I think that is not so easy as it sounds—to rephrase the tactic, you are trying to use your conscious, rational mind (planning) to lie to your subconscious mind in order to elicit its reaction. Your subconscious mind will not treat your plan as reality until it acted out in reality, so here is my suggestion to Khaled:
Record your behavior, feelings and thoughts at the time of the failure. My subconscious “reasoning” seems to use the same tricks consistently, but they work every time until you specifically examine them. Then you will at least be on guard next time. If you are expecting and focused on it, it will be easier to override your unwanted behavior. It helps to think of your instincts as a separate entity, and as Yvain said in an earlier post, NO NEGOTIATIONS.
I think that is not so easy as it sounds—to rephrase the tactic, you are trying to use your conscious, rational mind (planning) to lie to your subconscious mind in order to elicit its reaction. Your subconscious mind will not treat your plan as reality until it acted out in reality, so here is my suggestion to Khaled: Record your behavior, feelings and thoughts at the time of the failure. My subconscious “reasoning” seems to use the same tricks consistently, but they work every time until you specifically examine them. Then you will at least be on guard next time. If you are expecting and focused on it, it will be easier to override your unwanted behavior. It helps to think of your instincts as a separate entity, and as Yvain said in an earlier post, NO NEGOTIATIONS.