2. MindStore Works
About MindStore and Damian McConnell
Helping Organisations, Teams and Individuals
Selection of Clients
Maintaining Peak Performance
Mental Rehearsal, Future History and Gestalt
Attitude
The Importance of Goals
The Alpha State
MindStore Course Portfolio
3. MindStore Works
About Us:
Established in Australia in 2010. Originated in the United Kingdom
1990.
MindStore is a leading provider of performance excellence and
personal development training.
The MindStore philosophy is the need for people to have access to
a simple set of mental tools and techniques for performance
improvement.
A radical and innovative approach to professional and personal
development.
Over 500,000 people have embraced the MindStore System and over
half of UK FTSE 100 are clients.
4. MindStore Works
Through building confidence
MindStore helps organisations:
• Maintain a positive “Can Do” Culture
• Challenge limiting belief systems
• Harness creativity and innovation
• Overcome resistance to change
• Build strong leadership
• Set and achieve extraordinary goals
5. MindStore Works
Through building relationships
MindStore Empowers Teams and Individuals to:
• Become more focused and committed
• Develop a complete Resilience toolkit
• Increase their energy and enthusiasm
• Improve problem solving and decision making
• Expect better performance and results
• Positively embrace change
• Contribute more and have fun!
6. MindStore Works
Damian McConnell
Course Director of MindStore Australia
Damian McConnell is the Course Director for Australia, he has
been involved with MindStore for over 18 years and has seen
countless times the extraordinary improvements in individuals
and companies as a result of engaging in the positive benefits
of MindStore’s range of courses and in-house work.
He believes that “all performance is due to the quality of our
thinking” and he is passionate about sharing these personal
and professional development tools and techniques to empower
people towards their inspiring future.
Damian was born and raised in Scotland. A qualified Chartered
Banker, gaining an Honours degree in Financial Services during
his 9 years with the Royal Bank of Scotland. From 2002 – 2005
he was the M.D. of a growing franchise business in Scotland.
In 2006 he moved permanently to Australia with his wife Fiona and has never
looked back. Damian and Fiona live with their young sons Alastair (5) and Ewan (3)
on the Gold Coast in Queensland.
8. MindStore Works
Maintaining Peak Performance
• The management of stress and the maintenance of high energy levels are critical to our
ongoing success and enjoyment of life
• As the pace of change increases we can expect our experience of stress to do
likewise
• When we are stressed the body responds physiologically with the classic fight or
flight response - which was great for survival 10,000 years ago but doesn't help
much in a busy organisation
• Recent research into Ultradian Rhythms indicates that we work in focused bursts of 90
minutes - then we mentally check out for 10-20 minutes
• Most people have a coffee or similar at this time
• We strongly recommend a quick relaxation session at these times to stay at your very
best.
9. MindStore Works
Mental Rehearsal
Your Key to Success
• Mental Rehearsal is undoubtedly one of the most important MindStore tools
• In our view it's the single most important activity that lifts average performers to greatness
• If you want to be a peak performer, you must get into the habit of "seeing" your desired outcome before
it happens
• Before important events, meetings and presentations simply access the Alpha State and in your mind’s eye,
mentally rehearse the outcome you desire.
• In your imagination, pay special attention to what you can see, hear, smell and feel
• Mental rehearsal is the secret of champions
10. MindStore Works
Future History and Gestalt
• The great Mohammad Ali coined the phrase
"Future History". Upon signing a contract for a
fight, he would sit down, relax and in his
imagination would run through the fight until
the moment he won.
• He would then immediately freeze-frame the
winning mental image and become aware of all
his senses as though he was there at that very
moment. This is what he called a future history.
Clearly by doing this he actually created a
future vision, but because he had experienced it
in such detail he believed that it had occurred.
• He then committed to repeating his future
history over and over again in his mind's eye:
first thing in the morning, last thing at night
and during the day whenever it came into his
awareness.
• Constantly repeating a Future History in the
mind triggers the Gestalt process in the brain.
The subconscious mind then attracts people,
places and opportunities that lead you
towards the achievement of your goal.
11. MindStore Works
Attitude
• It is absolutely critical that you decide to do all
you can to eliminate the input of negative
thought patterns
• It is now clearly understood that the quality of
our thoughts determines the quality of our lives
• Finding a way to managing our thoughts is
vital
• By listing negative words and replacing with
positive ones we gradually shift to a more
positive outlook on all things - and the added
benefit of experiencing more personal energy.
12. MindStore Works
The Importance of Goals
Key Principles
• Inspiring goals that provide direction are the
foundation of peak performance
• People who achieve great things in life have
their goals written down somewhere. Only 4%
of people do this. Be one of them.
• Think Big! No one leaps out of bed
enthusiastically in the morning for a realistic
achievable goal.
• Be less concerned about HOW you can
achieve your goals - especially in the
beginning.
• Be absolutely clear on WHY you want to
achieve your goals. A powerful emotional
connection to your goal is vital.
• Get the power of Gestalt working for you by
repeatedly thinking of and "seeing" the
outcome you desire. An idea held firmly in
your conscious mind will receive the attention
of your subconscious mind, which will then
manifest in your life. Repetition is the key
13. MindStore Works
Desire
• Is the outward moving source that starts you towards your goal. If you can build strong desire you will
generate a strong emotive force to take action. The easiest way to build desire is to identify the benefits
that will come to you as a result of having achieved an outcome.
Belief
• Is the energy that keeps you moving towards your goal. It is a vital ingredient when things don't seem to
be working out too well. Delete negative talk by pretending that you have already achieved your goal.
This further upsets the subconscious and stimulates it to work in your favour.
Expectation
• Attracts you towards your Future History. It is like a magnet. Build expectation by reading other
people's success stories and by programming regularly
14. MindStore Works
The Alpha State
Relaxed Focused Aware
• Research has found that the ideal state for
learning is when the brain is in a relaxed but
aware state
• When we say relaxed, we do not mean asleep.
We mean relaxed, focused and aware.
• This is called the alpha state
• This compares with the 'normal' state of 13-25
hertz which is called the beta state The beta state
is that of most of our waking moments as we go
about our daily lives
• At the other end of the spectrum we find, just
below the alpha level, the theta state which is
even slower than alpha, and an even deeper
sense of relaxation
• The alpha state can be achieved in a number of
ways and most of us achieve it at some point
during most days. A typical time may be just
before sleep, or on awaking.
• At this time the mind is clear, receptive to
information, and rapidly makes 'connections',
realisations and joins up thoughts
• Many an 'AHA!' or 'EUREKA' moment comes at
these times
15. MindStore Works
MindStore Course Portfolio:
• MindStore In House Program
• The Extended MindStore Program
• MindStore Conference Speaking
• MindStore Seminar and Workshop Presentations
• MindStore Network Groups
• MindStore Train the Trainer
• MindStore Online
16. MindStore Works
For more information on the range of MindStore courses or to discuss
the opportunities to partner with you and your company in design and
delivery of customised in-house programs please contact:
Damian McConnell
Tel: +61 (0)7 3040 2229
Mobile: +61 (0)438 058 160
Email: enquiries@mindstoreaustralia.com
Web: www.mindstoreaustralia.com
