Getting Out of Your Own Way

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It is often easier to succeed at a task if you stop over-analyzing
what you need to do and just go out there and do it.

                We tend to be the biggest “block” to our personal success. For some reason, the more we want to succeed at something and the harder we try to accomplish our goal, the further out of reach that dream seems to get. Why is that?

Quite simply, we may be doing too much, “trying” too hard. We micromanage our behavior (activity) and over-analyze what we think we should be doing and how a task should be done to such a degree that, when the time comes to actually take action, we forget how to do it. We dream, we hope, we aspire to greatness. We set goals and lay down the groundwork—the foundations—that will make this success possible (we hope). But when we face challenges and even setbacks along the way, we become frustrated, angry and discouraged about our likelihood to succeed or achieve that goal. Sometimes we even consider giving up on that dream or project and start something new.

Does this scenario sound familiar? Star Wars fans know the scene in which Yoda famously counseled Luke Skywalker during his training to become a Jedi Knight: “Do. Or do not. There is no try.” All of our machinations and preparations for success are meaningless if we don’t finally, at last, just go out and do what we have been working so hard to achieve. Trying is not doing. At the end of the day, the most effective way to achieve a goal is to stop planning and thinking about all of the things that might go right or wrong when you finally get around to doing it. Just take a deep breath (or several) and go for it. Get out of your own way and just let your body and subconscious mind do what it already knows how to do.

               

 

Sara R. Fogan, C.Ht. is a certified hypnotherapist based in Southern California. She graduated with honors from the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in 2005. For more information about Calminsense Hypnotherapy® and to set up an appointment, please visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/.

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