Primitive Brain vs Creative Brain

Your subconscious brain or primitive brain is there to protect you from any threats, even if the threat is not life threatening.

If you are in a meeting and you have an idea, you have about 5 seconds to act on it before your subconscious brain will try it's best to stop you from acting on it.

Have you ever seen the Croods Animation film, it is the best example of a creative brain vs a primitive brain...... Thoughts are BAD......

In real life thinking too long about something is also the root cause of failure as soon as you have a thought and there is any doubt that arises, your subconscious brain will bring up all the reasons why you should not act on it.

It is debilitating to most people, and will keep you in a dead-end job, or keep you from reaching your desired goals, or keep you from talking to attractive people.

Everyone know what to do to lose weight or to get a promotion or get the partner of your dreams, but we are too afraid to act on it.

There is a trick to overriding your brain and your behaviors and achieving your goals.

Small changes daily will add up to big change over longer period

My weight loss journey began three years ago, when I renewed my drivers' license.

Every time you renew your license you have to get a new picture taken that will be displayed on your license card.

That day when I saw my picture, I couldn't recognize the round face staring back at me.

I was shocked, I knew I was overweight but never realized just how overweight I got.

After a while you just accept that you are overweight and that you can't do anything about it.

I weighed in at a 105 kg with 38 inch waist line.  For my length 1.78 m it was not a good thing.

I knew there and then something had to be done. 

After about a year and half I got down to 95 kg and a 35 inch waist.  For the last year and a half I have been fluctuating between 93 and 96 kg because I've been able to maintain some of the habits that I formed over the last couple of years.

Some of the habits I formed, was to drink less beer and drink whisky instead, I eat cooked oats with a little bit of honey or syrup on top instead of milk and sugar, I was also able to change to drink black coffee with sweetner instead of sugar and milk. 

I also exercise at least once a week. I've threatened to cancel my gym contract more often than I would like to admit. But keeping it has forced me to at least use it between 3 to 8 times per month.

All of these little changes has kept the weight off.

Now I need to adjust a little bit more to get to my new goal weight of 90kg and a 32 inch waist.

Weight Loss Goal - My starting weight

Starting Weight: 96.7 kg
Goal Weight: 90 kg
Goal Start Date: 11 Oct 2019
Goal Deadline: 13 Dec 2019

Pros & Cons of Exercise & Healthy Balanced Diet

The Pros:

• Better looking
• Feel better
• More energy
• Clear mind
• More confidence
• Less health issues
• Good role model for my kids
• Less medical Expenses
• Good Sleep

The Cons:

• Bloating
• Tired
• Uncomfortable
• Bad example for my kids
• Health Issues, Cardio Vascular Disease, Stroke, Diabetes, Cholesterol, High Blood Pressure
• More Medical Expenses
• Low Self-esteem
• Less Energy
• Restless Sleep

Do you have dreams or do you have Goals?

Ok, I want a million dollars, I want a fancy car, I want a big house, I want to start a business, I want to see the world.

I'ts nice to dream about having these things, but if you don't sit down and break it down, it
will remain dreams only.

Instead of saying I want a million dollars, ask yourself how can get a million dollars.

Some of the answers might be:

• Start a business
• Invest
• Buy income producing assets

Then research how to start a business, or how to invest or how to buy assets.

The research will point to steps that need to be taken to start a business, invest or buy assets.

Then you need to schedule the steps that are required to achieve that goal

Example: 

• Do market research - Oct 2019
• Write a business Plan - Nov 2019
• See suppliers - Dec 2019
• Look for a premises - Jan 2020
• Do income\expense & cash flow forecasting - Feb 2020
• Investigate Investors - Mar 2020
• Raise Capital - Apr & May 2020
• Sign Lease - Jun 2020
• Prepare for Open, do Marketing - Jul 2020
• Open Shop - Aug 2020

As you can see you need to be very specific in order to achieve your overall goal.

Setting, Detailing and Prioritizing goals are KEY to achieving your goals!

What you focus on will be your reality

When you are on Auto Pilot doing your 8 to 5 daily job and not thinking about anything else, just paying the bills and keeping the lights on wishing for the time to go by.

This will be your reality will be that until you die.

When you want to change your life you really have to give it your focus and time.

But most of you will say you don't have time, since you are already working from 8 to 5 and then
some of us have families and other stuff that gets in the way.

You can keep on making excuses or you can find some time, it does not have to be 4 hours a day.

Find 30 minutes a day to focus on your goals.

Book out some time on your calendar over lunch time, go and sit in the car and listen to audio books,
read a self improvement book, study something, exercise, meditate or whatever the activity will improve you life.

Wake up 30 minutes earlier or go to bed 30 minutes latter.

I personally wake up 30 minutes earlier, I also listen to audio books in the traffic on my 45 minutes
commute to work.

When I embarked on my weight loss journey 3 years ago I booked out 2 slots in my diary @ 10:30 and 14:00 to get up and walk around the office park.

The KEY is to make it a new habit and don't just do it for a couple of days then go back to your old habits. 

Emotion leads to Motion

Most middle income earners like me, are comfortable in life.  We have a stable job, a car or two, a family, a home and food to eat.  We entertain family and friends once a month, we go on holiday once a year and provide the basics to our family.

Is this really what we want.......?

Heck No!!!

I want more, I want to go on holidays or break-away's every month if time allowed for it.

I would want to travel the world.

I would love to entertain every chance I get.

I would like to drive a really nice car of my dreams.

I would like to look good and feel good about myself.

I would like to stay in a Big House with more than enough room for my family and possibly a guest room.

So what is stopping us?

Our emotions are stopping us, we are not uncomfortable with life, we FEAR taking any risks and losing the little that we do have.  We FEAR the unknown.

Have you ever heard of the saying "Necessity is the mother of invention".

It means when you really are in a sticky situation you are forced to make a plan.

Why do we have to wait for life to throw a curve ball before we take action.

Why not take that FEAR of failure or LOVE of your family and make it drive you
to action.

Don't let PRIDE kill your dreams.

Imagine the JOY you will feel when you can give to others, because your cup is running over.