Replenish your Reserves

Reduce stress and replenish your spirit, with self-hypnosis. I’m listening to another audiobook where meditation is recommended. Well, self-hypnosis done on a daily basis is just as advantageous as daily meditation. And I think it will help you achieve concrete goals faster. Meditation is great and I use both self-hypnosis and meditation often. But with meditation I quiet the mind, and with self-hypnosis I modify my behavior or beliefs with positive suggestions. So meditation is more subtle and more spiritual, perhaps. Self-hypnosis is more practical. I guess that's why I use both. I can see the advantages of both and choose which one will be more helpful for me today. And some days I do both. Neither one has to take longer than 20 minutes. It just depends on your schedule.

Were they lying?

91% of people report lying on a regular basis. According to a recent survey. This begs the question: Were they lying?

Maybe the 9% were lying, and it's actually 100%!

But I don't think so. I think 91% of people lie on surveys. Even if they tell you it's anonymous, how can anyone be sure?

Who were they surveying?

Lawyers or nuns? statistics are so suspicious. 57, no, 67% of all statistics are made up on the spot! I read that somewhere, I think it was on my blog...

Boomerangs

Love is a boomerang. It comes back to you multiplied. Love expands, seeks new heights. Love expands to fill the container, and extends out thru the confinement by smoothing an escape path and when it makes an opening, the opening stretches and the container sublimates, curls back into itself, creating a flower-like shape out of the vessel.

Who wrote this?

Sounds like some of the new age authors I devour voraciously, but it was me. I must have been in a good mood that morning.

Thank you, Armand and Angelina, for the metaphor, "love is a boomerang."

Top 10 Motivators

There are many theories of motivation. It is a huge field, and a huge endeavor to try to boil down the list to only 10, so I have tried to identify the ones that I have observed in those around me and have experienced in my own life.

10. Money. This is a big motivator. People like to have money. Some even work at jobs in order to get money on a regular basis.

9. Altruism. Many people are motivated to help others, their community and even the world. Think of Mother Theresa and Oprah Winfrey. Some people are so altruistic that they ignore their own needs. The psychological term for this is codependent.

8. Excellence. Many people strive for excellence. Those who wish to be excellent speakers, join Toastmasters International. People who are preoccupied with excellence are called perfectionists.

7. Comfort, familiarity, habit. This can be good or bad, for example, brushing your teeth every morning is good, while overindulging in Chips Ahoy every evening is not.

6. Loyalty. This is also called social incentive. People do things for the team or the company, or their friends. It can also be called Peer Pressure or stupidity, like when a friend has a stupid idea and you go along with it.

5. Curiosity. Someone asks a question and you are intrigued, want to find out or figure it out. For example, someone asked me recently, how does Toastmasters International motivate its members? That got me to thinking about it ... and writing (and speaking) about it!

to be continued....