Mental Jukebox

Is the jukebox in your head playing the same tired songs? There is a fix. Find out what it is in this mini podcast from John Morgan.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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"The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that  seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his interpretations of these "Nips of Nectar." Others have labeled his writings as timeless wisdom. 

Most of the John's writings revolve around self improvement and self help. They address topics like:

• Mindfulness
• Peace of mind
• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement

And stories that transform you to a wider sense of awareness that presents more options. And isn't that what we all want, more options? 

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Transcript

Mental Jukebox

One day I saw an old jukebox, the kind that used to populate diners many years ago. It was loaded with songs from my dancin’, prancin’ and romancin’ years. It was a fun excursion down memory lane as I was playing the hits. It got me to wondering . . .

It’s as though we use a jukebox that has access to a limited number of songs. When we depress the keys like C3 or J5, we always get a predictable old song. We seem to be at the mercy of the current playlist on the jukebox.

These are our “Greatest Hits” and we play them over and over again. It’s a case of conditioned stimulus/response. When we or someone else depresses L9, they’re going to get a predictable tune. This is the way our life gets programmed and stale.

(Cue the announcer) “Introducing the Mental Jukebox.”

Pretend for a minute that you have a mental jukebox that has a search engine like Google and it's hooked to the internet. By the way, you won't be pretending. You can now search the entire internet for just the precise song you need and download it to play. You won't be limited by the same old songs.

You already own the mental jukebox. Nothing to buy, no money down, no interest to pay. In fact, it’s free.

The only thing you have to invest is your attention. Just stop and notice that you're playing one from the “Golden Groove Yard” for the umpteenth time. Your noticing will interrupt the song long enough for you to activate the search engine to come up with an appropriate song for this occasion. When you're hooked to your mental jukebox, you have access to a bigger database to choose from. The selections are endless.

So the next time you’re about to give an anemic, predictable response to someone which will have the same predictable result, interrupt the song that’s about to play and search for another. This interruption and search will add delightful new songs to your playlist and keep you fresh.

You can certainly keep your all time favorites if they're still working for you. But if they’re not, hook yourself up to your mental jukebox. And as we use to say in the radio business: “The hits just keep on comin'."

All the best,

John