Monday, July 26th, 2010 at
03:48
Affirmations are powerful and if you get them right, they are an invaluable tool for self improvement. Yet, if it were so easy then why don’t we all just affirm our dreams and realize them? Well, one of the reasons is that we are a bit more sophisticated and evolved than most of the personal development gurus would want you to think. Just because you repeat a positive phrase to yourself over and over does not mean you actually believe it.
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Monday, July 19th, 2010 at
08:13
One of the common issues when we’re working on our personal development plan is to keep ourselves motivated. While we’re working on defining our goals and building the plan, our motivation level is high. Then when we come to implementing the plan, reality kicks in and we start to hesitate. We are living in a period of instant gratification, everyone wants results now. This quick and easy approach to everything creates superficial judgment and we only add another negative item to our self talk list, lowering our self esteem. So how do we keep motivated and gets things done?
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Monday, July 12th, 2010 at
01:10
I’ve always wondered what motivates people. One of the typical metaphors we use is “the carrot and the stick”. The carrot is your reward for achieving your goal and the stick is the punishment if you fail. We all relate to this because it brings together the two major types of motivational behaviour. Think about the metaphor for a moment, what is more important for you: the carrot or the stick?
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Monday, July 5th, 2010 at
02:19
Affirmations are phrases you tell yourself or other people. An example of an affirmation, one that Tony Robbins loves by the way, is “Day by day, in every way, I am getting better and better”. This may sound picturesque and old fashioned, which is hardly surprising, as it comes from Dr. Emile Coue. He directed a clinic in France in the beginning of the 20th century. His main technique to treat thousands of patients was to repeat this affirmation 20 times, twice a day. Although he claims he never actually cured anyone, and they cured themselves, these cures certainly did happen.
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Monday, June 21st, 2010 at
00:12
The starting point in personal development is you. Simple as it may sound, the only thing holding you back is you. Take a look at your beliefs; are they empowering you, or are they limiting you? Take a look at the flood of positive affirmation quotes enticing you develop your positive beliefs sent by twitter marketers.
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