VALUES ARE LIKE A COMPASS THAT DIRECTS YOUR LIFE

In the build-up to the launch of my book “WALKING BACK TO HAPPINESS - THE SECRET TO ALCOHOL-FREE LIVING & WELL-BEING”, to be published very shortly – date to be announced soon, I am sharing transcripts of the life changing experiences I encountered on my first year of going alcohol-free.

I’d never sat down before with pen and paper or keyboard and screen and thought about listing my values. But it is probably one of the best things I have ever done. It’s the start of the process of working out what it is you stand for, what you’d like to stand for and what you don’t want to stand for.

This is really powerful stuff and is at the heart of the secret to stopping drinking and going alcohol-free. By changing your values and beliefs you can change your story, your world and the direction of your life.

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Values are the universal concepts that unite people. They include concepts like fairness, justice, freedom and equality. Tony Robbins says they ‘are like a compass that directs your life’. They motivate us, demotivate us and justify our behaviour.

One of the most exciting discoveries I made is that I can reorganise my values. I can add, delete and restructure them to support the life I want. The science says that all information must enter through our minds. The brain uses our values and beliefs as a filter system to influence how we perceive the world around us.

Neuro Linguistic Programming, or NLP, sees values as those things that provide direction in our lives. We move towards things we value and away from things we don’t. We pay attention to those things that we feel are important and ignore those things we don’t.

When I started the process of reviewing, deleting and inserting new values, I realised I was living in my own self-made cycle of get up, go to work, watch TV, drink wine, go to bed, get up and do it again.

Don’t get me wrong – I have always enjoyed my life. I love running my own business and I have a wide range of hobbies and a beautiful family. But something was wrong. I was drinking too much to really appreciate what I had.

ABOUT THE BOOK

This is the story of how a?50-something-year-old,?who had been locked into the habit of drinking alcohol for over 35 years,?finally woke up and said, "I want a different life"; how he found his purpose and in doing so, transformed his mind and body; how he lost 30% of his body weight and made anxiety and sleepless nights a thing of the past.

Set out in six sections…

The book follows my experiences over the first year of alcohol-free living, covering:

-???????Time To Act: Day 1

-???????The Journey Begins: The First Few Days

-???????Discovering The New You: The First Few Weeks

-???????Understanding The New You: The First Few Months

-???????The New You: Beyond 90 Days

-???????A New Life: One Year & Beyond

?Each chapter comprises…

-???????My Story

-???????What I Learnt

-???????Steps You Can Take

-???????Key Learnings

The book will help you:

-???????Identify your values

-???????Cement your beliefs

-???????Find your purpose

-???????Reduce your anxiety

-???????Lose weight

-???????Improve your well-being

-???????Discover the power of mindfulness & meditation

-???????Be more present

-???????Unleash your alcohol-free superpower

-???????Transform your mind & body

To be published in Summer 2022. Available on Amazon, other leading book sellers and through www.9kmby9am.com

? Copyright Nigel Jones 2022. The moral right of the author has been asserted. All rights reserved.

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