53STEP ONE Write down the following: A. What negative habit do you desire to replace? B. What positive habit or attitude will you develop to replace it? C. What actions will you take to replace your negative habit? D. What is the easiest and most logical way to do this? STEP TWO A. Visualize yourself as already having succeeded in changing your habit. See yourself enjoying the benefits of your new positive habit. B. Use a positive affirmation to go along with the visualization.(more about affirmations later) STEP THREE Observe your actions and note every time you fail to do what your promise. Remember, DO NOT condemn or scold yourself. Simply make a non-judgmental observation and allow yourself to make the necessary correction. STEP FOUR Keep a record for at least twenty-one days. After you consciously choose your new positive habit pattern, these four steps will enable you to program it into your subconscious. It will then become and automatic response action. If you have established negative responses to life situations, your automatic mechanism will cause you
54to respond the way you have conditioned yourself to FEEL and ACT.
