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Conquer Internal Resistance
Conquer Internal Resistance
Deserve
Go beyond the tips and insights in this guide.
Kam Knight
Finally, Achieve the Success You
Deserve
We all have!
We all have drives and desires to start a business, write a book, travel the
world, or be a better mom or dad, but never actually get around to doing it.
As each year passes, new boxes are added to the list, but none are crossed off.
Each time a box is added, we are absolutely sure that it’s going to be checked
off, but it rarely is, if ever.
They assume that wanting something bad enough is enough to take action.
In this guide, you'll learn what internal resistance is, why it shows up, and
how to keep it from sabotaging your success.
Step 1
There is a part of your mind that is designed to keep you from growing and
making progress.
You see, anytime a decision or course of action stands before you, that
decision is reviewed by your mind using a host of criteria, like a check list
If the decision is not in line with the list, your mind will prevent action.
It DOESN’T matter how much motivation you have, how easy the solution is,
or how much benefit you can derive, if the mind doesn’t approve the decision,
you can’t act - period!
Every decision that comes up, must go through them. If even one of the
members is against the idea, it won’t pass.
There is no way around it.
I can pump you with all the motivation and solutions in the world, but none
of that will matter.
Realizing that a part of your brain is actively working to hold you back.
So, what are the reasons the mind holds you back?
1. Identity
Identity are characteristics that define you. It usually starts with the words I
am...
· I am studious
· I am generous
· I am a fighter
· I am stylish
· I am cool
· I am independent
We humans are designed to operate within the confines of the identity we have
formed or accepted.
That means, your brain will make it easier to do something if it is in line with
your identity, and more difficult, if it goes against that identity.
If you see yourself as studious, doing homework will come naturally. On the
other hand, if you identify as being cool, you'll have difficulty studying no
matter how hard you try.
2. Authority Issues
Another reason deals with authority issues, which relate to our unconsciously
held attitudes toward authority figures, such as parents, teachers, principals,
bosses, priests, and even personal development coaches like myself.
If so, you may have built up so much anger and frustration towards them, it
created a resistance to taking or following any advice they gave.
Like most forms of resistance, many of our authority issues are unconscious.
We don’t realize we formed or are holding on to them.
Most people think they are doing things because they choose or want to do
them. The reality is, their choices are a reaction AGAINST some authority
figure.
3. Habit
Habits are designed to keep you in a routine or pattern of behavior, and in their
efforts, habits will do everything they can to ensure you stick to that routine or
behavior.
If habits didn’t, they wouldn’t be very good at what they did, now would they?
Even if a behavior is painful and downright harmful to your health, habits will
still keep you in it.
That means, if you try to do something that goes against habits, your mind will
stop you.
This is Step 2, understand the reasons the mind holds you back
Your brain goes through all of this with something as simple as moving your
arm.
This may shed light on why even the simplest acts like opening you mouth in a
meeting, turning off the television, or resisting chocolate can be so difficult.
It’s NOT because you lack motivation or the right tools, but because your brain
- for one reason or another - is STOPPING YOU.
--> These are just a few of the reasons your mind holds you back. Dozens more
exist, but this should give you an idea of why. <--
Step 3
"Hey look man, this thing you're trying to do goes against our identity so we’re
just going to sit here and procrastinate…"
Or
"I’m going to sabotage your efforts on this task because we’re mad at mom from
15 years ago."
1. Busy
One of the more commonly known tricks is that you will get busy. Your
schedule will fill up with SO MANY priorities, you will not have time for the
goal.
It will be on purpose!
It will seem like you naturally have a lot to do or have a lot on your plate, but
the reality is, your brain is FINDING ways to keep you preoccupied.
You'll have an insatiable urge to clean the car, organize the closet, or build out
that new patio...in the middle of winter.
I'm sure you can relate...when you have something to do, but you can’t pull
yourself away from something far less important!
2. Forget
I talked earlier about how habits are designed to keep you in a routine or
pattern of behavior.
Well, habits have all sorts of tricks up their sleeves to keep you in that routine
or pattern.
One of those tricks involves making you forget anything that goes against what
you have been habitually in grained to do.
Not only will you forget what to do, but you'll forget you forgot.
3. Prepare
Instead of spending your time to take action, you are spending time preparing
to taking action.
You'll go into painstaking detail researching what to do, how to do it, and the
best way.
You’ll read loads of books, watch tons of videos, and sign up for bunch of
courses.
You will even take diligent notes, re-write those notes, and arrange and
rearrange them over and over.
When it's time to act, you won't feel ready, and guess what you will do?
Prepare More!
So that’s Step 3, being aware of the tricks your mind uses to make you
procrastinate and sabotage your progress
On the surface, you wouldn’t think of them as tricks, which is why they work so
well…
If you find yourself busy, forgetting, or putting more time in preparing than
actual action, you are in resistance!
When you are aware of the tricks, you are not so easily manipulated by them.
Summary
So that’s internal resistance!
Step 1:
Realize everything you do, every decision you make, and every action you take
is filtered by your brain using a checklist of criteria.
If the decision or action is NOT in line with the criteria, your mind will prevent
action.
Step 2:
Step 3:
When your mind holds you back, it uses manipulative tricks to do so.
It’s possible, and you know people who live like that.
Kam Knight