Willie Horton's Personal Development Ezine

Issue No: 237 - November 14, 2011

Today's Quick Tip

In a world gone crazy it's very easy to forget that we need to come to our senses regularly. I mean this literally. From a psychological perspective, your five senses are your only interface with the outside world - you need to pay attention to them. Life is how you see and feel it. If you took the 'how' away and just, for a few, moments, see, feel, hear, smell and taste without passing any judgement on the experience, you might just realize that reality is other than you imagined.

Today's Personal Development Video

Today's Reflection

THE HABIT OF SUCCESS - PART 5: GOOD HABITS

NOT FEELING YOURSELF?

Although the normal mind's reliance on habitual behaviour leads us to pay attention to pretty much nothing at all, we simply could not live life without doing some things habitually. Imagine, for example, if you had to give your full attention to putting one foot in front of another to cross the street in front of oncoming traffic! Some habits are worth forming and using... the trick is, of course, to know the difference between what's good for you and what's leading you down a blind alley to nowhere.

Watch the entire video series - The Habit of Success - on YouTube

Worries, frustrations, niggles and doubts are always lurking in the dark corners of our minds - they're part and parcel of normal everyday life. Fear and anxiety creep up on us at the most ridiculous of moments.

If you feel anxious, frustrated, worried, stressed or fearful, if you doubt your own abilities or if there’s simply that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach, then you’re not yourself! All those signs are symptomatic of your subconscious mind – your personality – playing tricks on you. The real you cannot feel anxious, the real you cannot worry or doubt. The real you knows no fear if for no other reason than the fact that fear only exists in the mind of the fearful.

So get in touch with the real you – ignore the personality that, in fact, only lives in ignorance. Stop, take a few deep breaths, calm down and focus on the task in hand – seeing it, feeling it, hearing it, smelling it and tasting it – as if for the very first time.

This Week's Recommended Read

Some Dates for Your Diary

THE MIRACLE OF MINDFULNESS by Thich Nhat Hanh

NEW NEW YEAR ONE-DAY WORKSHOPS

Continuing with the idea of treating yourself or someone you know or even love to a nice little present as the end of the year approaches, I'm suggesting this morning that you think about this little book. Taken from a letter written, by the Nobel Peace Prize nominated Thich Nhat Hanh, to his monastery in Vietnam during his exile in Paris during the Vietnam war, the book provides us with breathtakingly simple practical ways of clearing our minds and coming to our senses. As I've already said above, in a world that seems to have lost the plot, you can find it so easily by coming to those five senses of yours.

My New Year Workshops are always fully booked! Year-end reflection and the perceived fresh start of a new year seem to galvinize us into action. So, if you want to start 2012 as you mean to continue, it's time to book your spot...

Advanced Client-Only Workshop - Jan 12...

Focus Your Mind to Change Your Life - Jan 11...

Today's Personal Development Article

HOW TO DEAL WITH FEAR, STRESS AND ANXIETY

Fear, anxiety and stress are all very "real" experiences of modern living. These emotions are nothing other than useless thoughts which disable us from dealing with the stresses and strains of life. If we allow our minds to play tricks on us, by "entertaining" these thoughts, then we open up the floodgates of suffering. The very real alternative is to take control of our minds and put to them to use in creating the life that we really want. Read the full article...

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