F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

IMAGINE THAT!
F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!
F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

IMAGINE THAT!
F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

Magic Wand Question

“If you could wave a Magic Wand that changed

one thing within six months which would have
a positive impact on your life
– personally and/or professionally…
…What would you change?”
F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

IMAGINE THAT!
F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

You are of “Two” Minds…

The Conscious Mind

The Subconscious Mind

 F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

Conscious Mind

• Voice in your head – “Self-Talk.”

• Rational and Analytical
• Visionary – Can imagine a future
 F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

Subconscious Mind

• Center of Emotions and Instincts

• Storehouse of memories – DNA, Habits
• Cannot tell the difference between a
real or an imagined experience
F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

IMAGINE THAT!
 F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

But, which mind really controls you?

 F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

“The most recent brain research strongly

indicates that the subconscious mind
controls 90% of our choices and the
conscious mind controls 10 %.”

- Richard Granger
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Dartmouth
Author, Big Brain: The Origins and Future of Human Intelligence
F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

Plato’s Chariot

(Phaedrus, 370 B.C.)

F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)

F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

Freud's Metaphor of the Mind

F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!
F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

IMAGINE THAT!
F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!
 F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

Elephant – Weaknesses
(Subconscious)

• Wants what it wants ‘now’ and does not like to make a

short-term sacrifice for long-term payoff.

• Is fearful of change, skittish, likes the status quo and has

a default setting of “survival.”

• Does not “reflect” in the traditional sense but thinks in

absolutes: “right and wrong”- “like or dislike” - “love or
fear
 F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

Elephant – Strengths
(Subconscious)

• Is the power and the energy – the heavy lifter.

• Is the center of our emotions and the

storehouse of our memories.

• Cannot tell the difference between a real

experience or one which is imagined by the
Rider. (But, maybe not always.)
 F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

The Rider – Weaknesses

(Conscious)

• Is at the whim of the Elephant and can serve only as

a kind of “advisor.”

• Has a natural tendency to see mostly the negative

and over-analyze (analysis paralysis).

• Has limited reserves of mental energy. Will-power

and decision-making can sap its resources.
 F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

Rider – Strengths
(Conscious)

• Can look into the future and visualize alternate paths of

choice and – make a plan.

• Is a master storyteller The Rider loves to make up and

tell stories, even if many of the stories are a complete
confabulation and often a rationalization.

• Can influence but not control the Elephant with vivid,

emotionally charged pictures and images.
F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

YOU ARE THE ELEPHANT

AND THE RIDER!
F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

IMAGINE THAT!
F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

The Tricksters’ The Bite of Illusory Fear

Tools of Fear

1. Rejection
2. Change
3. Failure
4. Success
5. Commitment
F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

“ILLUSORY FEAR”
CAN MAKE US VERY
STUPID!
F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

IMAGINE THAT!
 F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

5 Keys to Live an Exceptional Life

1. Make friends with reality.

2. Adjust your attitude.
3. Create a solid support system.
4. Ask for help and express your gratitude.
5. Create a strong vision that will see you through a
crisis.
F. A. R IMAGINE THAT!

IMAGINE THAT!