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3 Keys to Achieving Your Goals: Key 1 ~ Cognitive Bait (3 Part Series)

๐—ช๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐š๐ฉ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐—ช๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž?โฃ

Thereโ€™re a few key ways to doing this + all of them involve SIMPLYFYING your systems + routines.โฃ

๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐Ÿ: ๐‚๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐š๐ข๐ญโฃโฃ

In Psychology, it's the classic Cognitive Bait.โฃ

Unlike setting your alarm clock ahead to make yourself think you're getting an extra ten minutes of sleep, using Cognitive Bait that actually deems a desired outcome is foundational to many leaders' success and sustainability.โฃ

Cognitive Bait is giving your mind something it can chew on in order to tempt you to take a bite. Itโ€™s grandma at the door with fresh baked apple pie and a fan blowing the smell into the field to draw you in to eat. Cognitive Bait gets you to Show Up.โฃโฃ

So, how can you create and incorporate Cognitive Bait into your routine to further your desires? To get you closer to achieving your goals?โฃ

โฃBefore you write this off thinking you already know it all, read through this and ask yourself where are you implementing this in your own processes.โฃ

๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ~ Your Life is the summation of all your daily behavior. Feelings comes first, thoughts come second, and that drives your behavior. (1) Feel. (2) Perceive. (3) Do.โฃ

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Iโ€™ve had countless conversations with people + have felt these feelings myself. You know, the feelings of not being where you want to be, feeling like things arenโ€™t happening fast enough, or maybe feeling like things arenโ€™t happening at all. Feeling like you donโ€™t have the time to do what you want to do to achieve the goals you want to achieve. Circumstances never seem to allow you enough time, enough energy, enough money, enough support of whatever kind to take action the way you want to take action. Yeahโ€ฆthose feelings. โ€œWhy am I still at this job working for someone not half as qualified as me?โ€ โ€œAnother year and my resolutions havenโ€™t changedโ€โฃ

โฃHow do you change your feelings in these situations and how do you simplify ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต? โฃ

โฃWhen you are not where you think you should be, as far along as you feel you need to be, or in the body youโ€™re supposed to be in, there is ALWAYS something there required to learn. ALWAYS. โฃ

First letโ€™s look at some language used above: Should, Need, and Supposed to be. These words are words of control and manipulation. I donโ€™t mean let me fool you manipulation although arenโ€™t those words doing just that? I mean, when you morph + mold you manipulate. We donโ€™t learn when we are in that state of mind. We can only learn when we are in Receptive Mode. Ehh hemmโ€ฆ.Surrender, sound familiar? โฃ

Once we learn what weโ€™re required to learn, weโ€™re able to ascend to the next level. We Rise. That lesson may be as simple as learning how to navigate challenges smoothly, or learning critical skills that you may not even know you need, because you will be using them at that next level in your life. โฃ

๐—ช๐ž ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง.โฃ

โฃNow that you realize you choose how you feel about the current situation, letโ€™s explore how those feelings connect to your thoughts and how that can drive your daily behavior.โฃ

โฃChanging the way you feel doesnโ€™t solve real-world dilemmas like lack of time + resources, does it? You donโ€™t suddenly have a bank account overflowing to sign up for that gym membership or buy the new laptop and software, or hire the team that would make all this easier. Your kids donโ€™t suddenly start getting out of bed, making their own breakfast, and getting their own ride to school in the mornings, do they?โฃ

We spend a lot of time in our minds fretting over what is wrong, what we lack, what gives us passive stimulation to make up for not getting closer to achieving our desires and producing feelings of true fulfillment. โฃ

So, if youโ€™re not producing the resources to make it easier to obtain, how can you simplify things?โฃ

โฃCarving out time blocks to achieve whatever it is that you desire: a healthier body, a new business, a healthier relationship, more money, redecorate the guest room, clean out the garageโ€ฆ Something as simple as 10 minutes before bed, 1 hour a week, or 2 days a month---whatever amount of time seems doable + reasonable to you, can alleviate stress, stimulate peace + endurance, and allow you to not only narrow the gap between here and what you want, it rewrites the relationship you have with where you are right now. โฃ

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๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜บ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ. ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด, + ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ; ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ. โฃ

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Read that line again.โฃ

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โฃ๐’๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ: By breaking down your tasks to smaller, digestible bites, you are able to commit to these time blocks. Example: Psychologically itโ€™s a lot harder to commit to doing 100 crunches a day to achieve that flat tummy you desire versus 5 crunches. If you block the time for just 5 crunches daily you will achieve your goal faster than a sporadic 100 crunches once every other month. Donโ€™t overwhelm yourself, take smaller bites. Science tells us that most likely youโ€™ll do more than the 5 crunches once you get on the floor by the way. Creating the laundry list of things to do can set you up for failure because you become so overwhelmed by the list, you barely begin-- if at all. โฃ

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โฃHopefully after reading this you feel differently about where you are today and how can create a simple routine to narrow the gap.โฃ

โฃ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: โฃ

โฃ1. Identify what lessons you may be required to learn in this current state; where you are right now.โฃ

2. Accept that lesson and begin the mastery of it; take pride in learning this skill. Shift the energy of your current state.โฃ

3. How can you break down some smaller, digestible daily tasks to narrow the gap? What kind of Cognitive Bait can you incorporate in your daily routines?โฃ

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๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐Ÿ #3KeysToAchievingGoalsโฃ