Winner's Circle with Lou Tice Changing

[Guest guest]

Winner's Circle with Lou Tice - " Changing "

Today I want to tell you about one of the guiding principles I use in the

work that I do with top professional athletes and other high-performance

people.

During the last 30+ years, I've worked closely with many athletes who wanted

to improve their performance. And when I work with them, one of the things I

make sure they understand before we really get started has to do with the

way the process of change works.

It is simply this: All meaningful and lasting change starts on the inside

and then works its way out.

In other words, we think ourselves into behaving. If you don't change the

picture in your head before you start to change anything else about

yourself, you will have a tendency to slip back to the old picture, the old

you. That's what happens, for example, if you force yourself to lose weight

without first changing your inner picture. If you continue to see yourself

as overweight in your mind's eye, you'll start to gain the weight back as

soon as you take it off.

It is also why, if your dominant picture of yourself is as a smoker, and you

try to quit, you'll have a strong tendency to relapse once you relax the

intense control it takes to stop in the first place.

Affirmations and visualizations are an excellent way to change your internal

pictures and make sure that new behavior lasts. They help you create your

reality from the inside out, which is the absolute best way to do it.

Lou Tice

The Pacific Institute

www.thepacificinstitute.com

" TPI teaches people how to manage change, set and achieve goals, lead more

effectively, and think in ways that create success. "

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Blessings,

Charlene

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