Stop Smoking Tip #1 - Find Your Motivation

"If the WHY is strong enough, the HOW will take care of itself"



Be really honest now in answering the following question. Why do you want to quit smoking? Is it for health reasons, for your kids, to save money? Is it for all those reasons and more?



The most important stop smoking tip is to find the real reason for you wanting to quit, otherwise all your efforts and hard work may be for nothing. You see, unless we truly are motivated and our sub-conscious mind accepts this, we will go in the direction of our goals, but fall at the first hurdle.



Quitting smoking needs a massive amount of motivation. So, let's get right to the heart of your WHY. On a scale of 1 to 10 (ten being the most) how motivated are you? If you are not at least a 7, you are not ready!



If you are not quite ready, write a list of the reasons you want to quit. Take a good hard look at those reasons and be honest with yourself. Do you really want to quit? On your list are there reasons like: My partner thinks I should quit? Or I suppose it's not healthy for me? If so, you are NOT ready.



Write yourself another list entitled 'Reasons I enjoy smoking'. See how easily those reasons come. If you can easily write 10 reasons you enjoy smoking but are finding it hard to come up with 10 reasons to quit - then you are NOT ready!



I have my hypnotherapy clients carry out this task before I agree to work with them and if they can list ten reasons why they enjoy smoking; I send them away and tell them to save their money. Nothing is going to help them to stop smoking because they are NOT ready.

Stop Smoking Motivation - Easiest Way To Quit Smoking

Are you finding it difficult to find the motivation you need to stop smoking. I have attempted to give up several times through the years, I have tried Nicotine gum and patches, visited a hypnotherapist and even given acupuncture a shot. Through all my experiences I have learned one valuable lesson, the single most important thing is that you have to want to give up, that is what you should start with and that is what should always be in the fore front of your mind every single day, for me without that mindset I was just wasting time.



Why do you want to quit?



What are the reasons behind your desire to quit smoking, list them out Include every single thing you can think of, from the largest, most obvious of reasons, to the smallest. The two most common reasons are often



1). Financial Saving



Calculate how much you spend per day on smoking and then multiply by 365. For example average cost of 20 cigarettes is ฃ5.67 or six bucks in the US, that works out as over 2,000 pounds or bucks over a year, with that sort of money you could get all sorts of things.



2). Health Benefits



By giving up smoking you will over time greatly reduce your chances of getting major diseases such as cancer and heart disease. You will be able to breathe more easily, find you have a lot more energy. Your hair will be less greasy and the capillaries in your gums will stop receding and your teeth will be less likely to fall out. You sense of taste and smell return the quickest, and you will no longer stink of nicotine, much to the relief of the people around you.



For me most importantly is you will no longer be subjecting anyone to passively smoking the buy products of your nicotine addiction. Second hand smoke contains more than 50 cancer causing chemical compounds 11 of which are known to be Group 1 carcinogens. If that doesn't motivate you then type in smokers lungs in Google images.