Comments on: Take Control of Your Habits http://www.personaldevelopment.ie/2006/07/take-control-of-your-habits/ Get Organized. Stay Motivated. Enjoy Life. Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:02:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Gleb Reys http://www.personaldevelopment.ie/2006/07/take-control-of-your-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-46221 Gleb Reys Fri, 08 May 2009 08:45:35 +0000 http://www.personaldevelopment.ie/2006/07/take-control-of-your-habits/#comment-46221 The trick is to associate getting better with the overall pleasure, and not the immediate pain of making an effort to change. The trick is to associate getting better with the overall pleasure, and not the immediate pain of making an effort to change.

]]> By: Maxfield http://www.personaldevelopment.ie/2006/07/take-control-of-your-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-46218 Maxfield Tue, 05 May 2009 01:00:16 +0000 http://www.personaldevelopment.ie/2006/07/take-control-of-your-habits/#comment-46218 Pain & Plessure seems the right principle. My biggest problem is that i know the pain and the plessure but i just cant correct my habit to become better... damn. Pain & Plessure seems the right principle. My biggest problem is that i know the pain and the plessure but i just cant correct my habit to become better… damn.

]]> By: Gleb Reys http://www.personaldevelopment.ie/2006/07/take-control-of-your-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-4320 Gleb Reys Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:58:23 +0000 http://www.personaldevelopment.ie/2006/07/take-control-of-your-habits/#comment-4320 :)))) How interesting! I notice occasionally the same feelingl - as if I'm trying to invent the most painful scenario, while really there is no chance of it ever happening. One way to tackle this is to start documenting negative facts. Don't come up with negative scenarios - instead, simply write down all the painful things associated with doing or not doing something. The sheer size of such a negative list will make sure the negative association is set properly, while separate tiny reasons for the negative result will help your brain realize you're not imagining things, but merely listing the facts. Good luck! :)))) How interesting!

I notice occasionally the same feelingl – as if I’m trying to invent the most painful scenario, while really there is no chance of it ever happening.

One way to tackle this is to start documenting negative facts. Don’t come up with negative scenarios – instead, simply write down all the painful things associated with doing or not doing something. The sheer size of such a negative list will make sure the negative association is set properly, while separate tiny reasons for the negative result will help your brain realize you’re not imagining things, but merely listing the facts.

Good luck!

]]> By: john http://www.personaldevelopment.ie/2006/07/take-control-of-your-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-4276 john Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:27:00 +0000 http://www.personaldevelopment.ie/2006/07/take-control-of-your-habits/#comment-4276 yeah, you're right about the pleasure and pain principle. I read that book too. My only problem with the technique is that my brain is trying to override those associations by thinking that I'm just inventing a scenario (painful ones) that will probably not occur. This is why at times it isn't that effective. Probably i need to imagine things more clearly, since they say that the mind doesn't distinguish what is real from what is vividly imagined. This may help persuade my mind to accept such negative associations. yeah, you’re right about the pleasure and pain principle. I read that book too. My only problem with the technique is that my brain is trying to override those associations by thinking that I’m just inventing a scenario (painful ones) that will probably not occur. This is why at times it isn’t that effective. Probably i need to imagine things more clearly, since they say that the mind doesn’t distinguish what is real from what is vividly imagined. This may help persuade my mind to accept such negative associations.

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