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Originally Posted by Angela  Ed, what a great question to ask!
I don't think money is going to be a great motivator for you, because a) you would know that's you're pretending and b) even if you were going to be rewarded, what would keep the weight off afterwards? Money only represents the means people think they need to get what they really want. Why not go straight for the real, enduring stuff?
How about finding a real reward that would inspire you? For instance, underneath your desire for the million bucks, perhaps you feel that your vitality, and therefore earning power, would be through the roof if you lived and ate clean? Then each time a cookie calls your name, you might ask yourself if it will add to or subtract from your vitality and continuing abundance?
I'm not saying vitality is your dangling carrot, necessarily; but you might want to look at how exactly the extra weight is limiting you and what new inspiring possibility (overwhelming force!) you might want to create for yourself. |
Thanks for the thoughts everyone. I particularly like this one. I guess one of the problems I have is in the idea of rewards being
concrete rewards vs.
abstract rewards.
The kind of brain I have works a lot better with concrete things vs. abstract things. For example, I can imagine what it would feel like having $1 million. It's very measurable, it would be very tangible. However, the idea of having "more vitality" while I'm sure I would and I can "sort-of" imagine it, it's pretty hard for my brain to get its hands around. I can imagine all the things that I can do with more vitality, but yet it's still not a motivation for me.
Hmmm... Sounds like something I need to think more about. What's really motivation for me, and what's not.
But I guess the real point of this thread is about overwhelming force. The concept of how much effort would I put into something if I knew that there was a really, really big payoff at the end of the time. I've just been thinking more & more about the concept of Overwhelming Force and what it would take to really deal with this issue in my life in a quick and decisive manner.
Anyhow, time to get to work. Thanks everyone for responding to my thread.