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Issue No: 139 - October 18, 2010

This Week's FREE Personal Development Video

Today's Reflection

ARE YOU GETTING YOUR KICKS FROM THE NEWS?

LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE

Stop reading the news, stop listening to it, stop watching it! With the rare exception - such as the release of the Chilean miners last week, the news that fills our media is all bad - and we're all obsessed with wallowing in bad news. It confirms that your not-too-bad life is OK - it's not! You've got to step away from the herd's love of bad news, you've got to stop thinking like everyone else because it's slowly but surely killing you. Clear your mind - a clear mind is the key to happiness and success and your mind can simply not be clear if you indulge in your normal daily ration of crap. Time to cry halt!

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Today's Personal Development Article - first published September 14 2009

HOW TO ESCAPE FROM BORING ROUTINE

Normal living is routine - routine dulls the mind and prevents you achieving anything extraordinary...

People lead routine, boring, mundane lives - or so they think. Yet, this apparent reality is a figment of the so-called normal mind's imagination - routine and boredom are nothing but useless thoughts. They seem real because the normal mind never pays attention to the here and now - it is lost in a version of the now created by out-dated mental programs. But you can effortlessly break away from boredom and routine...

Read the full article and snap out the mundane into the amazing...

The fact that you are reading this suggests that you, like many like-minded people, are striving to overcome the stresses and strains of normal living and discover a peace and clarity of mind that enlightens your life. Yes, to explore the inner depths and discover calm, focus and presence is life’s most exciting journey.

But be careful that you’re not striding along, thinking that you’re going somewhere, only to find that you have in fact been treading water. The steps we take in our lives have to exhibit real, concrete and meaningful results in our everyday lives. Otherwise, what is the point? What is the point of feeling calm during your morning meditation (assuming that you make the small effort to do it in the first place!) only to find yourself stressed out by mid-morning? What is the point of developing your calm if, when push comes to shove, you fly off the handle? What is the point of being serene whilst your financial situations slowly swirls its way down the toilet?

Look at the evidence in your life – the concrete evidence of what you have, of what has improved, of how the fabric of your daily life is different as a result of your personal journey. If nothing worth talking about has changed – then you haven’t changed – you’ve been playing at personal development. And that’s one hell of a dangerous game, because you can fool yourself into serene inaction.

If your life does not provide you with the evidence that you think you should be seeing, you need to ensure that you start each day in a clear state of mind, make doubly sure that, as the day progresses, you stop to check your state of mind – and revert to sharp and present focus if you have strayed. In particular, if there are issues in your life that are not going away, you need to take one step back, reflect in clarity of mind and understand what you (nobody else) need to do to put things right. Until your clear state of mind is brought to bear in the cut and thrust of daily living, you have been training to take the journey but yet to put your foot on the road.

This Week's Recommended Read

TO SUCCEED... JUST LET GO

Willie Horton ISBN: 978-2-919554-01-0 ASIN: B0046ZRMCO

Do you ever feel that your life is stuck on hold, that not too bad is about as good as it gets? Have you ever dreamed of a better life – one without stress or worry, one where your dreams are more than dreams? Do you ever feel inadequate, anxious or frustrated? In short, do you want more out of life? In this book, Willie Horton explains in simple, logical and practical steps, how anyone – and that includes you – can change their life. By explaining how your mind works – and how, at present, it’s probably working against you – and how you can take control of your own inner potential, you will learn how to clear your mind, focus it on the important things that you have to do and set your mind to effortlessly achieve the life that you really, really want. To Succeed... Just Let Go is a practical, accessible, step-by-step guide that will enable you start changing your life straight away.

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