Which mind/self-help techniques do you do on a daily basis?

Hey Li,

Good to see an active participant in the self improvement section

Your thoughts, beliefs, and emotions must be in place in order for the correct action to be taken, but there is more than that to be truly successful, the way you look at success.

Most people who believe in the LOA will agree that there is some type of intelligence in our universe.

What some people don't realize is that this intelligence has a set out plan for you.

You do have certain natural talents, right?

You were born with them for a reason. Thats your plan, right there.

You must exploit your natural talents and take the path set out for you.

Lets use a top basketball player for example:

A good basketball player is Lebron James- hes been in the NBA since 17 and hes 23 now (i think). You would say his natural talent is basket ball, right?

Well, what if Lebron James thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and desires were to be the top engineer/architect in the world, instead of top basketball player in the world, like The Secret suggests?

Do you think that goal were to be realized, if his real, natural talent is to play basketball? - which is his "life purpose"- also his natrual talent?

Are you following?

Now, lets swtich roles. Lets take a top architect in the world. Whoever that may be. And lets say hes 5-9" with no coordination skills, but he loves basket ball and his dreams and desires is to be an NBA star.

According to The Secret, he just needs his thoughts, beliefs, and desires and to take action right? Maybe he'll automatically grow or coordination skills will just "come to him"? Thats wrong.

What about natural talent? What about there life purpose- which is connected to your natural talents?

An artichtect is most likely a "left brain" orientated person and a NBA star would probably have more "right brain" attributes.

If a person has no natural talent for the NBA- and has dreams and goals to be in the NBA and to be a top star- they are going to have more friction than if they followed there natural talents and life purpose.

Make sense?

Some people might think this is common sense, but The Secrets happens to leave out some important stuff like this.

By the way- Only 10% of the population is considered an entrepreneur. Yes, they are born with different attributes, traits, characteristics, and "natural talents"

Anyways- Good Luck with realizing all your goals

I agree with Christie.

What is this "power pause" technique please?

Thanks,

Dagmar

The "Power Pause" is a reframing technique developed and sold by John Harricharan in his book "The Power Pause, 3 Minutes, 3 Steps to Personal Success and Real Happiness."

As I understand it, the 3 basic steps are:
1. Go to a peaceful place in your mind (as a buffer between you and your fearful thoughts)
2. Visualize your life as it would be if your problem/reason for your fear/challenge etc. no longer existed. Who would you be being and how would you feel if your problem were solved or no longer existed?
3. Give gratitude to your own definition of a higher power (e.g thank God)

That is just my understanding - I am NO expert. The idea is that you become what you think, and that by taking this pause to short-circuit your fear or anxiety, you can also set your mind up for the solution to whatever your problem is.

Hopefully someone who understands this better than I do will chime in here to describe the "Power Pause" more fully.

As for me - I don't do any self-help technique daily, unless you count 10-20 minutes of Anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing) meditation.

Best Regards, Georgetta

I smile in the mirror for 5 minutes a day.

I use a lot of affirmations to reprogram my beliefs about what I`m capable of.

I use visualization techniques, as described in Think and Grow Rich. Similar to what James Clark said, I visualize the actual money being made. I even created a graphic of a Google Adsense daily income stat with my desired amount of money written. I posted this graphic on the walls near my computer. I also visualize my compelling future, the ideal lifestyle that I will be able to live once I reach my goals.

I use the habitual questions recommended by Anthony Robbins in Awaken The Giant Within. "What am I happy about in my life right now" "What am I excited about in my life right now?" "What am I grateful for...?" etc.

I just want to emphasize how easy this is to do for $0. Everyone has access to Windows Movie Maker. If you have a mac, I'm sure you can get a free copy of it online.

I took screen shots of my TD bank account online, PayPal account, Aweber summary page, etc. and edited the numbers I wanted to see. Then I added all the pictures in Movie Maker and loaded the most inspirational music I love to listen to. This is the one song that makes you smile when you listen to it. Visualization is always key.

Just "Publish" the movie with movie maker, and program your computer to play the movie automatically at 7:00am every morning. Watching it in the evening is also very good.

You can put more than just high account balances in your collage though. In mine I have a picture of a muscular man doing push-ups and a slim fit guy jogging in exotic locations. You put whatever you want to remind yourself to work towards every day. That way you keep your subconscious working overtime-even at night.

I wrote an article that explains this really well...unfortunately the forum boards won't let me post links until I get to 15 posts. Actually, I'll just copy it here:
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Making Mission Boards with Movie Maker

Here's a mini-tutorial of how you can set up your own movie that sends you a powerful sound + visual message of what you want. These projects take a few hours to create properly. However when they are done you can watch them every morning for 1-2 minutes. They will keep your goals fresh in your mind. I would even encourage you to throw in some "uplifting" music in your movie so you have a positive song in your head as you go about your day.

You will need:

• Pictures of what you want to attain. If you want a 3.5 million dollar home, find a picture that resembles your dream house as much as possible. If you are looking for a partner, then find pictures that trigger powerful feelings and emotions of love when you see them (so what you can be in that state throughout your day and attract others who are looking for it).

• Windows Movie-Maker, Cyberlink Power Director 7 or Camtasia. Any program that lets you hash up music and pictures to make a movie or slide show. Movie-Maker is very easy to use. If you have any problems at all, simply do a keyword-search on YouTube and you will find all the help you need.

• Imagination and Inspiration!

What you are doing here is you are creating a slide show with the appropriate music so that when you watch this 2-minute movie you will remind yourself of your goals.

This is what Claude Bristol refers to as: "Suggestion is Power." In his book The Magic of Believing he encourages individuals to write their goals on a small cue-card or business card and keep it in front of them at all times.

Rhonda Byrne's The Secret encourages people who have very specific goals to keep them in front of their eyes throughout the day. In this documentary about the Law of Attraction, John Assaraf talks about Vision Boards. Much like the movie explained above, a Vision Board is a cork-board with all kinds of pictures tacked to it that represent what you want and the accomplishments you want to see fulfilled in your life by you.

Don't limit yourself with what you think is impossible to attain. If you are constantly in a state of elation because you are working at what you love; great opportunities will find you.
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Please don't copy my article.


This is brilliant! I once met a fellow student who summarized her lecture material and would listen to it in her iPod while working out in preparation before an exam. It's incredible all you can do without spending one penny.

I record my affirmations and goals to my MP3 player and listen to them everyday.

One morning I decided to wake up and look for excuses to feel GOOD!

I realized that so often I was looking for reasons to feel bad without even realizing I was doing it. I'd walk in the kitchen first thing in the morning and mentally bitch about the mess in the sink, or be frustrated because the baby woke up early and it really set a bad tone for my day.

So one morning I woke up and decided to look for the good stuff instead. Things like "oh, it's nice that I have Sumatran coffee beans this morning," or "well, at least if Sophie's up early I can count on getting an early start on work when she goes down for her nap. . ."

I've always considered myself an optimist, but I hadn't realized that I was being pretty negative in the moment, but still full of hope for the future! This really has made a difference in my productivity and focus. . . still waiting for the change to affect me financially, but there are a lot of issues and beliefs in the way of that one!

I have something to add to this.
If you read that and don't believe what you're saying, it'll never work. You need to create positive vibes when you say your affirmations to attract more positive vibes to you. Belief creates positive vibes as doubt creates negative ones.

I have a trick that I use for EVERY thing and it works the FIRST time EVERY time.. and by "works" I mean, makes me feel positive about any situation. No "it may feel weird at first" stuff- this feels right the first time and every time.

Use the phrase, "I'm in the process of..." in front of ANY affirmation. Ex: "I'm in the process of earning plenty of passive income to pay for my desired lifestyle" (I personally would not use "enough" as it creates a negative limit. You don't want "enough", you want MORE, don't you?)

So how does that new phrase make you feel? Much more believable right? Aren't you excited about reaching that goal now?!

You're ALWAYS "in the process" of doing something, as long as you're DOING.

Try this on everything.. but you HAVE TO BELIEVE IT AS SOON AS YOU SAY IT!

It's not the actual words of your affirmations that lead you to where you want to be, it's how you FEEL about them that makes all the difference.

This has helped me SOOO MUCH. I am so thankful I learned it from the book "Law of Attraction: The Science of Attracting More of What You Want and Less of What You Don't" by Michael J. Losier. Check out his site: Home*-*Law of ATTRACTION - Michael Losier

Hope this helps everyone as much as it did me!!

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he first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is to thank God for his blessings in my life. Then I say "I choose to be happy today". I then affirm my goals. I have been doing this for a while and I am now closer to my goals than ever before

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