Welcome back to my ongoing blog series on Impact and Poise.
To become skillful at having a precise and powerful impact on the outside world,we start with our inner thinking.
We gather information from the outside world through our five senses:
- Hearing
- Smell
- Sight
- Touch
- Smell
We then filter that information and process the resulting ”internal representations”of the outside world,alongside internal information about our physiology and our state of mind.
It’s the inter-dependant combination of internal representations,state and physiology that will determine our behaviour –and our behaviour determines our results.
So what?
Well this means that if you have a behaviour that you don’t want,all you have to do is change either your physiology,your state or your internal representations and your behaviour will change. Do this with precision and you can choose the behaviour which is most likely to catapult yourself towards your goals.
- Not feeling confident? Change your internal representations,physiology or state.
- Not feeling creative? Change your internal representations,physiology or state.
- Not feeling alive and alert, joyous and enthusiastic about your day? Change your internal representations,physiology or state.
- Got a hangover? Drink lots of water!!
It turns out that the most flexible lever we have to align our behaviours to our goals, is changing our internal representations –our filtered perception of the outside world.
We will look at how we can do this in future blogs.
“I love to sing,and I love to drink scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink scotch.”–George Burns
Being aware of our internal representations can change many things in life. Looking outside of them is what keeps us there. Great post and I’m still laughing about the pics. The quote by George burns pulls it all togather.
Vicki http://www.bridal-threads.com
This is great information and I’m looking forward to your coming posts explaining how we go about this transformation. Thank you!
Martin O’Connor
http://smallbusinessdesig
Love the picture. Good information. Looking forward to future posts.
Greg
http://www.gregdougall.com
Seems this would be more easily said than done,but I can’t wait to hear more. I loved the George Burns quote. As for drinking water if you have a hangover –you actually might be able to prevent the hangover if you drink enough water before you go to bed!
Lisa McLellan
Child Care Expert,
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I am looking forward to advice on how to change your internal perspective. This could be really nice to know.
Bert (alter ego- Mister P)
MisterP.org/blog
yes please,tell us how to do this! I already like the way it sounds.
MissMentor
THis should be an interesting sequence. How we feel inside completely changes us.
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Hi Martin,
I LOVED the combination of your captivating headline and illustrative photos. Tres drole. Had to show it to my CA sis. She liked it too.
Indeed,as I am writing my first book book (not ebook),so I am finding I need to inject self-confidence a few times a week least my Judgmental Editor voice comes in….”oh everyone knows that.”because when the truth bears out with my workshops and field research,many MANY singles do NOT already know what I am writing. So indeed,they DO need it and it IS beneficial. Reframe my psychology and physiology.
Planning some reframe of my physiology later this evening since it is Friday night in The States.
Happy Dating and Relationships,
April Braswell
Single Baby Boomer Dating Success Expert
One tequila,two tequila,three tequila,FLOOR!
Well pulled together Martin. Speaking of external swtiches,I won’t touch scotch because the mere opening of the bottle turns me into frame #4. Nevermind if I consume so much as a sip….
tequila in delicate moderation is the only spirit outside of church for me.
Kate
I was hoping for more information on Scotch,my favorite liquor. Oh well,I’ll have to settle for a dram or two later tonight.
Our experience of the world begins in our minds. You did an excellent job of explaining how the process works and how,if we want to change our experience,we can do it by changing our physiology,state or internal representations.
Steve Chambers,Sale Trainer Speaker
This is so funny. I like how you combined illustration with what your teaching. It really drove the information home
Jose Escalante
http://www.joseescalante.com
I resemble that remark!
Hmmm,scotchy-scotch-scotch. Smells so good in someone else’s glass. I’ll stick to bubbly.
When you control yourself (your perception and interpretation),you control the world without touching the world itself.
John Ho
Numerology Expert Helps Understanding Personality for Better Influence &Persuasion
THIS is Great information. Looking forward to reading your future posts.
Health,Fitness for Working People —Darryl Pace
LOVE the pics…where on earth did you find them?? Of course much easier to make sense of scotch before you start tasting.
Keri Eagan
Alternative Healing *Insight