Did you know pain can be a bigger motivator than pleasure?
At any moment in our lives the reality we live is directly related to what we focus on, our desire to avoid pain and our need to gain pleasure.
So how do we use pain as a motivator?
Have you ever decided you wanted to go on a diet? I think we all have at one point in our lives. Ever notice how that favorite food you like looks better than ever?
You say to yourself…Well I’ll just have a little piece it wont hurt me I’ve been good this week! Doesn’t it taste good when we eat it!
We have instant pleasure and forget about our diet.
Remember other times when that favorite food looks good but you don’t eat it!
Why is that?
In our mind there is something we are looking to do by loosing that weight, it could be you want to look good for that dance you’re going to next month or spring is coming and you want to look good in your bathing suit. Or your going to that high school reunion and you want to look good!
Bottom line, it is what we link pain and pleasure to which creates our current reality.
Truth is what is real for us at that moment in time.
We must use pain and pleasure before pain and pleasure us. If we can do that we are in control of our life, if we don’t pain and pleasure will control our life.
This week use your mental focus and change how you feel about any goal you are looking to achieve, think about how much pain you will experience if you don’t stick to that diet, if you don’t run that extra mile, or that one phone call you knew you should have made. Think about how much pleasure you feel when you achieve your goal!
If you find it difficult to focus, imagine how you will feel in five years if you don’t get what you desire? What will you do? Did you make a promise to someone? Better yet how about the promise you make to yourself!
There are two types of pain, the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Pain of discipline is temporary, pain of regret lasts forever…
Always begin with the end in mind!
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~Steven~
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