Psychology behind momentum

Psychology behind momentum

          The ability to do something is much easier when you have already done it or have a history of doing things you have never done before. This phenomenon is called momentum. Depending on how you harness your momentum determines whether or not your future will have a lot of positive results or a lot of negative results.

          Similar psychology theories such as “decision paralysis” or “analysis paralysis” are built off the foundation of momentum. Decision paralysis states that the longer it takes for someone to make a decision, the more likely they are to not make a decision. Analysis paralysis is very similar because it states that the more someone analyzes, the more they will continue to analyze. Typically, analysis paralysis leads to overanalyzing and inability of being present in the moment.

          Momentum is all about being present in the moment. Most people called this “the flow” of life. Everyone has specific activities that they can do and become in a natural “flow”. In this flow, people don’t think too much or too little. In this flow, people are fully present and only focus on their emotions at that particular moment.

          Harnessing the ability to be in the moment is very difficult for people who like to think because it requires the willingness to forgo one’s consciousness and trust their subconscious for guidance.

          Naturally in life, everyone gets into a “flow” state without actually realizing they are in a flow state. The actions they take in this flow state will be the result of their subconscious momentum to get things done or to not get things done.

          The more things people can accomplish and get the done, the more momentum they will have. Because they will have more momentum, it is easier to continue doing what the subconscious is used to doing.

          Basically, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer because of the amount of momentum they’ve built up. It is easier for most poor people to continue being poor because they’ve always been poor and have established a momentum to stay poor. It is also easier for most rich people to continue being rich because they’ve also been rich and have established a momentum to stay rich.

          How is momentum established? Momentum is established as a result of ingrained habits. 7 habits of highly effective people is a great book to help build positive momentum and establish habits that will culminate to positive results. Most people, however, accumulate habits that culminate to negative results. And because most people have a history of negative results, it is easier to continue having negative results because they’ve subconsciously built a momentum for it.

          In conclusion, accomplishing goals now, in the present moment, will make it easier to accomplish goals later in life. This is true because you would have built positive momentum. Failing to accomplish goals now will make it easier to fail at accomplishing goals later in life because you would have built a negative momentum. Thus, the actions taken in the present moment will always affect our future momentum (hence the “moment” in the word “momentum”).