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Become Someone's Yes! Person

Guest post by: Jackie Mckay

Article Overview: Have you ever found yourself really excited about taking on a new project or idea, enrolling in a "different" course, wanting to lose a few pounds?

Become Someone's Yes! Person

Have you ever found yourself really excited about taking on a new project or idea, enrolling in a "different" course, wanting to lose a few pounds, finally tackling that list of to-do's or taking on a new hobby only to end up letting the idea fall to the way side? If you have, I'd like to officially welcome you to the club of normal human beings! You see , the reason you do this is not because you are flakey, unfocused or lack discipline. The reason you do this is because you, as all human beings, have an unconscious mind.

The unconscious mind is your ally when used properly and it's your worst enemy when left to its own forces. Your unconscious mind will hijack your imagination and leave you feeling discouraged and frustrated. Your unconscious mind is essentially your emotions and your feelings. It is all of your learned behaviors that have been installed into you since your birth from your parents, friends, family and experiences.

The unconscious mind runs your body: tired = sleep, hungry = eat... controls and maintains all of your perceptions, receives and transmits perceptions to your conscious mind, generates habits and maintains instincts, looks for how you can grow - always wants more, needs repetition to install a habit, takes everything personally, is very lazy and does not process negatives. Lastly, your unconscious mind is you! When you say "I am" this is your unconscious mind talking.

Let's examine some useful examples of what I'm talking about:

• Conscious thought: "I am fat; I need to lose 15 lbs."
• Subconscious: hears I am fat - doesn't register the I need to lose 15lbs
• Feeling and belief: "I don't have what it takes lose the weight. Who am I to want to be more attractive? People may notice me. I should just be happy with what I have"
• Outward Action: I'm not going to bother.

OR

• Conscious thought: "I am poor; I need to make more money"
• Subconscious: hears I am poor - doesn't register the I need to make more money
• Feeling and belief: "I don't have enough money. I am poor."
• Outward Action: I'm not going to bother or I have to work really hard or I will settle with where I'm at or I have to budget.

So, that's why you continue to manufacture the same behaviors in your life. Your mind spends most of its time in fear or lazy lockdown and ultimately the result is that your spirit will end up feeling suppressed and depressed.

Furthermore, when your unconscious mind (feelings and beliefs) and your conscious mind aren't in agreement, your unconscious mind will always win! And you will be left struggling and stuck! BIG results in your life will be delayed. If you've been saying "Other people are smarter. I'm too old to go back to school. I wish it could be me." This is what is going on!

And this is why becoming and having YES! people is so important!

YES! People will shine a light on what you truly want. YES! People will help you contain the nasty monsters in your unconscious mind. YES! People will help you to take the next step and see that you get through it. YES! People will call you out when you want to retreat. YES! People don't care what other's have to say and will hold you to your truth. YES! People will intercept you from getting in your own way. YES! People say "I believe in you, you can do it!"

So, will you join me in my crusade for more YES! People and join my new YES! People club? The only thing you are required to do is become a support to someone who needs some help and give them some believing eyes. Also, you are required to stop being cynical, stop being doubtful, and stop being the devil's advocate. There's a different club for that!

And if you'd like to be up to big things but are scared, find someone to be your YES! Person. Don't be a lone ranger. Get off your island. You're not supposed to be doing it yourself. That's why there are so many of us on this planet!

Thanks to all of my YES! People. It's so nice to have someone hold a flashlight for me when it feels dark.

Your Success Assignment

Try this exercise now. It will give you incredible insight as to why humans need a support system in life.

Set a timer for 2 minutes and ask yourself "what accomplishments must, in my opinion, occur during my lifetime so that I will consider my life to have been satisfying and well lived - a life of no regrets?"

Write as though you're writing to no one. You're simply answering this to thin air. Next, set the timer again and ask yourself the same question. This time, write your answer to the one person who totally believes in you (you can write to me if you like!) - Even if that one person is your dog or cat!

What do you notice? Did you notice that when there are believing eyes on you, it's easier to let your imagine stretch a bit?

Now go out there and find a YES! Person to call you forth in those accomplishments that must occur in your life. And don't forget to be someone else's YES! Person.

Now, if you'd like to make some big time shifts in your life and find yourself overwhelmed and not sure where to start then let's change that ASAP. Let me be your personal YES! Person and help you conquer your goals.

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