Hypnosis admin on 14 May 2011 04:29 pm
Overcoming Selfishness
Selfishness crops up in lots of different places – relationships being one of the more common – so how can you go about overcoming selfishness in your life?
You may not know if but you’ve probably already taken the first, most difficult, step for overcoming selfishness by deciding to research the subject.
But there’s a long way to go before you can truly claim to be less selfish…
Help with overcoming selfishness
Start small
Most of our habits have taken time to grow and they can take time to break. Selfishness is no different.
Changing how you act in small ways is surprisingly powerful. We are hard wired to stay true to ourselves and once you start being less selfish in one area of your life, your mind will begin to apply this to other areas.
It was used very effectively by the Chinese against prisoners of war. They got them to admit to small things such as “America is not perfect” and then gradually expanded on that.
By starting on small things, you’ll be able to make big changes in your life and will be overcoming selfishness almost without knowing it.
So next time you have a bag of candy or a packet of potato chips, offer them round! This may be all you need to start overcoming selfishness.
Be aware of other people
Quite often our selfish attitude stems from being self centered and almost blissfully unaware of other people. It could be that we are just self absorbed but this can be interpreted by others as being selfish amongst other things.
Start paying a bit more attention to other people. You’ll be pleasantly surprised at how much you get back from this. There’s a good chance that you’ll start to be included in events and discussions more often. Take advantage of this and start to share things with other people more often.
Embrace ambundance
One of the ways of overcoming selfishness is to embrace the idea that there is ambundance in life and that it’s all around us.
Selfishness can be brought on by the feeling or fear of lack. If your mindset says that there is a limited quantity of things then your natural instinct will be to hoard everything in order to conserve it. Being selfish is the natural outcome of this mindset.
Whenever you are out and about, make a point to reinforce the idea to yourself that there is abundance everywhere – the roads stretching into the distance, buildings all over the place, people around you, and so on. Get yoruself into the mindset of abundance and you’ll soon find yourself overcoming selfishness.
Get help
Changing our mindset is often not as easy as it should be. Hypnosis can help you change your mind in the subtle ways that are often best to ensure long term change.
Choosing a hypnosis track for overcoming selfishness and playing it to yourself on a regular basis for a few days is an excellent way to change your mind. You’ll find yourself becoming less selfish almost automatically.
Click here for a hypnosis download for overcoming selfishness.