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Managing Stress

Posted in Master Your Mind, tagged , , , on March 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Parthenon

Deadlines.

Promises.

Work, projects, and obligations.

Fear of loneliness.
Fear of failure.
Fear of success.

Never enough money in the bank. Never enough hours in the day. Never feel like enough, even if you already are.

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Revitalize Your Willpower

Posted in Master Your Mind, tagged , , , , on February 12, 2013| 2 Comments »

horse eye

Willpower, the workhorse of the conscious mind, is relatively tame compared to instinct and habit, the twin engines of the subconscious mind. Yet without willpower, you and I become nothing more than passengers riding along a predetermined course. The subconscious, the unthinking part of the mind, controls our thoughts and actions under times of great stress, fatigue, hunger, insecurity, and fear. If you are driving and a car comes barreling at you unexpectedly, there is no time to think about your speed, the other driver’s speed, whether to veer to the right, veer to the left, stop, or even how to brace for an impending collision. All of this is weighed and determined instantaneously by the unconscious mind. (more…)

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Pay Your Dues

Posted in Master Your Mind, tagged , , on February 3, 2013| 1 Comment »

forge

Like a chunk of carbon under tremendous pressure, if you do not collapse into a thousand crumbs, you will metamorphose into a matchlessly hard diamond. The process of strengthening, toughening, restructuring is measured not in days and months, but in years. No one said it was going to be easy, that it would take only a single book, a single inspirational speech, a single wave of achievement to mold your mind into a success engine capable of driving you unstoppably toward your dreams.

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Mistakes Make the Man

Posted in Master Your Mind, tagged , , , , , on January 13, 2013| 1 Comment »

an arrow missing its target

Making mistakes is a part of the human condition. How you choose to deal with it determines whether you will eventually become a charismatic leader or a bitter old man.

Most people associate a variety of negative emotions with making mistakes. They feel stupid. Embarrassed. That their pride has somehow been wounded. Frustrated. Angry. Sad. But is all of it really necessary?

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Keep Moving

Posted in Master Your Mind, tagged , , , on November 27, 2012| 4 Comments »

Steam train

Newton’s First Law of Motion states than an object at rest tends to stay at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force.

When you are sitting on your butt doing nothing, you will find that it is very easy to continue to do so, and the longer you stay that way, the more effort it takes to change out of that mental state and get your butt into motion. It’s like people who decide to take a break after high school or college before continuing their education. Of course it’s important to take breaks, but if the break is too long, it becomes too difficult to get going again. 1 year off becomes 2 years. 2 years rolls into 3 until one day they’ve forgotten their original intentions.

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