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Do you have a self-defeating mindset that relentlessly invades your mind and prevents you from feeling your best? Do have a recurring negative thought that wars against every effort you make to keep up the disciplines needed to achieve your goals?

We all experience this warfare of the mind, and if you’re going seriously change your life, and achieve your goals, you’re going to have to get serious about defeating these negative mindsets.


Reject and Replace Negative Thoughts


Here’s a simple way to destroy these negative, self-defeating habits of thought and replace them with new ways of thinking that will immediately change the way you feel and transform your overall outlook.

Step #1 - Write out on a piece of paper each negative thought or mindset. For example, if you believe you’ll never be self-disciplined enough to achieve your goals, then simply write, “I believe that I’ll never be self-disciplined enough to achieve my goals.”

Step #2 - Below each negative mindset on your list, write a positive, truthful response such as, “I reject that negative thought. I have as much ability as anyone else to be self-disciplined, and I will do what’s needed to achieve my goals. I refuse to accept anything less.”


Step #3 - Create a “note” featuring your written response on your smart phone or computer, so it’s easily accessible.

Step #4 - Whenever that negative thought appears in your mind, simply read out loud your response to yourself 3-5 times. This should take less than a minute. Do this every time the negative thought appears.

You’ll probably be doing this a lot in the beginning, but soon you’ll notice your old mentality weakening while your new mentality fortifies itself. If you want to increase the impact on your psyche, just add an action step towards your goal that you’ll do that day.

Stay aggressive,

C. J.

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Metal Motivation speaks: How to Feel Better About Your Life - It`s Metal Monday!

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How to Feel Better About Your Life


It’s Metal Monday!


Let’s face it. People gripe about Mondays because they don’t like what’s coming. They’re at a job they hate. They’re in school. Or they’re a stressed housewife dealing with a bunch of kids that are out of control. Monday, to them, represents the first of several days of more of the same.


What they don’t realize is that their experience is determined by the way they think, and the way they think is determined by one thing: INTERPRETATION.


The way you perceive something determines how you feel


What is interpretation? Interpretation is the way you perceive, or understand, something. For example, two people spend the day at an amusement park. One of them is terrified of roller coasters and the other loves them. When they see the roller coaster for the first time, the one who dreads it experiences an increase in heart rate due to fear and starts releasing harmful adrenalin to help deal with the stress.


The one who loves roller coasters gets excited. Their heart rate also increases, but it’s not harmful. Soon, once they get on the ride, the lover of roller coasters will release endorphines (a form of morphine) which create euphoria.


What do you “see” when you look at your life?


What’s the difference between these two people? It’s the same roller coaster, right? They’ll both travel at the same speed. They’ll both feel the same jerking and lifting out of the seat, but they’ll each have a completely different experience. For one, it will be fear. For the other, it will be so good they’ll want to get right back on.


The difference is found in their interpretation of the roller coaster. For one, the roller coaster is an object representing fun. To the other, the roller coaster is an object representing fear. Yet, it’s the exact same roller coaster they both see.


Now, just apply this to your entire life. When you see your kids, do you see stress and work while someone sees the opposite? When you look at your work week, do you dread the next 5-6 days because a boss, co-workers, or the type of work you’ll have to do? When you see your school, do you see nothing but taking a bunch of classes that bore you to tears?


Your change is up to you!


However you see, or interpret, each area of your life—including yourself—is going to determine how you feel. Therefore, a lot of your sadness, stress, or anger is affected by the way you interpret yourself and your circumstances.


This is good news and bad news. The bad news is that it’s not easy to change the way you interpret your life. The good news is that at least it’s up to you.


Here are some ways to start changing your thinking:

List the areas of your life that you feel the most negative about.
Write out how each one can be interpreted positively.
Spend time each day when you awake and go to sleep to meditate on these positive interpretations.
If you do this consistently, you’ll notice your attitude changing over the next 14 days. If you keep it up, and add actions to your thinking, you’ll transform yourself from what you were to someone you never imagined you’d be. You’ll go from fearing the roller coaster to running to it!


In my next eletter, I’ll show you a simple tool you can use to help you dominate your mind and start feeling kick ass throughout the day.

Stay aggressive,

C. J.

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