Your Brain is a wonderful piece of craftsmanship. It has the ability to process and store information that couldn’t possibly be contested by even the most advanced computers, now or in the future. It’s so advanced, it seems, that it needs no real help from “You” to operate your life. It issues reactions to your environment by reaching into its vast memory, going through all kinds of calculations, and producing the best action.

So how does your brain conclude the best action? Well, generally, that is a result of the experiences you have had up until the moment of the decision. You see, the brain kicks into gear when you are born. It’s Grand Purpose…Self Preservation. It needs to keep you alive. To do that, it must make sure that you are equipped to handle the world around you. It takes in everything and tries to breakdown all it stores into categories and groups. Good, Bad, Likes, Dislikes. Basically, it creates boxes and labels them; then organizes events, circumstances, objects into these boxes. It also has reactive behaviors stored in connection with these boxes.

As these boxes and their contents increase, we have more and more defined reactions to life. Long after the incidents that cause the addition of objects to boxes, the references remain. Result – our attitudes towards certain things are formed. We don’t truly remember why, whether the reason is valid or not. We just accept that “I like that person” or “This makes me uneasy”. Or course there are loads of situations that we react to, based on intuition etc. The point is that there are also loads that we have no input whatsoever into how the brain has chosen its reaction, at least not anymore.

Soon, these boxes start to determine your state of mind. You are no longer in control. Your brain has it filed away somewhere that since your football coach thinks you suck, the greatest possibility is that you do suck. More importantly, this situation is in the “Sad Things” box. And this box has certain reactions linked with it…inadequacy, sadness, depression, anger (No doubt, because the same situation crosses into the “Angry Things” box somewhere along the line). So, surprise, surprise, you are sad! And if it rains or is cloudy…that’s another item for the “Sad Things” box to accentuate the situation. It’s not really your fault you see. It’s the box!

The Brain has taken over. Most of us are on Auto-Pilot. You have to take control back. You need to be there to catch that pre-defined action that the brain throws out at you. You can then choose not to react accordingly. Those boxes have to be purposefully emptied so you can start to see things anew again.

This is a tough task. You have been this way all your life. In trying, you will meet with fierce opposition from your mind. You cannot win this battle my friend. You can, however, see the actions the brain presents in a different light. These actions are simply recommendations. More and more you can catch yourself react to things that happen around you. As you become more “aware”, you stop yourself from proceeding with the directed action, and “respond” in your chosen way. This is how you can start to deprogramming your mind for success.

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Is success really as easy as making a decision?  Well, yes and no.  Yes as it relates to being crystal clear what you want and what it will take to get there.  No as it relates to the ease or difficulty it will take to achieve it.  In this life, there is no something for nothing.  Whatever you want, you must pay a price to achieve it.  Making a decision is like the rudder on a ship that takes you to your destination.

Success always seems possible as we approach a new year.  There are so many things we’d like to do that we quickly get overwhelmed and most of us end up doing very little as a result.  Don’t fall into that trap.  Decide today what you want and why it’s important for you to achieve it.

Keep in mind there are no right or wrong answers.  Follow your heart.  Take a moment to think of a goal that was impossible.  For me, I think back to the Wright Brothers.  Flying an airplane was so far out of the scope of reality I can only imagine the ridicule they had to overcome.

To give you a start, answer the following questions:

1) If it were already a year from now, what achievements would I like to have accomplished?

2) If I had all the time I needed to devote to a project, what would I undertake?

3) If money were no object, what would I pursue?

Spend some time answering these questions and you should have a clear idea of what few things you’d like to focus on.  In order to make this your best year ever, you must be crystal clear what you want, why you want it and what are the best ways to achieve it.

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