Positive Focus Vs Negative Focus
Posted by Jason Kendall | Filed under Personal Development
Look in any bookshop at their Best Seller list today, and you’ll see a mass of autobiographies of the rich and famous. From empire builders to glamour models to footballers, they all tell a different story, but each has a thread in common – they focused on the positives and overcame adversity.
That’s the way of the world; life’s achievers allow positive reasons why ‘they can’ to flood their consciousness, and drown out negative reasons why they can’t.
For the trainee, this attitude to studying is vital. To complete a training program successfully, the biggest tool in a student’s workbox is a positive mindset. An optimistic outlook brings about all sorts of circumstances, possibilities, answers and opportunities to achieve. On the other hand, a negative outlook blocks creativity and numbs our learning receptors.
This is due to our Reticular Activation System, which is a mechanism in our brain that automatically tells us what to focus on. We’ve experienced many things throughout our lives that no longer stay in the forefront of our minds – most of what we’ve learned moves from our conscious mind to our sub-conscious mind, a sort of store cupboard stocked up with all our past knowledge and beliefs.
When we attempt consciously to do something, our RAS (Reticular Activation System) will search for any relevant information in the sub-conscious mind, and bring it to our attention. If we’re taking a walk down a street, only the things that have meaning to us will be noticed – the rest is just background noise.
This means that if our conscious mind has been regularly sending messages that are upbeat and positive to our sub-conscious mind, then that’s what it will transfer back. But if our sub-conscious has been given loads of downbeat and defeatist messages, then that’s equally what will be sent back.
Achievers, it appears, are able to manipulate the messages streamimg through to their sub-conscious minds. They do this by choosing the exact messages the conscious mind sends and deliberately programming their RAS. As such, it’s an essential tool for achieving goals, as the sub-conscious mind can’t tell the difference between real or imaginary events.
In other words, as it believes what it’s told, we need to create a very specific picture of our goal in our conscious mind. The RAS will then pass this on to our subconscious – which will then help us achieve the goal. It does this by bringing to our attention all the relevant information which otherwise might have remained as ‘background noise’.
Napoleon Hill said that we can achieve any realistic goal if we keep on thinking of that goal, and stop thinking any negative thoughts about it. Of course, if we keep thinking that we can’t achieve a goal, our subconscious will help us not to achieve it.
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How A Good Massage Can Benefit You
Posted by Trevor Palmer | Filed under Personal Development, Relaxation Techniques
People of all walks of life are getting themselves a therapeutic massage more often now than a decade ago. A number of reasons will be briefly discussed in this article.
Therapeutic massage is valuable in a number of ways and those who have taken themselves to massage centers can attest to this.
One, it assists in recuperation or healing process. It is inevitable for anyone exposed to strenuous exercise or activity to not feel tired and overly stressed. However, fast and efficient recovery may come to the rescue in the form of therapeutic massage. Such a recovery can include improved blood and lymph circulation, muscle relaxation and overall relaxation. Consequently, these lead to extraction of waste products and improved cell nutrition, stabilization of tissues, neutralization of trigger points, and faster healing of injuries which can result to relief from soreness and stiffness, enhanced flexibility, and reduced likelihood of future injury.
Two, it triggers the relaxation response. Over-training which is often associated with irritability, apathy, loss of appetite, insomnia and many more often occurs during heavy exercise or workout. However, therapeutic massage could thwart over-training because it stimulates relaxation. It relaxes tense muscles.
Three, it is a form of stress relief. Massage does help balance the effects of stress in our lives, reduce anxiety level and tension headaches, normalize blocked energy flow, improve the functioning of the immune system and restore a calm mind and feeling of well-being. What could be more rewarding then than a stress-free life or a stress-free day.
While the aforementioned benefits are quite obvious, studies have found out that massage is much more beneficial in treating depression, anxiety and many more emotional issues rather than the physical issues or those associated with physical pain.
We ought to consider that we need to take the initiative of maintaining a sound body and a sound mind. There is so much benefit in indulging yourself into a regular massage. The cost is worth it. Start feeling good in mind and body today by treating yourself to a relaxing massage! After all, our over-all health and well-being lie in our hands.
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