UNDERSTANDING WHY YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE TODAY AND HOW YOU’VE BEEN PROGRAMMED JUST LIKE A COMPUTER OR ROBOT (BOT)!
Everything you’ve experienced and been exposed to up until now is a projection of who you are: the whole of your inner psychology, which effectively acts like software (your thinking) that runs computers is now running your inner computer, namely your brain and consequently your life.
This sounds strong and it is because this is how the masses live their lives, through the lens of others who’ve influenced them. Your thinking has become habitual rather than independent and has largely been formed through the force of impact or from the repetition of the messaging and information you predominantly see and hear from those around you every day.
For as long as you’ve been alive, you‘ve followed what’s been passed down to you from others and if you’re honest with yourself, more often than not these ‘others’ have been unsuccessful or average people who being older or holding positions of perceived authority, you think and assume they know better so you’ve followed their lead. You end up thinking like them, behaving like them and getting what they get.
Well-intentioned as they are or were, this software (thinking) has been running your life and you’re running pretty much on autopilot, at an unconscious level, which can mean you aren’t creating your own original thoughts or emotions but acting more like a receptor like a wireless gadget receiving radio signals.
Your true and full potential knows no bounds and yet your success up until now in life (whatever success uniquely means to you of course) has been bound or restricted by four key truths:
1. Your conditioning through programming of information and influences of the past, particularly from adults like parents and teachers but also bosses, peer groups and social media exposure.
2. A lack of study or understanding of how to tap into your immense mental capabilities to release and realise more of your brains true potential.
3. Believing that this is the brain and modus operandi you’ve been given and you are who you are, so why try to change it or why bother because changing how your brain works in your best interest or otherwise isn’t possible.
4. A desire to fit in with the crowd and a fear being different, the issue with this attitude is that the crowd refers to the masses of people doing the common things and achieving average results.
People rarely stop to think about how they’ve come to be who they are today and where they are in life but the fact is that we’re all pretty much products of our environments, unless we’ve made a conscious decision to be and do something different to the masses that walk around like robots, thinking the same way, doing the same things, getting the same results!
Simple logic confirms this and delivers the realisation that where you’ve grown up will largely determine your religious or philosophical beliefs, e.g. in India it’s more than likely Hinduism, in Russia the majority are Orthodox Christians, in Italy — Roman Catholic, in USA & UK — Christianity, in Israel — Judaism, in Thailand — Buddhism… and so on.
The same goes for lifestyle, accents, political beliefs, outlook on life and people, views about gender, sexual orientation or age, as well of course, your inner values around trust, honesty, compassion and just about every other aspect of your being.
In other words, most of the things you think or get emotional about, and also very protective about have been programmed into you. They’re not reality unless you decide they are and you don’t have to accept that what others have fed you is the truth or right for you.
Such upbringings can be so deeply entrenched that people will take drastic actions to protect their beliefs and in some instances, even kill for them.
The key thing here however, is that the younger you are, the more likely it is that you’ve had little or no ‘conscious control’ over which of these you have as your religion or philosophy because they were conditioned into your brain and your thinking unconsciously. The late and great Paul J. Meyer summed it up well when he said the following:
“By the time we reach adulthood, the experiences we’ve faced and our reactions to them have shaped our attitudes and personalities to make us what we are today” Paul J. Meyer
This means that we haven’t shaped ourselves, our environments have and it’s this conditioning that can obstruct our view of reality and stop us being the person we want to be in future or achieving the things we want to achieve.
This conditioning can act like chains around your legs or a heavy weight on your mind, holding you back, slowing you down and if you’re not careful, potentially stealing your dreams too.
The great news however is that the younger you are, the easier it is to make changes and to choose your own direction in life, how you’ll think, who you become and what you achieve.
SO WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT THIS PROGRAMMING?
The starting point is acknowledging this is the case to a greater or lesser degree of course and to begin questioning which aspects of your programming are serving you well and which parts may not be serving your best interests or in fact, actually harming you.
You need to think about who or what has influenced you the most, how has this helped you or hindered you as the case may be, how do these influences impact on what you believe to be true versus reality?
Do your values and beliefs need updating (just like an upgrade in software would help ensure a computer runs most efficiently and effectively) so that your thinking fits in with what you want to achieve and who you want to be in this modern world, rather than the world in which the ‘influencers of the past’ have lived in.
It means looking ahead rather than staying ‘mentally’ in the past, except that is: in terms of deciding what aspects of the past conditioning you aim to let go of, along with the parts that are good and you can build on or add to so that you satisfy your aims, objectives and execute your personal strategies for success to maximum capability.
The latest findings from neuroscience research tell us that through the neuroplasticity of the brain, we can make conscious changes to how we think and act but how you do this is another subject for another day. Becoming aware of and making a realistic self-assessment however, is the starting point and provides a great foundation on which to build positive, constructive and productive changes for a better and more independent you.
This is a small excerpt from my Strong Minds products and whilst, I intend covering some tools and techniques for re-programming your brain in future blog posts, you may find the personal development resources from the links below my signature helpful.
Best,
Reece
Author of the Strong Minds Book, Online Course & Podcasts
Reece teaches individuals to reprogram their thinking, replacing frustration and stress with increased confidence and productivity. In his personal development products, Reece outlines the exact same principles, methods and mindsets that enabled him and then the teams he led, to break customer acquisition, retention and growth records to generate annual 7 figure revenues and 6 figure incomes.
Originally published at reecepye.com.
