If You Want to Change Your Life, Understand This First: The Cognitive Commitment Principle

The Mindset Mentor

Rob Dial

Education, Mindset, Business, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this episode, I’m sharing one simple but powerful psychological principle that could be the game-changer you need for 2024! It’s the reason why change feels so hard and how you can finally break through that resistance to create the life you want. If you're tired of falling off your goals, this episode will show you how to push through and stay on track—just by understanding this ONE thing. Trust me, this will make your goals feel easier than ever. Tune in now to learn how to shift your mindset and level up!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to today's episode of the Mindset Mentor Podcast. I'm your host, Rob Dial. If you have not yet done so, hit that
0:06.6	subscribe button so you never miss another episode. And if you're out there any love this
0:10.0	podcast and you want to receive inspirational text from me directly to your cell phone.
0:14.0	Text you right now, 1-512-589-9305. Once again, 1-5-1-2-509-305.
0:22.1	That is for US and Canada customers only. Sorry, they don't let us
0:26.2	text outside of the United States to Canada. Today we're going to be talking
0:29.8	about why change is so hard in the human brain like why change neurologically and
0:35.8	psychologically is so hard for us to do. For me human psychology is the most
0:41.7	interesting in the world to me.
0:43.2	Like why are we the way that we are?
0:46.4	Why do we think the way that we think?
0:48.4	Why do we act the way that we act?
0:50.4	Why is it so hard for us to just do something that we know we should be doing or want to be doing to better our lives?
0:57.0	And one of the most interesting things that kind of shape our actions is this principle that's known as the commitment and consistency principle.
1:05.0	And basically what this means is that once we commit to something,
1:09.0	whether that is a belief, whether that's a behavior, whether that is a decision, we have a strong psychological urge
1:16.9	to remain consistent with that commitment. And this consistency isn't just like an external habit.
1:24.8	It's also more than anything else.
1:26.0	It's mostly internal.
1:27.5	It's an internal feeling that we have inside of us as well.
1:30.9	People will always try to align their behaviors with their values and their
1:36.9	beliefs and what they think things should be or will be. And any deviation from that means that we're not in alignment with what I think of myself and it causes this thing that's mental this mental
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Rob Dial, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Rob Dial and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.