I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU ONLY READ ONE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT BOOK THIS YEAR, IT SHOULD BE MIND CONTROL SYSTEM. ‘THE BASIC HYPOTHESIS IS PROFOUND. THE APPLICATION OF PROVEN RESEARCH IS MASTERFUL. THE EXPLANATIONS AND SUPPORTING STORIES ARE COMPELLING AND LUCID. THE TRANSLATION OF THE RESEARCH AND STORIES INTO PRACTICAL IDEAS AND SOUND ADVICE IS NOTHING SHORT OF BREATHTAKING.’
Resilience 13 days of inspired living bonusAkash Karia
This 13-day guide provides daily lessons on topics like dealing with disappointment, embracing imperfection, finding purpose in pain, changing limiting beliefs, taking control of emotions, and living with meaning and purpose. Each day focuses on a different theme and provides 3 steps or strategies to help the reader improve their mindset and live an inspired life. The overall message is that readers have more control than they think over how they feel and react to situations, and can choose empowering beliefs and perceptions that help them grow.
Evaluate to motivate: Why and how to evaluate at ToastmastersJuan Perafán
I created these slides for the project "Evaluate to Motivate" part of the Successful Club Series (Toastmasters International). I openly publish them for every fellow Toastmaster who would like to use them.
For questions, contact: Juan Manuel Perafan.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmperafan
7 Steps to Success: Goals, Motivations, ConnectionsLinda Ferguson
A 7 step program for discovering what you want and moving forward to get results and build influence using the principles of NLP (neurolinguistic programming)
13 ways to calm yourself down when you - Depression Cure - https://Depression...Vikas Gupta
This document provides 13 ways to calm yourself down when you are nervous. It discusses techniques such as focusing on deep breathing, distracting your mind by reading or engaging in a hobby, sitting in the dark for a minute, and counting down from 50. Additional tips include spending nervous energy through physical activities like walking, yoga, or exercise. It also recommends using positive affirmations and visualization, increasing confidence, expressing emotions through crying or writing, and talking with others about what's troubling you. The overall message is that while nerves are normal and out of our control, practicing certain relaxation techniques can help manage anxiety and prepare ourselves mentally for stressful situations.
The document describes a Self-Talk First Aid Kit that provides six temporary tools to adjust negative self-talk: switching channels, reframing, camera check, firing the critical parent, staying in the present, and keeping perspective. The kit is meant to supplement long-term efforts to reprogram self-talk through visualization and discipline. It encourages choosing strategies that fit individual needs and cutting oneself slack during the process of changing self-talk patterns over time.
The document provides a simple daily meditation recipe consisting of 6 steps:
1) Find a quiet place and time, ideally in the morning.
2) Relax the body with stretches and sun salutations.
3) Sit comfortably with an erect but relaxed spine.
4) Optionally chant OM 3 times.
5) Focus on the breath, body, or a chant for 5 minutes.
6) Stop thoughts and be still for 15 minutes, observing any thoughts that arise.
It also provides a bonus recipe for inducing sleep by deep breathing and imagining darkness behind closed eyes.
Resilience 13 days of inspired living bonusAkash Karia
This 13-day guide provides daily lessons on topics like dealing with disappointment, embracing imperfection, finding purpose in pain, changing limiting beliefs, taking control of emotions, and living with meaning and purpose. Each day focuses on a different theme and provides 3 steps or strategies to help the reader improve their mindset and live an inspired life. The overall message is that readers have more control than they think over how they feel and react to situations, and can choose empowering beliefs and perceptions that help them grow.
Evaluate to motivate: Why and how to evaluate at ToastmastersJuan Perafán
I created these slides for the project "Evaluate to Motivate" part of the Successful Club Series (Toastmasters International). I openly publish them for every fellow Toastmaster who would like to use them.
For questions, contact: Juan Manuel Perafan.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmperafan
7 Steps to Success: Goals, Motivations, ConnectionsLinda Ferguson
A 7 step program for discovering what you want and moving forward to get results and build influence using the principles of NLP (neurolinguistic programming)
13 ways to calm yourself down when you - Depression Cure - https://Depression...Vikas Gupta
This document provides 13 ways to calm yourself down when you are nervous. It discusses techniques such as focusing on deep breathing, distracting your mind by reading or engaging in a hobby, sitting in the dark for a minute, and counting down from 50. Additional tips include spending nervous energy through physical activities like walking, yoga, or exercise. It also recommends using positive affirmations and visualization, increasing confidence, expressing emotions through crying or writing, and talking with others about what's troubling you. The overall message is that while nerves are normal and out of our control, practicing certain relaxation techniques can help manage anxiety and prepare ourselves mentally for stressful situations.
The document describes a Self-Talk First Aid Kit that provides six temporary tools to adjust negative self-talk: switching channels, reframing, camera check, firing the critical parent, staying in the present, and keeping perspective. The kit is meant to supplement long-term efforts to reprogram self-talk through visualization and discipline. It encourages choosing strategies that fit individual needs and cutting oneself slack during the process of changing self-talk patterns over time.
The document provides a simple daily meditation recipe consisting of 6 steps:
1) Find a quiet place and time, ideally in the morning.
2) Relax the body with stretches and sun salutations.
3) Sit comfortably with an erect but relaxed spine.
4) Optionally chant OM 3 times.
5) Focus on the breath, body, or a chant for 5 minutes.
6) Stop thoughts and be still for 15 minutes, observing any thoughts that arise.
It also provides a bonus recipe for inducing sleep by deep breathing and imagining darkness behind closed eyes.
This document provides tips for being an active listener. It recommends physically facing the speaker and maintaining eye contact. It also suggests confirming the speaker's intent, content, and importance or urgency of their message. Barriers to communication should be minimized. The listener should recognize the speaker's emotion level and indicate their ability to respond. Daydreaming, preparing a response, and judging the speaker are habits to avoid. Tips for being a better listener include increasing the listening span, taking time to listen, listening for meaning beyond the words, giving full attention, listening for ideas, restating the message, and not monopolizing the conversation.
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How to Remember Your Dreams will take you into a new world of your own being. With the help of our website where you can find Remember your dream
Website - http://limnosophy.net/how-to-remember-your-dreams/
The document provides a seven step formula for achieving goals and success. It begins with deciding what you want, writing it down, setting a deadline, making a plan, taking action daily, and doing something every day to progress your goals. Self-discipline is key to utilizing this formula to accomplish vastly more than others. Taking the first step today, such as deciding on a goal and making a plan, can change your life trajectory.
The document provides information on public speaking and overcoming the fear of it. It discusses how public speaking anxiety is a normal reaction when facing an unfamiliar situation like speaking in front of others. It also provides tips for controlling anxiety like focusing on positives, being confident, knowing your audience and material, gaining experience through practice. The document encourages harnessing anxiety through a self-improvement plan to identify strengths/weaknesses and taking action to overcome weaknesses by monitoring improvements over time.
The document discusses nervousness and ways to combat it. It defines nervousness as a normal reaction to potentially stressful situations. Some traits of nervousness include panic, problems sleeping, shortness of breath, nausea, and dizziness. Nervousness differs from anxiety in that nervousness is a normal reaction to being evaluated, while anxiety is an irrational and overpowering feeling. The document then lists several ways to combat nervousness, including preparing, challenging irrational thoughts, positive visualization, deep breathing, assuming rapport in social situations, and reframing nervous energy as excitement.
If you’re interested in improving your listening this is for you. You’re going to learn why listening is a strategy and not skill, the only way we can tell if someone’s listening to us, some great tips for training yourself to listen better and also why there are four listening habits and how you can assess which listening dominance you have and how that can help you connect better with others.
I think there are loads of tips here for account managers who are dealing with their clients. And listening is such an important thing to do well. I hope you enjoy the chat with Dr Laura Janusik and you come away with lots of tips and ideas to improve your listening. And I hope that you’ll go ahead and take the Echo profile test that Laura mentions, to see which dominance you have and how that can help you in your communication with your clients.
Managing your Social Anxiety - GROWYOURBRAINPearl Lui
Discover real CBT EBP coping interventions to help manage symptoms of Social Anxiety on a daily basis. Take back ownership of your life instead of letting SA take over!
This document provides techniques for effective communication and persuasion. It discusses active listening skills like maintaining eye contact, paraphrasing, and asking follow up questions. It also covers nonverbal communication cues like eye movements and pupil dilation that provide insights into a person's thoughts. The document provides tips for starting conversations, asking questions, and matching a person's language preferences to improve understanding. The overall aim is to teach skills that improve conversations, persuasiveness, and relationships.
This document provides 5 quotes to help overcome fear and includes summaries of each quote. The quotes discuss how taking action can reduce doubt, courage comes from facing fears, remembering why you started can help overcome obstacles and urges to quit, facing fears builds strength, and challenges help discover oneself. It concludes with action steps to write down goals, reasons, outcomes, a plan, and gains to help take action despite fears and learn from experiences.
This document discusses effective listening skills. It recommends physically facing the speaker and maintaining eye contact. It also suggests confirming the speaker's intent, details of what they are saying like who, what, where, when, why and how. The document notes barriers to listening like daydreaming or preparing a response. It provides tips for active listening such as increasing your listening span, taking time to listen, listening for meaning beyond the words, giving full attention, listening for ideas, restating the message, and not monopolizing the conversation.
English Presentation (How to deal with Anxiety/Depression)Zakkuefuron Frogie
The document discusses anxiety, depression, stress, and trauma as causes for poor mental health. It recommends exercising, getting enough sleep, talking to others, and seeking advice from a psychologist as ways to improve mood and deal with anxiety or depression. Regular exercise is emphasized as a way to gain a sense of control over one's body and lift one's mood through the mental health benefits of exercise.
The document provides tips for thriving at work rather than just surviving. It recommends going to work with a joyful attitude, keeping God's perspective, being aware of one's thoughts and talk by filling one's mind with positivity, never stopping counting blessings, and beginning each day in victory by waking up with God and being well prepared.
The document discusses the characteristics of good listening according to Mcburney and Wrage. It identifies voluntary, purposeful, motivated, cooperative, and critical listening as the key characteristics. It then discusses why listening is important, including that it stimulates better communication, promotes better responses, makes one appreciate what they hear, assists in understanding, helps with decision making, enables reaction, enlarges experience, and decreases tensions. Finally, it discusses the requisites of good listening, identifying obtaining information, appreciation, clarification and evaluation, inspiration, and self-improvement as key purposes of listening.
Emotional freedom technique is a simple way to get rid of negative feelings by tapping over rich nerve ending points on the body to change a negative feeling of a bad experiment or as a treatment. explained in details with pictures of all points and the way to do it
This document provides information about different personality types and their characteristics. It lists personality traits such as open-minded, impulsive, easygoing, calm, stubborn, arrogant, reserved, cheerful, bad-tempered, and confident. For each trait, it provides a brief definition in Mongolian. It also includes a vocabulary section defining these terms. The document aims to describe common personality types and manners.
17 ways to stop yourself from crying - Depression Cure - https://DepressionCu...Vikas Gupta
This document provides 17 ways to stop yourself from crying. It begins by stating that crying is a normal human emotion, but there are situations where stopping tears is necessary. It then lists quick facts about crying and the three main types of tears: basal, emotional, and reflex. The rest of the document outlines various methods and techniques to stop crying, including focusing on breathing, facial expressions, thinking happy thoughts, talking to others, and temporarily removing yourself from the situation causing the tears. Overall, the document presents strategies for controlling emotions and stopping crying when needed through breathing, distraction, positive self-talk, and seeking social support.
17 ways to stop yourself from crying - Depression Cure - https://DepressionCu...Vikas Gupta
This document provides 17 ways to stop yourself from crying. It begins by stating that crying is a normal human emotion, but there are situations where stopping tears is necessary. It then lists quick facts about crying and the three main types of tears: basal, emotional, and reflex. The rest of the document outlines various methods and techniques to stop crying, including focusing on breathing, facial expressions, thinking happy thoughts, talking to others, and temporarily removing yourself from the situation causing the tears. Overall, the document presents strategies for gaining emotional control when crying is unwanted in the moment.
MGT 309Speech Planning DocumentAdapted from Business S.docxannandleola
MGT 309
Speech Planning Document
Adapted from Business Scenarios & UNCG Speaking Center
Introduction
In a way that connects to your audience, speak your purpose & how this topic connects to them.
· Intro Self
· Hook/First Sentence
· Focus and 3 main points/preview (matches the three below)
transition
Body
Detail the contents with stories and appropriate tone.
Sub-Point 1:
Sub-Point 2:
Sub-Point 3:
transition
transition
transition
Closing
Leave the audience with a good feeling.
· Summary
· Positive thought or call to action
Performance improvement behavior:
How to Reduce Your Public Speaking Anxiety
Anxiety will interfere with your ability to be comfortable, confidence and charismatic, and often times it comes from our threat of perceive social rejection. We are fearful that if someone knows us that they will reject us. Furthermore, we don’t want another to think of us as stupid. This self-defeating thinking get is our way and shows up in the body. The following is a list to help you think and reduce your anxiety so you can enjoy presenting.
1. Re-frame the experience. Do NOT dwell in the uncertainty, but instead focus your mind on the phrase “It’s just a conversation.” Whether it’s a conversation of one-on-one or one-to-many, it’s still simply a conversation. Think that way.
2. You believe you more than anyone else in the world; therefore you must control the brain messages (thoughts) that are self-defeating. You are not an idiot, You are in fact a beautiful wonderful person. Be sure to tell yourself that you are worthy and competent.
3. Be careful of the ‘imposter syndrome.’ The thoughts say tell you that you don’t have anything of value to offer – that you do not belong in this situation. By being in the situation, you have something to offer.
4. Manage your body. When our threat response is activated, our biology is to funnel energy to prepare us to fight or flight. Therefore energy goes out of our brains and into our arms and legs. This is biology. To quiet the threat response, breathe deep and tell yourself that you are safe, that you are prepared, that you are worthy, and that the audience is for you. Additionally, know that the threat response is often at its height at the beginning of the talk; therefore, plan an audience activity in the beginning to give yourself a moments break, or perhaps take a sip of water. Just a little moment will help.
5. Prepare more information that you need. In the moment of execution, you will forget to say some information and other information. No worries. Nobody but you knows of your change. Enjoy it. Don’t be thrown-off by the change. Go with the flow.
6. Practice. Practice. Practice. Your brain has difficulty distinguishing imagination and reality. Use this strategy to make the uncertain certain. It will reduce your anxiety.
7. When you practice, spend more time on the introduction. Polish it to perfection and you’ll feel ...
The document summarizes Stephen Covey's 7 Habits framework for personal and interpersonal effectiveness. It describes each of the 7 Habits in 1-3 sentences. The habits are: 1) Be Proactive, 2) Begin with the End in Mind, 3) Put First Things First, 4) Think Win-Win, 5) Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood, 6) Synergize, and 7) Sharpen the Saw. The document provides high-level overviews of the core principles and strategies associated with each habit.
Habit #5 seven habits of highly effective peoplesMuhammad Hamza
The document discusses the concepts of empathic listening and seeking first to understand from Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It provides details on the 5 types of listening, with empathic listening being the goal where the listener intends to understand what the speaker is trying to communicate by listening to both their words and emotions. The document outlines steps and behaviors for empathic listening and stresses understanding the other person's perspective before evaluating, advising, or interpreting based on one's own views. Seeking to understand is important for effective communication and problem solving in interpersonal relationships and other areas.
This document provides tips for being an active listener. It recommends physically facing the speaker and maintaining eye contact. It also suggests confirming the speaker's intent, content, and importance or urgency of their message. Barriers to communication should be minimized. The listener should recognize the speaker's emotion level and indicate their ability to respond. Daydreaming, preparing a response, and judging the speaker are habits to avoid. Tips for being a better listener include increasing the listening span, taking time to listen, listening for meaning beyond the words, giving full attention, listening for ideas, restating the message, and not monopolizing the conversation.
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How to Remember Your Dreams will take you into a new world of your own being. With the help of our website where you can find Remember your dream
Website - http://limnosophy.net/how-to-remember-your-dreams/
The document provides a seven step formula for achieving goals and success. It begins with deciding what you want, writing it down, setting a deadline, making a plan, taking action daily, and doing something every day to progress your goals. Self-discipline is key to utilizing this formula to accomplish vastly more than others. Taking the first step today, such as deciding on a goal and making a plan, can change your life trajectory.
The document provides information on public speaking and overcoming the fear of it. It discusses how public speaking anxiety is a normal reaction when facing an unfamiliar situation like speaking in front of others. It also provides tips for controlling anxiety like focusing on positives, being confident, knowing your audience and material, gaining experience through practice. The document encourages harnessing anxiety through a self-improvement plan to identify strengths/weaknesses and taking action to overcome weaknesses by monitoring improvements over time.
The document discusses nervousness and ways to combat it. It defines nervousness as a normal reaction to potentially stressful situations. Some traits of nervousness include panic, problems sleeping, shortness of breath, nausea, and dizziness. Nervousness differs from anxiety in that nervousness is a normal reaction to being evaluated, while anxiety is an irrational and overpowering feeling. The document then lists several ways to combat nervousness, including preparing, challenging irrational thoughts, positive visualization, deep breathing, assuming rapport in social situations, and reframing nervous energy as excitement.
If you’re interested in improving your listening this is for you. You’re going to learn why listening is a strategy and not skill, the only way we can tell if someone’s listening to us, some great tips for training yourself to listen better and also why there are four listening habits and how you can assess which listening dominance you have and how that can help you connect better with others.
I think there are loads of tips here for account managers who are dealing with their clients. And listening is such an important thing to do well. I hope you enjoy the chat with Dr Laura Janusik and you come away with lots of tips and ideas to improve your listening. And I hope that you’ll go ahead and take the Echo profile test that Laura mentions, to see which dominance you have and how that can help you in your communication with your clients.
Managing your Social Anxiety - GROWYOURBRAINPearl Lui
Discover real CBT EBP coping interventions to help manage symptoms of Social Anxiety on a daily basis. Take back ownership of your life instead of letting SA take over!
This document provides techniques for effective communication and persuasion. It discusses active listening skills like maintaining eye contact, paraphrasing, and asking follow up questions. It also covers nonverbal communication cues like eye movements and pupil dilation that provide insights into a person's thoughts. The document provides tips for starting conversations, asking questions, and matching a person's language preferences to improve understanding. The overall aim is to teach skills that improve conversations, persuasiveness, and relationships.
This document provides 5 quotes to help overcome fear and includes summaries of each quote. The quotes discuss how taking action can reduce doubt, courage comes from facing fears, remembering why you started can help overcome obstacles and urges to quit, facing fears builds strength, and challenges help discover oneself. It concludes with action steps to write down goals, reasons, outcomes, a plan, and gains to help take action despite fears and learn from experiences.
This document discusses effective listening skills. It recommends physically facing the speaker and maintaining eye contact. It also suggests confirming the speaker's intent, details of what they are saying like who, what, where, when, why and how. The document notes barriers to listening like daydreaming or preparing a response. It provides tips for active listening such as increasing your listening span, taking time to listen, listening for meaning beyond the words, giving full attention, listening for ideas, restating the message, and not monopolizing the conversation.
English Presentation (How to deal with Anxiety/Depression)Zakkuefuron Frogie
The document discusses anxiety, depression, stress, and trauma as causes for poor mental health. It recommends exercising, getting enough sleep, talking to others, and seeking advice from a psychologist as ways to improve mood and deal with anxiety or depression. Regular exercise is emphasized as a way to gain a sense of control over one's body and lift one's mood through the mental health benefits of exercise.
The document provides tips for thriving at work rather than just surviving. It recommends going to work with a joyful attitude, keeping God's perspective, being aware of one's thoughts and talk by filling one's mind with positivity, never stopping counting blessings, and beginning each day in victory by waking up with God and being well prepared.
The document discusses the characteristics of good listening according to Mcburney and Wrage. It identifies voluntary, purposeful, motivated, cooperative, and critical listening as the key characteristics. It then discusses why listening is important, including that it stimulates better communication, promotes better responses, makes one appreciate what they hear, assists in understanding, helps with decision making, enables reaction, enlarges experience, and decreases tensions. Finally, it discusses the requisites of good listening, identifying obtaining information, appreciation, clarification and evaluation, inspiration, and self-improvement as key purposes of listening.
Emotional freedom technique is a simple way to get rid of negative feelings by tapping over rich nerve ending points on the body to change a negative feeling of a bad experiment or as a treatment. explained in details with pictures of all points and the way to do it
This document provides information about different personality types and their characteristics. It lists personality traits such as open-minded, impulsive, easygoing, calm, stubborn, arrogant, reserved, cheerful, bad-tempered, and confident. For each trait, it provides a brief definition in Mongolian. It also includes a vocabulary section defining these terms. The document aims to describe common personality types and manners.
17 ways to stop yourself from crying - Depression Cure - https://DepressionCu...Vikas Gupta
This document provides 17 ways to stop yourself from crying. It begins by stating that crying is a normal human emotion, but there are situations where stopping tears is necessary. It then lists quick facts about crying and the three main types of tears: basal, emotional, and reflex. The rest of the document outlines various methods and techniques to stop crying, including focusing on breathing, facial expressions, thinking happy thoughts, talking to others, and temporarily removing yourself from the situation causing the tears. Overall, the document presents strategies for controlling emotions and stopping crying when needed through breathing, distraction, positive self-talk, and seeking social support.
17 ways to stop yourself from crying - Depression Cure - https://DepressionCu...Vikas Gupta
This document provides 17 ways to stop yourself from crying. It begins by stating that crying is a normal human emotion, but there are situations where stopping tears is necessary. It then lists quick facts about crying and the three main types of tears: basal, emotional, and reflex. The rest of the document outlines various methods and techniques to stop crying, including focusing on breathing, facial expressions, thinking happy thoughts, talking to others, and temporarily removing yourself from the situation causing the tears. Overall, the document presents strategies for gaining emotional control when crying is unwanted in the moment.
MGT 309Speech Planning DocumentAdapted from Business S.docxannandleola
MGT 309
Speech Planning Document
Adapted from Business Scenarios & UNCG Speaking Center
Introduction
In a way that connects to your audience, speak your purpose & how this topic connects to them.
· Intro Self
· Hook/First Sentence
· Focus and 3 main points/preview (matches the three below)
transition
Body
Detail the contents with stories and appropriate tone.
Sub-Point 1:
Sub-Point 2:
Sub-Point 3:
transition
transition
transition
Closing
Leave the audience with a good feeling.
· Summary
· Positive thought or call to action
Performance improvement behavior:
How to Reduce Your Public Speaking Anxiety
Anxiety will interfere with your ability to be comfortable, confidence and charismatic, and often times it comes from our threat of perceive social rejection. We are fearful that if someone knows us that they will reject us. Furthermore, we don’t want another to think of us as stupid. This self-defeating thinking get is our way and shows up in the body. The following is a list to help you think and reduce your anxiety so you can enjoy presenting.
1. Re-frame the experience. Do NOT dwell in the uncertainty, but instead focus your mind on the phrase “It’s just a conversation.” Whether it’s a conversation of one-on-one or one-to-many, it’s still simply a conversation. Think that way.
2. You believe you more than anyone else in the world; therefore you must control the brain messages (thoughts) that are self-defeating. You are not an idiot, You are in fact a beautiful wonderful person. Be sure to tell yourself that you are worthy and competent.
3. Be careful of the ‘imposter syndrome.’ The thoughts say tell you that you don’t have anything of value to offer – that you do not belong in this situation. By being in the situation, you have something to offer.
4. Manage your body. When our threat response is activated, our biology is to funnel energy to prepare us to fight or flight. Therefore energy goes out of our brains and into our arms and legs. This is biology. To quiet the threat response, breathe deep and tell yourself that you are safe, that you are prepared, that you are worthy, and that the audience is for you. Additionally, know that the threat response is often at its height at the beginning of the talk; therefore, plan an audience activity in the beginning to give yourself a moments break, or perhaps take a sip of water. Just a little moment will help.
5. Prepare more information that you need. In the moment of execution, you will forget to say some information and other information. No worries. Nobody but you knows of your change. Enjoy it. Don’t be thrown-off by the change. Go with the flow.
6. Practice. Practice. Practice. Your brain has difficulty distinguishing imagination and reality. Use this strategy to make the uncertain certain. It will reduce your anxiety.
7. When you practice, spend more time on the introduction. Polish it to perfection and you’ll feel ...
The document summarizes Stephen Covey's 7 Habits framework for personal and interpersonal effectiveness. It describes each of the 7 Habits in 1-3 sentences. The habits are: 1) Be Proactive, 2) Begin with the End in Mind, 3) Put First Things First, 4) Think Win-Win, 5) Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood, 6) Synergize, and 7) Sharpen the Saw. The document provides high-level overviews of the core principles and strategies associated with each habit.
Habit #5 seven habits of highly effective peoplesMuhammad Hamza
The document discusses the concepts of empathic listening and seeking first to understand from Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It provides details on the 5 types of listening, with empathic listening being the goal where the listener intends to understand what the speaker is trying to communicate by listening to both their words and emotions. The document outlines steps and behaviors for empathic listening and stresses understanding the other person's perspective before evaluating, advising, or interpreting based on one's own views. Seeking to understand is important for effective communication and problem solving in interpersonal relationships and other areas.
A guide to staying mentally fit a guide for students written by studentsMichel Newman
The document defines mental health as "a state of emotional and social wellbeing in which the individual can cope with the normal stresses of life and achieve his or her potential". It states that mental health involves being able to deal with everyday pressures and work towards one's goals.
This document provides an overview of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and discusses how it can be used to change behaviors and achieve desired outcomes. It examines how people think, feel, communicate and build relationships. Key concepts discussed include setting goals, establishing rapport, using sensory acuity for feedback, and reprogramming beliefs and physiology through techniques like anchoring. The document also discusses strategies for eliciting a person's process for achieving different states and the role of physiology in changing feelings and health.
The Best Kept Secrets Of Great Communicators Reference ManualTiffany Siok
This document provides techniques for effective communication and persuasion. It discusses active listening skills like maintaining eye contact, paraphrasing, and asking follow up questions. It also covers nonverbal communication cues like eye movements and pupil dilation that provide insights into a person's thoughts. The document provides tips for starting conversations, asking questions, and matching a person's language preferences to improve understanding. The overall aim is to teach skills that improve conversations, persuasiveness, and relationships.
This document provides instructions for applying the principle of auto-suggestion to influence one's subconscious mind and achieve goals. It advises the reader to 1) clearly define their goals in writing including the amount of money and timeline, describing it as already achieved, 2) repeat this daily with emotion and faith until it is fully imagined, and 3) place the written statement somewhere to read daily and fully memorize it. Applying auto-suggestion with faith and feeling will allow one to influence their subconscious mind to help achieve their defined financial goals. The instructions are to be followed fully and with the faith of a child for best results.
All human behavior is necessarily about managing and making the most out of our emotions and sensitive nature. Ignoring this essential and trying to logical, rational all the time is a symptom of societal conditioning.
Emotional intelligence is our ability to understand, manage and leverage our emotions in ways to lessen stress, increase other awareness, communicate effectively, overcome challenges and defuse conflict compassionately.
In this interactive session, we look into neuroscientific researches and employ easy to practice techniques towards increased self and other awareness and make mindful and systemic decisions during everyday scenarios.
This document provides information about using code words as part of positive change hypnosis. It explains that code words act as a shortcut to recall motivations, goals, and behaviors when trying to make meaningful changes. The technique involves writing a statement linking a code word to concepts and ideas related to one's goals, and then using self-hypnosis or relaxation to program the subconscious mind to associate the code word with the full statement. Saying the code word daily helps maintain focus on commitments and reinforce positive change. An example code word statement for weight loss is also provided.
This document provides information and activities from the British Association of Anger Management's (BAAM) "Keep Your Cool Kit" for managing anger. The kit includes a rage gauge for assessing anger levels, anger management rules and calming strategies. It outlines a conflict clearing process for resolving issues with others in a constructive way by stating one's feelings, wants and willingness to improve. The document encourages participation in National Anger Awareness Week by using the rage gauge in small discussion groups to address anger issues.
This document provides instructions for setting clear goals using NLP techniques. It advises the reader to 1) ask themselves what they want in a positive manner, 2) describe clear evidence of achieving the goal by detailing what they will see, hear and feel, and 3) physically step into their imagined future achievement to more fully engage their unconscious mind. These steps help make goals specific and sensory-based to effectively guide the nervous system towards achievement.
This document discusses the importance of self-awareness and understanding others. It notes that intelligent people understand others while enlightened people understand themselves. It then provides tips for getting to know yourself and others, such as recognizing beliefs, values, strengths and styles. Key aspects of understanding yourself include discovering your inner experiences and overcoming psychological blocks to influence others. Understanding yourself is the first step to understanding and connecting with other people.
This document discusses anger awareness and emotional intelligence. It covers topics such as different levels of awareness, self-awareness of anger, awareness of body signals during anger, identifying anger triggers, and the five elements of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills. The document emphasizes that increasing awareness of anger through understanding body signals and triggers is important for effective anger management, and that emotional intelligence can be developed through self-evaluation and examining how one's actions affect others.
HOW TO MOTIVATE
YOURSELF: 20 WAYS TO FIND
MOTIVATION
It’s not easy to motivate yourself. If you’re like many people, you know the drill:
• Set the alarm early… then can’t get out of bed.
• Write a to-do list… then get overwhelmed and escape into a Netflix-binge.
• Get excited about goals… then feel guilty for not working on them.
The document provides tips for developing self-mastery through establishing daily habits and routines. Some of the tips include setting aside one hour each morning for personal development, laughing for five minutes in the mirror daily, going for walks after dinner, fasting one day every two weeks, reading books regularly, and serving others. The overall message is that developing strong habits and self-discipline are keys to achieving high levels of success and fulfillment.
The document provides tips for developing self-mastery through establishing daily habits and routines. Some of the tips include setting aside one hour each morning for personal development, laughing for five minutes in the mirror daily, going for walks after dinner, fasting one day every two weeks, reading books regularly, and surrounding yourself with positive people and influences. The overall message is that developing strong habits and self-discipline are keys to achieving high levels of success and fulfillment.
The document provides an overview of personal development and the power of the mind for trainers. It discusses:
1) Characteristics of a good trainer including empathy, honesty, patience, democracy, purpose, listening skills, and respect for experience.
2) Tips for trainers to get the best out of themselves including enjoying life, repairing relationships, avoiding gossip, and being kind.
3) The mind's role in achieving success through goal setting, visualization, affirmations, motivation, and persuading others. The power of imagination and developing imagination skills are also discussed.
The document provides an overview of personal development and the power of the mind for trainers. It discusses:
1) Characteristics of a good trainer including empathy, honesty, patience, democracy, purpose, listening skills, and respect for experience.
2) Tips for trainers to get the best out of themselves including enjoying life, repairing relationships, avoiding gossip, and being kind.
3) The mind's role in achieving success through goal setting, visualization, affirmations, motivation, and persuading others. Imagination and developing imagination are also discussed.
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O mankind! Lo! the promise of Allah is true. So let not the life of the world beguile you, and let not the (avowed) beguiler beguile you with regard to Allah. (The Noble Quran 35:5) Lo! the devil is an enemy for you, so treat him as an enemy. He only summoneth his faction to be owners of the flaming Fire. (The Noble Quran 35:6) Those who disbelieve, theirs will be an awful doom; and those who believe and do good works, theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward. (The Noble Quran 35:7) Is he, the evil of whose deeds is made fair seeming unto him so that he deemeth it good, (other than Satan's dupe)? Allah verily sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth whom He will; so let not thy soul expire in sighings for them. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do! (The Noble Quran 35:8)
1) Guidance and happiness go hand in hand - those who are guided are happy, and those who are misguided are miserable.
2) True guidance and happiness can only be obtained through following the teachings of the Quran. Merely reciting or memorizing the Quran without implementing its guidelines does not lead to happiness.
3) To attain happiness, one must recite the Quran, reflect on its verses, implement its teachings in one's life, and follow its guidance. Guidance from any source other than the Quran will not lead to anything except loss.
The document discusses brain activity and consciousness. It notes that consciousness has both a state (brain wave pattern) and content (thoughts, feelings, etc.). It observed many people's brain activity over thousands of hours to better understand how the state and content interact and how consciousness develops. It saw that different people have different styles of consciousness depending on their development, intentions, and normal patterns. True consciousness allows information to flow between the conscious, subconscious, and unconscious minds. It provides guidelines for identifying consciousness based on the relationships between different brain wave frequencies and how this allows access to subconscious content. The goal is to help people master both the state and content of their own consciousness.
1) Muslims believe Jesus (peace be upon him) was a prophet and messenger of God, but not his son. He was created miraculously without a father and is not to be worshipped.
2) The Quran denies that Jesus was killed or crucified, stating someone resembling him was crucified instead. Jesus will return before the Day of Judgment.
3) Those who claim Jesus was killed or was the son of God have disbelieved in the Quran according to Islamic theology. Muslims do not believe the Christian conceptions of Jesus.
This document provides guidance for understanding and properly reciting the Quran. It emphasizes that the Quran is Allah's greatest blessing that will guide one to success in this life and the next. It stresses the importance of having faith that the Quran is Allah's revealed word and reciting it with sincerity and readiness to change one's attitudes and behavior according to its teachings. The document advises developing proper attitudes of heart and mind, including firm faith, exclusive purpose of seeking Allah's guidance, acceptance of the Quran's truth without doubt, and willingness to change. It warns of Satan's attempts to distract and encourages seeking refuge in Allah.
1) The document discusses the qualities of good and evil people as described in the Quran, including Muslims, believers, hypocrites, and others.
2) It explains how Iblis (Satan) developed the reprehensible quality of arrogance (takabbur) and was degraded by Allah as a result. Iblis' arrogance led him to disobey Allah.
3) Humans live in an environment where arrogance is tolerated by the satans and we must be careful not to allow them to infect us with this quality through subtle means like whispering into our minds.
The document discusses Muslim cultural practices related to moon sighting and establishing dates for religious festivals. It explains the orderliness and logic behind practices like determining the start and end of Ramadan based on visual sightings of the new crescent moon. It describes the process used in Sri Lanka, where witnesses report potential sightings to the Colombo Grand Mosque, and a panel verifies claims according to established criteria before making an announcement. The author aims to explain these traditions rather than dismiss them, highlighting the structured procedures and consideration of scientific factors that go into the decisions.
The document discusses the virtues and rewards of dhikr, or the remembrance of God. Some of the key points include:
- Dhikr is the best, most beloved, and highest ranked of deeds according to the Prophet Muhammad.
- Common phrases of dhikr like "SubhanAllah" and saying phrases a certain number of times each day are rewarded with good deeds, forgiveness of sins, and trees being planted in paradise.
- Consistently doing dhikr, especially after prayers and before sleep, leads to everlasting righteousness and ensures one's place in paradise.
- The four most beloved phrases to God circulate around His throne and mention
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against developing mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your memory even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and remember my voice and speak to me in your heart, for as long as you remember me, I am never entirely lost. if you forget me, part of who I am will be gone from your memory.
When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your memory even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and remember my voice and speak to me in your heart, for as long as you remember me, I am never entirely lost. if you forget me, part of who I am will be gone from your memory.
When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your memory even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and remember my voice and speak to me in your heart, for as long as you remember me, I am never entirely lost. if you forget me, part of who I am will be gone from your memory.
When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your memory even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and remember my voice and speak to me in your heart, for as long as you remember me, I am never entirely lost. if you forget me, part of who I am will be gone from your memory.
When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your memory even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and remember my voice and speak to me in your heart, for as long as you remember me, I am never entirely lost. if you forget me, part of who I am will be gone from your memory.
When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your memory even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and remember my voice and speak to me in your heart, for as long as you remember me, I am never entirely lost. if you forget me, part of who I am will be gone from your memory.
When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your memory even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and remember my voice and speak to me in your heart, for as long as you remember me, I am never entirely lost. if you forget me, part of who I am will be gone from your memory.
The document provides population data from 1981 to 2012 for Sri Lanka overall and several districts. It shows that from 1981 to 2012:
- Sri Lanka's total population grew by 38.2% for Sinhalese, 20.3% for Sri Lankan Tamils, 2.8% for Indian Tamils, and 78.6% for Muslims.
- The Central Province saw population growth of 27.9% for Sinhalese, 26.6% for Indian Tamils, and 71.9% for Muslims but declines of 14.4% for Sri Lankan Tamils and 38% for Others.
- Several other districts like Kandy, Matale, and Colom
Galle fort in Sri Lanka is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was originally constructed in 1588 by the Portuguese. It contains many historic buildings from different eras, including the Moorish Galle Masjid by the seaside and the Dutch Reformed Church. The fort offers a glimpse into Sri Lanka's layered history through its varied architecture from the Portuguese, Dutch and British periods as well as its cobblestone streets, lighthouse and public library dating back to 1832.
The chapter Lifelines of National Economy in Class 10 Geography focuses on the various modes of transportation and communication that play a vital role in the economic development of a country. These lifelines are crucial for the movement of goods, services, and people, thereby connecting different regions and promoting economic activities.
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Philippine Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) CurriculumMJDuyan
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𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐏𝐏 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬:
- Understand the goals and objectives of the Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) curriculum, recognizing its importance in fostering practical life skills and values among students. Students will also be able to identify the key components and subjects covered, such as agriculture, home economics, industrial arts, and information and communication technology.
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫:
-Define entrepreneurship, distinguishing it from general business activities by emphasizing its focus on innovation, risk-taking, and value creation. Students will describe the characteristics and traits of successful entrepreneurs, including their roles and responsibilities, and discuss the broader economic and social impacts of entrepreneurial activities on both local and global scales.
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MCS Summary
1. IN THE NAME OF ALLAH – THE SOURCE OF MERCY – THE MOST MERCIFUL
MIND CONTROL SYSTEM
Summary
A JOURNEY INTO OUR MINDS
AND HOW THEY WORK
"All humans are dead except those who have knowledge ... and all those who have
knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds ... and those who do good
deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere ... and those who are sincere are
always in a state of happiness."
1. Use "What do you want?" with yourself and others to find objectives
2. If objectives are stated negatively, re-state them in the positive
3. Use "How will you know when you have got it?" to find evidence
4. Ensure you have answers for "What will you see, hear and feel?"
5. Step into your imagined future achievement to get further insights.
With regard to an objective. (or just in general)
1. Write a list of 3 beliefs, which have been limiting you.
2. Find evidence that these beliefs are false.
3. Write a list of 3 useful; empowering beliefs that will help you achieve your
objective. (Or that you would just like to believe)
4. Find evidence that these beliefs are true.
5. Pretend that the new positive beliefs are true.
Pacing and leading is a powerful way to influence others,
1. Practise making verifiably true statements about where you are right now (E.g. I
am sitting in my office, the sun is shining, it's 2005, it's Tuesday etc)
2. In a low-risk situation (e.g. with a friend), practise making some pacing comments
to another person, and notice what effect they have (people will often nod or say
mmm-hmmm in response.)
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3. Set yourself an objective for communication in a low-risk situation (e.g. to
persuade the other person to go for a coffee.) Use pacing and leading to seamlessly
lead them to that objective.
4. Begin to identify all the areas in your life where you can start using pacing and
leading to persuade others more effectively.
People use language based in their 5 senses. By matching their sensory words, you
can establish a deep level of trust and rapport.
1. Write a few paragraphs about a recent pleasant experience (E.g. a holiday, party,
film, day out etc.) When you have finished, go through it underlining words and
phrases that have a sensory element (you can do the same with this MCS lesson.)
2. Pay attention to the sensory words that people are using. Make notes of the
sensory words you hear.
3. In a low-risk situation, listen to the words that others use then match their sensory
system by using words from the same system (VAKOG).
Three of the main obstacles to master are over-reliance on focal vision, internal
dialogue and a feeling of hesitation. We are looking at ways to open up your
peripheral vision (PV):
1. Focus on the number 1 at the beginning of this sentence. As you continue to look at
the number, relax your gaze, and allow yourself to become aware of the edges of the
page, before you allow your awareness to continue further out to each side. See how
much you can perceive on either side.
2. Sit in a comfortable relaxed position, looking forward. Imagine you have an extra
pair of eyes at the level of your belly button. Become aware of the feeling of the skin
at your belly, and imagine you are looking out through those eyes. Feel your PV open
up.
3. If #2 doesn't work for you, sit in a comfortable relaxed position, looking forward.
Imagine that there is a tangerine, floating a few inches above and behind your head.
Feel your PV open up.
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4. In a low-risk situation, go into PV while in conversation with someone else. Notice
what you become aware of that you weren't before. We are continuing to explore
ways for you to overcome another of the three obstacles to master.
Over-reliance on focal vision
Internal dialogue
A feeling of hesitation
We looked at ways to open up your peripheral vision. Now, we are going to play with
turning off the internal dialogue.
1. Stick out your tongue and grasp it gently but firmly between your thumb and
forefinger. Wait a few moments as you continue to breathe. You may well become
quiet inside.
2. If exercise 1 works well for you, gently place the tip of your tongue against the roof
of your mouth just behind your front teeth (continue to breathe easily.) You will stay
quiet.
3. With a soft, gentle and patient tone, go inside and say to yourself "Shhhhhhh,
shhhhhhh", like you would if you were soothing a little baby. Allow yourself to smile
on the inside and really feel a sense of patience with the monkey. It may take up to a
minute before you go quiet inside.
4. Go inside your mind and find the volume control for internal dialogue (usually
either a dial or a slider.) If you can't find one, just imagine one it will work just as
well for our purposes. Now turn the volume control up and hear the dialogue get
louder. Turn it down and hear it get quieter. Then turn it all the way off. Quiet.
5. In a firm but loving tone of voice, say "Shut up!" inside your head. Repeat as
necessary.
One of the things to bear in mind with all this stuff is that these are not just ideas,
they are skills. If you want to know about MCS, read the exercises. If you want to be
able to do MCS, do the exercises. When you do the exercises, you get the results, and
you can start to have more of what you want in your life.
This is the final part in our exploration of ways for you to overcome the last of the
three obstacles to mastery.
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Re-wire unhelpful hesitation responses in minutes with today's lesson.
1. Identify a few of the areas in your life where you hesitate and would like to just go
for it.
2. Choose a commercial premises (e.g. shop, restaurant, petrol station) and make an
absurd request (i.e. ask for something they definitely don't sell) while keeping a
straight face. Be polite, safe and non-threatening.
3. Repeat twice more in the course of a week.
4. Look forward to the situations where in the past you would have hesitated and
enjoy your new responses.
People in our society are way too afraid of looking silly and they deserve to be
liberated from this terrible affliction. This will help them to have more of what they
want in their lives.
The key with this is to DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. The results of this will amaze
you, and the sooner you start, the sooner you can start reaping the benefits.
Remember, reading about it just is not the same as when you do it. Be safe, be
considerate, have lots of fun and amaze yourself.
You can use anchors to capture and re-use positive experiences for yourself and
others. Try this experiment,
1. Think of an occasion when you had a highly pleasurable, positive or enjoyable
experience. See what you saw then (looking out through your own eyes), hear what
you heard and feel what you felt. As you feel the sensations increase in intensity,
squeeze the thumb and forefinger of your left hand gently together for a few
moments, then release them. Now 'break your state' (e.g. by remembering what you
had for lunch yesterday.) Squeeze your thumb and forefinger together again, gently
pulsing them. The state will return.
2. Identify something that someone you know already does and create a subtle
anchor. Set the anchor while they are doing the activity. Later, fire the anchor and
see what happens. If they do the thing you anchored, then it worked!
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3. When you (or someone you are with) are experiencing something you want to have
more of, anchor it.
Remember that this thing is powerful so use it wisely. As well, allow yourself to start
becoming aware of when it is being used on you. Advertisers, politicians and stand-up
comedians all know the power of anchors and use them with great cunning (and to
great effect.) Awareness is the key, have fun.
Your voice is one of your most powerful influence tools,
1. Choose a vocal quality (e.g. rate of speech) and vary it. Go to the extremes (e.g.
see how fast you can talk, how slow you can talk etc.) Do this for each of the vocal
qualities in the list above (see main text when you have got a moment.)
2. Once you have established that you can vary a particular vocal characteristic,
practise using it the next time you are on the phone with someone to get rapport.
3. Practise saying a sentence (e.g. "Have you got any questions?") with a rising pitch,
then a level pitch, then a descending pitch. Descending pitch activates the 'command
module' in the brain.
4. Identify the things that you want others to do in persuasion situations, and then
check what pitch you are using. Practise making those requests using 'command
tone' then notice what a difference it makes.
Start having fun expanding your repertoire of voice tones, pitches, rates (mimicking
cartoon character voices is a great source of inspiration.) And remember practise,
practise, practise (repeat with descending voice tone.)
1. Identify an area where you have been doing the same thing over and over hoping to
get a different result.
2. Clarify your objective in this area using the 'What do you want' / 'How will you
know' questions.
3. Make a list of the different approaches / behaviours you have tried in order to
achieve this objective.
4. Make a list of some alternative behaviours you will use to achieve the objective (get
a friend to help if necessary.) Then do them.
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5. Identify a habitual pattern and change it.
We will start exploring ways to influence yourself (and others) to remember to do the
things you want them to do in the future. See yourself being really flexible.
Fact: The meaning of the communication is the response you get (it's not really a fact,
but it is useful belief for increasing your communication power)
1. Identify situations where other people have 'resisted' you. Ask yourself "How have
I managed to generate that response in them?"
2. Brainstorm some new alternatives for you to use in your communications with
them.
3. See yourself in the future, noticing the responses you are generating others,
a. Feeling good when the responses go in the direction you want and
b. Changing what you are doing when you notice the responses going in another
direction and
c. Feeling good that you have noticed and adjusted.
Assuming that you have a clear idea of what you want, ask,
1. "Why do you want this? What will it get you? What will it do for you?"
2. Imagine that you are in that future situation enjoying the benefits of the change
you have made. See what you will see, hear what you will hear and feel what you will
feel. Make the colours bright and really experience it.
3. Step out of the experience and see a picture of yourself in the future, enjoying the
benefits of the change. Make the picture big, bold and bright.
4. Get someone to ask you the following questions: Do you want this? Is this possible
for you? Do you know how to do this? Do you deserve this?
5. Create a first person present tense sentence containing what you are affirming,
then say it to yourself in a positive and encouraging tone of voice (E.g. 'I am
supremely confident', 'I am fit and healthy')
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Sounds (real or imagined) are a quick and easy way to access powerful resources,
1. Sigh, out loud, three times.
2. Imagine sighing out loud three times.
The trick is to keep breathing
"When you breathe, you inspire. When you do not breathe, you expire." from an 11-
year-old's science exam response.
Breathing has a powerful influence on your state.
1. When you are experiencing a powerful, positive state, allow yourself to become
aware of your breathing rate. Pay particular attention to the timing ratio of in-breath
to out-breath.
2. Next time you are in a neutral or negative state, start breathing at the rate and
ratio from exercise one and notice what happens. Within a minute or so, the positive
state should begin to return.
3. Start breathing comfortably but deeply, in through your nose and out through your
mouth. Do the in-breath to a count of 5 and the out-breath to a count of 6. Notice
what happens.
4. Lie on your back and pant heavily, breathing rapidly in and out through your mouth
20 times. Then breathe slowly and gently in and out 20 times through your nose.
Once again, do the mouth-panting 20 times, then resume gentle nose breathing.
Notice what happens.
Remember that most people don't breathe nearly enough. Start to breathe more
deeply and notice how much better you feel.
Physiology has a tremendous impact on state and performance, so.
1. Do something that you enjoy that involves moving your body. Whether it's walking,
running, swimming, martial arts, whatever your thing is, allow yourself to start
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moving. If you don't know what you like, you can find out. Just make sure it's
something you enjoy and can do regularly.
2. Either sitting or standing, adopt the physiology (posture, gesture, head position,
breathing rate, muscle tension) that you exhibit when you are in a great state (E.g.
relaxation, creativity etc.)
1. Identify the state you are currently in. Become aware of any feelings or sensations
in your body, any particular muscle tensions or relaxations. Also notice any thoughts,
whether pictures, words or other sounds that are in your mind. Accept this as your
current state.
2. Identify the state you want to get into, then use one (or more of the following
techniques to access and enter it.
3. Think of an occasion when you were in that state. See what you saw then (looking
out through your own eyes), hear what you heard and feel what you felt. As you feel
the sensations increase in intensity, squeeze the thumb and forefinger of your left
hand gently together for a few moments, then release them. Now 'break your state'
(e.g. by remembering what you had for lunch yesterday.) Squeeze your thumb and
forefinger together again, gently pulsing them. The state will return.
4. Ask yourself "What am I like when I am [name of state]?" (e.g. what am I like
when I am really focused?
5. Make a picture in your mind's eye of „a you‟ that is experiencing the state you wish
to experience. When you can see that that you are really in state, imagine stepping
into that you, and have their experience.
Your ability to influence your own state is, for many people, cataclysmic. Enjoy
finding out how much fun you can have as you take new states into situations where
you and others can benefit from them.
Focuses on ways to create more intense experiences.
1. Make sure that when you are having a powerful experience, you are present!
2. Create intense experiences and anchor them.
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3. Use naturally occurring anchors.
4. Make the other elements of the experience (E.g. Visual, Auditory) more intense, and
you can intensify the 'felt' experience.
We are talking about ways to establish rapport over the phone.
1. With regard to some upcoming phone conversation, what do you want? And how
will you know when you have got it?
2. Get in a good state
3. Establish rapport
4. Make a mental image of the person
5. Be curious about and interested in the other person
We will look at some specific exercises to stretch your vocal flexibility.
To creatively avoid doing things you don't want to do (while still getting them done.)
If you can't avoid it, try the following,
1. Get clear on why you are doing this. What will it get for you? How will doing this
task help you create what you want in your life?
2. Make sure the task is of a manageable size. If not, break it down into smaller
pieces.
3. Schedule time for it (go on, put it in your diary.)
4. Build a strong motivation state and anchor it.
5. Imagine you have already done it, how good it feels. Look out through your own
eyes at the finished task, hear what you will hear and feel those good feelings. Then,
step out of this picture and see yourself with it done. See this picture wherever you
see future events (typically up and to your right if you are right-handed, up and to
your left if you are left-handed.)
6. Reward yourself!
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Exercises for building vocal flexibility:
1. Start talking at a rate that is comfortable for you. Start to speed up the rate, until
you are talking very fast. Then speed it up until you are speaking way too fast. Then
speed it up further until you are speaking so fast it's coming out faster than you can
think. Then gradually slow it all the way down until you are speaking way too slow.
(As with any physical exercise, warm up to these slowly and have a rest if you feel
any strain.)
2. Conduct similar exercises for the following vocal qualities: pitch (how high or low
your voice is), tone and volume. Once again, take it to the limits, then go beyond
them.
3. Start to find opportunities to match other peoples' vocal qualities. Once you are in
rapport, vary your speed and listen to them follow you!
Enjoy becoming aware of the many different vocal qualities that different people have.
Practise, have fun and explore more.
On dealing with difficult people,
1. Consider the possibility that the difficult person (DP) may be your teacher, and that
what you find so difficult in them is actually a characteristic that you have within
yourself (but may keep hidden away from the world.) Once you identify it within
yourself, accept it, be OK with it. Then watch how things change with the DP.
2. Look for the positive intent in the other person's behaviour. If you can't find it (or
don't believe there is one) just make believe that there is a positive intent (e.g. if
there were one, what might it be?)
3. Use the principles of states and anchoring to build the powerful positive states you
would like to be in around this person, then anchor them. Then see yourself
interacting with the person in the way you want too, while experiencing the positive
states.
4. You can practise holding these states by asking a friend to try and break your state
while you hold it constant. This can be a lot of fun!
Protect yourself from other peoples' stuff,
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1. Use crossover matching when building rapport with people who are in a stressed or
problematic state.
2. Imagine that you have roots like a tree, going down into the earth. It may help to
feel the sensations of soil against your feet and ankles and hear the breeze blowing
around you. You can imagine the natural energy of the earth flowing into your body
and that you are grounded.
3. Imagine a red ball of light where your legs come together, with a tube going down
into the centre of the earth. Send any unpleasant or unwanted sensations or feelings
you get down this tube into the earth. Once it has been cleansed, you can recover any
of the energy that is yours through your roots.
4. Imagine a transparent, protective sphere or egg around you, a few feet out from
your body (including beneath your feet.) If you want to tint it with your favourite
colour, feel free. Any unwanted energies that come your way can just bounce off.
5. Learn MCS, particularly the language patterns.
1. Relax before you start. And start to think about all the fun you are going to have
learning something new and exciting.
2. Think about what attracts you to MCS and then set some objectives related to that.
3. Become really interested in other people (if you are not already.)
4. Make up your mind that you are going to be someone who can actually do this
stuff. Do the exercises.
5. Invest in yourself.
1. Watch and listen.
2. See yourself using a desired skill (e.g. watch and listen) in the situations where you
wish to practise it. Make a picture of yourself practising the skill in 3-5 future
situations spaced out over the next 3 months (e.g. one this week, next week, one in 3
weeks, one in 2 months etc.) Be sure to feel good while you are doing this.
3. Develop a „go for it‟ attitude.
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1. Decide to be a rapid learner; schedule integration time. Take it easy, have fun, relax
and enjoy yourself.
2. Compare your skills today with your skills in the past (e.g. 3-6 months ago.)
3. Promise yourself specific rewards, then reward yourself for achieving objectives.
4. Try this stuff out.
5. Take the long view; how do you want to be?
We are looking at the power of words to change your experience.
1. Become aware of where you might be using extreme language to describe less-
than-extreme circumstances. Once you have identified it, choose a more moderate
term.
2. Decide that you will not add to the adrenalin surplus. Look for opportunities to
soften the language people use in problem / challenge situations (if it isn‟t
appropriate to say it out loud, at least do it inside your mind.)
3. Decide that you will reduce the adrenalin surplus by relaxing, smiling and laughing
more. Breathing helps.
Relax relax relax and become intensely curious about how much fun you could have
when you use this effect of language to your benefit thinking about pleasurable and
enjoyable experiences. After all, if extreme language intensifies the feelings don‟t
have TOO much fun.
I was always drawn by the idea of influential language. I loved words and the idea
that you can use words to influence a person‟s unconscious processes was amazing to
me. It was not long before I came across the idea of quotes (the pattern we will be
looking at now) and said to myself “You have got to learn how to do this!” Now, with
me, once I decide something, then it‟s going to happen, so now I use quotes all the
time.
1. Think of something you would like to say to someone, put it in quotes, then
attribute it to someone else.
2. Identify the situations where you would like to say certain things, then figure out
how to use quotes to get your message across.
3. Look through this for statements in quotes. See how they can be processed on (at
least) 2 different levels.
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Use „tag questions‟ (isn‟t it, can‟t you, don‟t they etc) to make your communications
easier to agree with,
1. Make a list of six statements or suggestions you would like to make to someone (or
a group of people) then find a way to add tag questions to them.
2. Practise saying the statements, using a downward inflection of your voice on the
tag question.
3. Start throwing tag questions in at the end of statements you are already making
when in conversation with people.
Looking at ways to use negatives to communicate more positively.
Identify a few of the things that you tell people NOT to do, then figure out how to
structure it as a positive (see examples above.)
Identify a few of the things you would like to get people to do, then structure them as
a negative.
1. Identify something that you want. This could be a thing, a new skill, a specific
business result, a way of being, or whatever else you can think of.
2. Allow yourself to become ok with the idea of not getting it.
3. Get over it! Ask yourself “In 100 years, what difference will it make?”
4. Think of the objectives you have set where you just knew it was going to happen
and then it did.
5. Think of an occasion where you wanted one thing, did not get it, then you got
something even better.
6. Relax. Burning desires are tense, detachment is relaxed and open.
7. Put 100% awareness into what you are doing.
1. With regard to something you want to have, do or learn, ask, “What will that do for
me?” and “What will that get me?”
2. With regards to someone you wish to influence, ask yourself “Why would they want
it?” and “What‟s in it for them?”
3. With regards to someone you wish to influence, ask yourself “What are the
perceived costs to them”
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Use your ingenuity and imagination to find ways that what you are offering can
address the perceived costs and amplify the benefits. Ensure that you can deliver
what you are promising!
Ask yourself, what is important to you in your work? Make a list of the answers.
Ask a colleague or friend “What is important to you in your work?” and make a list of
their answers. Then ask them “So if I could offer you a job that had [answer 1],
[answer 2] and [answer 3]” would you be interested?” Notice their verbal and non-
verbal responses.
Identify someone you wish to influence. Then think of a way that you can bring social
proof to bear on the situation. Who can you identify that has been influenced in the
way you want them to be influenced, and who is a credible subject.
Identify the kind of benefits that your influence target is likely to value, then identify
someone like them who has got those benefits from what you are suggesting.
We are playing with internal dialogue
1. Allow yourself to hear your internal voice. Notice how it sounds, what the volume,
tonality and pitch is.
2. Hear one of the standard phrases you use to beat yourself up (if you don‟t do this,
just say “I like the smell of odourless peaches.”) Say the phrase again, but in a sultry,
smooth voice. Notice how you feel different hearing it this way.
3. Hear your standard phrase in Homer Simpson‟s voice. Sense how it feels different.
4. Say something really nice to yourself and sound like you mean it.
5. If the previous paragraph (see text) seems as confusing to you as it does to me,
read it again using a voice tone of total certainty. Notice how it seems different.
We are playing with internal pictures.
1. Count the number of pieces of furniture in your living room (without going in
there.)
2. Stand up with your legs straight and bend at the waist to touch your toes, only
going as far as you can go comfortably. Then return to a standing position and close
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your eyes. Vividly imagine bending over again, but going further comfortably (e.g. so
your palms are flat on the floor.) Then imagine standing up straight. Once again,
imagine going further still (e.g. so your elbows are touching the floor.) Then imagine
standing up straight. Imagine doing it a third time going yet further (e.g. so your
head touches the floor), then imagine standing up straight. Open your eyes and bend
at the waist to touch your toes. Did you go further?
3. Think of someone who annoys or irritates you. Once you have got them in your
mind and can feel the feelings, notice where the picture of them is (in your mind.)
How far away is it? Is it colour or black and white? Become aware of the
characteristics of the picture as you notice the sensations in your body. Then push
the picture away into the distance and notice what happens to the feelings.
Interesting?
There‟s an old joke about a bloke who‟s walking down the street at 2am and sees
another man, obviously drunk, on his hands and knees, searching for
something. “What are you looking for?” he asks him. “My house keys” the man
replies. “Where did you drop them?” he asks. “Two streets away” he slurs. “Why
aren‟t you looking there”, he asks incredulously. “Because the light‟s much better
here.”
We are playing with feelings,
1. Map out the feeling. Identify where in your body it is, what size it is, how it moves,
what temperature it is etc.
2. Accept the feeling. Become OK with the fact that you are feeling it.
3. Find the positive intent. What is your body or your unconscious mind trying to tell
you? Sometimes feelings have a message of some sort for us. Other times, they are
just sensations that our body has some purpose for feeling. What (if anything) is this
feeling doing for you or trying to tell you?
4. Feel it. Just feel it. Don‟t struggle or fight, just feel it.
5. Play with it.
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1. Identify a complaint, either about yourself or someone else, with the structure “I
am too [x].” or “She is too [y].” (E.g. “I am too impatient”, “He is too lazy.”, “She is
too noisy.”)
2. Ask yourself “In what contexts would the characteristic being complained about
have value?”
3. Come up with several answers to this question, and then craft it into a „reframe‟.
4. Come up with reframes for any complaints that you (or others) have about yourself.
This can be a lot of fun if you do it with someone else. (i.e. you say “I am too [x]”
then they generate reframes.)
5. Once you get the hang of it, start looking for opportunities to use context reframing
each day (start with low-risk ones.)
6. List the objections you get most frequently and generate a number of context
reframes for each one. Then, look forward with a sense of anticipation to the next
time someone offers that objection. Remember rapport!
1. Identify a complaint a complaint or issue with the structure “I feel [X] when [Y]
happens.” (e.g. “I feel annoyed when he argues with me” or “I feel frustrated when I
make mistakes”)
2. Ask yourself “What else could this (Y) mean?”, “What else could this (X) mean?” or
“What else could this situation mean?”
3. Come up with several answers to these, and then craft a „reframe‟.
4. Come up with reframes for any complaints or issues that you can identify for
yourself or others. This can be a lot of fun if you take turns doing it with someone
else. (i.e. you say “I feel [X] when [Y] happens” then they generate reframes.)
5. Once you get the hang of it, start looking for opportunities to use content reframing
each day.
6. List the objections you get most frequently and generate a number of content
reframes for each one (if you did this last week for context reframing, you can use the
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same list). Then, look forward with a sense of anticipation to the next time someone
offers that objection. Remember rapport!
1. Identify the areas in your life where you do things for others and then unwittingly
blow your reciprocity bonus by saying “It‟s a pleasure” or words to that effect.
2. Practise saying “That‟s OK, you would do the same for me.”
3. Identify the areas in your business where you wish to persuade others and you
have something that you can give to them (or are already giving to them). Choose
something that will have some value to them, ideally of a similar value to that which
you want from them.
4. Ensure your clients or prospects know that you are giving this to them, then when
they say thanks, say “It‟s OK, you would do the same for me.”
1. Accept the reality of the current situation. Accept yourself exactly as you are.
2. Get clear on how you want it to be.
3. Get motivated!
4. Let go of your objective. Detach from the outcome.
5. Generate the behaviours that will help you get what you want.
6. Celebrate your successes!
1. Identify anything that is currently part of your life that you want to let go of in the
future.
2. Identify anything that is part of your life that you definitely want to continue in the
future.
3. Identify anything you would like to become part of your life in the future.
4. How to Resolve Resolutions to help you move in the direction you want.
We are playing with gratitude,
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1. Make a list of all that you are grateful for in your life.
2. Make a list of the stuff you want more of. Then, be grateful for whatever amount of
it you have already got.
Take a to-do list with more than 9 things on it and,
1. Scan through the list, looking for items that can be grouped together into
categories.
2. Start to manage your to-do list by the high-level categories.
We are looking at the first part of influence for the non-salesperson.
1. Know what you want.
2. Identify the benefits.
3. Relax.
4. Get in rapport.
1. Pay attention
2. Deal with objections using the But
3. Ask for what you want
1. Figure out what you have been focusing on: make a list of the main results that you
have been getting in your life.
2. Review your list and identify the results you are most pleased with. Congratulate
yourself for having achieved these results.
3. Identify the areas where you would like to change your results.
4. Accept that your current results reflect your current reality.
5. Decide how you want it to be.
6. Pay attention to your thoughts. Every time you catch yourself focusing on what you
don‟t want / don‟t have, stop and focus on what you do have in that area.
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7. Use gratitude to increase the flow.
We have mostly been looking at gestures:
1. The next time you are chatting with someone, observe the gestures they make.
Notice how certain gestures coincide with certain words and phrases.
2. Once you notice a person‟s gestures, feed some of them back to the person. When
you refer to something they have said, use their gesture as well.
3. Experiment with referencing people‟s gestures.
We are been getting into the present moment:.
1. Sit with your feet flat on the floor, in a comfortable, aligned position (spine
straight, hands on your thighs or at your sides, breathing comfortably.) With your
eyes open or closed, allow yourself to become aware of the different sounds, sights,
smells and sensations around you. This is the present moment.
2. Gently place the tip of your tongue against the roof of your mouth just behind your
front teeth (continue to breathe easily.) Imagine you are holding a tiny droplet of oil
between the tip of your tongue and the roof of your mouth.
3. Before starting an important task, take a moment to centre yourself and relax.
Then, get clear about what you want to accomplish, then begin.
We have been exploring the 5 senses in language.
1. Read the following sentence and notice what effect it has:
“I ate a steak yesterday”
The sentence is fairly unspecified and unless you are a Hindu, a staunch vegetarian or
very very hungry, may have had little or no impact on you. Contrast this with the
following:
“At lunchtime yesterday, I plunged my fork into a steak the size of an encyclopedia
and sawed off a juicy morsel of some of the tenderest, bloodiest red meat I have
eaten in ages. As the sharp aroma of the green peppercorn sauce reached my nose, I
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smacked my lips and let out a loud “Mmmmm”, savouring mouthful after delicious
mouthful of smoky fillet.
2. Write out the following sentences, using the language of all five senses.
I walked through the park this morning.
I saw a very attractive person this afternoon.
I had a delicious desert last night.
I watched a great film the other day.
I sat in the garden yesterday.
3. Next time you are describing an experience to someone, crank up the sensory
experience and use all 5 senses. Notice what response you get.
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