Psychological principles of deep learning hold the secret.

Yes, the secret to quitting smoking lies in how people learn new information and behaviors.

Psychologists have discovered that people process information in two different ways, with two different ‘systems’ of learning. One of these – the rational system – processes conceptual information: ideas, facts, figures… This is the kind of learning you did in school, and the kind that you’re used to thinking about as ‘learning.’ Think of it as learning ‘on purpose.’

The other kind of learning is different. It’s called ‘experiential’ learning. It happens at a much deeper level, and often without even thinking about it. In fact, you rarely do ‘experiential learning’ on purpose, but you do it all the time anyway. The experiential system processes perceptual information – that is, information from your senses about your own personal experiences. Your experiential system ‘knows’ about things on an ‘intuitive’ level, because it’s based on your experiences.

In school, your rational system learned things like the capitols of all of the states, and historical dates and places, and when to use a comma instead of a semicolon. Now, your rational system probably knows that smoking causes cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and a host of other major and minor health problems. This system is the one that knows you ‘should’ quit smoking.

What does your experiential system know about smoking?

On the other hand, what your experiential system ‘knows’ is that after dinner, it’s time for a cigarette. And it knows that coffee and cigarettes go together. And it knows that if you’re feeling stressed out, a cigarette will help, right?

So, what your rational system ‘knows’ and what your experiential system ‘believes’ are often very different. For example, you probably know that statistics show that flying is safer than driving. But if you’re scared of flying, it is because your experiential system ‘believes’ that flying is dangerous.

See how that works?

You’ve probably already figured out that your rational learning doesn’t have much impact on your experiential beliefs. So telling yourself about how terrible smoking is because it causes all kinds of diseases doesn’t make you not want to smoke. That kind of information is ONLY processed by the rational system, and it doesn’t work on the experiential system.

I’m sure you can see the problem here. The desire to smoke is rooted in our experiential system, but it seems that there is nothing we can do with our rational system to change it.

Or is there?

In fact, you CAN tap into your experiential system of deeper learning, if you know how.

And since your experiential system controls your desire to smoke, you MUST tap into this system if you want to become a comfortable, happy ex-smoker. 

If you're psychologically dependent and you want to learn more about how to influence your experiential system, you may benefit from a series of informational e-mails I created to help people prepare to quit smoking. 

I call the series "Quit Smoking Tips," but it's much more than that.  In these e-mails I explain the experiential system in more detail, including The 7 Action Steps that you MUST take in order to develop an effective plan to quit smoking.  You won't find this information on any other quit smoking tip sheet!  You'll also receive a special preview offer for the Complete Quit System, available only to Quit Smoking Tips subscribers. 

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The truth is, if you’re psychologically dependent, you really are going to need more than a patch or a pill to quit successfully.  You’re going to need information and techniques for beating both the physical AND the psychological addiction - so you can quit for good. 

If you really want to quit for good this time, read more about quitting with the Complete Quit System... 

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