Salaams and Good Morning !
Here is your daily dose of Wisdom for Living Your Best Self!
Last week we introduced the powerful practice of mental contrasting or WOOPing your goals. Have you tried it yet?
Peter Gollwitzer, a psychologist and leading researcher on the science of goal achievement (who happens to be Gabrielle Oettingen’s husband – love it when spouses team up to work at self growth <3 ), came up with the idea of
implementation intentions for the Plan part of WOOP.
Once again, the idea is simple but brilliant:
IF x happens, THEN I will do y.
That’s it. This is how we plan and prepare for the obstacles that will definitely come in the way of realizing our goals and dreams.
If x (obstacle) happens or shows up
Then
I will do y (my plan for dealing with the obstacle).
This works because when we mentally rehearse something, we are preparing our minds to think of this as routine and we already have a plan in place to deal with it. And so we are not derailed or blindsided by it.
IF _________________________.
THEN ______________________.
GO!
Wishing you a day full of positivity, purpose and peace. 
