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Firstly, today is my baby daughter's first Birthday. She has spent a lot of the morning chewing the ties to her new Wigwam. She knows how to celebrate.

Anyway, to share my celebration, I am offering any one of our single hypnosis tracks to Adam Up readers for £1.00 till the end  hours.

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Onto today's Adam Up...

Napoleon Hill wrote in his book 'Think and Grown Rich' the following: 

"Accurate analysis of over 25,000 men and women who had experienced failure, disclosed the fact that lack of decision was near the head of the list of the 30 major causes of failure. This is no statement of a theory - it is a fact.

procrastination, the opposite of decision, is a common enemy which practically every man must conquer." 

How many times have you known that you needed to or wanted to do certain things but just do not seem to actually do them? Do you procrastinate about doing certain things that you really would love to do? Do you really want the end result but don't seem to muster the action to do it?

Procrastination can be (and in my opinion is) one of the most devastating problems you ever face. Just why is that? Because when you procrastinate, there is a life you know is waiting to be lived, you may even be yearning to live it, but part of you doesn't seem to want that life and part that part of you seems to prevent you from doing it. Procrastination commonly happens because part of you believes that you don't deserve the rewards of the actions you need to be taking, though there are of course lots of other possible reasons. 

Procrastination often is the most sneaky and subtle form of self sabotage you will experience. 

Being productive, making decisions and taking action is our next focus for developing our wealth mindset as we have been doing throughout the month of February. Today then, I present to you, two separate ways to help overcome procrastination and get really productive. 

Firstly, getting into a productive state: 

What kind of a state are you in each day. Hmmm? Is it one filled with procrastination, hesitation and failure to take action or be productive? Or is your state conducive to being wealthy and prosperous in the way you desire? 

You are always in some kind of a state, though we are often not consciously aware of what exactly that might be. Especially if we are in a state of blissful ignorance and lack of self-awareness, eh? ;-)  

A state is your way of being at any given moment. It involves what is happening in your brain, what is going on in your body, what you are seeing, doing, feeling and what you are thinking.

Now then I can confirm that some states are pleasant, uplifting and enjoyable, oh yes. Some are divine, ecstatic and blissful. Others may be mild or unpleasant. We like some states and are apprehensive or fearful about others. Good management of our states make us more and more effective in our lives - and what's more; it greatly enhances our prosperity.

We tend to develop our own repertoire of states that we are accustomed to such as relaxing when the sun shines, being nervous when our boss at work calls our name,  or feeling guilty eating chocolate cake when we should be training for a marathon - I excuse myself, it is my baby's first Birthday after all!! 

Sometimes we recognise these states at the time, particularly in relation to specific stimuli. Exams and tests are widely seen as triggering anxiety, our children's birthdays often make us excited, Christmas or other celebrations often makes many people feel good. Some people become euphoric with some things, others can become anxious or filled with dread as they anticipate that same event.

So what is the most optimum state for you to be in to develop your wealth and prosperity consciousness?

I once worked with a guy who had been picked on his entire lifetime. I mean, he was picked on at school, he was picked on at work, he was even often picked on by people in the street. His state was that of someone who got picked on and so it kept on happening, he attracted more of the wrong attention He thought, felt and then subsequently behaved in a way that lent itself and gave opportunity for people to treat him in an uncharitable way. People found it easy to treat him poorly - not the loveliest of people, agreed.

All of us can walk into pretty much any place and get a certain reaction or response from people without saying a word - because we have an internal state that projects beyond what words can communicate.

When our state is right, the world and life responds to it.

One of my favourite comedians and actors, Steve coogan, did a one off comedy show once about a salesman called Gareth Cheeseman. Before Gareth Cheeseman was about to go and give a sales presentation, he would spend a few minutes standing in front of his bathroom mirror exclaiming to himself "You are a tiger! Raaaah!"

This was his way of getting into the right state. I am not suggesting that you need to stand in front of your mirror telling yourself that you are a tiger by the way.

Quite often, when someone is not feeling as good as they would like to, they try to distract themselves with all manner of things - this often leads to them feeling worse. Knowing we should be getting productive, being decisive and productive when actually doing something unrelated and non-productive as a distraction makes us feel guilt, anxiety, frustration and so on - procrastination is an enemy of a wealth conscious internal state. 

When you learn to understand and be aware of your own states, you learn to recognise them, what causes them and can find yourself in a position of being able to prevent certain states from occurring before they get to an unmanageable level. Heightening awareness of our states helps to allow us to prevent much of what we don't need and allows us to make more of each moment.

Now, I don't know about you, but I am quite sure, no, I am really sure that I would not want to spend my life experiencing limiting and unpleasant states, but you would be amazed how many people actually do. Think about how much time you spend in states that you would rather not. What states would you rather be in? As you think about those states that you would like to be in, then think about how much time you actually spend in those states

As of today, become aware of your physiology: This you can change easily. Move your body differently, change your posture, move around, adopt the positions that you adopt when you feel a different way. I know that when you are happy you hold your body differently to when you are sad, so change your physiology.  Really get into the idea of asking yourself what you need to do physiologically to make yourself feel and be different at that time. Learn to hold you body like someone who has a wealthy mindset, who has the desire and drive I wrote about in previous weeks, someone who is assured of attaining wealth goals.

Then start to think about how you create and develop progressive abundant states: I have often needed to find some inner strength or mental calmness before I can even think about dealing with something that I have to do, especially if it is demanding. Let me tell you how I do that. Sometimes I do something different for a while to build up to it, or I encourage myself to do something and gee myself on, but most of the time I think about how I did something well before and remember the feelings I had then when I handled something really well and successfully. Other times, I think about how enjoyable the outcome is going to be once achieved. I usually feel more decisive and productive as a result.

Today, we are going to set up a good, resourceful, prosperous state with a fabulous technique, using your imagination. In addition, I want you to imagine that the internal state of prosperity that you are creating also acts as a shield to protect you from old influences that may have nudged you off course in the past. Likewise, if some sort of distraction presents itself, you are protected from it effecting you as it may have done in the past - you maintain your productive, wealthy mindset.

Continued...

When people consider taking action and getting productive, they often go through that phase of  rationalising it with themselves. You use that language at times, don't you?

"I ought to start planning."

"I should do some research."

"I must make those calls."

"I should start writing today, maybe tomorrow."

This sort of language shows that getting productive is often something we don't really want to do, but it is somehow necessary for us to get something else, it is a means to an end and not very compelling. We want to be wealthy, we want to live a certain lifestyle, we want to feel proud of ourselves, we want to be perceived in a particular way - certain wealth achievements do these things for many people

There are very few people that first start out on their journey toward their wealth mindset that actually really think to themselves and tell the world around them:

"I want to be productive."

"I enjoy taking action."

"I love feeling the sensation of decisiveness."

It often takes us a while to develop this perspective as we get productive. Whenever I say these kinds of things, many people look at me as if I am some sort of nutjob.

It tends to then feed my motivation to take action further and keep on doing it. It is now an intrinsic and automatic part of my life and my day-to-day regimen.

"What? Is that it Adam? That is your strategy for getting motivated? Just keep on doing it until you like it?!"

Nope. That kind of suggested process is likely to end up as many ventures do - down the pan.

Many people have an unusual psychological association with taking decisive action. They think of it as some sort of a chore and think of doing it with some kind of begrudging mindset, like it is a punishment; often perpetuated by those that insist on "no pain, no gain" or other outdated 80s idiocy that only deserve ot be repeated at select nostalgic moments when refusing to throw away your 'Frankie Says Relax' t-shirt.

If you consider being productive to be something you must/should/ought to be doing because you have to earn a certain amount of money to compete with your neighbours or impress your in-laws by feeling you have to sacrifice some comfort and exchange pain, hassle and .... Then of course you are not going to be motivated to do what is necessary.

Today, I thought I'd run through a nice process, using self-hypnosis, mental imagery and a bunch of other stuff (excuse the technical jargon) to show you how to get motivated to take action and end up wanting to be productive, feel good doing it, and enjoy taking decisive action - because it feels good really!

Before we start with this process, write up a list or have a mental note of all the reasons that you want to have a wealthy mindset - include all your motivations for achieving your wealth goals. Word them in a positive frame. By that I mean, to state that you want to 'achieve the lifestyle I desire' and not 'I don't wanna be skint.' Make your reasons things that move and strive to achieve rather than things you want to avoid - at least for this exercise, we are going to be positive.

I appreciate that many people are motivated by fear and avoiding things that they do not want, but this particular process lends itself better to being progressive.

With that in mind, also now think of some really marvellous statements that are inspiring and motivating to you such as those I gave earlier "I love to take action more and more" and "I increasingly enjoy being productive" and "my mind and body loves being decisive" or word things however you choose, in your own preferred way.

So with that set of great reasons for exercising in mind,  and with a set of positive affirmations to deliver to yourself later on, let the fun begin; make it your aim to have a powerful state of productivity, appropriate levels of positivity, and for it to stop you being distracted or procrastinating. 

Spend a few moments imagining that you have just completed a project of some kind. You decide what kind of action it was. Notice what you see all around you, notice the sounds of the environment you are in and most importantly, start to feel the sensations of having enjoyed a spectacular uplifting decisive period of productivity that is leading towards your desired wealth outcomes.

Imagine the endorphins that your brain is pumping through your body that reach every cell of your body. Notice the warm tingle of heightened sensation in your muscles as they relax after the project is complete. Like it is a glowing, joyous sense of satisfaction. Imagine feelgood chemicals working through your system.

You might choose to imagine the good feelings as a colour working through your body and mind, or as a sound or even just get a physical sense of it working through your body and you concentrate on it.

Really spend plenty of time making sure you generate a very real and observable sensation in your mind and body that represents the sensation of having just been productive. As you do it, tell yourself that you are going deeper into hypnosis and use this step to deepen your own experience of hypnosis at the same time.

When you are certain you have that, move on to the next step.

Now we benefit from one of the main benefits and characteristics of hypnosis. Magnify and increase that magnificent feeling. Maybe you imagine a dial in your mind, maybe you imagine the colours spreading or becoming brighter, maybe you sense the feelings expanding, maybe you just tell yourself they are amplifying, maybe you move the feelings (or your imagined feelings) faster and faster through your body and build them up to a feverishly delightful and delicious joyous feeling.

Take all the time you need and really practice expanding and developing this glorious feeling of post-action bliss and ecstasy. The feeling of achievement!

When you are sure that you have grown it and amplified it to a memorable level, move on to the next step. 

Holding those great feelings, recall all the reasons you have for achieving your wealth goals. All those great reasons and motivations you have. Remind yourself of all those wonderful reasons you have for getting productive and start to imagine how good it is going to be when you achieve those desired outcomes - maybe it is going to help you live a certain lifestyle that you wish, maybe it is wanting to feel good, or prove to people that you can do this, whatever the reasons, imagine you have achieved them and notice how good the feelings of achievement are. Bask in them and combine these feelings with those that you already have.

Build and develop and amplify, then move on to the next step.

To bring this together, now imagine being in a typical situation in your life when you are about to choose whether to take action or not. See the sights, hear the sounds, be in that place, that environment of your life.

Now mentally rehearse that in that situation, you state those words to yourself, you feel those feelings begin to grow and develop within you, you are inspired into action and you decisively choose to be productive.

Tell yourself that every time you practice this process, it becomes easier to do in real-life. Tell yourself that each time you have to decide whether to move towards your goals or not, you start to automatically feel really good at the prospect of it, knowing the great feelings you get and knowing the wonderful outcomes that await you.  Think about some action that you can go and do within the next 48 hours and decide to do that.

Remind yourself of that lovely feeling spreading through your body - the feeling of satisfaction we developed in the earlier steps. Imagine it spreading through your body.

Here in the UK, there used to be an advertisement for a breakfast cereal called ready brek. Every time someone in the advert had eaten Ready Brek for breakfast, when they left the house, they had a glow around them. I want you to make it your aim to have a glow about you wherever you are and whatever you are doing. A glow that protects you from having your state affected by unwanted influences. Now that we have developed this productive state, we want to protect it. 

Imagine the good feeling filling your body so comprehensively, that it moves out beyond your body and forms a powerful protective shield that ensures you are free of distractions and your productivity is not unduly diverted.

Let it cover your body in any way you like and remind yourself of it being there throughout your days. When you have got it there, completed and almost like an armour plating, move on to the final step. 

Count from 1 through to 5 to bring yourself up and out of hypnosis. Open your eyes, wiggle your fingers and toes and reorient yourself.

So now, on a daily basis, spend some time generating good motivating feelings about being productive - keep your protective shield up so as to avoid attempts to procrastinate!

Secondly then, we have a split screen technique to destroy procrastination thoughts when they occur.  

What pleasure do you get by not taking action?

In your mind does it outweigh the pain of not taking certain actions?

Is there more you could be doing to develop your wealth mindset?

I used to be a big procrastinator in my early and mid twenties. I always wanted to write books, to have a flourishing career, to travel more and maintain certain friendships, but I kept on setting things aside and diverting my attention to other things. I worked averagely hard, but was sabotaging my own life by not getting the books into print, not writing the new programmes or making the progress that I desired personally and professionally.

I was sabotaging myself. There was a part of me that believed that it was not possible for me to have success or even deserved it. I had not worked as hard as my Dad advised me was necessary to get ahead in life. He had risen out of very poor beginnings to get where he was against all kinds of adverse conditions. I just had not overcome anything, in fact, I believed that I had been handed everything on a plate.

I worked fairly hard but when it was obvious I could do great things, I would get lazy and stop being productive when I saw the potential for a successful life.

Once I had my own house I would often find myself watching the TV for hours, flicking through the channels. I was flicking away the hours of my life! I know and meet lots of people that do this too There were other ways I was procrastinating, but that one was most prominent and obvious.  

Then I attended a Tony Robbins seminar in London and I remember him talking about having to have a goal. Now, I had lots of my own dreams and goals. What's more, I really did believe I had lots of potential.

The seminar faded from my mind as my mind flashed possible futures. I saw one of being mediocre and unaccomplished and another one was where I was a success on my own terms with all the wonderful things and people in my life that I want, and I decided that I really wanted that more than the other future possibility.

I started to think "What do I need to do to change?"

"I have to stop procrastinating and I must start to get off my backside and not just work, but finish projects and finish them successfully." I could see the end result that I wanted. I just had not been taking the necessary action to make things happen and make it all work and fit into place for me. I had been procrastinating and flicking through the channels.

So I rummaged through all the books and training manuals I had to find the right solution for me to take control of my brain and one of the most powerful ones I ever did I am going to share with you all today. It is known as the swish pattern.

Ok, so get yourself nice and comfortable and we are going to run through this technique.

Firstly, identify what it is that you want to change. Run through that thing in your mind, get all the details of that behaviour in your mind. 

With your eyes closed, imagine that you are sat in the most comfortable chair in your own private cinema, and imagine that you are looking up at a huge blank cinema screen. Now up on the screen play the procrastinating behaviour over in your mind like a film clip.

I used to sit down in front of the TV, so I imagined doing just that, up on that screen was me holding the remote control in my right hand with my thumb over the channel hopping button. I imagined the TV in front of me and with my right hand holding tightly onto the remote control. I imagined the channels changing as I pressed the buttons.

Wash that from your mind for a moment, clear your mind. Now decide what behaviour you want to do instead and see yourself rewarded.

Having established and replayed what you no longer want to experience. That was the repeating loop of procrastination that you were doing time after time in the past. That is what needs to stop. Now you have to figure out what behaviour you want to do instead.

What I wanted was to take action by writing more material for my books, researching for and recording new audio programmes, and studying more. I wanted to help change people's lives! I wanted to see looks on people's faces that were of happiness and satisfaction and I wanted to get well paid for that! How could I create a behaviour that I would do instead of flicking through the channels of the TV? How could I turn all of these desires into one simple process in my mind?

I created a film clip in my mind which went something like this: I see my hand flicking the channel on the remote controller and this alerts me to immediately get up and go to the computer. I start typing and I immediately see the rewards that I really want, coming out of the computer. I see the money, I feel the sense of self-satisfaction, I see things around me that are the rewards of my hard work. It all feels perfect.

That is the new film clip. Do this now and get this really vivid in your mind. Get the sights, sounds and feelings integrated into this film clip, it must be as vivid as possible. 

Now we need to install the new behaviour.

So now we have two very different film clips of how you want to be and how you were in the past. We need one to be more dominant in your mind in a way that will create lasting change. For me, it meant that as soon I ever saw myself holding the TV remote control, I had to get to work on something that I have been procrastinating about. 

So, for this next step, you have to see the old behaviour in your mind, up on the large screen. Then have the new behaviour as a smaller image. Shrink this image so that it fits into a little tiny picture box in the lower right hand side of the big screen. So basically, you are looking at two screens; the big old, unwanted behaviour and the small new desirable and productive behaviour. 

On the big screen is the film clip of the procrastinating behaviour that is causing so much sabotage in life. You see yourself watching the film clip of the procrastination and then you "swish!"

When I say "Swish" what I mean is this: Immediately the tiny box in the lower right hand corner explodes onto the big screen. The old film clip is shrunk into the small box. You can't even see what's going on in that tiny picture any more. Instead you see yourself doing the new behaviour. In my case, I saw myself going to the computer and starting to do work that would be productive and I saw myself receiving the rewards I wanted.

Then you reset things. Let the picture in the small box, the old unwanted behaviour, reset onto the big screen.  With the new behaviour in the small bottom screen and the "swish" them again.

Imagine that as you swish them, you are obliterating and destroying the old behaviour. Make the new film clip, the new behaviour more and more vivid and sensory rich and make the old behaviour more vague each time you shrink it, have it lose some of it's qualities, losing its colours, sounds and so on, make it more and more vague each and every time you do this. Like you are erasing its effectiveness from your mind. 

The old film clip that was running as a behaviour in your life is being shrunk down and dismantled every time you put it on to the big screen, then replaced with the new productive behaviour with a "Swish." I even have a special sound that I use in my mind to go with the word swish as I say it in my mind. 

Repeat lots of times.

I know therapists who do this with people 3 times and then that is it. I recommend that you do this lots and lots of times.

I did this in excess of 30 times in an hour one day. By the end of that hour, I had a new behaviour. I had a new response to seeing the TV and the remote control. Up until this day, it just keeps on working and as each day has gone by, the new behaviour has become more and more lodged into my brain and my life. It got to the stage a couple of years ago that I just do not go near the TV any longer, I literally walk straight to the computer to begin and finish projects that richly reward me and those that follow my work.

Run yourself through those steps lots of times and really see the end to any procrastination. Then you can start really taking huge leaps into action for your own wealth mindset development. 

Use both of these processes this week and get productive!

Joke Of The Week

Following our 7-year-old jokes for previous week,s I received a more adult gag this week that made me laugh greatly...

Two lads are at the bar discussing their girlfriends...

'My Amy's a bit of an airhead,' the first guy says. 'She's just bought a car and she can't even drive.' 'You think that's bad?' his mate laughs. 'My girlfriend has just gone to Greece on a girlie holiday with her mates. She took a bumper pack of condoms - and she doesn't even have a willy.'

Hahahahahaha, brilliant, love that one. Thank you everyone who sends me in the jokes and tells me them with such frequency, they help keep a smile on my face!

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I'll be back next week, enjoy educating your wealth consciousness this week this week ... I thank you for reading...  Goodbye for now.

Bulooo!

Adam.