There is lots of advice in self-help books about ‘managing your thoughts’. Keep your mind positive! Eradicate negative thinking! etc. etc. All sounds good but I’ve found it’s all a lot more difficult for me to do than for others to write about.
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I was so pleased to read this comment by Richard Bandler the co-founder of NLP. The business world has ignored NLP’s roots in hypnosis ever since it latched on to it as a powerful tool to create excellence in the work arena. Executives will often praise NLP to me whilst at the same time expressing considerable doubts about hypnosis. Continue reading » ‘…at some level, everything is Hypnosis’ Try this out: put yourself into a happy frame of mind. How do you do that? Perhaps you could start by smiling broadly, or think fondly of some good times you’ve had. You could imagine some pleasurable event you already have planned. Continue reading » Change your mood and change your memories Imagine it’s Easter next year….where are you? What are you up to? How will your life have altered? Will it have changed for the better? If you try to imagine this and draw a blank, then please think again. The more you imagine and flesh out the future you want, the more likely it is that you will draw that dream towards you. Continue reading » Your future is inside your head One day, a yachtsman anchored off a small island. As he stepped ashore, he heard a strange ‘mo, mo, mo’ sound. Continue reading » It’s not what you do, it’s how you do… If you ever find yourself wondering ‘what’s the point’, take heart. That’s a sign that your unconscious mind has some information for you. Use that ‘wondering’ feeling like a signpost – to work out exactly where to go and what to walk away from. Continue reading » The point IS the point if you follow it Exceptions don’t prove the rule Having a miserable day? All right, you possibly are. But before you chuck the whole day into your wheelie bin of rotten memories, to fester with the rest, take a moment to check that it is all bad. Continue reading » Future tip – find the exceptions Imagination is like a muscle We are all imagining things all the time, so don’t believe anyone who says they have no imagination. Tell them ‘You must have one to have imagined that!’ Continue reading » Future tip – imagination changes your life A happiness exercise Every morning, a small group of elderly Japanese ladies meet to cheer each other up. How they do it is so simple, it’s hard to believe. Continue reading » Future tip 4 – have a good laugh Can Simon Cowell sing? Criticism hurts, but that hurt doesn’t have to last for long. First step is to realise that everyone criticises from their own perspective. What people see in other people, they always have in themselves. Continue reading » Future tip 3 – how to handle criticism |
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