Transformation After 50

Episode 40 - 7 Factors of Unconscious Influence Mapped to Related Cognitive Biases

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The upper limit is often a conditioned artificial ceiling. There is a lot to unpack but the short version is that through years of conditioning avoiding the cognitive dissonance, the feelings of inadequacy, the dips in Serotonin, and nagging reminders that we probably shouldn’t be going there.

The fact is that any goal is going to take you to a place you haven’t been - big goals - like pursuing your purpose and self-actualizing take you to very unfamiliar places. The more unfamiliar, the more the unconscious interprets it as danger.

So not only are we fighting the inherent obstacles to any goal worthwhile, we are also fighting against ourselves. We are strong enough to want the goal which makes us a worthy opponent - it’s no wonder these pursuits are full of stress. Above the line is will be a frequent topic because it is essential to master to live the life you design and will love living.

Here is the link to the Purpose Guide. This self-paced editable and reusable guide will walk you through a series of questions to uncover your purpose, connect it to your passion, and finish with a succinct purpose statement.

Neuro Change Innovations Purpose Guide

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Thank you for being a listener. I will continue unpacking success principles and best practices along with strategies and tactics to collapse the timelines to behavior and mindset change, in the context of designing a life you will love living. Considering the Neuro Change field is in its infancy, (50 years compared to a million-plus-year-old brain) there is no end in sight for material to cover.

Planned future work includes breaking down some of the classic Personal Development Books to explain the principles in the context of Neuro-Change which for me includes:

* Neuroplasticity

* Neurobiology

* Epigenetics

* Coherence

* Energetics (Law Of Attraction and Manifestation are included here)

You can also expect to see free and paid live events to help explore these and related topics.

If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, you can e-mail me at: [email protected].

Thank you and I wish you all the best in 2024.

Cheers!

E-Mail Requirement

The Podcast will continue to be free. The next few episodes will be placed behind an e-mail wall on January 14th, 2024. At that point, all episodes from 36 on, will be behind the e-mail wall. Prior episodes will continue to be openly available. This allows me to have some level of control over access as I get into the ‘how to’ episodes and related resources. If you are listening on a different platform - adding your e-mail here will update your credentials which provide access to whichever platform you use. Here is the link to subscribe to the podcast:

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If there is any difficulty, you can e-mail me at [email protected] and I will add your e-mail address manually.

Paid Subscribers

Annual subscribers who have access in 2024, will have fees for 2025 and 2026 waived. This applies to anyone who subscribes with an annual subscription before February 1st, 2024. If you are already a paying subscriber, you do not need to do anything. If you want to become a paid subscriber, click the link below and after you enter your e-mail address, you will be taken to a selection screen.

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I will manually include 2025 and 2026 with your subscription. Monthly Subscribers will receive the remainder of 2024 free.

Annual Paid Subscribers - Special Offer

To take advantage of the special offer, you can use this link to book your call with me. This offer is for a 90 Minute Transformation Design Blueprint. I will use a Project Leadership Instrument to work with you to frame your transformation or pivot into an actionable blueprint. Of course, you will do the work to bring your design to reality, but having an outside perspective through a Neuro Change lens as you develop your plan will be very helpful.

Book Blue Print Call

Please do not share the link as I have to manually match each scheduled call with the subscription list. There is another link below for non-subscribers to book their call.

https://www.neurochangeinnovations.com/home

Thank You

Thank you for being a listener. I will continue unpacking success principles and best practices along with strategies and tactics to collapse the timelines to behavior and mindset change, in the context of designing a life you will love living. Considering the Neuro Change field is in its infancy, (50 years compared to a million-plus-year-old brain) there is no end in sight for material to cover.

Planned future work includes breaking down some of the classic Personal Development Books to explain the principles in the context of Neuro-Change which for me includes:

* Neuroplasticity

* Neurobiology

* Epigenetics

* Coherence

* Energetics (Law Of Attraction and Manifestation are included here)

You can also expect to see free and paid live events to help explore these and related topics.

If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, you can e-mail me at: [email protected].

Thank you and I wish you all the best in 2024.

Cheers!

There are a few ways to intervene and stop the unconscious from wreaking havoc or just making your progress slower than it needs to be.

* Meditating - especially guided where you rewrite your beliefs and associations

* Neuro-Linguistic Programming to interrupt and change limiting patterns

* Hypnosis to eradicate old beliefs

* Change the relationship between the conscious mind and the unconscious

* Education and allowing inaccurate references to dissolve

I can’t speak for everyone, but because of my bias toward science and desire to understand how things work, my preferred approach is to use a combination of education, and experimentation as part of the action plan and retrain the unconscious. Much the way it was trained to begin with.

This approach has the built-in obstacle of the unconscious standing guard at the entrance of your mind - virtually rejecting anything unfamiliar and therefore deemed dangerous. It’s like asking the unconscious if this new unfamiliar way of doing things is safer than the approach its used all these decades. Of course, it will reject it. New equals unfamiliar and unfamiliar equals dangerous.

There are two areas I think are unrepresented when it comes to becoming the best possible version of ourselves….and they are related.

The first is Priming. Priming is a real challenge because it operates below our consciousness. It is also very pervasive and can completely change a person’s perspective. The book Influence took a good look at this in the 1980’s and now the author’s follow-up book ‘PreSuasion’ really shines a light on how much priming can help us or hurt us.

Since it operates at the unconscious level, and the unconscious is so quick compared to the conscious mind, we need tools to mitigate the adverse impact and leverage the beneficial aspects. That’s what the next few videos are about.

The second overlooked area is Cognitive Biases. When I was thinking about how to tackle these two topics, I realized that cognitive biases are a result of us being primed. Normally, I like to go to the root but since the unconscious is involved, in this case, I think it is more useful to illustrate the problem and solution in the context of cognitive biases.