Using Your Reticular Activating System (RAS)
By ActionCOACH Dave Beam
Your brain is amazing; and setting and focusing on goals is a powerful way to harness its massive energy and power.
There is a network of nerves in the brain that control the state of awareness and attention. This system functions as a filter or doorway to accept and reject the overwhelming stimuli that we all encounter when we are awake.
A person can choose to actively set this ‘filter’ by choosing to think about certain things or it will be set by the environment. One of the most familiar examples is when a person buys a new car.
It seems that when you have that new car, that many cars just like it suddenly appear everywhere you go! They were really there all the time, but you just noticed them now. Why is that? It is because you have set your ‘RAS’ to look for that make, color, and style of car.
When we choose to set our RAS, we set the direction of our behavior. This is why goal setting is an effective way to direct your life in a desired direction. When you set goals, and keep them ‘top of mind,’ then your mind is constantly looking for ways to bring those desired outcomes to pass.
Place the thoughts in your mind on what you would like to become, and then watch it come to pass. We truly do become what we think about.
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