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Recent Findings (3 & 4) about the Brain

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This is the second in a series of three articles that present six recent discoveries about the brain that help explain our success—and failure—as it relates to living our lives and working towards our personal and professional goals (this information is based on the coaching model I use and the intellectual property of Results Coaching Systems).

In the last article, I suggested you stop using your head and start using your brain. I also mentioned the first two recent findings about the brain: 1) The Brain Is a Connection Machine and 2) No Two Brains Are Even Remotely Alike.

This article, the focus is on Finding #3: The Brain Works to Hardwire Everything and Finding #4: Perception Is Driven by Our Hardwiring. I’ll present each finding and then how you can apply it in work, business, and/or life.

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Recent Findings (1 & 2) about the Brain

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Would you like to know a secret to being more productive, more effective, more fulfilled?

Here it is: Use your brain.

Seems simple but it’s not. In fact, your brain is often “sabotaging” you without you even knowing it.

How?

Your brain likes to conserve energy. It doesn’t want to work hard. It wants to make everything habitual so it literally doesn’t have to think. For the most part, we couldn’t survive if the brain didn’t work this way. Can you imagine if every day you had to relearn how to walk, talk, drive, brush your teeth, etc.? While these routines serve us well, other habits we’ve created may not.

So how do you harness the power of the brain to get what you want?

You just need to understand how the brain works. (And, no, you don’t need to be a brain surgeon!)

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What’s Wrong with My Goals?

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This article continues my focus on Goals, a topic I presented in the Winter 2007 News-you-can-use-letter (see Coach’s Corner) and I recently wrote about on my personal blog.

One of the primary reasons people don’t achieve their goals is because they are not truly connected to them. By this I mean, there is not a strong enough emotional attachment to achieving the goal to generate the needed motivation and discipline for success. It is probably a good goal, it might be stated correctly, it may even BE achievable — but you’re not likely to achieve it if it is not something you absolutely MUST achieve or accomplish before you die.

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Indira Gandhi quote

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"My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition." ~Indira Gandhi

Ann Landers quote

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"The lord gave us two ends — one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most." ~Ann Landers

Herbert Baynard Swope quote

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"There are no rules for success but there is a sure formula for failure: just try to please everyone." ~Herbert Baynard Swope

The 3rd Pillar – PERSISTENCE: The Power of Consistent Action!

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The First Pillar: Focus, helps us define a reason to move forward. The Second Pillar: Discipline, is the tool we use to maintain integrity in the moment. But to create or sustain forward momentum, it takes more than just focus and discipline. It takes the ability to focus and the application of discipline over many days, weeks, months, or even years. It takes consistent action. It takes persistence.

And persistence creates habits.

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The 2nd Pillar – DISCIPLINE: The Power of Choice!

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Have you ever had trouble making a choice because you didn’t want to give anything up? I feel your pain.

Have you ever made a decision and then had trouble sticking with it? We’ve all been there.

Do you want to be able to make a decision and stick with it?

Read on for the Response-Able article, The 2nd PILLAR: DISCIPLINE – The Power of Choice.

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The 1st Pillar – FOCUS: The Power of Written Goals!

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Where is your focus? What are you trying to achieve? Without a set of clear written goals, it’s easy to lose focus and spend (waste?) your time and energy on the most urgent or “important” thing in front of you at any given moment.

The first of our three articles explains The 1st Pillar: FOCUS – The Power of Written Goals!

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