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Why Difficulties Are Really Not That Bad

When you’re in the midst of a difficulty; whether in your personal or professional life, you can feel like there’s no way out. However, your difficulty isn’t something you need to fear, or try to resist.

As counter-intuitive as this may sound, there are many positives inside your difficulty that exist, should you wish to see them. Read on to find out more:

There can be no solution without a difficulty

Difficulties by their very nature have solutions. Otherwise difficulties would just be problems with no way out.

Therefore, realise that what you’re experiencing is temporary and there is a corresponding solution out there for your challenge.

What do you need to do, or who do you need to talk to, to find that solution?

An opportunity to develop self-awareness

Experiencing a difficulty is a wonderful opportunity to develop your self-awareness. You can do this by going inwards and looking at the underlying thoughts, and emotions that are contributing to your problem, along with the way you are reacting that end up in you feeling bad.

These types of internal experiments can do wonders for helping you to change your thoughts and beliefs about your difficulty and your perspective on the world.

You get to be the star

Ever want to be a hero, or heroine? The good news is you can, because a hero or heroine is not resigned to a character in a movie.

And why do we love heroes and heroines so much? We love them because they overcome big adversities; often completely against the odds.

Surely, when you’ve overcome your difficulty, you’ve followed a similar plot?

You can inspire others

When I was younger and struggling with stammering, I never knew that years later I would be giving motivational talks to young people sharing my story. Yet, this is what I regularly do these days.

The difficulties you overcome become a part of your life story. Someone, somewhere in the world will be inspired by your life story, should you one day wish to share it.

Your confidence grows

When you face a difficulty head on and overcome it, your confidence grows.

If you’re currently feeling unconfident, then there’s no better remedy than doing something that challenges you to raise your self-belief.

Your relationships grow

A problem shared, is a problem halved. You will often need someone to help you deal with your problem. This might be a close friend or a family member who hears you out.

By reaching out to others in times of need, you create an opportunity for your relationships to develop.

You will value your difficulty

You may not see any value in the difficulty right now. However, in years to come, you certainly might.

Have you ever had a feeling where you were faced with a challenge, dealt with it and then later on realised you needed to have the experience, in order to be at the position you’re currently at?

You will probably go through the same cycle with the current difficulty you’re facing.

My friend’s, it’s over to you:

• What other positives exist in the difficulties we face in our lives?

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How to Keep Your Ego in Check for 2014

With 2014 not too far away, Ihope you’ve got some exciting plans in place for your personal growth and development.

However, there is one factor, which might try and stop you in your quest to increase your confidence, your performance or whatever it is you want to do – your ego.

No big deal though. This is what the ego does. It tries to protect you from danger and risk.

However, many times your ego doesn’t really help. Below are some situations where your ego might get activated, along with tips on what you can do:

You’ve not been able to change so far, so why try now?

Here your ego is telling you why even bother? And it has good intentions, especially if you’ve never tried pushing yourself. Your ego is trying to get you to believe that you’ve been the way you are for too long, you are stuck with it and you can’t change. It tries to keep you the same, and is comfortable with the way you are. It thrives on this.

However, what your ego leads you to believe is false. Because as soon as you start to do things differently or behave differently, and experience that you can change, you can doubt your ego. This is obviously something it doesn’t want, so it will try and hold you back.

You suddenly think you’re better

You can also go to the other extreme and make so much progress you think you’re better than anyone, now.

If you’re ego becomes too large, then it’s useful to remember where you were and where you’ve now got too. Life wasn’t always easy for you. Why suddenly think you’re better than others when you know what it feels like to be in a bad place?

You become too focused on competing

A dose of competition can do wonders to get your motivation going. However, if you’re constantly comparing yourself to others and believe you don’t have as much money as that person down your local gym, or your colleague is better than you at making sales etc. then your ego has taken over.

Remember, people will always be better than you. Unless you’re playing in a team based sport, then the clue is the name – personal development; personal meaning keep your progress personal and compare only to yourself.

You don’t want to help others

If selfishness creeps in, then your ego has taken over. It has become all about you and self-gains, and anyone else doesn’t even get a look in. Beware as you now risk not being able to nurture your existing relationships and developing new ones.

It might be worth reminding yourself just how much your relationships with others helped you to get to the stage at which you’re at.

The day you stop wanting to help others and only think of yourself, is the day to actually go out and do something for someone else, without expecting anything in return.

You can’t stop talking about yourself

Don’t get me wrong. Being able to talk yourself up is important. If you don’t, no one else will.

However, avoid a bragging frenzy and don’t forget to find out about other people, who are important and also want to share their stories and achievements.

My friends, it’s over to you:

• In what other ways might your ego raise its head in the New Year? What can you do to help yourself when it does so?

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How to Keep On Progressing In Life

So, you’ve made some great strides in your life. It could be working on overcoming a particular challenge at work, or in a relationship perhaps. It might be developing a certain skill, and your self-belief has increased.

This is what self-development is all about.

You’ve now proven to yourself that you can create change, you might want to take your progress to the next level. In order to do this, you will need to build upon the work you’ve done. Check out the following tips to find out how you can do this:

Awareness that you’re on a journey

By understanding that your personal growth is a journey, you realise that your path is a continuous process. You’ve taken some actions. You have learnt new things about yourself and your wisdom has grown.

However, the journey doesn’t end here. There are still a many further steps to be taken. Continue this journey in the same way, learning, gaining feedback and adapting accordingly.

As your confidence grows even further, you will be able to take on greater feats.

Be committed

Commitment can be a very powerful force. By being committed to your endeavours, you create the self-discipline needed to continue moving forward.

You can cultivate more commitment by having a strong enough ‘why’ in the things you do. What does having an even better life than the one you currently have, mean to you? If the meaning is strong enough, your commitment will follow.

Continue to dream big

Carry on dreaming big. You’ve made great progress and did so through thinking what you previously believed was unimaginable.

You’ll only be short changing yourself, if you forget to continue building on your capacity to dream of doing even greater things in the world.

The late and great Nelson Mandela has taught us and generations to come the power of what can happen when you dream big.

Have a sense of awe

When making progress in life, it can sometimes be easy to think you’ve done it now. You don’t need further help and you know all there is to know.

It’s careful to ensure arrogance doesn’t breed through your new found confidence, as arrogance itself can a hindrance to further exploration of yourself and your capabilities. Also, it is a turn off to people who you come in contact with.

Instead, continue to marvel at life, nature and all that you have left to figure out, and how exciting it will be to do so.

Continue to be open to advice

Be open to advice that others may be able to offer you. The truth is others will always be more experienced in certain areas, which you’re now ready to move into.

Be open to all people across all generations. We can learn something new and useful from a young child, just as we can from someone who is more senior.

Be courageous

The greater you develop a person, the more courage you will need. Therefore, when you’ve made the decision to make another change in your life and doubts creep in about your ability to succeed, stand tall in the face of these, with the same courage that you used to help you already overcome countless problems and challenges.

My friends, it’s over to you:

• What other techniques, attitudes and approaches can we use to help us build on the progress we’ve made in our lives, so that we can do even more good?

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How To Build Confidence

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Confidence isn’t something elusive that is only available to those who you perceive around you as having it. You too can build confidence. Read the following tips to find out how:

Do you what you fear

When you continue to do the same activities in your personal and professional life that you’ve been doing for a long time, you’re not building your confidence.

You improve your self-confidence when you do an activity you’ve never done before and the thought of it makes you a little nervous. Such activities (e.g. public speaking) are the exact types that will help you to boost your confidence.

Continue doing what you fear

It’s highly likely you’re going to be a little unsure of how an activity that makes you uncomfortable will work out. However, your confidence will grow with time and doing the activity again and again.

Therefore, you need to continue doing what you find challenging until you feel your confidence beginning to increase.

Trust me. You will know the feeling when you experience it in your body.

Change your thoughts

You can certainly increase your confidence by changing what you think about yourself. An easy way to do this is to actually see yourself being successful at an activity or being a certain way in your mind.

By creatively imagining yourself being successfully and saying “yes” to living the life you want, you command your mind to go out and take the necessary action.

Read self-help books

By reading self-confidence books, you give yourself tools to guide you in improving yourself.

The right types of books can provide you with a source of motivation and focused confidence building exercises, which you can practice in your time.

The practice element of reading is critical. Reading without action is just intellectual stimulation. However, by putting into practice what you read, you initiate your personal growth.

Write down how your life will improve

By building your confidence, how will your life improve? What areas of your life will improve? How will your relationships improve? Write these down so that it is crystal clear how being more confident will help you.

Write down the consequences of not building self-confidence

Also, write down the consequences of you not working on your self-confidence. How will your life stay the way it has been? Will your life become worse? Write down your answers and use these as motivators to initiate the action you need to take.

The alternative is to face the consequences of not taking action, and I’m sure you don’t want to go there.

Model confidence

I’m a personal fan of modelling success. I’ve talked about it on a number of occasions and as it’s important, I will mention it again.

Other people have already developed their confidence in areas, which you want to improve in. I’m not talking about famous people either. I’m talking about your friends, family members and colleagues; namely those people you see in your everyday life.

Observe them, their actions, and their words in certain situations. Take this even further and ask them what they are thinking and believing when they do tasks.

Once you have this information, imagine you’re in the shoes of that person and do what it is you know will build your confidence.

My friends, it’s over to you:

• What other ways, tools and techniques can we use to boost our confidence?

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How Being an Introvert Can Help You to Lead

Do you consider yourself an introvert who wants to lead, be it a business, a charity, a club, or perhaps a project at work?

Are you unsure of your ability to lead because you believe you’re not talkative enough, or because you don’t like to be the centre of intention?

Leadership is a craft and there are many areas, which you can work on, such as increasing your confidence to speak up to groups and developing your ability to give instruction and delegate.

However, there are certain traits you might already have that can form the foundation, to help you be the leader you dream of. Read on to find out more.

Your listening skills

As an introvert you might have superior listening skills. By listening carefully to your followers and partners first, you create huge potential to develop trust. You can then begin to speak and persuade people to consider your perspective, and lead them to taking to certain lines of action.

Your observational skills

As a leader you will need other people around you. These could be individuals who you might want to employ such as Directors and other staff, or people you need to partner with for mutual benefit. You might be selecting such people to complement your skills and fill in the gaps of those areas, which are not your key skills.

If observation is a key skill of yours, you can carefully observe the behaviours, actions and words of others, thus increasing your chances of finding the right type of people and partners you need on your team.

Your strategic skills

If you like to go and spend some time alone to recharge your batteries, you give yourself the opportunity to consider the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the initiative you are leading.

You can then develop your strategy or amend your existing one and implement it, or share it with your followers, explaining what changes you want to see made.

Your problem identification skills

Your listening and observational skills also enable you become in tune with messages around you more clearly. This could be through listening to conversations of those around you, or through carefully reading documentation.

By quickly picking up potential problems, which may be about to happen, or through identifying problems, which your people might be having, you can intervene swiftly.

Your ability to stay calm

If you already have the ability to remain calm in situations, where many others would panic, then this is a powerful trait to have.

Crises are a part of the territory in the world of leadership, and if have a major problem could impact your business, or project then your followers will need assurance that the storm will be weathered.

It is during such times that your ability to remain calm and be prepared will really come to the fore.

Your preparation skills

If you like to spend extra time to prepare for an important meeting, or a presentation, then you give yourself the opportunity to consider the language you will use in your verbal and written communication to really get across your leadership message, be it persuasion, selling an idea, or explaining how the future is going to look like, and what will be done to make this a reality.

My friends, it’s over you:

• Are you an introverted leader? If so, what other strengths can introverts draw upon to develop themselves into effective leaders?

• Are you an extroverted leader? If so, how do think introverted leaders complement extroverted leaders?

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How to Set Your Expectations Higher

Do you find your life heading in a direction, which you don’t want it to? Are you fed up with the results you’re achieving in your personal life, or at work?

If so, it’s worth considering how much your current expectations might be contributing to what you are achieving.

Below are some tips on setting expectations, to help you get your life moving in the way you want it to:

You are good enough

In order to get more in life, you need to expect more. In order to expect more, you need feel deserving.

Instead of telling yourself you don’t deserve to be a certain way, or convincing yourself you’re not good enough, say “yes” to the fact that you are good enough to do whatever it is you want to, and that you can achieve what you want.

Remember, you deserve to be the very best and have the best of what life has to offer. The belief that you don’t is false and reject it with a big “no”.

Raise your standards

Related to the point above, is setting your standards high. It only makes sense to do so. If you want a better paid job, then you need to up your game in terms of working harder, developing your skills and actually applying for roles that are highly paid.

What is it currently that you want in life? It could be better health, or wealth in terms of greater finances, or greater inner peace, or being able to spend more time in better states, have richer relationships etc.

Whatever it is, imagine its corresponding highest level. This is the level to set your expectations at.

Aim for the stars, my friends. Even if you don’t reach the stars there are many things way up in the sky that are close to the stars, which themselves are great goals to aim for.

Ignore other’s expectations

When you expect more in life, others will notice. They will see you’re attempting to create changes in your life. Some will be supportive. Others won’t. Those who don’t support you might be happy to see you in your impoverished position.

Ignore those who are close to you in the most compassionate way as you can. They’re most likely afraid you will change and might leave them behind. Reassure them this isn’t the case. Even encourage them to raise their own standards!

Condition yourself for high levels of achievement

If you can see yourself achieving high standards in your endeavours and see yourself living the life you want on the screen of your mind, first, then it can be a reality for you.

Visualise yourself already living the life you want, being the best you can and having what you want. Make it as real as possible so that it feels like you already have it.

When you’ve done this type of visualisation once, do it again and again. And another time for luck.

In truth though, luck has very little to do with it. What you’re doing is commissioning your brain to go and seek out in the real world, what you’ve already made a reality in your mind.

My friends, it’s over to you:

• What ways do you use to raise your game, and set your expectations in life higher?

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What State Are You In?

What state are you in as you read this post? Are you in a calm state? Are you in a rushed state? Maybe you’re in a slightly distracted state?

My point is that you are definitely in some state.

You might be a little moody first thing when you wake up. This could change to a focused state as you get ready to get on with your day. The state you’re in will continue to change throughout the day.

The thing about states is that they can govern exactly how you will feel and behave at any one time.

If you’re in a stressed state for instance, this will impact your actions. You might be grouchy. Subsequently, you might get annoyed by a stimulus in your environment such as someone wanting to interact with you.

As another example, if you’re in an anxious state, you might avoid taking action that ultimately would be good for you.

The great thing is you don’t need to be a slave to the states you find yourself in. For instance, if you’re feeling unconfident, then you don’t need to continue being in this state.

You can manage your states, so that you spend more time having internal experiences that bring out the best in you and that help you achieve your goals successfully.

You can use the following steps today to help you get into empowering states (I would like to give credit to Dr Bobby G. Bodenhamer and Dr L. Michael Hall for providing the inspiration for this approach):

1. Remember a time

If you’re finding yourself constantly in bad and unhelpful states, pick a state you would like to replace such states with.

If the state you want is a sense of happiness, remember a time when you were previously happy. Notice what this experience was like fully at that time, so that you can see it on the screen of your mind.

At first, do this so that you are looking at yourself like an actor in a movie.

Do it so that you can see the happy you, and begin to feel the same happiness.

Hear any sounds you heard at that time. Perhaps it was the sound of you speaking or someone else talking. Maybe there was music playing wherever you were at the time.

If you were using powerful self-talk at that time, then say the same words to yourself, now.

Next, as you feel this state in a compelling way, ‘step into’ it so that you’re now looking out of your own eyes. Look out into the world with the eyes of you who is completely happy (or whatever state you want).

Feel all the corresponding good feelings associated with this state as well. If it helps, take a walk around and notice the physiology and body language that supports this state. Speak out with the voice of you who is experiencing this wonderful state.

2. Take yourself into the future

Once you’re fully back into the same state, take your imagination out into the future and notice how you days and weeks change and improve when you do so from this empowering state.

3. Get into the state

Before you go out in the morning, access the same state again using your ability to imagine and feel, to help you get your day off to a super start.

If you find yourself getting into unhelpful states throughout the day, realign and consciously access the empowering state that makes you feel, happy, confident, assertive etc. again.

My friends, it’s over to you:

• What ways do you use to get yourself out of bad states into positive ones that help you?

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How to Use Mindfulness and Self-Awareness to Deal with Conflicts

Human interaction is a wonderful dance between you and others. However, as you’ll know from your own experiences, interacting and communicating with others isn’t always a smooth ride.

Disagreements can happen in your personal and professional life. You can get upset. Other people can also get upset at you. In effect, you can find yourself in conflict with other people.

Usually, falling out with people is not a nice experience. It can stop people talking to each other and friendships and relationships can get damaged.

If you find yourself in conflict, then it is always wise to talk through issues with other people involved, to ask questions and to figure our amicable solutions in a fair way. This is important to help ensure the conflict doesn’t escalate, which can potentially impact even more people.

There are also a number of ways you can apply mindfulness and your own self-awareness to help you deal with conflicts and stay resourceful. Read the following tips to see how:

Allow the moment to pass

If a family member, friend, colleague or associate says something and you notice your blood beginning to boil, see how long you can last without actually reacting. Notice the feelings of discomfort arising in you and be present with them.

Don’t become attached to the uncomfortable feelings and allow them to pass away without identifying with them. This will then enable you to focus on resolving problems calmly.

Another way of look at this is through your ego. It is your ego that it really reacting. And your true self is far more than your ego, which you can choose to ignore.

Allow the moment for others to pass too

Just like your own reactions to conflict will pass, so will others’ responses. Give people (and their egos) time and space to get over any issues they may have had with you.

Recognise the differences in perspectives

Each one of us has a differing view of the world, of experiences, situations and circumstances.

You can nip conflicts in the bud just by appreciating that other people will have different opinions to you and considering how you can combine your views and those of others to create something new.

Put yourself in the shoes of others

In a conflict you may have legitimate grievances. However, in many cases a conflict can be resolved simply by putting yourself into the shoes of others.

By doing this, you get a better insight of exactly what the individual is going through. Perhaps he/she has been particularly pressured through work lately and their conflict with you is a symptom of that.

Keep the conflict isolated

By spending more time in the present moment, you ensure you’re not pondering on the conflict for too long. By doing this, you increase your ability to isolate the conflict, so that it doesn’t affect other areas of your life.

Remember, you are always more than any experience you might be having. In the same way, you’re far more than any conflict. Hence you have the ability to ensure the conflict doesn’t spread.

My friends, it’s over to you:

• What other ways can we use to help ourselves deal with conflicts we have with others?

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How to Use the Concept of Time to Create Positive Changes in Your Life

Any problem you might be experiencing needs time to exist. If you think about a situation you went through previously and it troubles you now, you have entered the realms of time; namely in the past.

On the other hand, if you’re worrying about an upcoming event you might find yourself in, then again you have entered into time, which in this case is the future.

Both the past and the future exist in your mind and hence, time also exists in your mind.

You can cease creating problems associated with time through being in the present moment. However, there are also a number of techniques you can use from the area of time-lining, which is a branch of NLP.

Check out the tips below and play around with your concept of time, in order to create positive changes in your life. The following are best done when you’re sitting alone in a quiet place:

1. Go back to the problematic event

Are you facing a difficulty in your personal or professional life at this moment? Well, the chances are this isn’t the first time you’re experiencing such a challenge.

Use your imagination to go back to the earliest occurrence of when you experienced the same problem. It might even be when you were a kid. Next, consider what states you needed back then when you had this experience which would have helped you deal with it better. Maybe it was confidence, or assertiveness or love.

Whatever it is, use your ability to access those states now (either through remembering a time when you had the same experience or act as if you had it). Once you feel the emotions strongly in your body, give them to that younger you.

As you do, notice how that younger you changes for the better.

2. Go back to before you were born

Before you were born you were in your mother’s womb. At this point you were full of infinite potential and had no sense of any problems or struggles.

You can you use your imagination to go back to this time before you were born. You can experience the sense of there being endless possibilities to be the person you want to be, who has the ability to do wonderful things in the world.

As you do, consider how you want to construct the perfect you. Think of all the qualities you want to give to this amazing you (maybe its increased performance, happiness, assertiveness, leadership etc.).

Allow yourself to experience these qualities and as you begin to feel them powerfully, using your imagination, move up through time, as a child, a young person, a young adult and fully grown adult until the present moment, having these qualities through each stage of your life.

Next, look out into the future and notice how your life improves when you act from the position of your ideal self.

3. Creating a brighter future

Is the challenge you’re facing something that hasn’t happened yet? Are you seeing a picture of yourself in your mind that is less than what you really want? If so, what resources would help you to make the future you much more empowered?

If it’s confidence you need, then use your ability to imagine and feel to experience a state of confidence now, and then give this confidence to that future you.

If its safety you want, then experience safety now. When you feel it powerfully, apply it to the future you, so that you experience a more secure future.

Bibliography

Bodenhamer, B. G & Hall, L. M, 1998. Adventures with Time Lines. Meta Publications: California.

My friends, it’s over to you:

• What others ways can we use to deal with issues from the past and make the future brighter?

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Empowering Attitudes to Help You Deal with Life Problems

Are you experiencing a problem in your life? Perhaps it’s something in your personal life. Maybe it’s a problem you’re experiencing at work. Sometimes all it takes to overcome a problem is a quick shift in attitude or perception.

Below are some powerful attitudes you can start taking today to overcome a problem you might be facing:

It’s an opportunity

A problem only becomes one if you see it that way. Another way of looking at a problem is to see it as an opportunity.

When you look at a problem as an opportunity it becomes something that helps you to grow, because that’s what opportunities do.

I’ve overcome them before

It is very likely that the difficulty you’re currently experiencing is not the first time you have ever done so.

Remember other times when you faced an adversity and overcame it. You’ve already done it before. This then is evidence you can do it again.

Someone else has overcome the problem

The problem you’re going through is the same one that countless other people have been through and have have dealt with.

If it is a human possibility to overcome your issue, then it means you can too.

It’s a game

You can look at the problem as a move life has made, such as in a game of chess. It’s now your turn to see if you can outplay this move and come out on top.

Life would be boring

Imagine your life where everything was made simple and you could do everything. This might sound great, right?

However, how long will it be until you actually get bored because you’re not being stretched to your full limit? You need problems to work on and overcome in order to keep developing as a person.

It can be broken down into bits

If you’re being overwhelmed by a problem, consider whether it can be broken down into smaller pieces. After you’ve done this, focus on solving each piece first before moving onto the next.

By doing this, you reduce the amount of stress you might experience when solving your problem, drastically.

I can always get help

If you’re feeling stuck, then remember you’re not alone. Have you gathered all the resources you can get hold of to help you? What books, websites and other information sources can help you to solve the problem?

Don’t forget the most important resource either – other people. Someone might have a solution to your difficulty right this minute. You just need to find this person and ask the question.

I will be stronger on the other side

A problem once solved by you, can be hugely satisfying. What will be even more important than this gratification is how your inner strength will have grown as a result.

Remind yourself that your skill and wisdom will have enhanced greatly after your problem has been resolved.

Problems are needed for success

You want to be successful in life, right? Well you can’t have success without problems. It just doesn’t work that way.

Anyone who has ever become a success had to overcome heaps of problems along the way.

You too need problems, so that you can overcome them and reach your true potential.

My friends, it’s over to you:

• What other attitudes, perspectives and ways of thinking can help us to overcome problems we may face in our lives?

• Please share your valuable views, experiences and thoughts in the comments box below.

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