Self Hypnosis Motivation Success Formula

Did you ever try to get rid of a negative behavior, only to not succeed? There is an extensive list of frequent problem behaviors that people often try to alter or do away with using hypnotherapy. Possibly the most common are: Overeating and weight loss; stop smoking; quit chewing tobacco; stop nail biting; increasing self-confidence; overcoming insomnia and sleeping better; improving memory; and managing stress.

WHAT THE MIND CAUSES, THE MIND CAN CURE:
The motivation for our behaviors starts in our thoughts. When you mull it over, all of these harmful behaviors are the product of negative thinking. In other words, you think and motivate yourself into all of these behaviors. Or at least you think yourself into feeling tense, and that can trigger these behaviors. And given that you think and motivate yourself into these behaviors, you can think and motivate yourself out of them as well. In order to effectively think and motivate yourself out of these negative behaviors, you will need to know specifically how to go about doing so.

DESIRE:
You are perhaps reading this commentary for the reason that you want the motivation to change something about yourself. And that's fitting because the first component in the "Motivation Formula For Your Success" is that you must want or desire to change. If you have read this far, at least a little part of you desires a change.

BELIEF IS REQUIRED FOR MOTIVATION:
Before anyone can eliminate an unconstructive behavior, that person must be motivated to do so. Merely wanting a change is not adequate.

Motivation comes from the things that we believe. If we believe that something very important to us will get better or "become enhanced" if we make a change in our behavior, we will become motivated. Conversely, if we believe that something very important to us will be placed in jeopardy if we don't make a change in our behavior, we will also feel powerfully motivated to make a change.

Some plain examples of these motivational beliefs would be:

If I take some weight off, then I'll be able to find a companion.

If I kick my smoking habit, then I won't have to worry about cancer.

If I improve my study habits, then I can graduate from college.

TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN CREATE THE BELIEFS THAT LEAD TO MOTIVATION:
Neuro-Linguistic Programming - which is commonly known as NLP, provides strategies that are able to instantly produce the element of belief. You can learn more on this topic by reading the articles "How To Get Motivated To Exercise Using Hypnosis And NLP" and "Motivation Theory - How To Quit Smoking Using NLP And Hypnosis For Motivation." These articles are both available in my free hypnosis research library.

DECISION:
The dictionary definition of the word "Decision" is making up one's mind / a verdict or judgment. When you believe something that provides you with a powerful feeling of motivation to change your behavior, you will feel compelled to make a decision to alter a negative behavior. Decision is the key that unlocks the door and compels action.

ACTION:
The dictionary definition of the word "Action" is an act or deed / to do or perform. When you take action it means that instead of just thinking about making personal changes, you will actually take steps to bring about your desired changes.

SELF-TALK:
One of the reasons that most people fail to change or eliminate a negative behavior is because of how they talk to themselves. Self-talk is important because repeatedly it is an important part of what caused the negative behavior in the first place.

I'd like you to consider this for a moment: Let us say that you want to kick a cigarette addiction. Probably the first thing that you might say or think to yourself is: "I'm not going to smoke cigarettes any longer."

It's universal for people to tell themselves what they are not going to do. Unfortunately, when we tell ourselves what we aren't going to do, we are actually programming ourselves to do it!

SELF-TALK EXERCISE:
Say the following to yourself: I can't see blue. I can't see polka dots . . . . . . .

I'll bet your mind showed you the color blue, and then it showed you polka dots. That's because when we tell ourselves what we are not going to do, in order to make sense of it our mind must make a movie of us doing what it is that we want to stop doing. And when we see ourselves participating in a behavior, our mind compels us to generate that behavior.

SUMMARY:
In order to get rid of a negative behavior, we must want or DESIRE to eliminate it. BELIEF is the element that creates MOTIVATION. MOTIVATION is the drive that pushes us to DECISION. DECISION is the trigger to ACTION. NLP is a method that we can use to facilitate beliefs, motivation, decisions, and actions.

When we tell ourselves what we aren't going to do, we make a mental movie of ourselves in the behavior that we want to get rid of. And that mental movie gives us an urge to participate in the negative behavior. So if we want to get rid of a negative behavior, rather than tell ourselves what we won't do, we must always tell ourselves what we will do.

To quit smoking say: "I can live without them."

To abort cravings for high calorie foods or to give up chewing tobacco say: "I can live without it."

To reduce stress say: "I'm relaxed and calm, both mentally and physically."

To overcome insomnia say: "I fall asleep quickly, and sleep soundly and restfully throughout the night."

Alan B. Densky, CH is certified by the NGH. He runs the Neuro-VISION Video Hypnosis website and the Video Self-Hypnosis Blog. He offers hypnosis & NLP CDs for motivation. Visit his website for his free MP3 downloads, his research library and newsletters.