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Consider lottery winners. Studies have shown that people who win the
lottery eventually return to their original level of income, the amount they
are comfortable with.
The amount they identify with!
We all think we need
excessive amounts of money, but unless we modify our belief system (our
comfort level) to feel deserving with this financial windfall, we will feel
incongruous and sabotage ourselves until we return to our natural state.
Sounds crazy, but it’s true!
Whether it is a golfer who double bogies
the last hole to sub-consciously
maintain their handicap thermostat,
a salesperson “programmed” to
make $50,000 annually who
suddenly hits a slump in the 4th
quarter to maintain this figure, or a
student who gets a “C” on the final exam to
maintain their B average, there are countless examples
of
self-regulating behaviors
that occur unbeknownst to
us. Where are you self-regulating or as some say
sabotaging your own success? Can you see now why you are
acting this way? It is because your identity and goals are not in
sync. You want to weigh 110 pounds, but your identity says you
weigh 130 pounds. Until you
identify
with 110 pounds, you will
be engaged in a constant struggle with your own identity and
most likely remain at 130 pounds. This is why diets result in
frustration.
The secret?
The minute you reprogram your mind and truly
see yourself as a 110-pound person (a 110-pound identity), it
will begin to happen.
The mind is indeed a powerful force!
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