Business Book Review: Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Dr Joe Dispenza
If being who you’ve always been has only gotten you so far, try to lose your mind and create a new one.
My Rating: ★★★★
Length: 342 pages
Publisher: Hay House
Released: 2012
Key Takeaways for Personal Branding
In Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, the renowned Dr Joe Dispenza shares the science behind using your mind to create a reality you really desire.
As Dispenza himself points out, and I’m sure you’ve heard it all before:
“We don’t have to settle for our present reality; we can create a new one, when we choose to. We all have the ability because for better or worse, our thoughts influence our lives.”
The question is - do you actually believe this? And do you use it to proactively create the life you want.
This is more than a book on the power of positive thinking - which Dispenza describes doesn’t, by itself, work. Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself will have you believing the cold hard facts that show that creating what you desire is simply a matter of science - and the field of possibilities available for you to unlock.
The Quantum You
Everything in the universe is made up of sub-atomic particles. They are both everywhere and nowhere until they are observed. Therefore, everything in our physical reality exists as pure potential. Mind and matter are entirely entangled:
“That quantum field contains a reality in which you are healthy, wealthy, and happy, and possess all of the qualities and capabilities of the idealized self that you hold in your thoughts.”
“If you want a new outcome, you will have to break the habit of being yourself and reinvent a new self.”
From a quantum perspective, you have to match the potential reality that exists only as an electromagnetic potential. This broadcast will pull you toward the reality you want, or it will find you.
Give thanks like you already have it
Gratitude practice is most commonly associated with giving thanks for what has occurred or what you have. But, why not give thanks before? Quantum theory suggests this helps you make what you desire a reality:
“When you are in a state of gratitude, you transmit a signal into the field that an event has already occurred.”
Instead of the traditional Newtonian cause and effect approach, move to causing an effect. Be so clear about the future reality you want, but don’t obsess over the details of exactly how it will be achieved. Allow the infinite possibilities of the quantum field of potential to take care of the details.
Building a New You
In neuroscience, Hebb’s law states that nerve cells that fire together wire together. This means that the more you repeatedly activate the same nerve cells, the easier it will be for them to do so again in the future. Meaning, you can train your brain to build your habits and skills in the long term.
Psychologists suggest that by our mid-thirties, our identity or personality is fully developed. This means in many ways, our body is running the show while our mind has gone to sleep. The slave, the body, has become the master when the mind is truly the master of the body. You must make a conscious effort to use your mind to regain control as the master of the body. As Dispenza suggests, practices like regular meditation and mental rehearsal are some of the most powerful tools for taking control of your mind.
If being who you are has only gotten you so far, then try Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself and explore all the new possibilities that exist for a New You.
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Dr Joe Dispenza: Available on Amazon.
