Ed Lewellean, a Transformational Thinking guru, joins Patrick Dougher, host of The Business Spotlight TV, to explain what transformational thinking is, and how you can use it to achieve your goals.
Every year, the majority of American’s make New Year Resolutions. Most don’t make it through the first day, much less continue on until they reach their goal. So, are new year resolutions really good for you, or do they do harm by making you feel as if you are not able to follow through on what you want?
The new year is often thought of as a new beginning – the perfect time to make better choices, or decisions that will greatly impact your life. People see this as a start to make positive changes – like lose weight, quit smoking, change jobs, etc. The problem is, they rely on willpower to achieve their goals, so they are in self-destruct mode before they leave the gate. They recall what happened the last time they made this decision and were not successful. Reality sets in as to the amount of effort it will take to carry on, and they get scared and back away.
According to Ed, “Where attention goes, energy flows.” You visualize the last time you tried this, and failed. The more you try to start something, and think about it, you focus your attention on the negative aspect. With transformational thinking you are essentially rewiring your brain to look at the positive, and not the negative.
It takes a minimum of 21 days to establish a new habit. Transformational thinking helps you to create new neuro-pathways in your brain, to establish a new circuitry, for healthy alternatives.
There are several different tools that can be used to achieve changes – hypnosis, biofeedback, meditation, visualization – just to name a few. According to Ed, sometimes, after literally just a few minutes, a person will see or hear something that brings on an “epiphany.” Others take a little longer, and may have to try different ways that work for them , in order for them to go about making changes in their life.
Lewallan advises that you start by putting together a plan or strategy. Write it down. There is a definite connection between seeing your goals in writing and being motivated to achieve them.
Share your plan with others. It’s easy to cheat if no one else knows about it but you. Besides, it never hurts to get some support and positive feedback to motivate you.
Most people are visual learners. Place notes or pictures of your goal or ideal in places you frequent – refrigerator, desk, dresser, mirror, etc. Continuously seeing the image of your goal will reinforce in your mind the dream, and help you to stay on track.
Make a contract with yourself. State in the positive tense what you want to receive – as if you’ve already achieved it. “I am earning $200,000 a year,” “I can fit into a size 8,” “I have stopped smoking and not put on any weight.” Etc. Use your energy – use that charge. Know what it feels like. It does work.
For more information on Transformational Thinking, log on to: trans-think.com, or call Ed Lewallan at 972-900-9027.
It’s never too late to start a new year resolution. It doesn’t have to begin on January 1st, it can be the start of spring, a wedding, a divorce, the start of summer, a new job, etc. PLAN –SHARE-VISUALIZE. It does work!
