This is how you can recognize Monkey Mind in yourself:
Your Monkey Mind will:
- sabotage your best ideas by creating doubt
- sound real in your head but once voiced can be challenged
- relentlessly feed on fears, bringing up past failures
- throw a wrench into the gears just when action is to be taken
- jump in and stop you cold just before starting something new
- make you ask yourself: “What’s wrong with me?”
- not have any mercy or value of your great ideas
- not give recognition for your strengths, talents, growth, achievements, improvements
- only see the negative sides and compare you to others by pointing out their strengths and your flaws
- make you feel guilty, doubtful, and undeserving of success
- make you say no to yourself and your goals, shutting the door to your dreams
- deny your needs, desires, fun
- wrecks your good intentions and get us stuck in a rut
- pull no stops – it keeps you going in circles
- be a good liar, deceiving you that monkey mind is the true voice of reason
Did you know that Monkey Mind inside us wants us to:
- maintain the status quo and prevent change
- stay comfortable and safe
- prevent growing and risk taking
- discount our inklings and intuition
- get stuck in a rut so we have something to complain about
By listening to Monkey Mind, we loose:
- opportunities
- possibilities
- freedom
- fun
- enjoyment
- growth
- spirit
- learning lessons
What are we afraid to loose when trying out new things and taking risks?
We are often afraid to loose:
- face
- friends
- finances
- fears
- familiarity
- family
- fans
- facts
- filters
- functions
- fights
How can you escape the claws of Monkey Mind?
- train yourself to recognize monkey mind
- be aware of monkey mind and go for your dreams anyway
- hire a coach who believes in your goals
- talk out loud what monkey mind says to you
- write down the monkey mind arguments and counter argue them
- treat yourself better than monkey mind would
- turn your experiences into learning lessons
- call your coach to build an action strategy to achieve your goals
- make a list of your past accomplishments, successes and skills you learned
- make a list of your talents and gifts that you are proud of
- say “thanks for your input monkey mind, but I have already decided to take this action.
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