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Steve Peters
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June 14 - November 5, 2018
Goblins occur before the age of about eight and Gremlins usually occur after the age of eight.
the Chimp helps the Goblin.
What you hold as a belief will definitely affect the way in which you handle outcomes or respond to them,
Examples of other Gremlins include: • Overreacting to situations • Eating every time you feel like it but don’t need to • Beating yourself up • Worrying about decisions and not making them • Getting angry when you don’t want to
three aspects to the Computer acting as a reference: • General reference with Autopilots and Gremlins
Stone of Life with the ‘Truths of Life’, ‘Values’ and the ‘Life Force’
The M...
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Other ways Gremlins and Autopilots appear can be by education, or by discussion with others about their experiences.
The Chimp and the Human are therefore using stored beliefs in the Computer as a reference point to help to make decisions.
If the Computer has lots of Autopilots then it will moderate or stop the Chimp in its ...
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The Stone of Life is your ultimate reference point.
Stone of Life is your ultimate reference point.
The Truths of Life are how you believe the world works and you can ‘prove’ they are true by examples and experience.
how you believe the world works and you can ‘prove’ they are true by examples and experience.
1. Life is not fair. 2. The goal posts move. 3. There are no guarantees.
Within the Computer you have unwritten values that you believe to be important to you.
the guide for the Human and Chimp to work to.
values will act as a constant reminder of where your heart and soul lie and will settle down both the Human and Chimp in times of distress.
judgement calls that you have made and reflect moral and ethical principles th...
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‘Truths’ are evidence-based, whereas ‘Values’ are personal judgement calls.
identify what is important to you, what is the essence of the Sun within your Universe. It is what life is all about to you. It is your ‘Life Force’.
• How do you see yourself? • How do you see others? • How do you see the world?
basis that we work from when dealing with ourself, others and the world.
this is not your personality, although it will influence it.
a pathway in the Computer based on beliefs that are changeable.
spending some time thinking about the Mindset that you have because it will affect the Chimp, the Human and what goes into the Computer by distorting your perception of what is happening in everyday events.
Computer has two principal functions: running automatic programmes and acting as a reference source
Computer can be thought of as being twenty times faster to act than the Human and four times faster than the Chimp.
Autopilots are constructive and helpful automatic behav...
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Gremlins are destructive and unhelpful automatic behaviours and belie...
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Goblins are destructive and unhelpful automatic behaviours and beliefs ...
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Stone of Life contains your Truths of Life, Value...
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Mindset you hold is based on your perception of how things are and therefore influenc...
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Search for the Gremlin twins of unrealistic expectation and unhelpful expectation in your day-to-day life.
you have become upset by something, let this be a prompt to check on whether your expectations are realistic and helpful regarding the situation or others involved.
Your Chimp is likely to have very high expecta...
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Consider your Stone of Life and take time to very clearly work out what is written on it. Make sure that you have specific Truths and Values that you are working with. Write down your Life Force statement. When you have done this, draw up the Stone of Life onto a poster and put it somewhere prominent to remind you of what you believe and want to live your life by.
Useful, constructive behaviours and beliefs are the Autopilots. Useless, destructive behaviours or beliefs are the Gremlins.
The Chimp and Human always look into the Computer before acting
Gremlins are often hidden so you need to search for them.
If you can recognise these Gremlins then you can remove them. To replace a Gremlin you must introduce an Autopilot.
Whenever a Gremlin is at work it will typically leave you with a negative experience, which will be either an unwelcome emotion or a negative outcome.
To find your Gremlins, think of a time when you had an emotion that you didn’t want.
What happened? What were you doing? What were others doing? What were you thinking?
The Chimp thinks in the here and now. The Gremlin merely recalls what the Chimp has previously said in the form of a belief.
• What do you believe saying ‘no’ to someone will imply about you? • What are the consequences of you saying ‘no’ to someone?
Try to replace these Gremlins with some truths.
Saying ‘no’ is the appropriate response of an adult who is respecting his or her own exhaustibility or boundaries.
A helpful way forward for not saying ‘yes’ to everything is to break the cycle early.
Gremlins can take several efforts, and some time to remove them,
