I Know What to Do, I Just Need to Do it

The Power of Vision in Cultivating Long-term Behavior Change 

Have you ever reached a point where you know what to do and just need to do it but are not doing it? Understanding what you need to take action and create long-term behavior change is the key to progress, and harnessing the power of vision is the catalyst for cultivating lasting behavior change. Learning to move beyond your willpower, discipline, motivation, and pain will help you get moving, but it will not keep you in the game. It's the vision of who you want to become, what you want to achieve, and what your values are that act as a magnetic force, pulling you toward your goals. When your vision is crystal clear and emotionally charged, it becomes your unwavering compass, guiding your actions day after day, transforming intentions into habits, and ultimately leading to long-lasting change and transformation.

Join the conversation with your host, Paul Lyngso, as he discusses how to cultivate long-lasting behavior change and the transformative power of creating a clear vision that propels you toward personal growth and achievement. Paul also illuminates why traditional approaches centered around discipline, willpower, and moving away from pain may have their place but are often insufficient in cultivating long-lasting change. Tune in and get insights on how envisioning and becoming your ideal self can be the ultimate driving force for your end goal, offering you the sustainable desire needed to achieve your goals and foster profound, enduring change.

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Key Highlights from the Show

[00:01] Introduction to the show 

[00:13] Why we struggle to get things done even when we know how to do it  

[01:08] Why willpower, discipline, and pain are short-term solutions

[03:24] How to cultivate long-term behavior change through vision 

[04:10] Creating a clear vision that pulls you forward 

[06:29] How vision creates desire that outweighs the discomfort of growth and action 

[07:13] Paul's trip to Denmark and how his vision drives him 

[12:25] Getting clear on what your values are to move past the excuses 

[13:43] Aspiration identity and creating a ’desire state’ for yourself 

[15:05] Steps to become the version of you that can achieve the goals you want in life

[18:16] What happens when you create your ideal or aspiration identity 

[20:10] Making living in alignment with your vision your second nature 

[21:17] Wrap-up and end of the show

Notable Quotes 

• Willpower and discipline will always fade, and often they push us to do something that we don’t want to do; if you are in pain or in a situation that you strongly detest, you can master up the effort to do something you don’t want to do, but you can only do it if the pain of where you are is more than doing the thing you don't want to do.  - (00:36).
• Pain can push you to do things you don't want, but having a clear vision for yourself will pull you forward. - (03:42)
• Vision needs to be crystal clear and updated regularly: if you don't have a crystal clear vision of who you want to become, what you want out of life, and what your values are, you are not going to have a vision that pulls you forward.  - (04:10)
• The key to achieving something huge is knowing who you need to become to achieve that goal and becoming it. (14:13)
• Having a clear picture of the lifestyle you want, what you want to achieve, and who you want to become gives clarity into the vision of your life, creates the desire that pulls you forward, and makes the behaviors that are uncomfortable easy to stick with because the desire to bring your vision to reality outweighs the discomfort.