#178: Change with mirrors

Here’s a medical trick you can use to make change easier. People with missing limbs sometimes feel pain where the limb used to be. Doctors now treat this with mirrors. The mirror tricks the brain into "seeing" the amputated limb and ignoring the nerve signals.

In the same way, we see the world not as it is, but through the eyes of memory. What you see out there is a projection of what you believe and remember.

Here’s the catch. Until you replace what you currently believe and remember, you will project your old habits into the future.

What can you do to make change easier? Begin by living the change in your mind. In your mind’s eye, see the new you in action. Mirror the change so vividly that you can believe it and can remember it.

Do this often enough and you’ll see it reflected out there. And when it appears out there, it’s because you’ve changed.


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