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Your conditioning controls you, and thus, the actions, results and consequences of your life.  You are where you are today as a result of your conditioning – period.  It controls your emotions, feelings, actions and decisions.  It is YOUR central programming.

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Success Key No. 21: "Conditioning" - What it is and why it is Critical to Your Success

The term “conditioning” is definitely a buzz word these days in the arena of personal development, self-improvement and Success achievement – perhaps as much as the popular – and related – word “paradigm.”

But, how much do we really understand about our “conditioning?”  And, why is it so important?

Mt. Washington of the Presidential Range, White Mountains, New Hampshire, from Tuckerman Ravine Cut Off. Photo by David T. Palreiro on May 21, 2004.

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First, let me assure you that the state of your conditioning is absolutely critical to the state of your life and it is the most important factor – out of the many factors and elements – in whether or not you will achieve the life that you Desire.  No matter how much or what you study, or what actions you take (or fail to take), if your conditioning is “faulty,” you will not achieve your Desires.  Indeed, the Law of Attraction – as well as the other Universal Laws – is absolutely useless if you have, and engage in, faulty conditioning.

I liken “conditioning” to what I call “the rules of life.”  It is actually more than that name implies, however, but it is an analogy that works well for me.  Perhaps a better fit would be to think of conditioning as your “internal programming” and it resides deep in the recesses of your subconscious mind.

Your conditioning controls you, and thus, the actions, results and consequences of your life.  You are where you are today as a result of your conditioning – period.  It controls your emotions, feelings, actions and decisions.  It is YOUR central programming.

Your conditioning controls you, and thus, the actions, results and consequences of your life.  You are where you are today as a result of your conditioning – period.  It controls your emotions, feelings, actions and decisions.  It is YOUR central programming.

In “Awaken the Giant Within,” Anthony Robbins refers to conditioning as “your internal system for making decisions.”  And, Anthony further notes that “The scary thing is that most people never consciously set this system up.” [emphasis original]  Ouch!  But he is dead-on right!  As my personal mentor Bob Proctor used to yell when discussing where our conditioning originates: “You inherited it!”

That is true.  Our subconscious mind – as powerful as it is – has absolutely NO ability to think for itself and decide whether the input that it receives from the conscious mind is good or bad data.  It ONLY accepts what it is told – from whatever source – as true.  Unless you perform a manual, conscious override, your subconscious default mode is to accept all input – regardless of source and regardless of substance – as true.  Once recorded in your subconscious, this “data” becomes your “life rules” and you will live according to what the subconscious has accepted.

Our subconscious mind – as powerful as it is – as NO ability to think for itself and decide whether the input that it receives from the conscious mind is good or bad data.  It ONLY accepts what it is told – from whatever source – as true.

So, where does the input originate?  Anywhere and everywhere.  As Anthony Robbins states, “[I]t’s been installed through the years by sources as diverse as parents, peers, teachers, television, advertisers, and the culture at large.”  We are bombarded with data every moment of our waking life from all angles.  And, the more influential the source of the data, the greater meaning we give to it and the more likely that particular data will be recorded.  What’s worse, we develop our conditioning very subtly, failing to see the faulty input data as it is being recorded by our subconscious.

Let’s take a quick look at conditioning in action.  Notice how subtle it is, yet the powerful and damaging effects that result when we accept corrupt data.

Television is a powerful conditioning tool.  When we “watch” television, we tend to turn off our conscious thinking and become absorbed into the “programming” that we are watching (no pun intended; television “programming” “programs” our subconscious very, very effectively!).  It is as though we have taken a USB cable and connected our subconscious hard drive directly to the television programming (input source), by-passing our conscious filters (anti-virus software).  Why don’t we just hook-up an IV of mind-altering drugs or alcohol?

In our example, suppose a commercial advertisement is observed and it features a well-toned woman wearing a bikini.  The individual observing the commercial advertisement is a woman who is less than satisfied with her physical appearance, and in particular her “figure” and weight.  Without even thinking, this is what she tells herself:

“I wish I had a body like that.  I am never going to have a body like that.  Some people are just born that way and I am not one of them.  I’m fat.  I am always going to be fat, no matter what I do.  It’s no use.  Why even bother?  There’s no justice in this world.”

The images of the woman in the commercial advertisement, the message of the commercial, the values that society and our culture places on individuals who are “thin,” Hollywood and celebritism, and, most importantly, what the woman watching television just told herself have all been programmed into her subconscious mind and ACCEPTED AS TRUE.  The programming has now become part of the woman’s conditioning.  Unless she makes the necessary changes to override that conditioning, she will forever continue to live her life according to that programming.

And, she didn’t even know what just happened!  Major damage was inflicted and our subject is totally unaware.

Conditioning – Regardless of the kind and regardless to what extent we are actively involved as to the nature, level and extent of the content – takes place all day long, each day.  We continue to condition ourselves, whether we know it or not, whether we like it or not.

Conditioning – Regardless of the kind and regardless to what extent we are actively involved as to the nature, level and extent of the content – takes place all day long, each day.  We continue to condition ourselves, whether we know it or not, whether we like it or not.

And, the worst part about it is that 99% of the input data is NOT TRUE.  Yes, that’s right – it’s NOT TRUE!  We make it up, assign meaning to it, and then live by it.  Nothing is really “true” unless we say it is!

Henry Ford once said something along the lines of “Regardless of whether we believe something is true or not, either way we are right.”  Now that, my friends, is something that is true!

In his excellent book, “Mach II with Your Hair on Fire,” Richard Bliss Brooke poignantly notes that since we make it all up anyways, we don’t we make it good instead of bad?

That brings us back to Anthony Robbins, who advises that not all is lost – regardless of our age and regardless of the nature, level and extent of past conditioning:

“The good news is that we can override this system [conditioning] by making conscious decisions at any moment in our lives.  We don’t have to allow the programming of our past to control our present and future.” [From Awaken the Giant Within (emphasis original)]

We are going to end on that note.  Start thinking about your conditioning NOW.  In upcoming Success Keys, we are going to continue this discussion and begin exploring actual methods for changing your conditioning.  YOUR conditioning is critical to YOUR life and YOUR Success.

Until then, Namaste!

To your Health, Wealth, Prosperity and Success,

The Success Manual Team

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Mount Washington image with permission from the Mount Washington Observatory.  Thanks, Crew!    

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