The Process of Affirming Achievement
How Your Mind Got Stuck on the Wrong Program
Imagine that you’re in a boat and the autopilot is set for east, but you decide you want to change directions and go west. You take hold of the wheel and using all your might, you force the boat west. As long as you hold the wheel steady, the boat keeps on going west. But pretty soon, you get tired of fighting the boat’s inclination and let go of the wheel. And once again, you’re heading east—because that’s the direction the boat is programmed to go.
As John Baker notes in Life’s Healing Choices (New York: Howard Books, 2013), “That’s how it is when you try to fight against your own internal autopilot. By your own willpower, you try to force new behavior. ...
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