It never ceases to amaze me how when we set our brain a specific task it immediately starts looking for ways to achieve it. There are proven scientific reasons for this but I’ll stick to examples.
When I was working on the BBCs Changing Rooms, I started noticing paint colours, fabrics and room layouts in newspapers, magazines and every shop or house I walked into. Something I’d never done before because I don’t have an interior designer bone in my body. And when I worked on Ready Steady Cook, recipes and ingredients popped up everywhere.
And now it’s dahlias. I’ve never given much thoughts to dahlias – or had an interest in them - until I saw a picture of one in a garden centre earlier this year. The Bora Bora - see below.
It reminded me of the tropics so I bought it, planted it and fell in love with it.
As I’m thinking of planting a few more next year – only one or two because I’ve got a very small raised border - my brain has gone into overdrive. Having input dahlias into my brain, it is now searching, finding and showing me endless options to consider. It seems every garden and park has them, including Clifdon Hampden Lock on the Thames, which is where I saw the ones below.
It’s the same with goals. When we know what we want – and are really specific about it – our brain helps us find ways to achieve it. And every time we take a step closer to doing so, we get a dopamine boost that makes us feel happy, which in turn motivates us to keep going. If you’d like to discuss your goals and find out how lifecoaching can help you keep moving forwards and achieve them, get in touch. And if you happen to know the name of the huge pink dahlia, please let me know.
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