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There is a really useful book that I encourage my clients to read called, “What To Say When You Talk To Yourself” by Shad Helmstetter. You can buy it on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/What-Say-When-Talk-Yourself/dp/0671708821. I don’t know Mr. Helmstetter personally but I am a fan of his book.
Helmstetter’s point is that the subconscious part of the brain hears and records everything you say to yourself. When you think, ‘I’m not going to do X, I’ll probably make a big mess of things’, the brain records that information, takes it as fact and goes to work to ensure you fail big time if and when you ever have to deal with X.
Goals are really operating instructions for the subconscious part of your brain. It’s going to do as it’s told anyway, so why not load it full of interesting and exciting possibilities?
The best way to use your goals is to set them for the next year and write them out at the beginning of each day, essentially reprogramming your brain to find ways to make them happen.
David Zahaluk, MD is a practice optimization expert and the author of The Ultimate Practice Building Book. His firm, Ultimate Practice Builder, takes physicians to the top 10% of their specialty – in income, time off and quality indicators - within 3 years… guaranteed. Learn more at www.UltimatePracticeBuilder.com.
