You may have heard that the subconscious mind is powerful and that the key to getting the results you want is for your subconscious mind to be aligned with your goals. In fact, the subconscious mind is many times more powerful than the conscious mind, so fighting it won’t really work.

To give you an example, while the conscious mind can process 40 bits of information per second, your subconscious mind can process 40 million bits of information per second. It’s like trying to fight against a tsunami wave. Most likely you’re going to get crushed. Instead of fighting it, the key is to understand it, so you don’t let it get in your way.

Because, if you are growing, your subconscious mind is going to do what it can to get in your way and stop you from doing what you intended to do.

You may have heard people talk about growth being messy or that crazy things may happen when you up-level in your business and this is often true.

Why does this happen? Because your subconscious mind is designed to keep you safe and the subconscious mind thinks that any change is dangerous and tries to stop it at all costs.

How does this happen?

The subconscious mind, as powerful and masterful as it is, manifests circumstances and events that are designed for you to stop.

These events may be exactly what will distract you and stop you from doing what you had intended to do. And because the subconscious mind knows you so well, it knows exactly what types of events will get you to stop or be distracted.

Let me give you a few personal examples. Earlier this year I was going to meet with a branding coach and photographer in the Seychelles. It was a big up-leveling and I was literally traveling to the other side of the world for this. One week before leaving, after having paid for the ticket, lodging and paid my coach in full, all of a sudden it looked like I wasn’t going to be able to leave, as nobody would be able to watch my kids while I was gone.

This could have easily derailed me, messed with my mind and stopped me from going if i had let it. Maybe even said, it’s not meant to be…My subconscious mind knew that the only thing that would actually stop me from going is if my kids wouldn’t be okay. But because I know how the subconscious mind works, I figured this was just something trying to stop me, and as soon as I had that thought, as quickly as the problem arose, it went away. But before that, I can tell you it looked quite impossible for me to go.

Your subconscious mind will manifest the perfect situation or event designed to stop you from moving forward with your goals. 

As I was getting ready to launch my new website, I got sick about 5 days prior to launch. I had lots of work planned but I was literally unable to get out of bed.  The night before the launch all of a sudden I was unable to access any of my website log-ins. I needed to get things done, but I couldn’t log in to any of the sites I needed to get into. This has never happened before.  I was sick for about 10 days total – which hardly ever happens to me! – and when I finally got well, then new things started happening.

My brand new Audi which is less than a year old and should be the most reliable car ever all of a sudden stopped driving. It literally turned off while driving on the road. Then, just a day later, as I was getting to the second level of my launch and next steps, my son fell at school and got hurt and needed to go to urgent care to get stitched up.

As I was driving back home after taking my son to the doctor, I couldn’t start my loaner car. Also a brand new audi. Seriously? Enough obstacles and distractions already!

Let’s just say this is not how things normally are in my world. It happened because my subconscious mind wanted to derail me, to get me to stop because I was up-leveling in my business. Because my subconscious mind thinks change is dangerous and it wants to keep me safe, so it will do what it can to make it so that I wouldn’t be able to release my new site and do the work I needed to do.

These events are enough to get most people frustrated, mad and possibly completely distracted. However, because I know how this stuff works, I found it pretty humorous.

Had I not understood the dynamics of the subconscious mind, these events may have derailed me, delayed the launch or stopped the entire thing thinking; I don’t think I’m meant to do this because of all these events….It must be a sign!

And if you don’t know better, one of these scenarios might have happened. But the website was launched and everything worked out despite these distractions. I showed my subconscious mind that I will not let it stop me.

The key when things like these happen is to not let them derail you from your goal. Yes, you may need to deal with some things to put out the fire, but continue on your journey and don’t delay because that’s exactly what your subconscious mind wants you to do. But if you do, then you don’t break through to the next level. And the next time you try, the same thing is going to happen again.

The events were designed to stop you. Don’t let them because if you do, you’ll get stuck in a nasty cycle of being stuck.

It may seem like the subconscious mind is this terrible thing that wants to harm you, but really it’s not. You couldn’t function without your subconscious mind. It controls hundreds of functions in your body and makes sure your heart beats. So be grateful that you have it and for all that it does, and try to outsmart it instead of fighting it, because you’ll never win the fight anyways.

Once you understand how this works, you can make a conscious effort for these things not to get in your way, and you will get to the next level of growth much quicker.

I don’t know how many times I’ve talked to someone who was ready to take the next big leap in their business but then I speak with them a while later and they said something along the lines of: Things have changed, someone got sick, someone died, their car broke down, their computer crashed or some other story like that and they tell me they now have to deal with that instead of moving forward in their business.

See how insidious this is?

If your issue is with money, for example, the subconscious mind might come up with something else you need to spend money on to get you to not invest in your business.

Isn’t it fascinating how this works? You may say, now I need to fix my car, so I cannot invest in my business at this time even though it was a really high priority for me to do this work in my business.

If time is one of your main concerns, then it’s likely the thing that will happen is related to time. Because I am a single mom with two boys, how I spend my time is always important for me, and getting sick was a sure way to distract me and let time pass by without me getting that much done.

For each time you up-level you may experience similar things, but at least now you understand why, and instead of getting upset, you can tell yourself: This must be a really huge up-level because all these things are happening. I would think that’s a good thing 🙂

One lesson to learn from this is: If you intend to do something, keep your intention. Don’t let circumstances get in the way. Don’t change your goals because something happens in life. Stuff will always happen and you’ll always find an excuse for why now is not the right time to do what you know you need to do.

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