Last week, we explored the trap of goals that don't improve your life today. This week, we're going to explore internal dialogue. Some people don't “hear” their internal dialogue, but still experience negative effects of internal voices. In this article, I'm going to reveal a technique for interrupting your internal dialogue (even if you can't hear it).

I was talking with one of my mentors yesterday, & we were exploring the nature of mind. He said “You are not your mind” & I suddenly realised that while I knew that intellectually (ie. in my mind), I actually have day to day experiences of thinking I am my mind (or at least, I have to do what my mind says).

Ooops!

He suggested that I experiment with referring to my mind as an “it” & ask the question “What is it saying right now?”

I experimented with this while I went for a walk round my local nature reserve on this beautiful & crisp English morning. As I wandered along the canalbank, enjoying the sun shimmering off the water, I would suddenly notice that I wasn't present, & asked “What is it saying right now?” Here are the answers I got:

-         I need to think up a subject for this week's NLP tip

-         I need to reply to that person who messaged me

-         I have to think of a way to improve our product sales this week

-         We need to have more structure in the business

-         I want to think of a funny text to send to so-and-so
 

Each time I noticed what “it” was saying, I said “thank-you” then asked the following question:

-         How can I continue enjoying this beautiful morning more & more deeply
 

“How questions” that point in the direction you want to go give the mind something useful to do.

I noticed that sometimes I was aware very quickly (a few seconds) that I'd stopped being present, while other times it took a little longer (a minute or more). The funny thing was that if it was a minute or more before I noticed, I had become much more emotionally invested in what I was thinking, in what “it” said. Often, I had started to develop feelings of stress etc. I came to think of it like this:

Mind is like a plate-spinner, spinning plates on top of poles. Mind will start the plate spinning, but in order for it to keep spinning, I need to invest some emotion in it. Mind will start the plate spinning, but it's me that keeps it spinning. If I don't keep it spinning, it falls to the floor & smashes.

As you do whatever you're doing today, pause whenever you're not feeling fully present & ask “What is it saying right now?” Whatever answer you get, say “thank-you” then ask it “How can I continue enjoying what I'm doing, more & more?”

Have a great week

To your success!

Your friend

Jamie

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Have a great week

To your success!

Your friend

Jamie

Jamie Smart

Jamie Smart
CEO
jamie.smart@saladltd.co.uk

jamie.smart@saladltd.co.uk