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Michael Dylan
Internet Entrepreneur and Businessman
Michael Dylan is a successful entrepreneur
and business enthusiast. He has owned
and managed several successful business
online and offline.
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Motivational Change - Article by Michael Dylan
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If
you have ever tried to quit smoking or to
change some major behavior that you have
habitually done for many years, you will
know how powerful our habits are. Human
habits are a tough nut to crack, but like
any tasty nut in a hard shell, it is very
rewarding to break through the barrier holding
you back.
A powerful way to reach inside and create
new habits or behaviors is to learn why
we do what we do, and how much better it
would be if we didn't do it!. We simply
do not change long held beliefs or behaviors
unless we are somehow shocked by how bad
our behavior is or we are motivated to change
by seeing the benefits or rewards for our
new actions. Another way of looking at it
is that we act like donkeys: We run after
the tasty carrot in front of us, or we run
from the whipping of our behind.
Motivational Change with the Whip
Organizations like the animal rights group
PETA understand very clearly how the whipping
works on our habits and behaviors. On their
PETA
TV website they have very graphic and
shocking videos that show the negatives
of wearing fur or eating animals. Their
aim is to shock us into changing our way
of thinking about animals and the way they
are treated in the fur or abattoir industries.
In order to get us to stop eating meat and
wearing fur they show us the most worst
possible images that these behaviors create,
urging us to change.
Motivational Change with the Carrot
With the opposite extreme, advertisers are
very good at showing us carrots and changing
our buying behaviors by bombarding us with
images of pleasure and happiness. Their
advertisements tell us that if we buy their
products we can also have the carrots they
are showing us, whether it is a beautiful
woman in a new car, or amazing profits from
a financial product, or a naked woman holding
a beer. They want us to change our behavior
by showing us how much better our life could
be if we bought their products or services.
Motivational Self Change
To make our own personal changes we have
to get very clear about what is negative
(whip) about the habit and what benefits
(carrots) we will gain by changing. List
as many whippings and carrots as possible.
Negatives can be reinforced with images
and life experiences like visiting a cancer
ward if you are trying to change your smoking
behavior. While positives can be reinforced
by images and life experiences like taking
your dream car for a test drive or walking
through display homes similar to your dream
home.
We have to continually reinforce both the
whipping (creating intense pain if we DON'T
change) and the carrot (creating intense
pleasure if we DO change). The more ways
of emphasizing the good and bad associated
with the behavior we want to change, the
more likely we will continue with the new
positive habit. Pain and pleasure are powerful
driving forces when we learn to focus them
and use them properly.
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