Look up Andrew Huberman’s “Expectation Effect” or videos on Mindset.
Much different and much more powerful than Placebo effect.
Subliminals are all about setting goals, taking actions towards those goals, and reducing limiting beliefs stopping you from thinking you can achieve those goals.
if you’re thinking “it would’ve happened even without the sub” that’s a proof that the subliminal is working because the limiting belief that you need external sources to get results is being weakened.
Subliminals help you stay oriented to the goals you’re on, as well, so that once you want an outcome, you’re more likely to stick to it till you get it, as it gets all your thoughts pointing in the same direction.
Ultimately, even if the underlying physical reality would’ve happened with or without the subs, I credit the subs for helping me notice it, appreciate it, learn what caused the good outcome, respond appropriately to it, and then have more of that happen in the future.
Subs help me have sex by helping me notice IOI’s… of course I would have sex anytime I noticed IOI’s, and any time I wanted sex, but subs help me notice them, and help me want sex (instead of thinking about why I can’t have it/aren’t good enough for it) which is hard to attribute to subs, but is definitely a result.
Subs help me take sales calls with conviction. But they also help me have the conviction I need to sign up for courses, which give me more conviction, which give me more sales. Would I sign up for the courses without the subs?
Yes!
(Maybe… I seem to be in less of a “optimistic, action taking” mood when I don’t listen to subs, am more stressed about money, and less willing to invest in courses.)
But that’s besides the point.
If I do buy the course, and get better at sales, could I ever say “that would’ve happened without the subs?”
I could say that, but it’s probably not true.
First of all, subs are what help me stay excited about my goals for the long term, and help align what my subconscious thinks the best decisions are with what my conscious thinks, so that I know decision like a course are in my best interest.
And then, I get
- Willingness to study
- Optimism to learn
- Enhanced attention
- Gratitude
- Access to subconscious to apply what is in memory
So even if I was able to get better at sales without the sub, maybe I got 10% better at sales with the sub then I would’ve without the sub. Maybe 80% better. It’s hard to say.
Without the subs, maybe I would’ve stayed stuck, been depressed for a day or two, been distracted, not taken action, or started taking action and then quit, meaning subs were 100% responsible for keeping me motivated, even if all they did was combat that one negative thought that I would’ve had, the tiny little voice that says “quit.”