What are the 9 Environments of you?

A few people have asked me what the 9 Environments of Your are that I mentioned in my last post. As we discussed, we fail to make changes in our lives if we rely solely on willpower. It doesn’t work. I will admit that some are better at using willpower then others to effect change. However, people that are good a using willpower usually have a lot of struggle in their lives. They end up pushing to make things happen. And they seem to always be “working” to get ahead. You may associate with what I am talking about here.

I always find it interesting that there can be two people that are equally skilled. They both have a clear intention of the result they want. And one person works really hard and never quite achieves success while the other person doesn’t seem to do anything and exceeds the goal. A huge part of this equation is the environments around these two people.

I first learned about the 9 Environments of You from Thomas Lenoard at CoachVille. Then I got involved with The Happy Healthy Wealthy Game. The Happy Healthy Wealthy Game is designed with nearly every single environment in mind. It is literally one of the most supportive environments on the planet to create sustainable change. (Oppss... I promised myself no ranting in this post... lets get back on topic.)

In the rest of this post I am going to explain the most important environment and show you exactly what you can do to use it to support you.

The first and most impactful environment is called The Memetic Environment. Here is the definition of this environment.

The Memetic Environment: The memetic environment is at the very core of environmental design. It includes ideas, thoughts, beliefs, paradigms, styles and usages which are passed down from generation to generation. The memetic environment also includes access to information and knowledge (books, websites, magazines, television, and radio.)

Think about the struggles people face in their lives. It could be health, finances, relationships, or any number of things that derail a person from having the life they want. Imagine how much a person struggles to improve if they believe it will never improve. Here is a simple and classic example. There was a belief that no one could ever run a mile in less then 4 minutes. Everyone agreed. Every sprint runner wanted to do it but never could. It was considered impossible. Guess what happened in May 6, 1954? Roger Bannister ran a mile in less then 4 minutes. That is really cool… but what is even more cool? By the end of the year, 16 other runners joined him in accomplishing the impossible. (You may want to re-read this last sentence. It is not a typo!) Why were 16 more runners able to do this when no one could ever do it before? Because the memetic environment changed. Roger Bannister made the impossible possible.

What do you believe about the change you want to make? Get out a piece of paper and start writing them all down. Just let the pen start writing and don’t edit. You will find out some interesting things. When you are done, review the list and find the “one” belief that has the most energy or is the most unsupportive. Sometimes these are called irrational beliefs. Now, rewrite it in the positive. What would the opposite belief be that would support you? You have the power to make the impossible possible in this very moment. Next we will take a look at how to control some other elements of your memetic environment.

Until we connect again, create a happy healthy wealthy day,
Doug Miller



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