Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Celebrate all Wins
Today I will give you another technique to manage your "Little Voice". This one will give you the ability to train yourself to feel strong, confident, and powerful by anchoring experiences of success. So, in times of adversity, you can draw on positive experiences to fight off your negative "Little Voice". What does that actually mean?
It's simple, Celebrate all Wins! Every time you experience a little (or big) success, clench your fist, pull it in and say "YESSSS!" This will help you recall this experience of winning and success at a time your "Little Voice" is telling you that you cannot succeed. Your energy will go up AND put you in a winning frame of mind as you deal with whatever challenge may come your way.
Next week, look for another technique on managing your "Little Voice" so you can win the war between your ears and achieve the life of your dreams.
Be awesome!
Blair
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Friday, October 1, 2010
Do Your Worst, for I Will Do Mine!
By David Blanchard
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We are living in a most interesting time. Daily, waves of bad news pound against our already badly damaged economy shaking the fragile underpinnings of business and our personal lives. When we personally experience any of these very real, yet unwanted difficulties, we can easily be swept away into the depths of anxiety, frustration and despair.
It is difficult enough to swim against the tide, let go of the anxiety and climb up and out of these circumstances without adding the burden of destructive and unhealthy thought processes. When we engage in destructive thought processes, we engage in fantasy and attempt to put tomorrow's gold in today's purse. We concern ourselves with events, which we may never witness, or we torment ourselves with problems that may never come to pass, that is until they finally become self-fulfilling prophesies.
Og Mandino writes about these unhealthy and destructive habits of thinking, "I have surrendered my free will to the years of accumulated habits and the past deeds of my life have already marked out a path which threatens to imprison my future."
If we get swept into this dark dungeon of the mind it can add enormous amounts of unwanted stress to our lives. Unnecessary stress often results in decreased creativity and productivity, two of the most critical ingredients of success. The inevitable result of these decreases is simply more stress.
In our personal relationships this level of stress can impair our clarity. We can quickly become short-sighted and short-tempered. This slippery slope can destroy commitment and trust, dampen if not destroy much needed intimacy and rip apart once loving relationships. Innocent children often pay the highest price when we are myopic.
However, when we learn to think constructively, we receive inspired ideas, impressions and solutions to problems. This clear vision ignites our passion, which drives our focus, discipline, effort and action. As we live in the now in passion-driven action, people are put on our path whom we can serve and who can serve us. Our natural genius is awakened and accessed. We create tangible results and experience a sense of accomplishment. Our self-esteem heals and our confidence is restored.
When faced with challenges, we create the most we can with what we have been given and see opportunity even if it is limited. We feel connected and alive. In spite of firestorms of life that may be raging around us, we are able to stand with confidence and shout as Albert in the movie, The Count of Monte Cristo, "Do your worst, for I will do mine!"
Viktor Frankl wrote, immediately following his release from a concentration camp, "Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances."
Viktor shared this timely principle in a most poignant context. While in the camp he lost his pregnant wife, his mother and father and several good friends. They were all killed. His life's work, an exhaustive manuscript, was torn up in his face while vile and angry tormenters cursed and scoffed. Everything he had lived for, his family and career, was brutally destroyed.
Viktor and others who were spared from the gas chambers were assigned to grueling work details — an interminable sentence to hell. Beaten down by the shear gravity of their desperate and dire circumstances and with no hope in sight, many gave up. They simply died in their sleep. However, Viktor noted that those who used their minds to vividly visualize constructively, created a clear vision that gave them purpose in their suffering and joy in their journey despite all the catastrophic losses. Many survived.
We would never want to compare the challenges of our day with the horror of a concentration camp. It would be an insult to humanity. What we can do is learn this valuable lesson. In spite of the unspeakable, many still made the conscious decision to exercise the last of the human freedoms — to consciously choose one's attitude in any circumstance, and Viktor meant "any circumstance."
From his words and actions and all those who courageously joined him in this conscious decision to think constructively and live, we can take courage. We can learn how to be okay while standing in the middle of the firestorms of life. When we do, we are free to be in creation — mentally and physically.
To think constructively, find peace of mind and stay in creation, we may have to change some of our old, deeply seated and unhealthy habits of thinking. James Allen wrote, "Let a man radically alter his thoughts and he will be astonished at the rapid transformation it will effect in the material conditions of his life."
It is time to learn the truth about vivid visualization. It is time to know how to use this powerful gift constructively to manifest inspired ideas that will ignite passion and drive action. Let us learn the truth, alter old and destructive habits of thinking and experience the joy and freedom that will inevitably be ours.
Og Mandino says it best in his perennial bestselling book, The Greatest Salesman in the World, "I will begin to awake, each morning, with a vitality I have never known before. My vigor will increase, my enthusiasm will rise, my desire to meet the world will overcome every fear I once knew at sunrise, and I will be happier than I ever believed it possible to be in this world of strife and sorrow."
http://www.networkingtimes.com/trainer/articles/trainer.phtml?article_id=2439
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Taking Control of your Little Voice
Today I will share one of the BEST tips for dealing with your "Little Voice" when it starts sabotaging you, so you can manage it out of the way and put the real YOU back in control:
When your negative "Little Voice" is interfering, holding you back, causing you upset or doubt....
Simply say,"STOP!!!!" Say it out loud! It may sound weird, especially if you are out and about, but that's all it takes to derail your "Little Voice" for a moment. Once you have done that, the real YOU can get back in control and choose the thoughts you really want to have. Remember to focus on what you CAN accomplish, not all the negative input your "Little Voice" was sharing about what cannot be done.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
The Law of Attraction
The Law of Attraction
I don't know about you but when I started to learn about the Law
of Attraction I was a little concerned.
Teachers were instructing us to first know what we want, create the
thought, visualize that something then attach emotion to it and it will
then be manifested.
The reason I was concerned was because even though I had tried many
times I could not visualize anything! So if you are having trouble with
visualizations don't worry you're not the only one!
Not everyone has a widescreen movie theater on the inside of their
eyelids. Some people close their eyes and see absolutely nothing! I
just see blackness (technically orange if it's light), but not a clear
picture.
This is one of the main reasons we created the Mind Movie website - to
help me, and in turn, hundreds of others visualize and manifest the life
of their dreams.
Being able to master visualization means being able to tap into the
higher creative power that makes things happen. Combined with
positive emotions you have the electricity to manifest your wildest dreams.
The fact is that most of us don't have complete control over our minds.
Let's face it we have very busy lives and finding the time to visualize
and keeping focus is very difficult.
As soon as I try to relax and think about a specific goal, contradictory
thoughts pop up, and negative thoughts start flooding into my mind,
neutralizing any previous positive thoughts that I had.
I then go into that "inner dialogue" getting cranky with myself for
not being able to focus - can you relate to that as well?
Your predominant thoughts and mental attitude rule and influence
whatever you think about.
If you keep beating yourself up for not being able to visualize effectively
you are just attracting more negative emotions which is not going to bring
you any closer to your goals.
Remember thoughts are things.
My recommendation is to start with short periods of visualization of
your goals. This is easier to achieve and will create positive emotions
and results.
Another effective method is to use a visualization tool such as a vision
board or Mind Movie.
Just going through the process of getting clear about what you want and then creating a vision board or Mind Movie with inspiration and intent can be the trigger for you to easily start the visualization process every time you look at it.
The right music choice for you can also help to trigger inspired visualization especially if combined with photos or affirmations.
This is the reason why a Mind Movie is so powerful as it combines
all three in a very dynamic format.
The goal is to visualize on a regular basis so you can use this
power in an unconscious manner in your everyday affairs.
This is what all successful people do in every field whether it be
consciously or unconsciously.
You know with commitment and dedication we can all attract money, possessions, love, change habits and improve our health as consistently as any successful person.
~Natalie Ledwell
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Derrick Carpenter
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Your Own Magnificent Obsession
All enduring motivation must ultimately come from within the individual. That is why the words empower and envision are so vital to team performance. It must be your inner power and your own personal vision that propels you, not that of your leader.
The success of your efforts depends not so much on the efforts themselves, but rather on your motive for doing them. The greatest companies and the greatest men and women in all walks of life have achieved their greatness out of a desire to express something within themselves that had to be expressed, a desire to solve a problem using their skills as best they could. This is not to say that many of these individuals did not earn a great deal of money and prestige for what they produced. Many did. But the key to their successes was that they were motivated more by an inner magnificent obsession, a passion, than by any thought of profit or identity.
You may recall from history that the exquisitely beautiful armless statue of Venus de Milo was carved by an unknown sculptor. When a farmer dug up the soon-to-be world-famous work of art while plowing his field, a renowned museum curator sadly reflected what a great pity it was that the sculptor would never be recognized by thousands of admirers, nor would he or she ever know how valuable the statue became hundreds of years later.
The farmer retorted that it must have been a labor of love for someone to be able to have envisioned such perfection and brought it forth with just a chisel and a shapeless piece of stone. “Just creating something of such quality,” said the farmer, “would have been payment in full for me.”
You can’t commission a masterpiece. Human greatness can’t be externally motivated. It must be compelled from within. A magnificent obsession is the way you want to live, not just the things you want to own. A magnificent obsession is the person you want to be, not the title on your office door or business card. A magnificent obsession is the mindset that you have, not the diplomas or awards you earn. It is the worldview you claim as your own, not the collection of stamps on your passport. It is uniquely yours, like your fingerprint or handwriting.
Ask yourself this question: “If it weren’t for money, time and personal responsibilities, what would I really love to do with my life?” You and I need to answer it from our own individual perspectives, not simply answer “to help my company, family or country.” In addition to these shared visions, autograph your career and life with your own signature.
By personalizing your passion, you will experience the unlimited power from within!—Denis Waitley
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
We get to choose our attitude
Now, I think I might have heard a slight groan? Don’t worry, I’m not here to “scold.” Instead, my purpose is to just remind you of what it can be, or to shift a paradigm here. Into all our lives will fall times of challenges or chaos. I am of the belief that they help us forge our character, smooth the rough spots (as I wrote about in The Angel Inside) and prepare us for future challenges or equip us to help others going through similar experiences. All good, right?
Right, until we hit that brick wall that feels 20-feet thick and all of our resolve and vision crumbles and feels like 500-year-old mortar that has been ground to dust and carried away by the wind. Well, for you fans of the Disney movie Finding Nemo, it’s just like what Dory sings/says: “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.” And not only that, but she’s happy as she goes about her business. Now, don’t read too much into my choice and say something like, “C’mon Chris, that’s just because she’s oblivious to what’s really going on around her and the seriousness of the situation.”
My point is this: We GET to CHOOSE our attitude…. Yes, we can be absolutely miserable in whatever situation we find ourselves in OR we can choose to find the nuggets, the good things even among the challenges. Sometimes you’re going to have to look really hard, but I truly believe there is always something of value that can be found in whatever our situations are.
It’s like Jim Rohn said, “You can use circumstances as a crutch or a school that will either cripple you or teach you for YOUR future.”
You Are Made for Success!
Chris Widener
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