Picture a secretary or assistant in your brain. This assistant is going to decide what information to allow through to your conscious brain. They are the gatekeepers of information. Their job is important, as an overwhelming amount of information is thrown at you daily and youd go crazy if it all came to you on a conscious level.
Part of the information they don’t allow past the gate is anything that your brain or unconscious self does not want to accept as true. You see, we take on beliefs as we are growing up. These beliefs can come from our parents, teachers, friends and the society where we were raised. And they may not align with our beliefs today.
This can be compounded when you are trying to work with co-workers or clients. You see the person you are trying to give a message to also has their own gate keeping system, with their own set of beliefs.
For example, you may believe that the road to success is easy with the right tools. However, the subconscious is playing a tape from childhood that is saying, “Yeah right, you know that it’s a struggle and most people don’t make it.”
The result is that your...