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A plate of juicy, sliced lemons!

Guest post by: Debbie Robinson

Article Overview: What we think affects how we feel which affects our behaviour which creates our reality? How are you thinking, feeling, behaving?

A plate of juicy, sliced lemons!

Take a few moments to thinkabout a plate of freshly sliced, juicy lemons. Think about their colour, their texture, their smell, their taste. Are you salivating?

Most people will start to produce more saliva when asked to do this simple exercise. But whyam I asking you to do such abizarre thing? Simply to demonstrate to you how powerful our ability to visualise is and the physical impactit can have on our bodies and minds.

The physical effect that you experienced is purely down to your ability to visualise the sight, feeling, smell andtaste of lemons.There aren't any lemons for you to see, touch or taste so how come you have such a strong physical reaction? Well, yes lemons are a rather distict tasting fruit but how can thinking about something create a physical response and if we can do this thinking about lemons how can we use this to our benefit? Let's explore this a little further.

Have you led in bed when the alarm goes off and thought " Oh no, I don't want to get up and go to work. It's going to be a horrid day. I hate my boss, I hate my job. The drive is going to be hell, I'm going to stink at the presentation to the new client. This is going to be a bad day" .

What happens? Invariably you have a bad day because you "planned" it that way. You set yourself up to feel depressed, miserable, stressed and unhappy!

So lets turn it around and visualise a better day "It's going to be a great day today. My job is aok, it gives me most of what I want, my boss isn't all bad and he said thanks yesterday, which was nice. My presentation to the new client will go down a storm! The drive is going to be aok and I can listen to that new CD. Maybe I'll even get a great parking space!".

What happens? Invariably you have a good day because you "planned" it that way. You set yourself up to be positive, enthusiatic and happy!

SO WHAT HAS THIS GOT TO DO WITH LEMONS????

What we think about effects how we feel (there is a physical reaction towhat we think..remember the lemons!!) which in turn effectsour behaviour.

If you "plan" to be grumpy your body will react accordingly. You will feel dull, lacking energy and find negativity every where. But if you "plan" to behappy guess what, you will feel upbeat, energetic and positive, regardless of what life throws at you!

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Article Tags: behaviour, choice, depressed, lemons, NLP, performance, States
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