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NEVER STAY ON A PLATEAU Something in human nature tempts us to stay where we are comfortable. We try to find a plateau, a resting place, where we have comfortable stress and adequate finances. Where we have comfortable associations with people without the intimidation of meeting new people and entering strange situations. Of course, all of us need to plateau for a time, we climb and then plateau for assimilation, but once we've assimilated what ever we've learned, we climb again. It's unfortunate when we've done our last climb, when we have made our last climb we are old, whether 40 or 80. What ever you do, dont allow your self to stay on a plateau, commit your self to climbing the mountain of personal potential, a little at a time thought out your life time. It's a journey you'll never regret having made. YOUR ENVIRONMENT The more positive the environment, the more rapid your growth is able to be. A life of continual growth is never easy, but a goo...

The Subconscious Mind We all know we have a subconscious, but for most of us, our knowledge of it ends there. Your subconscious mind is a second, hidden mind that exists within you. It interprets and acts upon the predominating thoughts that reside within your conscious mind, and its goal is to attract circumstances and situations that match the images you have within. We reap what we sow. Think of your subconscious mind as incredibly fertile soil that will grow any seed you plant in it. Your habitual thoughts and beliefs are seeds that are being constantly sown. Just as corn kernels produce corn and wheat seeds produce wheat, the contents of your thoughts will have an effect in your life. You will reap what you sow; this is a law. Your conscious mind is like the gardener that tends to the soil. It’s your responsibility to be aware of how this process works, choosing wisely what reaches the inner garden — your subconscious. For most, our role as gardener has never been exp...

Visualizations We live in an immense quantum sea of vibrating energy that is responsive to how and what we think. Our thoughts are creative forces and are constantly expressing themselves in our lives. Once we realize this, we can begin designing our lives with clarity and purpose. So how can we use this reality in our lives? By focusing daily on what you desire. The Mind Power system consists of easily learned techniques that help you focus and direct your thoughts, and the first technique you’ll learn is visualization. What is visualization? Visualization is simply a mental rehearsal. You create images in your mind of having or doing whatever it is that you want. You then repeat these images over and over again, daily for about five minutes a day. In your five-minute practice, use your imagination to see yourself being successful in whatever goal you may have. What you focus on, you attract. The key to visualizing is to always visualize that you already have what you ...

What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.”  ~Buddha Mind Power Basics Whatever you desire, you can achieve it using Mind Power. All physical reality is made up of vibrations of energy; even your thoughts are vibrations of energy. While it sounds like a concept or theory, this is a new reality that quantum physics has revealed to us. Your thoughts have a powerful influence on your life. Your thoughts affect what happens to you. Most of us go through life taking little notice of our thought processes: how the mind thinks, what it fears, what it heeds, what it says to itself, what it brushes aside. For the most part, we go about your lives with minimal attention paid to how we think. We go through life neglecting one of the most important and powerful forces in our life: our thoughts. What you focus on, you attract. Mind Power is directing your thoughts towards...

It is what you learn after you know it all that counts. When you learn teachable, your potential is almost limitless. The greatest of all miracles is that, we need not to be tomorrow what we are today, but we can improve if we make use of the potential implanted in us by God. (Rabbi Sam. M. Silver). Successfull people don't sit back and rest on their laurels. They know that wins like losses are temporary, and they keep growing if they want to continue being successfull. "A winner knows how much he still has to learn, even when he is considered an expert by others," a loser wants to be considered an expert by others before he has learned enough to know how little he knows (Sydney Harris). Don't settle into a comfort Zone and don't let success get to your head. Enjoy your success briefly and then move on to greater growth. Relationships,  can determine how well I know people. Attitude,  can determine how well I relate with people. Communication, can d...

If you read Part One , then you will already understand and be able to identify some of the most destructive squatters running your thoughts. In order to master you mind, you must learn how to evict them. There is a diminishing effect that will happen if you eliminate these squatters in the order presented. Each one evicted will decrease the presence of the next one or of all of them. How to Master Your Mind. You are the thinker and the observer of your thoughts . You must pay attention to your thoughts so you can identify “who” is running the show; this will determine which technique you will want to use. Begin each day with the intention of paying attention to your thoughts and catching yourself when you are thinking undesirable thoughts. In the first part, I told you that there were two ways to control your thoughts : 1. Interrupt and replace them, or 2. You can eliminate them altogether with conscious breathing. Use Technique A with the Inner Critic and Worrier and Techniqu...

Your mind is the most powerful tool you have for the creation of good in your life, but if not  used  correctly, can also be the most destructive force in your life. Your mind, more specifically, your thoughts, affect your perception and, therefore, your interpretation of reality. I have heard that the average person thinks around 70,000 thoughts a day. That’s  a lot , especially if they are unproductive, self-abusive, and just a general waste of energy. You can let your thoughts run amok, but why would you? It is  your  mind,  your thoughts; isn’t it time to take your power back? Isn’t it time to take control? Choose to be the person who is actively, consciously thinking your thoughts. Become the master of your mind. When you change your thoughts you will change your feelings as well,  and  you will also eliminated the triggers that set off those feelings. Both of these outcomes provide you with a greater level of peace in your mind. ...

Last year my good friend captured this beautiful candid moment with my then 4-month-old daughter Zoe. When I saw it for the first time, tears began streaming down my face. These weren’t tears of sadness, rather tears of immense joy. This picture captured me arriving at a place of inner peace, calm, and happiness that I had spent most of my life searching for. You see, I had spent too many years living the life I thought was expected of me, rather than the life that was true to me. I had always looked up to my father and wanted to model his success as an entrepreneur. So I got my business degree, and by 25, I had built a million-dollar human resources company. I exhausted myself striving for perfection—the perfect house, perfect family, perfect body. The money came in, and I filled my life with stuff—expensive stuff. But it was never enough. The newness always wore off and I soon needed something better to make me feel good. My penchant for new and better stuff left...

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean giving up of familiar but limiting patterns safe but unrewarding Work, values no longer believed in, relationships that have lost their meanings (Gail Sheehy).  I had learned that shortcuts don't pay off in the long run. If I was going to have a chance to reach my potential, I was going to have to keep learning growing and improving. Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what most people fear most (Dostovsky). The real fear should be the opposite course. There is nothing worse than living a stagnant life, devoid of change and improvements. "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself" The iconic thing is that change is inevitable, everybody has to deal with it. On the other hand, growth is optional. You can choose to grow or fight it. But know this, people unwillin...

___________________________________ ​ 1. Make friends with successful people and occasionally buy them gifts and surprise them with lunch because successful people always give and hardly get, so when you give them, they value the gift a lot ​. ​ 2. Get a mentor and follow his instructions and respect the relationship. Never beg your mentor for money or disrespect his or her privacy. ​ ​ 3. Make new positive friends as often as possible and ensure you keep the communication line open. Create a network of friends and not just connections. ​ ​ 5. Show kindness to everyone. Some small boys today will be big boys tomorrow. The biggest dog in the neighbourhood was once a puppy. Keep the information/secret to yourself. ​ ​ 6. Always plan ahead and be proactive. He that plans the future works less in the future. ​ ​ 7. Listen to speeches and messages from great teachers, both religious and educational. ​ ​ 8. Attend seminars and trainings on any area you need to improve your...

. 1. You are constantly focusing on what’s wrong Do you always find yourself fixating on your worries and disappointments, but never thinking about the things that are actually going your way? This is a sure sign that your mindset is contaminated with negativity. There may be a lot of bad things happening right now, but odds are there are at least some aspects of your life that are in good shape. Taking time to be thankful for those things is important, because it helps to keep the bad from completely overwhelming your perspective. If you become blind to the good things, you may lose them, or not use them to your advantage. 2. You mourn your failures but forget to celebrate your victories “The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.” ― William J. H. Boetcker, Motivational Speaker This is closely related to the sign above. Do you find yourself feeling angry and despondent whenever you suffer a loss, but g...