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Sometimes, reluctance to change just boils down to procrastination. It would all be OK if only you’d just knuckle down and do it. But somehow there’s always something else that’s way more important in the moment, pairing up socks, social media, reading Newsletters (except this one, of course). They all becoming surprisingly attractive in the face of doing something constructive.
This is a really easy way to work your way past pure procrastination:
It works by convincing your unconscious that you’re not actually intending to do anything major at all. It gets past the problem of beginnings.
Set out to only spend 2 minutes (and no longer) on whatever it is:
- Listening to that meditation or hypnotherapy mp3,
- Exercising
- That report for work / college / uni
- Preparing that healthy meal rather than getting a take-away
Just do 2 minutes. Then stop.
It has 2 key benefits:
- You have already begun.
- It engages the Zeigarnik Effect (honestly!)
Back in 1927 Bluma Zeigarnik, a renowned Russian psychologist, discovered something intriguing. Human brains hate unfinished tasks. Your mind will actually try to get you to carry on and reach a natural break rather than just stop.
Remember the quiz show 'Who-Wants-To-Be-A-Millionaire?' and how Chris Tarrant kept on saying: "The correct answer .... Will be revealed after the break!"
That's the Zeigarnik Effect in action. If he'd told you straight away, you might not have carried on watching.
Try it. It works
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