Monday Motivating Mindset

THE HYPE

This weeks Motivating Mindset will give you a whole new outlook on life.


THE CHALLENGE

Your Mindset challenge this week is getting in the habit of asking yourself:
"How do I know the story that I am telling myself is real?"


THE PROMISE

Ask yourself this question whenever you are talking to yourself this week and the promise is you will open up your mind and help put a positive spin on the perspective of your life.


THE TIPS

Since you woke up today what "stories" about yourself and your life have you bought into?

Stories are represented by the self-talk, thoughts, ideas, beliefs, assumptions, attitudes and paradigms that you filter your world through.

Pay attention to how the story makes you feel.

Does the story make you stronger or seem to prolong your success longer?

What's important is whether or not the story was "supportive" or "non-supportive" towards the fulfillment of your higher self, or higher purpose

Struggling repeatedly, unable to break-through or have been making the same mistake over and over are all symptoms of a non-supportive story.

Whenever you are consciously aware of your story ask yourself "how do I know the story that I am telling myself is real?"

This week let's focus on the seemingly "negative" stories that we often tell our self.

Stories something along the lines of "ugh, I'm so tired... I don't sleep well the night before big presentations and now today work is going to be a nightmare"

Or your story could sound like "today's test at school is going to be hard because I'm not good at math"

Your self-talk could say something such as "I will never lose those extra pounds"

These are just some of the stories that people tell themselves on a daily basis, however the variations and possibilities are "unfortunately" endless.

It's unfortunate because there are NO species on Earth besides humans that tell stories to them self.

In fact humans are the only species that mentally second guesses its' own natural intuitive abilities and tells stories to itself.

The only thing worse than telling stories to yourself is believing the stories you are telling.

The next time you find yourself in the middle of a story, ask yourself the question "How do I know the story that I am telling myself is real?"

Let's play out the application of this mindset using the above example "ugh, I'm so tired... I don't sleep well the night before big presentations and now today work is going to be a nightmare"

Upon realizing that you have caught yourself in the middle of this non-supportive story you can now instead ask yourself "how do I know the story that I am telling myself is real?" and begin brainstorming all the possibilities that you could be wrong.

Using the example of the being tired, you would try and recall previous examples where you were able to perform even though your energy and focus were not optimal.

Or you could ponder how without being psychic you could know "for certain" that the presentation would be a nightmare if you haven't yet experienced it?

Are you taking into consideration that everyone is given an opportunity to learn and grow from their experiences?

Have you considered that even if you were an absolute and complete failure prior to today, you can use all your experiences of failure to create new and better ways to get what you need done.

For example you think back and remember that you always struggle with the opening of your presentation, but using this information positively by taking time before the presentation to remember the first few lines. You may not remember them all or improve your presentation 100%, but at least now you have a history of conscious improvement that you can be proud of.

It is up to you to use your previous challenges to bring awareness to the areas in life that you need to prepare more.



THE SECRET

So you might be wondering how exactly do you know whether or not to believe a story?

The best advice is adopted from Henry Ford quotes who said "whether you believe you can or you can not, you are right".

This means that whatever story you are telling yourself is the only one you are going to believe and no one else will be able to convince you otherwise until you've first considered it yourself.

Since the process of story telling is self-serving you may as well try and consciously ensure that the story serves the self.

Make sure that the story frames the situation in the best way possible and puts you in a position to move forward.

A great question to follow-up the question of "How do I know the story that I am telling myself is real?" is asking yourself:

"What if the whole story or parts of it turned out to be fabricated?"

Believe it or not the likelihood of you turning up new information that out dates your old information is quite high.

This is because the reality we experience is only as good as the senses we perceive it with.

Many technologies were invented because we can not capture the entirety of reality with just our natural senses.

For example things like infrared, ultra-violet, microwaves, infra-sound are all things that exist but are not detectable by our senses.

We cannot see in infrared, spot ultra-violet light or hear infra-sound normally but they all can become a part of our reality with the right equipment.

With technology we can now see in the dark with night vision goggles and apply sun block to screen out invisible but harmful UV rays.

Yet these are things that in which were not possible only a few short years ago.

So imagine if we always thought it would never be possible to see in the dark simply based on the history of not being able to see in the dark before?

The discovery of floatation and buoyancy was not derived by pondering the science of sinking.

You only limit future experiences by believing the stories of your past because the feelings of these stories keep you from your higher self which is always found in the present moment.

The present moment brings with it choice. Choice to choose what you story you will voluntarily believe.

The more lucid and liquid like your beliefs around the stories that you tell yourself the more your attitude will be able to adapt to accommodate the growth and changes in your life.

Develop the conscious awareness within yourself to be like water, fluid and flexible in your thinking and learn to go with the flow and change states as needed.

One of your greatest goals in life is to consciously decide how to apply previous experiences in any given situation to achieve the best results.

The best results in any given situation are those that move you towards your goal in the quickest and easiest way.

Be patient with yourself at all times and be certain to reward yourself whenever you uncover any unsupportive belief systems and stories.

You can develop a fluid a flexible way of thinking by asking yourself "How do I know the story that I am telling myself is real?" and following that answer up with "What if the whole story or parts of it turned out to be fabricated?"

Everyday you have the gift and freedom of complete control of writing and re-writing your story to suit your lifestyle and life aspirations.

It is not your role to "read" or live the story of your life but rather it is your responsibility to write or create the story of your life.

You are the storyteller of your destiny so make sure that write your life as a storybook fairytale!