Why Does A Head That Holds On To Everything Lose Track Of The One Thing That Matters?

The Day That Starts With A Clear List And Ends With Nothing Crossed Off

Most busy days start with good intentions. The list is written, the most important job is at the top, and the plan is to clear it before lunch. Then a message comes in that needs an answer and a bill turns up that needs paying.

Neither is a big job, so each one gets filed away in the head to deal with later. By mid-afternoon there are dozens of them in there, and the important job keeps being interrupted by reminders of the others. The same paragraph gets read again and again, small decisions start to feel heavy, and by the evening the list looks almost exactly as it did in the morning.

Most people take that as a sign they need to be better organized, so they keep an even closer eye on everything, and the head gets fuller still.

(If an unfinished list isn’t where it shows up for you, the same clutter can sit behind a short temper by the end of the day, or a night when the thoughts won’t stop long enough for sleep.)

“Our minds, like cabinets and closets, need decluttering from time to time. Getting rid of the non-essential mental baggage is the most important step if you want to stay motivated, focused, and productive.”

Steve’s own life was once about as cluttered as a life can get, with $80,000 of credit card debt, collection agencies beating down on his door and an eviction that left him living out of his office. How he found his way out is further down this page, and it’s the idea this track is built on.

Keeping track feels like the responsible thing to do. Every open job gets a place in the mind so nothing is forgotten, and from the outside it looks like being on top of things.

But each of those reminders takes up room. A cluttered mind lacks focus, which leads to decreased performance, and that pushes anxiety and stress levels up. The more there is to keep track of, the more the reminders compete with the job in hand, and if your thoughts are cluttered, you could find yourself working harder than you need to.

Lists and apps help with the jobs themselves. The habit of holding on to everything sits deeper, in the subconscious, and it carries on holding however neat the list is. So the busier life gets, the harder the mind grips, and the less of it is left for the one thing in front of you.

Steve’s comparison with cabinets and closets gives it a fair name: Mental Hoarding, keeping every thought in case it’s needed. It catches conscientious people most of all, because they care about not letting anything slip, so a scattered afternoon says nothing bad about anyone’s ability. The cause is the clutter stored at the back of the mind, and clearing that out is the job this track was designed for.

From $80,000 In Debt And Living Out Of His Office To Self-Made Multimillionaire

Steve lost his mother at an early age and grew up with his father, who battled alcohol abuse.

Later in life he went through a lot of career detours and failed business ventures, and he soon found himself $80,000 in credit card debt. Financial institutions and collection agencies were beating down on his door. He held on as long as he could, until he was evicted from his own place and had to live out of his office, which he was about to lose as well.

Think about what getting up for work looks like when the office is also where you live, and you know it’s about to go too. That was where things turned for Steve. He discovered a way to reprogram his mind to attract everything he needed, and to put systems in place that got his life back on track.

He used a combination of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques and a specific framework for happiness and success, and from it he developed the Dream Life Mastery program for getting the results he wanted.

Today he’s a licensed Clinical Hypnotherapist and a self-made multimillionaire who manages 22 training certification programs in hypnosis and NLP.

Steve reprogrammed his mind first and put systems in place after, and that order is what The Decluttered Mind follows: clear the mind, and the jobs become easier to organize.

One of Steve’s students wrote this about his work in general:

“have actually taken real steps towards its realization”

My appreciation for your work and the positive impact it’s made on my life is far more than I’m able to describe here. However, I’ve been inspired to live out my dreams and have actually taken real steps towards its realization in the past few months. Your Fan, Student & Friend.

Steve Has Practiced Hypnotherapy And NLP Since The 1980s

Dr. Steve G. Jones is a licensed Clinical Hypnotherapist and self-made multimillionaire who developed the Dream Life Mastery Program to help other people reach their goals and make incredible breakthroughs in their own lives.

• Life and business coach to top Hollywood directors, sports stars and CEOs.
• President of the American Alliance of Hypnotists and of the American Union of NLP.
• Member of the American Board of Hypnotherapy and the National Guild of Hypnotists, and an associate member of the American Psychological Association.
• Four degrees: a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Florida (1994), an M.Ed. from Armstrong Atlantic State University (2007), and an Ed.S. (2009) and Ed.D. (2013) from Georgia Southern University.

“This track can help Rewire Your Brain and get it to stop overthinking, stop worrying, ease anxiety, and stop negative thoughts.”

A Better System Still Lands In The Same Crowded Head

Productivity advice has a lot going for it, and many people follow it well. They’ve tried the planners and the inbox rules, cleared the desk and written everything down, and it helped for as long as they kept it up.

That advice is sound, and it works on the jobs. The habit of holding on to every one of them sits underneath, in the subconscious, so each new system ends up feeding the same crowded mind, and the head is still full at the end of a well-organized day.

The Decluttered Mind works underneath whatever system you use, on the habit of holding on, so your favorite method finally has a clear head to work with.

Add Up The Afternoons Lost To A Crowded Head

These numbers only count the time lost to a crowded head, such as rereading, re-deciding and losing your place, so leave everything else about your week as it is.

The hours are the easy part to count. A cluttered mind lacks focus, and the stress and anxiety that follow can take the evening as well as the afternoon.

Put in your own numbers. For as long as the back of the mind stays crowded, those hours come round again every year.

What The Decluttered Mind Is Designed To Clear Out Of The Way

These are the six benefits Steve lists for the track. Each is aimed at the clutter at the back of the mind, and together they answer all five kinds of clutter above.

When It Arrives, What It Plays On And How The Refund Works