So far, increasing my intake of Chromium, Niacin, Vit B complex, minerals and other essential supplemental ingredients has helped with my energy level and my lack of nagging, sugar-requesting, addiction-type brain responses, but I believe it won't just happen overnight. I want to, therefore, delve into the magical/ mystical realm of the mind. That sweet little spot in between cognitive reasoning and the impulsive neural responses that seem to 'make or break' your cranial thought-process which result in THE 'Ultimate Decision'.
First off, do you know exactly what processes have to fire off in the brain just for you to decide whether to wear the blue or brown shoes? I don't either. And I have a sneaking suspicion that 99.9% of the world's leading brain scientists (whatever that technical name may be for such a prestigious occupation. "Cerebral Neurologist"? There I took a stab at naming them) don't exactly know either. Based on some remedial research of mine into "How we decide
Have you ever thought about "how to change the self-defeating thinking patterns that have prevented you from living at the highest levels of success, happiness, and health."? "Even though you may know what to think, actually changing those thinking habits that have been with you since childhood might be somewhat challenging." ("Excuses be gone
I know that reading "The 7 Habits for Highly Effective People

Now, I'm no psychologist, doctor, mental-health expert, or even pretend to be one, so I would greatly appreciate any and all help on mapping out the steps that we all need to take toward better decision-making skills, so I need your help.
I'll do some research, but in the meantime, I'd like to hear from you. What do you find to be the best process to reprogramming your brain? Do you have a self-defeating attitude? Do you let your fear drive your decisions or do you lie to yourself to rationalize what you want versus what should be done? Do you recognize this behavior and if so, what steps do you, or have you, taken to nip this behavior in the bud?