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We are all habit driven. Good or bad they help determine how we live. Everyday, morning and night, we brush our teeth. We were not born to brush our teeth, yet after much conditioning and much protest eventually we perform this ritual without complaint, we just do it.

However, if habits good or bad go unchallenged they can continue indefinitely. There are often underlying reasons why we perform these habits so they have become part of our belief system. That is, some programming of our brains has occurred during our childhood that has been reinforced in adult life.

We all have belief systems that map our behaviour on a sub conscious level.

When we are born we start with a clean slate, we do not understand the fear of spiders, of high places or public speaking, we learn this behaviour as children.

Our minds are like a field of wheat. The first time we have an emotional response to a situation we walk through the virgin crop of waist high wheat. There are no markers, nothing to define which way we should proceed to get to the other side so we take the line of least resistance.

The next time we are in the same or similar situation, chances are we will use the same pathway. Over a period of time it becomes well defined, and may even have rocks defining the outline of the path. This can become a belief you hold, with the pathway representing your behaviour and emotional response to that situation.

How hard is it to create a new pathway when the old pathway is clearly defined?

We may know that there is a better way to get through the field, yet we are now comfortable and can’t really be bothered creating a new pathway.

For years it was believed that the four minute mile (1609 meters) could not be broken due to the limitations of the human body. That was until the 1950s when Britain's Roger Bannister finally did it. Remarkably, only 46 days later an Australian, John Landy, broke the record again and it has been tumbling ever since.

Roger Bannister and John Landy believed they could break the four minute barrier, and did something that was thought impossible. What are your beliefs? Are they positive or negative? Do you believe good things will happen to you? Is your sub conscious mind walking through the field of wheat really ready for change?

Before you go to bed try visualising yourself overcoming the barriers you have in place through your belief system. For example, that you can control what you eat and that good things happen to you no matter how small.

Are you ready to change the path you take?

For most of us, our beliefs stop us achieving greatness, but we can all be like Susan Boyle, the surprise singing sensation who recently performed on the Britain’s Got Talent TV show. While Susan doesn't fit the usual mould for talent show contestants, her drive and self-determination ultimately made her dreams come true.

Having only ever made a small recording in the 1990s, Susan's spirit lifted her to another place. She confronted her fears and broke her own four minute mile. You can too:))).

Andrew Talati
Fitstyler
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03 9329 3888
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