Hack Your Mind

Behavioral changes don’t begin with action—they begin in the mind. Rejecting the conventional wisdom of the self-help world, Young recommends a set of techniques called neruohacks to help you change the way your mind works.

One neurohack involves the way in which we identify ourselves. Do you think of yourself as someone who usually doesn’t finish tasks? Do you imagine yourself to be the man or woman who has to have that “one more drink”?

Try telling yourself that you’re not these things, no matter your past behavior. You’re the person who finishes every task. You’re the fellow who refuses to drink past his limit. You’re the person who is outrageously addicted to the gym.

Keep telling yourself this, and you’ll begin making decisions based not on your own past behavior, but on this improved mental image of yourself. You’ll change.

Change your mind, and you’ll change your habits—every time.