Our Body, our Brain

We all have an inner power, however some will achieve great things while others won't. Some people build businesses, travel the world and live the life of their dreams while the rest of us wish we were living the life of our dreams.

Whats the difference between them and us? The good news is, not a whole lot. You are just as capable as they are. You are just as powerful and full of potential as they are. They just know a few things about hacking into their psychology and unleashing their inner power and potential, that you probably do not know.

Here are 3 psychological facts that can help you unleash your inner power:

1. Your thoughts will single handedly determine how you feel

Psychologist discovered and suggested the radical idea that our deeply held beliefs about the world (i.e. the way we think) what they called our "Basic Irrational Assumption," determine how we feel and thus how we behave. It was later suggested that if you want to change your actions or behaviors you must first change the way you think. The entire branch of cognitive therapy I dedicated to that premise.

2. Your mind can't tell the difference between imagination and reality

Have you ever thought about something funny that happened and caught yourself laughing and or smiling in public? Of course you have. We all have. But why is that? Well, its because your mind can't tell the difference between imagination and reality. If you imagine something good you'll experience all of the positive feelings associated with that good feeling, as if it actually happened. The same is true for negative experiences. So why is that so important? Because it means that, with a little bit of intentionality, you can rewire your brain to associate pleasure or pain with whatever actions you choose. By imagining the future repercussions of your bad behaviors, and the long term benefits of good behaviors, you can manifest real motivation to change and take the first step toward creating a life that excites you.

3. You're far better at creating a new habit than quitting a bad one

You can't quit a bad habit, at least not easily. The habit pathway in your brain is already formed and there's currently no known way to simply extinguish that pathway altogether. But you can change the pathway. In the book The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg he calls this the "The Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can't extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it.

For example this is why people who want to quit smoking, chew gum and why alcoholics drink non-alcoholics beverages, because those things are replacements for the bad habit. If you want to quit doing something- overeating, oversleeping, smoking, drinking etc.- don't think about quitting, think about what you can replace it with. Often times just the thought of quitting makes you want to engage with the bad habit more because you're thinking about it. But replace the bad habit with something equally rewarding, something that's good for you, and you'll quickly be ablate change any negative behavior.