Did you ever try to do away with an unconstructive behavior, only to not succeed? There is list of universal problem behaviors that people often try to change or wipe out using hypnosis. Perhaps the most common are: Overeating and weight loss; stop smoking; quit chewing tobacco; stop nail biting; increasing self-confidence; overcoming insomnia and sleeping better; improving memory; and managing stress.

WHAT THE MIND CAUSES, THE MIND CAN CURE: The motivation for our behaviors starts in our thoughts. If you mull it over, all of these destructive behaviors are the result of negative thinking. In other words, you think and motivate yourself into all of these behaviors. Or at least you think yourself into feeling worried, and that can trigger these behaviors. And in view of the fact that you think and motivate yourself into these behaviors, you can think and motivate yourself out of them. But in order to think and motivate yourself out of these behaviors, you will need to know specifically how to go about doing so.

DESIRE: You are most likely reading this article for the reason that you want the motivation to make some personal changes. And that is fitting for the reason that the first building block in the "Motivation Formula For Your Success" is that you must want or desire to change. If you have read this far, at least a little part of you wants a change.

BELIEF IS REQUIRED FOR MOTIVATION: Before anyone can alter an unconstructive behavior, that person must be motivated to do so. Merely wanting a behavior to change is insufficient.

Motivation comes from what we believe. If we believe that something very important to us will get better or "become enhanced" if we make a change in our behavior, then we will become motivated. Conversely, if we believe that something very important to us will be placed at risk if we don't make a change in our behavior, we will also experience motivation to change.

Some simple examples of these motivational beliefs could be:

If I lose weight, then I'll be able to get a date or find someone to love me.

If I stop smoking, then I won't have to worry about cancer.

If I improve my study habits, then I can graduate with honors.

TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN CREATE THE BELIEFS THAT LEAD TO MOTIVATION: NLP - which is short for Neuro-Linguistic Programming, offers methods that are able to instantaneously create the element of belief. You can learn more concerning this by reading the articles "How To Get Motivated To Exercise Using Hypnosis And NLP" and "Motivation Theory - How To Quit Smoking Using NLP And Hypnosis For Motivation." These articles are both available in my free hypnosis research library.

DECISION: The dictionary definition of the word "Decision" is making up one's mind / a verdict or judgment. When you believe an idea that provides you with a powerful feeling of motivation to make a change, you will feel a powerful urge to make a decision to get rid of a negative behavior. Decision is the key that unlocks the door and compels action.

ACTION: The dictionary defines the word "Action" as an act or deed / to do or perform. Taking action means that rather than just thinking about making personal changes, you will actually take action and bring about your desired changes.

SELF-TALK: One of the many reasons that most people are unsuccessful at modifying a negative behavior is because of the way that they talk to themselves. Self-talk is significant because repeatedly it is an important part of what caused the negative behavior in the first place.

I'd like you to consider this for a moment: Let us say that you want to break a cigarette habit. Possibly the first thing that you may well say or think to yourself is: "I'm not going to smoke any longer."

It's common for people to tell themselves what they aren't going to do. Unfortunately, when we tell ourselves what we are not going to do, we are actually programming ourselves to do it!

SELF-TALK EXERCISE: Say the following to yourself: I can't see blue. I can't see polka dots . . . . . . .

I'll bet your mind showed you the color blue, and then it showed you polka dots. That's because when we tell ourselves what we aren't going to do, in order to make sense of it our mind must make an image of us doing what it is that we want to stop doing. And when we picture ourselves engaging in a behavior, our mind gives us a compulsion to produce that behavior.

SUMMARY: In order to alter a negative behavior, we must first want or DESIRE to eliminate it. BELIEF is the facet that leads us to MOTIVATION. MOTIVATION is the drive that leads us to DECISION. DECISION is the impetus to ACTION. Neuro-Linguistic Programming is a technology that we can use to facilitate beliefs, motivation, decisions, and actions.

When we tell ourselves what we are not going to do, we make a mental picture of ourselves engaging in the behavior that we want to get rid of. And that mental image gives us a powerful urge to create the negative behavior. So if we want to eliminate a negative behavior, instead of telling ourselves what we won't do, we must always tell ourselves what we will do.

To break the smoking addiction say: "I can live without them."

To abolish cravings for high calorie foods or to stop chewing chewing tobacco say: "I can live without it."

To manage stress say: "I'm relaxed and calm, both mentally and physically."

To sleep better say: "I fall asleep quickly, and sleep restfully throughout the night."