Cybergasm
08-21-2005, 04:13 PM
I have decided to start a weekly tradition of posting an insipiring or informative article for our fellow fitness folks, or sports folks. Today's article was found on The Real Solutions Site (http://www.realsolutionsmag.com/idealbb/default.asp) posted by a memmber called "Eddie". Here it is, "Change Your Mind, Change Your Life"
By Dr. Frank B. Smoot, DD, MA
You Are As You Think: The Power Of Your "Cognitions"
The central premise of cognitive psychology is that what you think
determines how you feel. Understanding this connection will be
central to your success at fitness or anything else in your life is.
Our feelings, good or bad, are the products of our own thoughts.
It's impossible to have a feeling about something until we first
become aware of it. This means we have to think about it before we
feel it. For example, if your mate gets upset with you for some
reason during the middle of the day, but you don't find out about it
until later in the day, at what point do you have a bad feeling
about the event? No matter how upset he or she was with you all day
long, you had no feeling about it because you didn't think about it.
If you believe that your feelings come before your thoughts--that
your feelings come out of nowhere and land in your head like a flock
of stray birds--then you place yourself at the mercy of whatever
feelings happen to be "descending on you" at the moment.
Taking Responsibility Gives You Power
To gain the power you need to make positive changes in your life,
you can't afford to see yourself as a powerless victim of external
factors.
When you believe something strongly, the "how to" of achieving it
comes to you virtually without effort. What you need to know and do
somehow flows magically into your awareness.
Once we are fully focused on what we want to create, and then
believe we can create it, our results are virtually assured!
Stated another way, once we're sufficiently clear about what to do,
we need not struggle to figure out how. You see, much of the failure
of traditional weight loss is the result of trying to force
something to happen. Effort, struggle, and relying on will power are
all signs that we're fighting with ourselves. But when our beliefs
are clear and positive, all we need to do is let it happen.
What Is Your Stage Of Fitness Consciousness?
With anything you do in life, psychologist Abraham Maslow tells us
there are four distinct stages of consciousness you can be at:
Stage One: Unconscious Incompetence. This is where we are when we
aren't reaching our goals and don't know where to look for the
problem, or may not even know that there is a problem. An incredible
number of people are at this stage concerning weight loss and
fitness.
Stage Two: Conscious Incompetence. At this stage we have become
fully aware that what we're doing isn't working, and we know we need
to be doing something else, even if we're not sure what it is. This
is where most people are when they start working with this success
system.
Stage Three: Conscious Competence. You have identified your problem
beliefs and attitudes and very consciously will have begun to
replace them with self-supporting ones.
Stage Four: Unconscious Competence. You now automatically and
effortlessly do the things that keep you fit and at your ideal
weight. You may or may not get there in 7 weeks, but you will be
unstoppably on your way if you stay with the program.
If the task of changing your beliefs seems a bit overwhelming, keep
this in mind: Every single belief you have right now was put into
your mind with your own cooperation. However conscious or
unconscious the process may have been, you played a central role in
the adoption of all of your current beliefs.
And it is you who keeps them alive today and lets them run your life
by not challenging their validity. Not a single one of your beliefs
can survive without your constant support. You are the only one who
can keep your beliefs alive, and you are the only one who can
replace them.
Your mind is the control center for your behaviors, and your
behaviors are what determine how you look and what you accomplish.
If your current experience of yourself is not to your liking, don't
run off to the gym or seek out the latest diet. The secret of your
success is much closer--between your ears. If you want to change
your life, start with your mind!
Next week look out for the "Top 10 Back-to-Basics, Confidence Tips".
Also, I would like to feature articles I wrote or that others wrote, if you have something you would like to be featured one week IM me at: Cybergasm7891 or Emin3026@hotmail.com
By Dr. Frank B. Smoot, DD, MA
You Are As You Think: The Power Of Your "Cognitions"
The central premise of cognitive psychology is that what you think
determines how you feel. Understanding this connection will be
central to your success at fitness or anything else in your life is.
Our feelings, good or bad, are the products of our own thoughts.
It's impossible to have a feeling about something until we first
become aware of it. This means we have to think about it before we
feel it. For example, if your mate gets upset with you for some
reason during the middle of the day, but you don't find out about it
until later in the day, at what point do you have a bad feeling
about the event? No matter how upset he or she was with you all day
long, you had no feeling about it because you didn't think about it.
If you believe that your feelings come before your thoughts--that
your feelings come out of nowhere and land in your head like a flock
of stray birds--then you place yourself at the mercy of whatever
feelings happen to be "descending on you" at the moment.
Taking Responsibility Gives You Power
To gain the power you need to make positive changes in your life,
you can't afford to see yourself as a powerless victim of external
factors.
When you believe something strongly, the "how to" of achieving it
comes to you virtually without effort. What you need to know and do
somehow flows magically into your awareness.
Once we are fully focused on what we want to create, and then
believe we can create it, our results are virtually assured!
Stated another way, once we're sufficiently clear about what to do,
we need not struggle to figure out how. You see, much of the failure
of traditional weight loss is the result of trying to force
something to happen. Effort, struggle, and relying on will power are
all signs that we're fighting with ourselves. But when our beliefs
are clear and positive, all we need to do is let it happen.
What Is Your Stage Of Fitness Consciousness?
With anything you do in life, psychologist Abraham Maslow tells us
there are four distinct stages of consciousness you can be at:
Stage One: Unconscious Incompetence. This is where we are when we
aren't reaching our goals and don't know where to look for the
problem, or may not even know that there is a problem. An incredible
number of people are at this stage concerning weight loss and
fitness.
Stage Two: Conscious Incompetence. At this stage we have become
fully aware that what we're doing isn't working, and we know we need
to be doing something else, even if we're not sure what it is. This
is where most people are when they start working with this success
system.
Stage Three: Conscious Competence. You have identified your problem
beliefs and attitudes and very consciously will have begun to
replace them with self-supporting ones.
Stage Four: Unconscious Competence. You now automatically and
effortlessly do the things that keep you fit and at your ideal
weight. You may or may not get there in 7 weeks, but you will be
unstoppably on your way if you stay with the program.
If the task of changing your beliefs seems a bit overwhelming, keep
this in mind: Every single belief you have right now was put into
your mind with your own cooperation. However conscious or
unconscious the process may have been, you played a central role in
the adoption of all of your current beliefs.
And it is you who keeps them alive today and lets them run your life
by not challenging their validity. Not a single one of your beliefs
can survive without your constant support. You are the only one who
can keep your beliefs alive, and you are the only one who can
replace them.
Your mind is the control center for your behaviors, and your
behaviors are what determine how you look and what you accomplish.
If your current experience of yourself is not to your liking, don't
run off to the gym or seek out the latest diet. The secret of your
success is much closer--between your ears. If you want to change
your life, start with your mind!
Next week look out for the "Top 10 Back-to-Basics, Confidence Tips".
Also, I would like to feature articles I wrote or that others wrote, if you have something you would like to be featured one week IM me at: Cybergasm7891 or Emin3026@hotmail.com