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Changing Minds, Changing Mindsets

June 3rd, 2008

From Personal Achievement with Kyle Edginton

Have You Changed Your Mind?

GotAnIdeaXSmallYou may have heard, the areas of personal growth, development and achievement are based on “mindset”.

Part of that mindset is figuring out how to cope with the world around you and to  achieve your growth and development…inspite of it ALL!

To build a successful mindset, you will need to go step-by-step.  You will need to start with small changes to train your mind to adapt to this new way of life.

The purpose of your mind is first and foremost…

…PROTECTION!

Protection from what you may ask.  Well that can be difficult to answer and basically, it is protection from the outside world and…

…YOURSELF!

That’s right, protection from yourself.  You can be a danger to yourself, especially if you are doing things differently than you have been conditioned your entire life.

Your mind has been conditioned by all of the different experiences you have had in your life.

Now that you have taken on a life of self-improvement, you will be venturing outside of your comfort zone.  Your mind’s job is to keep you in that comfort zone and it will do anything it must to achieve that purpose.

So you mission, if you choose to accept it, is to recondition your mind to accept this new way of life and to make it natural so that your mind can become a partner as opposed to an adversary.

So how do we do this?

We must police our thoughts so that we can start to see the patterns that are preventing us from moving forward.

Only once you find the problems, can you begin to create the solution.

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