivated’, ‘you won’t be good at it’, ‘you’ll never succeed’, etc. The more you listen to these voices, the more power you give them. it is not about not feeling fear or uncertainty, but as the saying goes; feel the fear and do it anyway!

Out of your own way!

Do you remember Marden? Deep within us lie dormant powers; power that would amaze us, that we never dreamed of possessing: forces that would revolutionize their lives if they were awakened and put into action.

You’ll be amazed at your own capabilities when you get out of your own way. You will evolve, flourish and grow automatically, as this is what nature has programmed you to do. The part of you that has been programmed to excel will beat the part that tries to stop you. There is a very simple principle that I call the seed and brick principle. Once you remove a brick that sits on top of a seed, it will grow, flourish, and evolve. Then all you need to do is make sure you ‘water’ it (focusing on it) and keep the ground ‘nurtured’ (feeding your mind positive and encouraging thoughts) and weeding out negative and limiting thoughts by disempowering it. them

Get out of your own way. When you stop self-sabotage and procrastination in one area of ​​your life, it will positively affect all other aspects. There is nothing more satisfying than disempowering, self-sabotaging, and procrastinating through self-empowerment.

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