by Nathan Nowak

Created on: October 08, 2008   Last Updated: December 06, 2011

Will Power: What you don't know about it.

You've made up your mind to get in shape. You are sure you will make it happen this time. The anticipation to get started is exciting and invigorating.

You are ready to take it on and you do, at least for a short time. Does this sound familiar?

Why do you start so strong yet run into resistance and fail?

You were certain this time was going to be different. You did your best to stay consistent, but when the excitement and short term successes wore off, you were left feeling the same as before.

Nothing had changed.

For some reason, the same reason you failed to accomplish your goal before, your power in your willpower ran empty!

But Why?

Willpower, at best, is a temporary state of mind. Willpower is created in the conscious part of the mind.

The subconscious mind houses your personal identity. What you believe, the behavior patterns you continuously play over and over again and the resistance you come up against, is housed in the subconscious mind.

It is where real change, lasting change happens!

Your conscious mind only makes up 15% of your mind. While your subconscious mind is the other 85%.

Let's put it this way, if you had two teams competing against each other, Team A had 15 players and Team B had 85, which team would you bet on?

There's an obvious strength, power and depth advantage to Team B. Team can bring all the positive can do attitude or "willpower" it wants to the competition, but it will continue to lose every time. 

Every day we unknowingly bet on the 15%. Imagine what your future would look like, what lasting results you could create, if you tapped into the 85%? 

Does this sound a little spacey?

Kind of like "Star Wars" and the force, right?

There's a reason why you may think that, you can't help it. Anything that goes against what the subconscious mind believes will be thrown away or not accepted.

It's the same as "wanting" to look better, feel better and live a healthier life. That's your conscious mind. The change not lasting for long is the subconscious mind shifting back to what it knows and is comfortable with.

Society, basically your family and friends, have assisted you creating the beliefs you have today. From an early age, your subconscious recorded every experience from your senses and continuously replays it over again in real time, right now.

You’ve been conditioned; it's been recorded, to believe that the power to change lies outside of you. Most of the time you'll find claims to lasting self-improvement from self-help books, tapes, videos and seminars.

If these materials really worked, why don't they work for everyone?

Why is it that many people don't see long lasting changes or any changes at all?

There is new science, new evidence from which we can finally understand the "how to" for effecting long lasting permanent change in our lives.

This science behind optimizing the brains effectiveness and the true function of the brain is now become clear. You can take charge of your circumstances and create the life you always dreamed of, starting right now.

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