Why is the Unconscious Mind beneficial to learning, passing exams and life success?
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The automatic, negative self-talk (also known as your critical inner voice) is generated by your Unconscious Mind. Thus, a critical self-talk that automatically tells you “there is no point in learning something new because you are always bad at learning or you will fail. So there is no point in trying” etc. etc. comes from underlying negative unconscious beliefs. The consequence is that you do indeed procrastinate when studying or you never try anything new. This negative self-talk affects our moods, our perceptions and then our actions or inactions. These behaviors become our automatic habits like compulsively checking and rechecking our work because we are afraid of failure or due to our perfectionism.
Or, we have an unconscious belief that studying is boring and hard work and so we avoid it or we do it at the last minute to give us the adrenalin rush. But this procrastination habit of avoiding studying or leaving it to the last minute means that we are indeed more likely to fail or not have better grades.
Thus, it is essential to clear out our harmful, negative unconscious beliefs. Even if you have a contradictory positive conscious belief, the Unconscious Mind controls our emotional states and habits. It will generate these feelings and habits based on the unconscious beliefs and programming ahead of the conscious positive new belief.
You can also benefit from knowing how to tap into its long-term memory system as well as having instant states like relaxation and confidence, which will help you with exam nerves. Exam anxiety and nerves are factors for not succeeding in exams. You will always be at a disadvantage if you are too nervous or anxious compared to someone who is relaxed and confident in passing any exams or tests, including the General Knowledge exam.
Remember, the book “How To Pass Exams In 28 days Or Less! The Smart Learning System” teaches you how to make the most of your brain and have useful life skills and not just for exam success.
The book covers many disciplines and the latest proven technologies. A multi-disciplinary approach and the latest mind tools give you a holistic system for using both sides of your brain. These two factors are also why you will not find most of these techniques being taught in schools, colleges and universities, even if they have a life success course.
Anybody who has acquired a high competence in a skill, including speed-reading and learning skills, needs the co-operation of the Unconscious Mind to be really superior compared to someone just learning a skill consciously. With practice – and providing you do not have limiting beliefs and negative unconscious programming – then your Unconscious Mind allows you to react better and quicker than relying solely on your Conscious Mind.
The Unconscious Mind is also responsible for complex problem-solving and gives us innovative insights and creative ideas. Thus, studying and making the full use of your brain and its hidden abilities and skills, are much easier and more fun with the Unconscious Mind’s help and co-operation.
Best regards,
Nina Crawford
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