One of the greatest mysteries we face is how to get,
and stay, motivated. But some new research into how our
brains work has provided exciting clues about how to
tame the ¥Iotivation monster.�

Recent research has proven there£r a direct route from
your eyes to a unique part of your brain called the
amygdala (ah-mig-da-la). So what? This happens without
going through the conscious portion of your cerebral
cortex (your thinking brain.)

Here£r how it works, and why it is so important:
Suppose you are in your garden, you pick up a rock to
move it, and a rattlesnake crawls out. That image is
propelled directly into your amygdala to initiate an
immediate life-saving response.

You leap out of reach of the snake before you are even
aware of what you saw, or why you reacted.
Interestingly, this powerful direct pathway can also be
¥Prained� to carry images of anything of critical
importance to you � such as your master goals.

The secret is this: The more emotion tied to those
images, the more likely they are to be rushed directly
to your amygdala. And once they're there ... the more
likely they'll cause an automatic positive response in
support of your goals.

This is why packing your goals with hot desire and
emotion builds and sustains motivation. The more
intense your emotion, the more likely you£kl notice
anything in your field of vision that relates to
reaching your goals � even if you are focused on
something else at that time!

Building ¤Šotivation Power�
We humans are motivated by basically two things �
gaining pleasure, and avoiding pain. Anthony Robbins
claims that that pain is a greater motivator that
pleasure, and I tend to agree with him.

Here's a little exercise that could help you fire up
your emotions, and get your ¤žmygdala shunt� working
for you:

Imagine walking into a room and meeting the ¥Uou� of
ten years from today. What will you look like? How will
you be dressed? Where will you be living? What will
your lifestyle be like? What car will you be driving?
Will you be running a business? If so, how successful
will you be? What will your net worth be?

You really only have three choices about how your image
of the ¥Uou of the future� will look. Your choices look
something like this:

Choice One: Somewhere between how you are today, and a
totally broken mess. Here£r where the ¤žvoiding pain�
motivator could kick in.

Choice Two: An exact duplicate of how you are now
except ten years older. Absolutely nothing will have
changed in a decade. Again � not a very satisfying
picture for most of us, and perhaps a strong ¤žvoid
pain� motivator for many.

Choice Three: A happier, healthier version of the ¥Uou
of today.� This will kick in the ¥Cain pleasure�
motivator.

Selecting Your Best Motivator
Obviously, no one would choose to visualize choice
number one. But in doing so, you may in fact create a
hot and intense ¤žmygdala shunt.�

So every time you see some image that reminds you of
NOT moving ahead, your amygdala shunt will spur you to
take automatic action. ¤Šake that phone call NOW,� it
will insist � and you will have the telephone in your
hand before you even think to procrastinate.

If you choose option number 2, you are effectively
saying that nothing will change over the next ten
years. You will be older � but your lifestyle will
basically remain the same as it is today. That is � the
¥Uou of 10 years in the future� will be identical to
¥Poday£r you.�

You will still face today£r problems and frustrations,
but will have ten more years of them piled up. This is
an active decision to remain in your comfort zone �
which is actually only an illusion of safety.

It£r an illusion because in today£r rapidly changing
world, what you call your comfort zone is being eroded
beneath your feet as you read this.

That leaves option number three. This is the arena of
dreams and wishes. If all we had to do was have a
dream, and if would then automatically come true, none
of us would ever have to set goals ...and try to build
the motivation to achieve them.

But the fact is � dreams only come true if we wake up
and go to work. And unless you are a most unusual
person, you usually find that the problems and
challenges of everyday life take priority over working
to manifest your dreams.

So � obviously holding a happy picture of some future
life may NOT build the intense fire and desire required
to create that desired lifestyle!

If your motivation is NOT adequate to overcome
procrastination, you might want to take a good hard,
look at what you DON£S want in your life. If you can
fire up some intense emotion about NOT continuing to
have that in your life, you may well find your amygdala
shunt pumping some new action-energy into your life!

The author, Dr. Jill Ammon-Wexler, is a renowned brain/mind researcher, and was one of the first in the world to introduce brainwave training to the corporate world. She is the co-developer of the web's first brain gym ?the quantumbraingym.com
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