Change your brain state (Anthony robbins )

Change your brain state (Anthony robbins )

In this session, you learned what people really want in life is to change one of

two things: either the way they feel about something (e.g., to move from being

frustrated to confident, from sad to happy, from depressed to emotionally

strong) or they want to change a behavior (e.g., to stop smoking or drinking, to

start taking massive action, to exercise and enjoy it, to follow through on their

commitments). But the only reason we want to change our behaviors is we’re

hoping that if we lose that weight, stop procrastinating, take that action, we’ll

feel good. Everything human beings do is merely an attempt to change the

way they feel, to “change state.”

Moment to moment, what we do is powerfully shaped by the state we re in.

When we’re in a frustrated state, we tend to behave very differently than when

we’re feeling confident or excited or determined. One of the most important

things we can do to create the power, joy, and passion we really want in our

lives is to learn to manage our states of mind.

You can do this immediately through two primary vehicles, the first of which is

physiology.*

1. You can change how you feel instantly by changing the way you move,

breathe, use your facial expressions, or make any new demand on your

body.

2. The state you’re in determines your behavior and also your

performance. If you want to change your performance in anything—

business, sports, relationships, etc.—the first thing to do is to change

your state. In any situation, if you put yourself in a peak state you will

be able to utilize more of your true capabilities in life.

3. Remember, you’re always responsible for your own states. After the

next few days of learning, you won’t just be responsible; you’ll know

how to quickly and easily change how you feel about virtually anything

and move yourself into peak performance at will.

Here’s how to use your physiology to manage your state.

1. Move your body differently, and develop some “power moves”:

deliberate, strong, unhesitating movements that give you an immediate

sense of certainty. You can also use your voice to put yourself in a peak

state. Speak stronger, more rapidly, with a bit more volume from

deeper in your chest than you usually do.

2. Changing your breathing can immediately change your state. Deep,

diaphragmatic breaths create radically different emotional states than

shallow breathing that begins in the upper chest.

3. Radical changes in facial expressions will immediately change the way

you feel.

4. Changing elements of your diet can maximize your health and energy.

5. All of these put together can make significant changes in the patterns of

the emotional states you experience day to day.