{"id":7222,"date":"2026-04-02T16:51:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifecoachwomen.be\/habits-rule-the-unreflective-herd\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:51:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:51:42","slug":"habits-rule-the-unreflective-herd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifecoachwomen.be\/fr\/habits-rule-the-unreflective-herd\/","title":{"rendered":"Habits Rule the Unreflective Herd\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I keep on being inspired by my great mentor, dr. Wayne W. Dyer. Even though he has long since crossed over, he is always present in spirit.<\/p>\n

The title of this blog is another one of dr. Wayne Dyer\u2019s quotes:<\/p>\n

\u2018Habits rule the unreflective herd.\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Habits truly are a very, very persistent bunch, aren\u2019t they?<\/p>\n

If we do not pay attention to our daily routine, to our actions and re-actions, we will be doing the same stuff, saying the same words, acting in the same way, <\/strong><\/span>throughout our whole lives.<\/p>\n

Is that a bad thing?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Not necessarily. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

B<\/span><\/strong>ut we have to always remain conscious about them.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

As our subconscious mind<\/span> stores everything we ever heard, saw, learned, experienced, 95% of our actions are initiated and inspired by this archive of experiences.<\/span> A situation occurs, and automatically our subconscious mind searches for a similar one in the archives. This archive, our subconscious mind, our Protective Self, our Ego, is a very necessary<\/span> aspect of our mind, as otherwise we would never learn and remember anything, but at the same time<\/span>, it is a very stubborn, very persistent, and not at all flexible<\/span> part. So, if we are not aware of our automatic responses, we will stick to these habits our whole lives.<\/p>\n

For a lot of things this is very practical, imagine you have to relearn every day all that you do, say, \u2026everything.<\/p>\n

But on the other hand, that is also where the danger lies.<\/p>\n

If we are not reflective, critical, investigative towards our actions, our beliefs, our values, \u2026 we might just be living according to other people\u2019s beliefs, we might be just voicing other people\u2019s opinions, \u2026and never trusting ourselves to see things differently, or to explore new horizons.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

That is where the conscious mind, our Higher Self<\/span>, comes into the picture.<\/p>\n

If we reflect on how we act in life, on what we do, on what we say, \u2026we might come to the conclusion tha<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>, actually, we have very different views on things, that we have very different dreams, that we want to live our lives in a very different way than the way we\u2019ve been living it so far.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Our old beliefs, stored in the archives, will always try to convince us that this is not possible, that this is unsafe, that this is not \u2018how things are done\u2019.<\/p>\n

For dangerous things, it is good that we have that safety built in, but we have to learn to overrule it, when it makes no sense to not try, and do different things.<\/p>\n

The good thing is, you can train your conscious mind by training your mental muscles*<\/span><\/strong>. Thanks to consciously changing the way you look at things and the way you react to<\/span> things, you<\/p>\n