It is a myth that the liar can control his/her lying habit.
Because lying is an impulse.....so instead of the liar controlling
the lying habit, the liar often ends up repeating the bad
habit.
The lair will aware of the stress that lying causes. They make
promises, to themselves, and to friends and family, to stop
lying……again and again, they react to the impulse and repeat
the same lying patterns.
Because lying (the bad habit) is an acquired pattern of
behavior, it becomes almost involuntary as a result of
frequent repetition. The following two stories will give a
more visual definition of the acquired lying pattern:
A teacher takes a bit of lightweight thread and wraps it onece
around the student's wrist.
He tells the class, "The string represents the power of lying
once. Can you break the string?"
The student easily breaks the thread with a small flick of the
wrists. The teacher then wraps the string around the student's
wrist many times and repeats the challenge to break it (lying
habit).
Despite repeated efforts, the lightweight string is too strong
to break.
The teacher says, "Now you see the power of repeated
actions…repeated lying. It takes more than mere willpower and
personal strength to break it. It takes a change in the way
you think about the problem."
Napoleon Hill tells this story that I have adapted:
"When men first come into contact with the lying habit, they
abhor it. If they remain in contact with lying for a time,
they become accustomed to it, and endure it. If they remain in
contact with it long enough, they finally embrace it, and
become influenced by it.
How does this "influence" affect the liar?
The liar knows that lying stops him from reaching his
potential. He knows that lying becomes self-inflicted
punishment and it drains his motivation, time, money and
relationships.
But in order to stop lying, the liar is confronted with…and
confuses the lying habit (the behavior) with who he/she truly
is.
And realizes….
The liar is not the behavior.
The liar will make mistakes.
The liar must never punish him- or herself.
Willpower is not enough to stop the lying habit.
That liars must take advantage of the self-fulfilling prophecy
and not let their believes use it against them.
......plus more.
Stop lying today by controlling the mind and not being
controlled by the mind. This may seem simple and it is, but
it's not easy. Because it took the mind a long time to create
the lying habit and it will take some time to re-train the
mind on how to stop lying and replace it with winning habits.
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