| Our Actions and The Barter System | | | | 2. Phrase your desire/want in the positive |
| Behaviors have the exact same pattern as | | | | 3. Prioritize desire/want into 3 categories (Very |
| thoughts in terms of our actions will continue | | | | important, Somewhat important, and Not so |
| forever until they are replaced by a more | | | | important) |
| effective and more efficient behaviors. However, | | | | 4. Research the steps it takes to achieve desire |
| the process and functions operate different than | | | | want (Write down on piece of paper those steps) |
| both thoughts and feelings. Behaviors use a | | | | 5. Identify and examine what you currently do. |
| bartering system. You are already doing behaviors | | | | Decide which activities you do now that you will |
| that work for you (whether they make feel and | | | | trade/barter with items listed in #4. (see The |
| think healthy things are a different story). | | | | Bartering System Diagram) |
| So when you have a desired want, thing, or goal | | | | 6. Write an action plan with the traded activities |
| that you want achieve you have to first find out | | | | listed in #5. Put a time frame that you would like |
| and research your desire. Once you figure out | | | | to accomplish desire/want. |
| what to do and how to do it...you have to do it. | | | | 7. Begin action plan created in #6 |
| You do this by trading something you are already | | | | 8. Track and monitor progress (written down) |
| doing with right now and replace it with one of | | | | 9. Continue to do what works. Eliminate what |
| the steps that it takes to achieve your goal. | | | | does not work |
| There is no other way around this...ever! | | | | 10. When desire/want is achieved, create a |
| Here is the process in written steps first. | | | | maintenance plan to keep what you have worked |
| Goal Setting (Behavioral) | | | | on to achieve. |
| 1. Identify desire/want | | | | |