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How to Read Body Language [Kindle Edition]
Nick Morgan
Every communication is two conversations, content and body language. And body language is often more revealing and truthful than content, especially in divulging what other people are really thinking. But how do you follow that second conversation? If you try to monitor it consciously, you rapidly become overwhelmed with ambiguous information. Did that twitch of the eye mean something significant, or was it just a twitch? In this brief eBook, author Nick Morgan shows you how to keep track of both conversations.
Hypnosis Can Spawn Unlimited Creativity
by Steve G. Jones
Hypnosis has the ability to withdraw that which is deep within the mind but often pushed aside by thoughts needing more immediate attention. Such is often the case for those latently creative individuals that know that deep within them is the next great American Novel or musical masterpiece. Through hypnosis creative connections are made and the motivation to put the thoughts into tangible creations is possible. Whether the need to be more creative with writing, art, music, or every day problem solving is the goal, hypnosis can help.
Even for those people who are not obviously creative but wish to become more so, hypnosis is an effective way to develop more creativity. That is because hypnosis works to relax an individual to the point that ideas and images can be suggested and put to use. For example, after a few weeks of creative training hypnosis, the listener can actually begin to think in more creative terms. This works because the signals and messages that spark creative thinking are already within the person. It is just a matter of relaxing the mind to the point that they are unleashed. Then as an added tool toward success, hypnosis teaches the listener to visualize their end goal of coming up with new ideas and putting them into action.
Creativity is not limited to the fine arts. There are times when an imaginative and creative solution to an everyday problem is called for. Hypnosis can accomplish this type of creative thinking by removing stress factors that inhibit rational and unique solutions to problems or challenges. It also works to remove the negative thoughts creative hopefuls may have about their abilities.
Clinical Hypnotherapist Steve G. Jones guides the listener of Unlimited Creativity through a serious of relaxation steps that are completed when the listener can lie down and focus on nothing else, usually just before going to sleep at night. When this relaxed state is reached, the tools to creative thinking are introduced and ready to be implemented.
Visit the Unlimited Creativity Hypnosis product page for more information.
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."
-- Annie Dillard
The Motivated Mind: A Complete Guide to Personal Change
by Jason M. Gracia
A complete motivation program in one place. The Motivated Mind will guide you, step by step, through each stage of controlling your motivation and changing your life - automatically. When you know the secrets to motivating yourself to take action, nothing is out of reach. Digital Download, 19 Chapters, 352 Pages, Exercises and Illustrations.
Stretch to relax. Rise on your toes and reach for the ceiling, with your head back. Tighten your muscles from legs up through abdomen, and then release. Relax the neck and shoulder muscles, letting head loll on neck in different directions.
Breathe to relax. Stand erect, but relaxed and balanced. Inhale while silently counting to five. Hold the breath for five counts, then exhale for five – all breathing is through the mouth. Your diaphragm should move, but your chest should not expand. You can gradually increase the number of counts for each breath to 10.
Relax your Jaw. Let your head loll forward. As you raise it, keep your jaw relaxed. Let it hang open, and smile to yourself at how silly it feels.
Relax your throat. Yawn …. This is how your throat needs to be to speak well – open, and relaxed.
Keep relaxing the muscles throughout your body, your jaw, neck and throat until you walk to the presentation area. Then smile! and begin.
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"When you speak of someone or about someone, you should speak as though they were in the room with you. The ears that you speak to today are attached to the mouth that could relay the message tomorrow."
William 'Biddy' Allen
Definition of wealth
"Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments."
Samuel Johnson
Someone asks for a copy of that document. Where is it?
You know you have the information for that presentation somewhere.
Or maybe you are fighting a losing battle to make sure the bills are paid on time, or your children go to the right performance on the right day. Can you find that information? Can you keep control of what has to be done when?
If we are to stay in control, then "Find" is the key word here.
And if we are to be able to find what we need when we need it, our filing systems have to match our finding needs. My needs are not your needs and your needs are not the same as someone else's, so the system has to be designed to suit you - not me, or someone else and certainly not the person who held the job before you.
Where to start
The best way to start is to look at all of your finding needs. You will discover that these can be grouped according to all the areas where you have goals. List those areas and then create a place for the material that relates to each. Think about the size of the material to be filed - its shape and the quantity. Define how often you will access it, where and when. These will all help you to define the container, its size and where you store it. Be sure to label the containers, on multiple sides, if necessary.
These containers may range from tiny boxes and manila or drop down folders right through to a compactus, but choose what suits you and the nature of the material you will file.
What to file
Basically you need to file those things that provide you with motivation, reassurance and information for current projects and that allow you to predict future needs or trends. You will also need information that allows you to manage things like finances.
Sorting
Your system will be your own, customized to your finding or retrieval needs, but some possibilities include
? By client and then by "current" or "past"
? By project and then by chronology or client
? Financial
? By subject,then subheadings, or client or project
? Alphabetical by, for example, name or code
? Sequential by, for example, invoice number or code
You may have separate areas for separate categories and you might use colour coding.
But do label everything and name it very specifically. It is very easy to forget what is in a particular container over time, especially if you only access it infrequently, so labelling is vital
In the end, the whole system must suit you. Your finding needs must determine your filing system.
(c) Bronwyn Ritchie is a speaker, writer, librarian and trainer and she manages Pivotal Points - resources for the times in your life when you pivot - change direction - towards a better you, a better life. For more tips and articles on organising and improving yourself and your life, visit http://www.pivotalpersonalbest.com
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