Tune Into and Programming Your Mind

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You may not realize it, but your subconscious mind could be the very thing that is holding you back from being as successful as you dream of.

As humans, there is a lot that goes on in our heads that we don’t even realize, subconsciously deciding what we do and don’t do without giving the action or choice much thought.

The problem with this is that after years of ‘programming’, our own minds can become our number one enemy when trying to achieve a goal. You may not even realize it, but your subconscious mind actually controls a great deal of your behavior. Whilst only around 10% of your brain actually interacts with the outside world, a huge 90% of your mind is comprised by the subconscious, so it’s no wonder that it controls so much of what you do.

On duty 24/7, the subconscious can’t tell the real from the imagined – which is just one of the reasons why it can be so influential on how successful you are in life.

Your conscious mind (the part that you are aware of) is responsible for identifying various information through the use of the five senses – sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing – and making decisions based on what is  relevant in your life. Subsequently, the decisions that you make with your conscious mind affect your subconscious.  

Programming Your Mind 

Throughout your life, you are constantly programming your subconscious mind - even without realizing it - as a result of the decisions that you make. Thoughts, habits and beliefs are all ‘programmed’ into the subconscious – if you’ve ever found yourself doing something simply ‘on auto-pilot’, you have your subconscious to thank for that.

The first step to achieving success in life is to train your subconscious to think successfully. Although this may sound like a difficult or even impossible task, it can be done if you are prepared to put in the right amount of effort.

So, how exactly can you program your mind to think like a successful person? Since you’re reading this, you’re definitely already on the right path. Now, all it takes is learning the strategies to tweak your subconscious and change those negative habits to positive ones, leading yourself down a path of success rather than failure or mediocracy. 

Visualizing Success  

One of the most important steps to programming your subconscious mind to think and operate in a matter that encourages success is to visualize the various things that you wish to achieve in life. This could be comprised of a whole variety of different things – whether you dream of starting and running a successful business, owning your own home, working in a better paid job or even becoming healthier, visualization is the very first step that you need to take on the road to success.

Without a specific vision of success, it can be hugely difficult to point your subconscious mind in the direction that you want it to go. Knowing where you are going is, after all, vital to knowing when you arrive.

With that being said, it’s also crucial to ensure that your visions are not too general. Having a generic vision for success such as ‘have a great life’, although genuine and positive, is neither clear nor focused enough to have an impact on programming your subconscious mind into taking the right kind of actions for success.