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Magic Wand Question
“If you could wave a Magic Wand that changed
one thing within six months which would have
a positive impact on your life
– personally and/or professionally…
…What would you change?”
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You are of “Two” Minds…
The Conscious Mind
The Subconscious Mind
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Conscious Mind
• Voice in your head – “Self-Talk.”
• Rational and Analytical
• Visionary – Can imagine a future
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Subconscious Mind
• Center of Emotions and Instincts
• Storehouse of memories – DNA, Habits
• Cannot tell the difference between a
real or an imagined experience
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But, which mind really controls you?
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“The most recent brain research strongly
indicates that the subconscious mind
controls 90% of our choices and the
conscious mind controls 10 %.”
- Richard Granger
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Dartmouth
Author, Big Brain: The Origins and Future of Human Intelligence
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Plato’s Chariot
(Phaedrus, 370 B.C.)
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Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
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Freud's Metaphor of the Mind
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Elephant – Weaknesses
(Subconscious)
• Wants what it wants ‘now’ and does not like to make a
short-term sacrifice for long-term payoff.
• Is fearful of change, skittish, likes the status quo and has
a default setting of “survival.”
• Does not “reflect” in the traditional sense but thinks in
absolutes: “right and wrong”- “like or dislike” - “love or
fear
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Elephant – Strengths
(Subconscious)
• Is the power and the energy – the heavy lifter.
• Is the center of our emotions and the
storehouse of our memories.
• Cannot tell the difference between a real
experience or one which is imagined by the
Rider. (But, maybe not always.)
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The Rider – Weaknesses
(Conscious)
• Is at the whim of the Elephant and can serve only as
a kind of “advisor.”
• Has a natural tendency to see mostly the negative
and over-analyze (analysis paralysis).
• Has limited reserves of mental energy. Will-power
and decision-making can sap its resources.
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Rider – Strengths
(Conscious)
• Can look into the future and visualize alternate paths of
choice and – make a plan.
• Is a master storyteller The Rider loves to make up and
tell stories, even if many of the stories are a complete
confabulation and often a rationalization.
• Can influence but not control the Elephant with vivid,
emotionally charged pictures and images.
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YOU ARE THE ELEPHANT
AND THE RIDER!
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The Tricksters’
Tools of Fear
1. Rejection
2. Change
3. Failure
4. Success
5. Commitment
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The Bite of Illusory Fear
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“ILLUSORY FEAR”
CAN MAKE US VERY
STUPID!
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5 Keys to Live an Exceptional Life
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5.
Make friends with reality.
Adjust your attitude.
Create a solid support system.
Ask for help and express your gratitude.
Create a strong vision that will see you through a
crisis.
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