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*PERSONAL EXCELLENCE - Let's start Training!

*Is That A Mask Or Is It The Real You?
 

To be successful in life does require some effort!  We hear about Olympic athletes breaking records and breaking new ground.  Are these people hugely successful because they are extraordinarily talented?  Many of them are but most often their talent was not what made the difference between mediocrity and excellence.  What made the difference was their commitment!  Their determination to be the best and be willing to work for it.  The same thing applies to whatever goals you wish to reach

 

The following articles give us some guidelines on how to succeed in anything you want to do
                                                                                              ...............June

 PERSONAL EXCELLENCE - Let's start Training!
by June McHardy

Have you ever wondered how Olympic athletes can function so well under the extreme pressure of the Games? How can they remain so focused when there's so much going on around them?

The answer is that they train for years! They learn to put together all their resources, physical as well as mental and psychological. Yes!, their attitudes, mood and even their sense of fun goes into the mix and personal excellence is the result.

But this process is not available ONLY to athletes. It's also available to YOU! All you have to do is train yourself in the various areas of your life. The result is that you will trigger your ideal performance state, creating success for yourself in whatever arena you are performing in... be it business, sports, raising children or whatever.

So let's get started!

Energy States: It's very important to monitor our personal energy states when we perform and to be able to trigger High Positive Energy states (enthusiasm, joy, excitement, laughter, awe, etc.) during performances and then be able to go to Low Positive energy states (rest, relaxation, quietly playing, etc.) afterwards to recover. Negative energy dissipates your concentration and works against you. One way to train yourself to change these states is to keep a journal to monitor your states for several weeks.

Use of Laughter:   Start a Joke book, collect funny stories, or just start having fun with everything you do. Laughter dissolves negative thoughts and gets your creative juices flowing. It's also a good way to create and keep loving relationships and cooperation.

Thinking and Visualizing:  Decide precisely what you want to accomplish. Make a clear mental picture and at least twice a day, go somewhere private, clear your mind and think about your goal - visualizing it as if it is already happening. If you can meditate, use this time to internalize these pictures and you just won't believe how quickly your thoughts can become your reality.

Diet and Exercise:   We all know what we should be eating. We don't need another diet book. We also know that we should be doing some aerobic and anaerobic exercises to maintain peak energy and clear thinking. These should be added to the mix along with some good deep diaphragmatic breathing as well as plenty of sleep.

Work on each of these areas for the next 4 weeks, tracking and assessing your progress, you'll have placed yourself in training for the most important event ever. Your Life!

Remember, for you as with the Olympic athletes, there really isn't such a thing as luck. Your success is due to your own efforts.

It happens because YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN!

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Is That A Mask Or Is It The Real You?

By Malcolm Harvey

It's so easy to pretend to be doing or believing something when really deep down inside you know that its not the real you.

We all try to measure up to other people's expectations for us. Parents, family, teachers, friends, community, etc, tend to try to mould us into their own image or seek to "protect" us from "bad" influences for a variety of reasons.

Most turmoil's in the world are caused by one interpretation against another of seemingly the same events.

Sometimes, in fact most times, people get so wrapped up in their particular point of view that they fail or are unable to see the truth of their own positions.

Fear of change, fear of the unknown, fear of being the outsider, fear of being different, all have a part to play in keeping most of us living behind a mask.

The few who do manage to break free are either admired or ridiculed. Attempts are even made to bring them back into line so strong is the unease of the masses!

But if you desire to achieve your full potential as a human being you must learn to break free.

You have to make the decision to be known for who you really are.

Yes you can learn an awful lot from the people in your life, and yes you must be grateful for the support to received during the good as well as the bad times. But it is ultimately up to you to reach out and grab what is rightfully yours!

People are not necessary going to applause you for striking out on your own. They may even try to make you feel uneasy, however if you are determined to make an impact you have to make up your own mind.

So how do you come out from behind that mask?

· Recognize the truth for what it really is

Be open enough to accept that other people may be right. Examine your own beliefs in the light of prejudice that might have been installed by your own upbringing.

· Learn by your mistakes

There cannot be any failures, there are only learning experiences. Feel blessed when things don't go right for you are being taught a valuable lesson.

· Be grateful for the experience

Everything you have done up to now has been leading you to this moment. It's up to you if you want to learn the lessons or to go around the cycle again!

· Study the lives of achievers

There are so many people who have waken up to the reality of their own existence and serve as a beacon of light to all who follow after. Study their lives for it can act as a shortcut to your own awakening!

· Don't compare yourself with anyone else

You are a unique creation. There is and will forever be only one like you! Therefore, although you can learn from others, it is important that you realize that you are special. Don't waste the gift given to you by following everyone else.

· Know the universe is on your side

The truth is that the universe acts a bit like a huge computer in the way that if you program negative things; negative things come out, however if you put positive things in; you get positive things back.

Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and the door will be opened unto you. Start asking the right question and you will get the correct answer!

· Don't get caught up in dogma

Try to walk away from potential conflicts, allow other people to have their own interpretations and don't get caught up in senseless argument. Imposing your point of view, even if you happen to be right, will suck you into a hopeless circle of recrimination.

It's far better and more empowering to show by example than to attempt to change the minds of others by words!

· Slow down and shut up occasionally

Take regular time out to quieten the mind and just listen. Far greater information is available via intuition if only you would open the door!

· Accept that you cannot always know everything

After a lifetime of questioning and searching I now have come to the position where I'm in awe of the immensity of the universe. Many times I thought that at last I understood only to move onto an even greater understanding.

Go beyond your own ego's control of yourself and let go of the results, your mind will expand to ever greater awareness of the possibilities!

· Desire wisdom first and abundance will be yours!

Most people have things the wrong way round; they desire the wealth and abundance before they get the wisdom. Seek out wisdom first and the abundance that will follow might stick around longer.

However, remember that wisdom comes out of experience so don't be surprised if you find yourself on a roller coaster ride!

"Do not follow where the path may lead - Go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail"
 

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Malcolm Harvey - Publisher 'The SuccessTrain'  Success is a journey not a destination. For FREE provisions and route maps go to:  http://www.successtrain.com 
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