The ultimate guide to change your mindset
First, most people never change anything because they believe nothing is wrong with them. Change is scary. It's unknown, uncertain. You don't know what you will encounter out there, and at least you know how to deal with your current pain.
If you want to change, to really change, you need help. And I appreciate that you are taking the time to read this and let me help you. I changed my way of thinking because it was that or died. So if I couldn't go any lower, the only option was to go up, change, and imitate how successful people think. Because there must be a recipe, right? Let's follow that recipe here.
The hard drive of your mind
In the hard drive of our minds, we have stored information that can be erased or made stronger. Most of the time, we operate in automatic for easier purposes. Our brains stop thinking, and we do and say automatically, according to our mindset.
Let me give you a few examples here:
The relationship with money
I used to have a negative and poor relationship with money. I inherited that relationship. You see, I'm Mexican, and in my culture, having money is badly seen. Evil people have money, and poor people will go to heaven. So I grew up thinking like that. I never saw the importance of this until I was about 18 years old. I had a small business, making good money and losing it all. I had too many expenses, problems, and unexpected things that made me spend my money, and I ended up with nothing every month. I blamed the business, my employees, and everyone but me.
Everything is monetizable
I thought it was my industry; I believed it was hard, unprofitable, and would never make me rich. Then I compared my business to others and saw that they were crushing it. They did exactly the same as me. One day I did a magical thing. I read a mindset book.
I opened my eyes and saw how I spoke about money and my business.?
The power of your vocabulary
You see, mindset is how you think, and you bring to life your thoughts by the way you speak. Listen carefully to a poor person and to a rich person. Pay careful attention to the adjectives they use. The way they speak about life, money, everything. You will change your life when you learn how to use your words.
Adopt New Habits
A habit is an action that you always repeat. You do it without thinking about it. There are good habits and bad habits. To change your mindset, you must adopt habits that will help you transform yourself.
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Some good examples are: Meditation, reading, exercise, work
The best way to get started is by analyzing your habits, which ones should be removed, and which ones should be adopted.?
Reverse engineer your goals
What this means is that we must establish a long-term goal. Let's say we open a new business at the end of the year. Once we have that long-term goal, we must set monthly goals that will allow us to fulfill the goal. So starting at the end and then seeing what we need to do every month, week, and day to accomplish the goal is called a reverse engineer.
I will suggest you do this with everything you do. Business, lifestyle, relationship, and growth goals. This is a way of living; by setting a direction, you will know where you are going and how far you are from achieving that.
Baby steps every day
Baby steps every day mean that by doing a small improvement or something different, you will change your mindset and accomplish your goals. It's extremely hard to change a person by night, which is why most people stay where they are. Also, you will fail if you try big changes at once since your behavior and mindset are set to old patterns. The more you fail, the more your mind will be set to negativity.
Change your Environment
I once read that we are the sum of the five people we spend the most time with. be careful with whom you engage. Humans have a strong need to be accepted to belong; this goes back to prehistoric times. You will unconsciously want to be accepted into a group you know is not right for you, will not help you grow and you dislike. But for your mind, that is better than rejection.
Now, if you start engaging with people doing more than you, if you are accomplishing more and have a big desire to succeed, you will do so too. Your desire to change, plus your need for acceptance, will give you tremendous results.
This is the perfect example of a young kid who started smoking because his friends at school did, even though he knew it was wrong and didn't like it. But hey, everyone does it, so I must do it too!
Putting it all together
The ultimate way to change your mindset is to know what you want and where you are going. To change your environment. Change your habits, like exercise and meditation, and improve your relationship with your vocabulary. It is a long way to go but it is completely worth it. Remember that you must become the person worthy of the success you deserve.
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