Reprogramming The Mind For Success

What most people do not realize is that when we become addicted to a drug – be it nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, or heroin – it is our cells that become addicted. A physical addiction. Take away the drug and it’s our cells that are screaming out for more. And here’s the reason why. Our brain releases a chemical called ‘Dopamine’ as a reward for doing something pleasurable, be it sex, eating, winning, etc. When you do something that makes you feel good within yourself, your body is experiencing a rush of dopamine and you get the feeling of being happy. Dopamine is no different from any other artificial chemical or drug.  Take away the habit and your body will respond by doing what is necessary to get it back to it’s comfort zone.
If you attempt to change your eating habits, for example, you are not going to receive your dopamine rush because the foods you were eating before made you feel good where as the new foods do not and this is where the cravings start.

Overcoming a habit be it chemical (cells) or behavioural (neural pathways), requires an understanding of what is going on in your mind and body. The process that is going on was created to keep you alive and comfortable. As soon as you stray from it, you know it.
The good news is that those willing to accept this and work with it – and not against it – will see massive changes in their lives.

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Ginbey

Do you remember that you have a choice as to how you look at your subconscious?
Those that are happy, healthy, successful, fulfilled and balanced in life have that as their
self-image. Those that are unhappy, broke, unfulfilled and live unbalanced lives have this
as their self-image. Your self-image – the picture of you in your mind – is being
created from day one. It is important for you to recognize how you see yourself
within, which means being very honest with yourself! And to take this to another level, think about how it could affect your children. What is their self image and what are their beliefs? It’s important to get this right from an early stage to give them the best opportunity in life.

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Ginbey

So lets look at an example and see how it all works.
Think of a fear that you may have. Lets say it’s ‘Investing in the stockmarket’. Perhaps you gained this fear from a bad experience in the past because you lost some money. Perhaps it’s simply your Self Image that you are not an investor. Either way, you have instilled a belief in your subconscious mind that produces a chemical reaction and produces that fear every time you think about ‘investing in the stock market’.

A series of events occurs.
First, your psycho cybernetic mechanism recognizes that you have created a thought process that is in direct conflict with your beliefs. In other words, you have briefly imagined yourself investing in the stockmarket. Your PCM sees this as a diversion from your usual course and sends a message to your Amygdala. In turn, it releases chemicals into your body, creating feelings of fear, doubt and anxiety.

However, lets say you meet someone who has done quite well from the stockmarket and says that he will help you, but first of all you need to come up with £20,000.

Straight away your first thoughts are going to be of what it would feel like to lose that £20k. Fear and anxiety take over and you hear yourself making excuses as to why you can’t come up with the money. It’s fight or flight and your survival instinct has naturally pulled you away from the situation to protect you and return you to your comfort zone.

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Ginbey

Have you ever been on a diet, lost a bit of weight and then ended up back where you started? Have you been trading the stockmarket, started off with say £10,000, got up to £50,000, then ended up back at £10,000 if not less. Have you been trying to get out of debt, or change your lifestyle and find yourself, continually getting the same result. No matter what you do, you end up doing the same thing over and over. Well, here’s the reason why. It is all to with your self image. How you perceive yourself, will create the actions you believe and therefore produce the associated results. If you keep saying to yourself, ‘I’ll never be able to ……’ and try to protect yourself by not really trying, then chances are you will never end up more than what you are today. Successful people like athletes use this technique all the time. Visualize what you want and that you all ready have it.

This all comes down to our self image and the functions of our subconscious. As part of our subconscious, there are four systems in our brain that determine who we are. They are:
1. Associations and Neural Pathways
2. The Reticular Formation
3. The Psycho-Cybernetic Mechanism
4. The Amygdala

We will discuss each of these soon, but first lets have a look at the decision making process. Every person has a self image embedded in their sub-conscious. This self image is what we call our ‘Comfort Zone’. As we receive information via our 5 senses, we tend to accept what is in line with our self image and disregard that which is not. Every now and then, we are forced to input information that is out of our comfort zone and this invokes feelings like fear and anxiety. Our natural response of Fight or Flight, is generally to retreat to the safety of our comfort zone and self image. Protection at all costs. So now that we understand the process, think back to the change in lifestyle you’ve been looking for, but can’t seem to find. Ring any bells? It’s all to do with our Self Image and Comfort Zone.

Yours Sincerely,

Stuart Ginbey

The Wealth Academy