Slept in again...

OK, slept in again. Now how do I stay motivated to do this?

Well, today I am going to look at "Unlimited Power", by Anthony Robbins, to try and find an answer.

It just so happens that I open the book to p. 111, which is the first page of Chapter VII: The Syntax of Success.

It starts with an interesting quote from the Bible:

"Let all things be done decently and in order" - 1 Corinthians 14:40

OK, I like order, even if I do sometimes live in chaos.

The central theme of the book "Unlimited Power" is the idea that one can achieve success by modelling successful people. As an addition to this theory, Robbins suggests that there is a "syntax of action", which means that there is a way in which we order our actions, and that ordering can make a big difference in whether we produce successful results or not.

Applied in the sphere of what I call the "psychology of success", what Robbins is saying is that the brain perceives things differently depending on the order in which they are presented. It is like progamming a computer, Robbins says, you have to get the order right.

The analogy between the brain, which operates based on a "psychology of success", and a computer is not necessarily a good one. The issue of the subconscious is most critical in success, according to my concept of a "psychology of success". So we need to pay attention to the programming of the subconscious.

Robbins uses the term "strategy" for factors including internal representations, "necessary submodalities", and the required syntax. These factors work together to product a particular result.

We need to know what keys to hit in order to achieve a certain mental state in our "mental biocomputer", according to Robbins. We all have the same neurology, asserts Robbins. This is hardly true, so I am starting to become sceptical...

You basically need to find people who already have financial success or fulfilling relationships, and you just need to discover their strategy and apply it to produce similar results at the same time as saving tremendous amounts of time and effort.

Syntax is the part about getting the order of this strategy right. If you work out the right combination you can open your vault and if you find the combination of other you can open their vaults too. (Not that we are going to rob anyone...)

The "senses" are the building blocks of our syntax - these can be internal and external. Syntax is a matter of how we put together the blocks of external experience and internal representations.