5 Secrets To Banish Bad Habits Using Nlp Coaching

Of the many different requests I received from my clients as an NLP coach, many of those were desperate calls to help them permanently eradicate bad, disempowering habits from their lives. It seems that for a long period of time, they had been trying everything under the sun to banish their bad habits from their lives but in vain. What about you? Is there a habit in your life that you have been struggling to overcome?

DOES WILLPOWER WORK?

Just like many of his peers, Peter had been trying to use all the willpower he could summon to kick his smoking habit. And in many occasions, it seemed to work for a short period of time, until the habit relapsed. Finally, it came to a juncture where Peter decided to give up. As he lamented, "Why bother to try again if it always go back to square one!"

So what are some keys you need to know about banishing a bad habit?

When I finally sat down with Peter one day during a NLP coaching session, I realized there were a few missing keys he was not aware of when attempting to break the habit:

1) POWER OF FOCUS

According to one of the NLP Presuppositions, whatever we tend to focus on becomes a reality. This is true for anything which is positive or negative.

While using all his might and willpower to stop the habit, Peter had struggled to keep smoking off his mind. Instead of focusing on his desired outcome, he was giving more attention to what he did not want. He was indirectly giving his unwanted habit more dominion over him.

2) PATTERN INTERRUPT

If it is true that everything that we do follows a pattern, the key to breaking any habit is to break the pattern. In NLP, you term it as a pattern interrupt.

For instance, if you'd like to break your habit of overeating, try eating even more till it becomes such a painful experience. Do not try to control your behavior merely through the use of willpower! It will come to a point where you will say "Enough is enough".

3) INCREASING YOUR LEVERAGE

What if I were to tell you that ALL human behavior is ultimately driven by ONLY 2 forces?

Known as the 2Ps, it is essentially an inherent need of every human being to AVOID PAIN and to GET PLEASURE in whatever he does. This means that you can leverage on these 2 forces to increase your chances of breaking any bad habit. The bigger the WHY, the smaller the HOW.

4) PRESERVING THE POSITIVE INTENTION

There is always a positive intention behind every behavior. Once an NLP coach or NLP Practitioner fully comprehends this NLP Presupposition, he will become a master in understanding the human behavior.

Most smokers find it a challenge to kick the habit because they find smoking "beneficial" to their well-being in a certain way. (Remember that the map is not the territory) When I asked Peter why he just couldn't stop lighting the cigarettes, he replied that it worked as a form of distraction for him whenever he felt overwhelmed by his busy workload.

The key to breaking a bad habit is not to ignore or even suppress the positive intention. You have to find new and more empowering ways to preserve it.

5) CONDITIONING

For you to achieve lasting results when it comes to breaking a bad habit, you must learn to condition the new behavior. Tough it may seem initially (you may feel that there is an invisible force constantly pulling you back to your old behavior), but you have to keep doing it till it becomes a part of you.

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