Wisdom Strategy Research Institute

a. Choose a goal - I want ____.

b. If you find that your goal is stated with negation ask, “If I was already able to stop X, What will I be doing instead?”

c. How will I know when I’m able to? What does something similar I can do feel like when I do it?

1. If I could already X - what would that look like? If I was already able to X, what would I look like?

2. Construct a full image of what you would look like if you were in the act of achieving the full goal. both above and next to yourself looking at self.

a. chunk down. Ask yourelf,"Is there any portion of my goal I can see myself achieving? Can I see myself accomplishing the first step? visualize yourself successfully achieving the smaller part.

b. Is there something similar to my goal that I can already do?
visualize what you do in that situation and edit or modify the image to fit the goal.
c. Who do I know that is already able to fully achieve the goal? Visualize what the other person does to be successful. Now, visualize yourself doing what you saw the model do.

3. Step inside of the image so you feel as though you are doing right now what you just saw yourself doing. What would you be seeing, hearing and feeling?

4. Does it feel like I can really do it?

5. If not - What is missing or needed?
a. state in positive
b. make a new statement of goal by adding what is missing or needed into goal with and If I could already X and Y, what would I look like?

This version of the New Behavior Generator strategy is adapted from the work of Robert Dilts.