Use Your Reticular Activating System to Achieve All Your Goals

There is a part of your brain that is called a Reticularinstructions so be very careful what you focus on, as I
Activating System, RAS for short, the job of the RASstated earlier, focus on what you want not what you
is to help you to fulfil your goals, its job is to direct yourdon't want.
attention to where it is required.Focus your mind on your past achievements, that will
Imagine walking through a busy airport, you have theempower you and will put you into a positive state of
hustle and bustle of thousands of people trying tomind, if you focus on your past failures and mistakes
check-in, trying to get to the correct terminal to catchthat will be totally dis empowering and will instantly put
the correct flight to the correct destination while all thisyou into a negative state of mind.
is going on people are talking, announcements areIf you think you haven't achieved anything yet then
being made every minute over the public addressfocus your mind like an Olympic athlete, imagine
system, background music is playing, children areachieving your goal, picture it in your head, visualise it,
screaming, people are dragging luggage carriers, itsuse all your senses, make it into a film, see what you
complete pandemonium.will see when you complete your goal, hear what you
How much of this noise is bought to your attention?will hear, what will it feel like, where will you be, when
Not an awful lot, you can hear the general backgroundwill it happen, how will you know when you have
noise, after the first five minutes you filter out most ofachieved it, who will be there, how will you feel when
the sounds, then suddenly your flight number is calledyou accomplish your goal?
out, suddenly your RAS has become engaged itMake the film as detailed as you possibly can, the
doesn't want you to miss your flight so it brings themore detailed you make it the more you will be
relevant thing that you require to your attention.magnetized to it.
Your RAS acts as a filter, it will filter out all the thingsThe more you visualise it the more you can see
that it deems unnecessary for the achievement ofyourself achieving your goal, you know you're going to
your goal, and bring your attention to the things itachieve it because you have already felt and seen
deems relevant, however your RAS simply followsyourself achieving it.