Why you eat the cake (even when you don't want to)

Hello again,

Yesterday I left you with a cliffhanger that probably kept you up all night: Why do we do things we know we shouldn't do?

You know the drill. You want to be fit, you have read the books, you bought the fancy running shoes that cost more than a used Honda... and yet, at 10 PM, you are face-to-face with a slice of chocolate cake.

And the cake wins.

This is the "Knowing/Doing Gap." Most people know how to do better than they are doing. The problem isn't a lack of knowledge. If knowledge were the key, every librarian would be a billionaire with six-pack abs.

The problem is your programming. To understand this, we need to look at a diagram that looks like it was drawn by a kindergartner, but holds the key to the universe. It was created by Dr. Thurman Fleet in 1934. We call it "The Stickperson."

Imagine a stick figure. The head is huge, and the body is tiny. Now, draw a horizontal line right through the middle of that big head.

• Part 1: The Conscious Mind (Top Half): This is the captain of the ship. It thinks, it reasons, it has an imagination. It can accept or reject ideas. It’s where you say, "I am going to eat healthy today."

• Part 2: The Subconscious Mind (Bottom Half): This is the engine room. It has no ability to reject anything. It accepts whatever is impressed upon it as absolute truth. It cannot tell the difference between what is real and what is imagined.

• Part 3: The Body: The tiny stick figure. It is the instrument of the mind.

Here is the kicker: Your body doesn't take orders from the Captain (Conscious Mind). It takes orders from the Engine Room (Subconscious Mind).

So, you consciously think, "I want to be thin." But your subconscious has 30 years of programming that says, "We comfort ourselves with sugar."

Guess who wins? The subconscious. Every single time. The vibration of the subconscious dictates the action of the body, which produces the result. You are literally vibrating at a frequency that attracts the cake.

You can try to force it with willpower, but that is like trying to hold a beach ball underwater. Eventually, your arms get tired, and the ball pops up. The cake gets eaten.

To change the result, you can't just change the behavior; you have to edit the software in the subconscious. You have to impress a new idea into that emotional mind until it becomes the new default setting.

You will find yourself grateful for having clicked the links in my email because they act as shortcuts to accessing that engine room directly, bypassing years of struggle.

Changing this internal setting is the only way to permanent change. Otherwise, you are just painting over rust.

See how to bypass the struggle and reprogram your mind for wealth here.

But wait—when you finally decide to change that programming and step out of your comfort zone, something terrifying happens. Your nervous system goes haywire. You start sweating. You feel panic.

Why does your brain try to sabotage you the moment you try to grow?

Reply and tell me: In what area of your life is your "Knowing" miles ahead of your "Doing"?

Cheering you on,

Bradley Woods