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    Personal Transformation Mastery
    Personal Transformation Mastery
    Personal Transformation Mastery
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    Personal Transformation Mastery

    By Desmond Gahan

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    “You do something that you could never have imagined yourself doing, become something you could never have imagined yourself becoming, and, ultimately, live a life greater than you could have ever imagined yourself living.” ~Dr. Judith Wright

    At the most fundamental level, every self-improvement blog post or self help book is about life transformation.

    How can you transform from the person you are today to a person who is happier, healthier, more fulfilled, more productive, in better relationships, having more self-esteem, and feeling more self-confident?

    Even the smallest positive life changes transform us in some way, pushing us forward on the personal evolutionary scale and fostering some level of self-awareness and growth.

    But what if you could transform on a level that afforded so much more than incremental change? What if personal transformation propelled you from living a better life to living a spectacular life?

    There are plenty of articles, books and blog posts on motivation that tell you how to become more motivated. Often, they give tips like ‘getting more sleep’ and ‘introducing new habits slowly’.


    These ideas are all useful to an extent but they ultimately fall short.  If  you  struggle with  motivation and  can’t  keep  yourself focused on new tasks, then a tip like this isn’t going to transform your ability to focus overnight.


    And if you struggle to motivate yourself, how are you expected to keep up the changes that lead to greater motivation? It’s something of a vicious circle don’t you think?


    If you really want to see changes, then you need to look a little deeper. You need to focus on the actual neuroscience that underpins our ability to get and stay motivated. In this report, you’ll learn exactly how motivation actually works on a biologically level   and   more   importantly,   you’ll   discover   how   you   can manipulate that process to your own ends…

    107 Pages

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDesmond Gahan
    Release dateJun 16, 2017
    ISBN9781386521679
    Personal Transformation Mastery
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    Desmond Gahan

    Desmond Gahan BA., (Dip. Applied Psychology) is the author and publisher of many non fiction books. His special area is psychology and psychopathology. He lives in Dublin Ireland.

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      Personal Transformation Mastery - Desmond Gahan

      Disclaimer

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      This e-book has been written for information purposes only. Every effort has been made to make this ebook as complete and accurate as possible. However, there may be mistakes in typography or content. Also, this e-book provides information only up to the publishing date. Therefore, this ebook should be used as a guide - not as the ultimate source.

      The purpose of this ebook is to educate. The author and the publisher do not warrant that the information contained in this e- book is fully complete and shall not be responsible for any errors or omissions. The author and publisher shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss

      or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this ebook.

      Table of Contents

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      How To Get And Stay Motivated .............................................................. 5

      Introducing the Salience Network............................................................. 5

      Taking Back Control................................................................................. 8

      Jedi Mind Tricks ..................................................................................... 11

      The Power of Meditation ........................................................................ 14

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      End Procrastination................................................................................ 15

      Why You Lack Discipline........................................................................ 18

      Why Discipline is So important ............................................................... 20

      How to Gain Unstoppable Discipline ...................................................... 22

      The Importance of Reward..................................................................... 25

      One More Thing... ............................................................................. 26

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      Overcoming Fear .................................................................................... 28

      The Samurai Code ................................................................................. 28

      Learning from the Stoics ........................................................................ 30

      Fear Setting ........................................................................................... 31

      Taking Chances ..................................................................................... 35

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      Self-Confidence Boost ........................................................................... 38

      Why Self-Confidence Will Change Your Life .......................................... 39

      How to Boost Your Confidence .............................................................. 41

      Shallow Confidence Boost ................................................................. 41

      Intrinsic Confidence ........................................................................... 43

      Training Your Confidence ...................................................................... 46

      A Healthier You ....................................................................................... 48

      How to Think About Food....................................................................... 50

      Fixing Your Fitness ................................................................................ 54

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      How To Develop Powerful Habits .......................................................... 58

      How to Create New Habits ..................................................................... 61

      The 30 Day Rule................................................................................ 61

      Micro Habits ........................................................................................... 62

      Context .................................................................................................. 63

      The Power of Routine ............................................................................ 65

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      How To Create a Meaningful Life........................................................... 68

      Is Your Life Meaningful? ........................................................................ 68

      The Monomyth ....................................................................................... 71

      The Evolutionary Shadow ...................................................................... 74

      How to Give Your Life Meaning.............................................................. 76

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      Master Your Brain ................................................................................... 79

      How Your Brain Works ........................................................................... 80

      Brain Plasticity ....................................................................................... 83

      How to Hack Your Brain and Take Control of Your Performance ........... 84

      Controlling Neurotransmitters................................................................. 85

      Controlling Your Brain ............................................................................ 87

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      Goal Setting Made Simple ...................................................................... 89

      An Example of Bad Goal Setting ............................................................ 90

      A Better Goal ......................................................................................... 92

      Is Your Goal Too Ambitious? ................................................................. 93

      Clear the Mind ........................................................................................ 98

      Introducing CBT ................................................................................... 101

      Cognitive Restructuring.................................................................... 102

      How to Use the Body Scan Meditation ................................................. 104

      How to Get And Stay Motivated

      There are plenty of articles, books and blog posts on motivation that tell you how to become more motivated. Often, they give tips like ‘getting more sleep’ and ‘introducing new habits slowly’.

      ––––––––

      These ideas are all useful to an extent but they ultimately fall short.  If  you  struggle with  motivation and  can’t  keep  yourself focused on new tasks, then a tip like this isn’t going to transform your ability to focus overnight.

      ––––––––

      And if you struggle to motivate yourself, how are you expected to keep up the changes that lead to greater motivation? It’s something of a vicious circle don’t you think?

      ––––––––

      If you really want to see changes, then you need to look a little deeper. You need to focus on the actual neuroscience that underpins our ability to get and stay motivated. In this report, you’ll learn exactly how motivation actually works on a biologically level   and   more   importantly,   you’ll   discover  how   you   can manipulate that process to your own ends...

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      Introducing the Salience Network

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      What we’re interested in here is what neuroscientists and psychologists  refer  to   as  ‘attentional  control’  or   ‘executive

      attention’. This describes the ability we have to direct our attention and hold it – the control we have over what we choose to focus on and what we choose to ignore.

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      So how does this work? It comes down to several frontal regions within the brain that control this function. Perhaps most notable is the anterior cingulate cortex which has been the result of a fair amount of research.

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      In fact though, attention is controlled by two separate networks of brain regions in the brain: areas that work together in order to get the desired result. Specifically, these networks are referred to as the ‘dorsal attention network’ which includes brain regions that run along the top of the brain (dorsal means ‘top’ in biology – hence

      ‘dorsal fin’) and the ‘ventral attention network’ (which runs along

      the bottom).

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      Understanding these two different attention networks is key because they have different purposes that clue us in on how to get superior attention. The dorsal attention network is concerned with our intentional attention (bit of a tongue twister). In other words, when you decide that you want to focus on a book for a while, or you choose to check the time, you are using the dorsal network.

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      The ventral attention network meanwhile is used when our attention is directed beyond our control in a reflexive manner. In

      other words, when you hear a loud bang and you turn to look at it, that is your ventral attention network.

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      But your ventral attention network can also be distracted by a range of other biological clues. If you are hungry for instance, then your ventral attention network will begin to direct your attention toward getting food and if you are tired, then your ventral attention network will direct your attention that way.

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      So, if you’re trying to get work done and things keep stealing your attention away, then it is going to be hard for you to maintain your attention!

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      The next question we need to ask is how the brain knows what to pay attention to. The answer comes down to yet another neural network called the ‘salience network’. This network tells us what is important and what isn’t and it appears to be very closely connected to our ability to motivate ourselves.

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      In other words, those with the ability to tell their brain what is really important will be able to stay focussed on work, they’ll be able to run longer distances and they’re be able to stay intensely focussed during competition.

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      But if you weren’t born with a powerful salience network, then

      what can you do to fix the situation?

      Taking Back Control

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