Self Hypnosis Formula For Success

Have you ever tried to eliminate a harmful behavior, only to be unsuccessful? There is list of frequent problem behaviors that people often try to alter or eliminate 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 stop and think about it, all of these negative behaviors are the end result of negative thinking. In other words, you think and motivate yourself into all of these behaviors. Or at least you think yourself into feeling anxious, and that can result in these behaviors. And given that you think and motivate yourself into these behaviors, you can think and motivate yourself out of them as well. But in order to think and motivate yourself out of these behaviors, you will need to know the "Motivation Formula For Success."

DESIRE: You are almost certainly reading this piece because you want the motivation to change something about yourself. And that is fitting because the first building block 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 desiring a behavior to change is not sufficient.

Our 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 modify our behavior, we will feel motivated. Conversely, if we believe that something very important to us will be placed at risk if we don't alter our behavior, we will also feel powerfully motivated to change.

Some simple examples of these motivational beliefs could be:

If I lose weight, then I'll be able to get a date or find someone to love me.

If I stop smoking, then I'll be healthier.

If I quit biting my nails, then my hands will be a lot prettier.

TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN CREATE THE BELIEFS THAT LEAD TO MOTIVATION: Neuro-Linguistic Programming - which is commonly known as NLP, offers strategies that can instantly create the element of belief. You can discover 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 defines the word "Decision" as making up one's mind / a verdict or judgment. When you accept as true an idea that gives you a powerful feeling of motivation to make a change, you will feel compelled to make a decision to get rid of a negative behavior. Decision is the key that unlocks the door to compelling action.

ACTION: The dictionary defines the word "Action" as 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 create your desired changes.

SELF-TALK: One of the reasons that individuals fail to change or eliminate a negative behavior is because of the way that they talk to themselves. Self-talk is vital because frequently it is part of what caused the negative behavior in the first place.

I'd like you to think about this for a moment: Let us say that you want to quit smoking. Possibly the first thing that you may well say or think to yourself is: "I'm not going to smoke cigarettes any longer."

It is universal for people to tell themselves what they aren't 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 aren't going to do, in order to make sense of it our mind must make a movie of us doing whatever it is that we want to stop doing. And when we picture ourselves in a behavior, our mind compels us to generate that behavior.

SUMMARY: In order to modify a negative behavior, we must want or DESIRE to get rid of it. BELIEF is the facet that leads us to MOTIVATION. MOTIVATION is the drive that leads us to DECISION. DECISION is the trigger to ACTION. Neuro-Linguistic Programming is a technology 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 picture of ourselves using the behavior that we want to modify. And that mental image gives us a powerful urge to generate the unwanted behavior. So if we want to get rid of a negative behavior, instead of telling ourselves what we won't do, we must always tell ourselves what we will do.

To break the smoking addiction say: "I can live without them."

To abolish cravings for fattening food or to stop chewing smokeless chewing tobacco say: "I can live without it."

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

To eliminate insomnia say: "I fall asleep promptly, and sleep restfully throughout the entire night."

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