To change your life, you need to first understand the concept of paradigms.
A paradigm is a set or belief system that we hold onto and continue practicing throughout our lives despite any evidence against it; this can include negative ideas like self-sabotage (e South), lackivity (i North) , perfectionism etc., as well as positive ones such happiness coaching.
You believe you’ve done your best.
You’re still not seeing the outcomes, so what could be wrong?
According to the law of attraction teacher and bestselling books author Bob Proctor, you must be working in negative paradigms.
It’s time to identify your paradigms in order to change your paradigm so that you can change your life.
But, what is a paradigm exactly?
Continue reading to discover what it means, how it’s formed, and how to alter your paradigm to change your life..
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What Is a Paradigm?
A paradigm is a set of beliefs that shapes our behavior. The Greek term “paradigm” refers to a strategy, system, model, or pattern. Because most of our behaviors are driven by habit, the paradigms we hold are essential to the outcomes we achieve.
We all have paradigms, even if we don’t realize them.
Otherwise, we’d be too slow to act and drain our energy by deciding how to do things since we’d have to start from scratch. As a result, the way you handle your mornings, the rest of the day, weekends, and other recurring activities in your life are determined mainly by your paradigm.
This implies that you won’t achieve the desired outcomes if you work within a harmful system that isn’t working in your favor.
You’re undoubtedly curious as to how this essential system arises.
How Do You Create a Paradigm?
You create a paradigm by selecting and acting upon the ideas you accept and repeat.
You’ve developed your entire life’s paradigm based on how you think of money, relationships, happiness, and everything.
The things your environment told you to be true — something that you accepted, build up parts of your paradigm that define you today— all stem from the instructions you were given as a kid to handle money and how you were loved.
Examples Of Paradigms
- You’re not thinking about your goal; you’re just making it happen. The rest of the day is yours to enjoy. It’s a weekday — you get up, clean yourself up, meditate, go to work, and because you planned how your day would go, you start executing tasks. You choose to finish that complex project anyhow since you always want to accomplish anything outside your comfort zone to reach your end objective.
- You prepare for work as you get up. Your responsibilities are clearly defined, but there is no time frame for completion. So, instead of picking what to start with and then dealing with some labor you’ve been dreading, you decide on the spur of the moment. Because its deadline is far away and you don’t feel inspired or compelled enough already, you put it off and wait for inspiration or a sense of urgency.
You may operate within these two paradigms as long as you make consistent decisions. In comparison, the conscious mind may help you determine how to act in the present moment; the subconscious records and utilizes those actions to develop a system.
The subconscious mind generates preprogrammed behaviors that let you react more simply to your circumstances. It recalls the events you’ve done previously (mental programming) and recommends following established patterns (identify your paradigms) rather than making accurate decisions about how to live every day.
However, while this may be beneficial, it also has drawbacks. If you keep repeating behaviors that support undesirable habit formation, the subconscious will notice and utilize them to influence the next thing you do, forming a chain of bad habits. But all of this can be reversed with a paradigm shift.
What Does It Mean to Shift Your Paradigm?
Bob Proctor’s paradigm shift process is a change in your belief systems and actions, to put it simply. What is the objective? To achieve new results. Consider it this way: if you want to modify the structure of your business, for example, from retail to wholesale, you must first alter the concept that drove the old model. You may also use this method in others.
Here are some examples of paradigm shifts that you may apply to your life:
- From looking for answers outside to seeking them within oneself
- Live in the present instead of dwelling on the past or worrying about the future
- To drift with life’s circumstances without thinking or deciding to live with intent
- From seeing shortcomings all around you to practicing thankfulness
- Emotional attunement, rather than being emotionally unavailable, is a good idea
Now that you’ve gotten a handle on paradigms stick with me for a second and learn how to change your life by altering your paradigm.
How To Shift Your Paradigm In 9 Steps
Let me be clear: These methods aren’t quick hacks that you can use to modify your paradigm in your subconscious over the weekend. A paradigm shift takes time, and it’s necessary to apply the subsequent procedures regularly. Let’s go through them one by one!
1. Choose a Paradigm Centerpiece to Change
A pattern is something that repeats itself throughout several paradigms. Whether it’s because of disorganization that you always operate ineffectively and lose your sense of direction in life, you must face it.
So, what is the major habit preventing you from achieving your goals? Consider this carefully and question yourself about your behaviors and why they’re occurring. In this step, you’re trying to figure out why you do what you do. This will assist you in determining which aspect of your paradigm to focus on when changing it.
2. Write Your Goals
Now that you’ve discovered the one major thing preventing you from achieving what you want, it’s time to choose the desired result during the paradigm shift. And I’m not going to repeat what everyone else says about setting objectives on the internet. You’ll study from one of history’s great minds.
“If you set a goal correctly, you will undoubtedly receive what you desire,” says You Were Born Rich author Bob Proctor, a fantastic lecturer at the Proctor Gallagher Institute. “Always,” he stated in the article How to Override Paradigms and Achieve Your Goals.
He states that no matter how extensive your subconscious mind’s systems are, you must disregard them while formulating objectives. In other words, you should avoid thinking about the things you can and cannot do as you set your goals. What you indeed desire needs to be stated.
He is famous for his saying, “Set a goal to achieve something that is so large and thrilling that it excites you and terrifies you at the same time.” So, write down what you want from the model shift, then go on to the next step.
3. Think and Influence the Paradigm Shift
Thoughts are the source of change, but they also come and go, and if not nurtured, our subconscious can’t pick any of them. As a result, to ensure that your desire to upgrade develops so much that your limiting beliefs can’t pull you back, you must first digest important data and nurture thoughts that propel you toward improvement.
You may alter your perspective by influencing your thoughts:
- Excelling as a source of inspiration
- Journaling
- Around you, there should be individuals who encourage progress.
Keep your efforts as close to your paradigm-shifting objective as possible. This will keep you motivated to alter and keep going even when you don’t feel like it.
4. Start Doing the Uncomfortable
If you’re not obtaining outcomes, it’s generally because your subconscious mind keeps you in your comfort zone. After all, it’s what you return to when you feel stressed. To make a mental shift, you must lose comfort. The subconscious will begin to reprogram after this change is observed by it.
See, whatever you feed it by purposefully acting in the direction of your objectives will highlight the urge to help you alter your life. That’s the key to mental programming that most people aren’t aware of.
5. Practice Who You Want to Become
Your definition of who you want to determine the person you will become. And you won’t get there by constantly demonstrating your good qualities in the future, no sir. It all begins right now.
Becoming who you want to mean:
- If you’re going to be more organized, start planning now.
- If you’re going to conquer procrastination, keep track of the plans you made.
- If you’re going to be a successful businessperson, you must employ marketing techniques.
- Exercising because you want to be healthier is a form of self-hypnosis.
The list goes on. So, who do you want to be? Whatever your decision, you should be prepared to implement it right now. You need to accept their unique assets and learn how to master them over time for them to become a strength for you. That is the harsh law of behavioral change.
6. Balance Your Emotions
Every one of us experiences emotional imbalances a few times throughout our life. The issue is that these emotions are inexplicable and may even destroy the most solid of plans we have made. But if we give them that power, it’s a different story. You can’t begin looking for a fire extinguisher while the flames consume everything around you, can you? What am I talking about?
You can minimize the devastation they may cause by understanding how to deal with some powerful feelings in your life. You should be able to anticipate problems and intervene at all times.
Simply thinking about how to proceed the next day before bedtime can aid in dealing with the problem more successfully. Even better, here are methods for regulating your emotions when they surge:
- Take a few moments to relax. Take a breath instead of diverting yourself or engaging in any other activity that might create unpleasant emotions.
- Recognize and identify the emotions you’re experiencing.
- Express your feelings in writing. “I’m angry, nervous, and confused,” for example.
- Analyze why you’re feeling that way.
- Avoid being drawn into the emotion by thinking of it as something other than your image or identity.
- Consider if it’s possible to deal with the emotion or let it go, depending on what’s best for the situation.
After step #4, you’ll be in a state of balance. As a result, whenever you detect any emotions that might disrupt your paradigm shift strategy, use the above activities to keep the charge of your mental condition.
7. Intentionally Use Emotion to Reinforce the New Paradigm
Emotion is said to be a strong incentive. Consider this: it’s simpler to go above and beyond to do things for someone you love than for someone you like. It’s also easier to get things done when you’re 45 days away from the due date, especially if you’re worried that you’ll lose your position if you don’t finish a project.
It’s natural for people to link feelings with the desire to accomplish something. And when the subconscious mind connects a strong sense you exude while thinking about it to achieve it, it records it and pushes you in that direction when working on it.
So, in this stage, you must figure out the emotions that go along with your objective. You may choose either negative or positive sentiments, depending on what will keep you going. Because fear is considered the most powerful driver of motivation, it can be utilized to achieve a paradigm shift.
8. Review Your Objectives and Improve Your Paradigm
Goals provide a sense of where you are and where you want to be. Reexamining them allows you to see whether you’re on the correct route. You may improve your plans even more for success based on your knowledge throughout the change process.
When assessing objectives, you may need to change your perspective. The fantastic talents you gather throughout your mind-shifting techniques shouldn’t cease when you reach one objective. You must employ them to continue achieving goals that seemed improbable for you in the first place.
This isn’t to say that you should go mad with paradigm-shifting. Look forward to what more you may accomplish in this lifetime as you grow accustomed to a new perspective.
9. Ensure Repetition
This post is meant to help you not modify your life for a year but embrace lasting positive change. Yes, you may abandon your old way of thinking in a month, especially if it isn’t entrenched, but most people can take months or even years to transition. So, Repetition is one of the most fundamental of these stages.
“Repetition of the same idea or physical action becomes a habit, which, repeated frequently enough, develops into an automatic reflex,” according to Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking. “The most significant difference in your life will be when you start to believe what you say–or when others begin honestly.
I don’t have to tell you that this is a paradigm shift in a nutshell. You may form incredible habits and transform into a new person your old self only dreamed of if you follow these methods for changing paradigms.
Conclusion
We all have paradigms, even if we aren’t aware of them. Otherwise, we’d be too slow to act and use up our energy by determining how to accomplish things since we’d need to begin from the bottom.
As a result, the way you manage your mornings, the rest of the day, weekends, and other recurring activities in your life is primarily determined by your paradigm.
Changing your paradigms is one of the most effective things you can do to make a dramatic shift in your life.
Keep the last step in mind because it unlocks the rest of the power.
So, which paradigm changes would you like to make?
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Petri Maatta is a photographer, filmmaker, and webdesigner who has been working for over 20 years in the creative industry. Fascinated by manifesting for business reasons, Petri was determined to find out what it took to create success. He started his career with seven years of business failures before he found success by learning about manifesting from a mentor with a Fortune 500 company. Today Petri shares his knowledge through DreamMaker courses designed to help people change their businesses and lives while living on their terms.
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