"Man is by nature a goal-striving being."
"Every human being has been literally ‘engineered for success’ by his Creator. Every human being has access to a power greater than himself."
You are Limited by Your Imagination
“Imagine how you would feel if you were already the sort of personality you want to be. If you have been shy and timid, see yourself moving among people with ease and poise—and feeling good because of it. If you have been fearful and anxious in certain situations—see yourself acting calmly and deliberately, acting with confidence and courage—and feeling expansive and confident because you are. This exercise builds new ‘memories’ or stored data into your mid-brain and central nervous system. It builds a new image of self. After practicing it for a time, you will be surprised to find yourself ‘acting differently,’ more or less automatically and spontaneously— ‘without trying.’”
Get Rid of Self-Limiting Beliefs
We all home some preconditioning given tot us by society, family friends, etc.....need to evaluate these and discard.
“Here again, hypnosis furnishes convincing proof. When a shy, timid, wallflower is told in hypnosis, and *believes* or ‘thinks’ he is a bold, self-confident orator, his reaction patterns are changed *instantly*. He currently acts as he currently believes. His attention is given over completely to the positive desired goal—and no thought or consideration whatsoever is given to past failures.”
The Rational mind does all the programming, The sub-conscious mind does all the work and finds solutions.
“He must have a burning desire to solve the problem. But, after he has defined the problem, sees in his imagination the desired end result, secured all the information and facts that he can, then additional struggling, fretting and worrying over it does not help, but seems to hinder the solution.”
There is a time for conscious, intense training and practicing. However, when you are performing, it cannot be a conscious effort but a natural reaction.
Again....Habits, Habits, Habits
“Our self-image and our habits tend to go together...When we consciously and deliberately develop new and better habits, our self-image tends to outgrow the old habits and grow into the new pattern.”
Know that if you want to change your personality, the fastest way is to change your habits.
You Need a Goal and You Need a Why
“We are engineered as goal-seeking mechanisms. We are built that way. When we have no personal goal which we are interested in and which ‘means something’ to us, we are apt to ‘go around in circles,’ feel ‘lost’ and find life itself ‘aimless,’ and ‘purposeless.’ We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve. People who say that life is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no personal goals which are worthwhile. Prescription: Get yourself a goal worth working for.”
If you still feel restless, chances are the goal you set really doesn't inspire you.
GRIT
As you tackle your goals, you are going to fail....you need GRIT to keep trying.
Fake It Until You Make It
“And if there is one simple secret to the operation of your unconscious creative mechanism, it is this: call up, capture, evoke the feeling of success. When you feel successful and self-confident, you will act successfully. When the feeling is strong, you can literally do no wrong.....Simply define your goal or end result. Picture it to yourself clearly and vividly. Then simply capture the feeling you would experience if the desirable goal were already an accomplished fact. Then you are acting spontaneously and creatively. Then you are using the powers of your subconscious mind."