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| Brighter Future? Sounds Good! |
A branch of psychology called neurolinguistic
programming has made an interesting and useful
discovery: You can change the way you imagine or
remember things without changing what you imagine, and
it will change your feelings. For example, if a visual
memory makes you sad whenever you think about it, you
can make that mental picture smaller and dimmer, and
when you do, the memory won't make you as sad. Since
you haven't changed the content of the memory, you
haven't lost any information. You've simply made it
less painful.
When you visually remember a pleasant memory, you can
make the picture more colorful and the memory will
give you even more intense good feelings. You can make
your pictures of the future brighter, wider, deeper,
or you can bring the images closer. Changes like these
will make you feel different-even when you leave the
content of the picture the same.
These are general guidelines. You'll need to
experiment for yourself to find out what will work for
a particular image. For a few people, making an
exciting picture brighter makes the feelings less
intense. And for some kinds of pictures, increasing
the brightness would cause the feelings to become less
intense - for example, a romantic memory.
What is true for visual images also applies to the way
you talk to yourself. For example, if you have trouble
motivating yourself, try changing the tone of voice
you use when you speak to yourself. Some people order
themselves around. The voice they use to talk to
themselves is harsh and commanding. Listening to
yourself being bossy can have the same effect as
listening to someone else being bossy: It can make you
want to rebel. Change your tone to friendly or
seductive, and you might feel more motivated. When you
tell yourself, "I can do it," fill your internal voice
with enthusiasm and back it up with inspiring music.
The possibilities are virtually endless.
The important thing to understand is that the way you
code your inner world has an impact, and you have
quite a bit of control over that coding. You can
change it deliberately. When you do, it will change
your feelings, which will change your actions, which
will change the world around you.
-- Adam Khan |
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