Or is it “Defeat”!

Is it simply an issue of semantics, or is suffering a Failure more significant than a Defeat. More importantly, have you suffered a Setback, a Defeat or a Failure? Defining it properly and seeing it in its proper perspective is critical to subsequent outcomes.

The most important aspect is to determine whether:

1. You can learn anything from the situation (whether Setback, Failure or Defeat) so as not to repeat it,
2. You can recover and move on,
3. You will allow the situation to make YOU a Failure or can you successfully separate YOURSELF from the SITUATION and move on toward your goals?

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Dreams – Goals with a Deadline

With Opening Ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games days away, it seems like a suitable time to discuss “Realizing Your Dreams”. » Read the rest of the entry..

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Defining “Consciousness” presents a great dilemma in that we all know we are conscious yet, despite hundreds of years of thought by some of the world’s greatest philosophers, a concise definition of what defines the state of “Consciousness” continues to elude us.

I have incorporated a fascinating set of YouTube videos featuring Peter Russell presenting his view of Consciousness comprising a fundamental aspect of the Universe, equivalent to space, time and matter. The videos comprise a single presentation by Peter Russell, divided up into 7, approximately ten minute clips. » Read the rest of the entry..

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Affirmations are simple statements of fact or desired intent (a goal or goals) repeated on a regular basis as a form of mental programming. The Coué Method was, arguably, the first example of the use of affirmations for improvement of health using Autosuggestion (alternatively considered a form of self hypnosis). As originally formulated, the Coué Method consisted of the phrase Every day, in every respect, I am getting better and better”. It has since been revised to Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better”.

In his book “Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion“, Emile Coué claims, from his own experience, that “Every illness, whatever it may be, can yield to autosuggestion … I do not say does always yield, but can yield, which is a different thing”. » Read the rest of the entry..

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When consciously and actively utilized, Goals, ideally, represent the targets or objectives toward which we are actively working to fulfill.

Goal setting is the conscious, active process of identifying your goals.

How we go about identifying and setting our goals will, to a very large degree, determine how successful we are in our attempts to achieve those goals. Goals and goal setting are common themes in Personal development and the intent of this lens is to serve as an introduction to the concept. » Read the rest of the entry..

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The “Law of Attraction” has ignited considerable controversy, with a wide range of opinion, both Pro and Con.

Personally, I strongly and firmly believe in the power of Creative Visualization as an indispensable tool in achieving desired goals. Having visualized your goal, however, I believe you must then take the appropriate ACTION in order to bring it to reality.
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In reality, the Law of Attraction, as originally proposed by authors such as Charles Haanel and Napoleon Hill, consists of a PROCESS, a process which includes the critical and integral component of ACTION directed toward your goal. The key component of ACTION has been de-emphasized, and even omitted, by many proponents of the “Law of Attraction”, resutling in a “Something for Nothing” philosophy. Nowhere in the known Universe, as documented through science (and, most importantly to the “Law of Attraction”, physics itself), has the concept of “Something for Nothing” been documented. This is physically represented by the concept of the Perpetual Motion Machine. » Read the rest of the entry..

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There is no doubt that we, each and every one of us, “creates” our own reality.  Our world comes to us through our five senses, specifically, sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell.  The information from our senses are then processed by our minds according to pre-existing models in our mind, the models (“paradigms”) we continually develop from birth throughout life.  This reliance on existing models in order to process information allows our brain to handle the immense quantity of data received at any given moment. » Read the rest of the entry..

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I posted an introduction to the sub-conscious mind in a previous article. In this follow-up article, I wish to briefly introduce some of the methods I have used and explored for the purposes of “Mental Programming”, or programming my sub-conscious mind. A comprehensive list of the resources I have tried, and applied, can be found on the Integrated Success Program blog. » Read the rest of the entry..

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 Fetch My Future is a short, easy to read text introducing the sub-conscious mind and how to successfully and consciously access it. It has an interesting layout, with instructional text on the right side of the book, while the left side of the page has inspirational quotes at the top and bottom of the page. In addition, located at the middle of the left hand page is a brief summary of the material to the right. This organizational layout makes it easy to locate a particular section of text being sought. » Read the rest of the entry..

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