Controlling Your Subconscious Brain

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Warning: I am no doctor nor am I a psychologist, but over the last few months, I have read a lot about the subconscious brain and its effect on our everyday decisions and actions. Because of this, I have taken a deep dive into an understanding of the subconscious brain, its role and how to overcome its shortcomings.

Left Brain – Right Brain
Throughout my life, I have always heard of people refer to each other as left brain or right brain. These categorizations first came about in the 1960s when a psychobiologist researcher and Noble Prize winner named Roger W. Sperry theorized that since the brain is divided into two hemispheres and these two hemispheres function very differently.

On the left side of the hemispheres, the brain is very analytical. This is where thinking, logic, and analysis takes place. People that are very linear, logical and meticulous are said to be left brain dominant thinkers.

On the right side of the hemispheres, the brain is very creative. This is where art, creativity, and imagination take place. People that are very artistic, creative and out of the box thinkers are said to be right brain dominant thinkers.

What about the Subconscious Brain
Not until recently, had I ever considered the subconscious brain and it is a third factor in what controls our actions and thoughts.

In the Rich Dad, Poor Dad series, Robert Kiyosaki makes reference to the three brains often. Robert makes the statement that the subconscious brain is the most powerful and the one that we listen to the most.

The main purpose of the subconscious brain is to protect. This is the brain that tells us when we are doing something risky or helps us to rationalize if doing something will end with a bad result.

For the most part, this is good, but the subconscious brain can also have some bad effects. When you want to get motivated to eat healthily or exercise, the subconscious brain is the one telling you that it’s too hard, or that you don’t want to do that.

When you feel hungry, your subconscious brain is telling you to eat more, it wants to preserve you, but eating too much or too often can hurt your diabetes. Same with exercise, your subconscious brain doesn’t like pain and it wants to preserve your body from strenuous exertion, so all of those thoughts about why I don’t want to get up and exercise are coming from the subconscious part of your brain.

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5 Second Rule
One of the best techniques I have learned is the 5-second rule. If you haven’t read my article about the 5 Second Rule make sure to go over and read this article and then go get the book and read it too. This simple yet effective technique has real merit. I use it almost every day in my own life to motivate myself to eat correctly, and/or exercise.

There is a lot of science behind the idea and it helps you to overcome your subconscious efforts to keep you from doing what you need. You can remove your subconscious from the decision making process when you know that you should be doing the right thing.

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There are other techniques that are helpful as well, but I will save these for another article. What are your techniques for overcoming the bad effects of your subconscious?

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