Understanding Change and Personal Growth

The moment you make a choice to do something differently, and the

hardest part about change is not making the same choice as you did

the day

before, get ready because it's going to feel

uncomfortable.

Right.

It's going to feel unfamiliar. There's going to be some uncertainty and

unpredictability, and that's the moment the game is on.

So then most people, their body has been conditioned

emotionally to be the mind. The body says, "Wow, I, I'd rather hang

on to my guilt than take a chance on possibility.

I'd rather live in fear than trust in the unknown." So-

Yeah

... so once the person feels uncomfortable,

the body goes, "Whoa, wait a

second. Uh, we're out of the program here."

And body starts

influencing the mind. So it says, "Start tomorrow. You'll never change.

You don't have the money to do this. You're not good enough.

Your mother told you you were this."

Yeah.

"It's your father's fault. It's your ex's fault."

Mm-hmm.

You know, all of the voices that come up.

Mm-hmm.

Now, here's the deal. If you respond to those voices, those

same thoughts as if they're true ...

By the way, they're always going on behind the scenes-

Sure

... of your awareness.

Sure.

But now they're amplified 'cause you're outside your comfort zone.

You believe in that thought, that thought's gonna lead to the same

choice, which is

gonna lead to the same behavior, which is gonna create the same experience and

produce the same emotion.

Mm.

And the person's gonna say, "This feels right."

Yes.

No, no, no, that feels familiar. Going from the old self to the new self

is a neurological, it's a biological, it's a chemical, it's a hormonal, it's a

genetic death of the old self. And people will say to me, "In that void,

in

that unknown, I can't predict my future."

And I'll say to them, "The best

way to predict your future is to create it."

I love that.

Not from the known but from the unknown.

So close your eyes now and think about that vision.

Once you start thinking about that vision of your future,

you're activating

the creative centers in your brain.

And naturally-

Mm-hmm

... you begin to think about putting yourself

in the scene.

And the act of doing that when you're truly passionate and

truly present, the moment you're defined by that vision,

when the thought in your mind becomes the experience-

Mm

... you begin to feel the emotion of the event

before it's made manifest.

Yes.

Now you're giving your body a sampling, a taste-

I love it

... of the future. And now if a thought and a feeling create a new

state of

being, you're combining a clear intention with an

elevated emotion,

and now you're beginning to change your biology.

And you're seeing a whole new landscape that you could never see before 'cause

you're no longer viewing your future through the lens of the past.