


Your mindset may see “It’s too much of a sacrifice, its genetic to be overweight, I’m under a great deal of stress right now, I need the energy for my life…I’ll try again later.” You start to disconnect from the new goal you have set and start to revert to old patterns of behaviour. Suddenly a disconnect is happening between your behavioural goal and the way you see yourself and others. Maybe you sustain an injury, or a challenge appears in your life and food is your comfort, your support system. But then the change slows or peters off, maybe you have carried the weight for a long time, your identity is tied into it.
#Outward mindset full#
What we teach at The Arbinger Institute is a way to examine your mindset and shift it in some simple strategic ways to increase your chances or achieving your goals whilst dramatically improving your influence and relationships. We have a website full of individuals and organisations sharing how they have been able to do just that.Ī typical example: Imagine you want to lose weight you stick to a healthy eating plan and exercise more and for a good period of time it creates change. Basically, it has been with you all of your life. Why is that worth looking into? Well our mindset has been created by our life’s journey, our lived experiences, and our views of life. Because it is how we see ourselves, our relationships, our work, our bodies that ultimately drives our level of connection to new behaviour despite how SMART our goal or determined our beliefs can be.

This disconnection comes down to our mindset, the way we see. Maybe we got to the goal, but not felt how we hoped we would. Stay with me! Often when we create a change at a behavioural level we can get started or even get close to goal and realise that we have fallen off track, we lose momentum or willpower and we revert to old habits. I hear you, tried that, done it, nothing new. My guess is you set a goal, changed your behaviours and habits, and moved toward the change… Have you ever wanted to change something about yourself or achieve a personal goal?
