Great Tips to Achieving Your Dream Using Power of Mind

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Many people are still skeptical about how the power of the mind can help to achieve success. No matter if you are one of the skeptics or you have just heard about mind power and starting to explore into the subject, allow yourself to be opened to receive as much information as possible. As long as you are a believer and tap into you powerful mind, you are on your way to your personal success.

Great Tips to Achieving Your Dream Using Power of Mind

You do not have to be a famous genius like well-known Scientist Albert Einstein to tap into the power of the mind. Anyone who is willing to be successful can be successful if the conditions are favorable. Yes, you may complaint that your conditions are not favorable at all. But do you know these conditions aren't the main obstacles which are hindering you from progressing? The main obstacle which is also the main solution is none other than you. You are responsible to who you are today. Likewise, your future is all under the control of your own mind.

All you need is some simple great tips on how to unleash that power and you are on your way to your dream.

• Be a Believer
Are you convinced that your mind power can do miracles? Are you still having some doubts in it? Are you still skeptical about its existence? If you are, I am sorry to say that you chance of unleashing the power of the mind can be zero. When you believe that you cannot tap into your mind power, you are right most of the time.

What you can do to make believe in the power of your mind is to find as much information and evidence as possible, so that you have sufficient supports to this idea. One way is to recall your past experiences which you have achieve the impossible through your determination. You might have failed once or twice but you know you can do it and so you went all the way out for it. Finally, you achieved what others have thought impossible. Yes, that is the power of mind.

If you really cannot recall any, start recording your positive experiences right now. You don't have to start big; you can start with smaller goal like finishing a book within a fixed time, exercise regularly or even waking up early for work. All such small goals are not only great exercises for your mind and benefit you; they are also evidence to turn you into a believer.

• Be very Clear of What You Want
Imagine you are to run a marathon alone and you do not know where the finishing line is, chances are, you will most likely end up nowhere, lost or back to the starting line. In order to effectively use your mind power, you must know what you want. The goal you are aiming for has to be very clear and not just some shallow dream. Unless you can really put them in words or even create a mental picture on your goal, you are not sure what you really want. When it is clear, your mind will know what to focus on.

• Be a Dreamer
Creating mental pictures of your desired future in your mind is great, but if you can create your dream life into a movie, that can be even better. Visualize your desired future regularly and feel the kind of wonderful feeling like you have already achieved them. For example, if your goal is to become a Senior Director in your company, you should visualize the kind of challenging job you would enjoy, the people you would meet and salary you would get. You can even go on to visualize purchasing the things you always wanted but simply cannot afford now. In other words, not just plain visualizing, you should include feelings and emotions to make it work.

• Take Action
You will not be who you want to be if you simply dream without taking any action. How on earth are you going to lose those extra pounds if you refuse to change your diets and are too lazy to exercise? The best is to have a proper plan and you can get into action more easily. Every action you take is a step nearer to your dream.

Last not but not least, you have to stay positive in order to tap into your power of the mind. Get rid of all negative thoughts and if possible, stay away from negative people who can easily influence you. Negativity can only breed negative results. By staying positive, your mind power can effectively bring positive result into your life.

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Model Airplanes - Get Set For Take Off

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Flying has always been considered a skillful and enthusiastic sport. It is no longer about just flying a plane up in the air, and turning it left and right by the use of the control panel. It has become a challenging sport for those who love the skies and all that flies. Model planes were invented with the intention of giving the flyers a high, especially for those who had the desire and passion, but did not have the means. Now, there are ample of choices for planes, to make them fly and thus change your dreams into reality. But, like I mentioned earlier, it is no longer about just flying a plane, as you would fly a kite. You need to ensure that you are set and ready, before you take off your model airplane.

Model Airplanes - Get Set For Take Off

To enable you to do so, there are some things you need to do. If you have absolutely no knowledge, then you should learn from some books or magazines or even by way of the Internet. Try and gain as much knowledge as you can, about how planes work, and their infinite possibilities, when they are up in the sky. Knowledge is power. Armed with this knowledge, it will become easier for you to decide, what kind of plane you will start with or how best you can make it worth.

There are also RTF and ARTF kits available in the market. I feel that you should not go in for an RTF (Ready To Fly) kit, as it is 95% done and ready. But, invest in an ARTF (Almost Ready To Fly) kit, as a lot more has to be assembled. This assembling actually gives you a feel of things, and you will know different parts of a plane, from its wings to the fuselage, engine, batteries, rods, etc. It is only when you handle your own plane, that you will be able to repair and work on the damages, as you are acquainted with its parts. No need of scurrying for help. Be independent.

Once you have mastered the parts of the plane, the next thing you do is to try and fly it indoors or better still buy a simulator, before you buy a plane. Virtually, it is easier to handle the plane. You need to gain confidence, before you get set to take off. Be prepared to face few damages, which is likely to happen. Take it in your stride, as this is all a part of flying. As long as you are set, just take off into the skies. There is nothing that can replace the awe and joy that you will get at flying your own model plane. All the best, on your very first take off! Sky is the limit!

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Digital Cameras - A Whole New Digital World

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With the technological advancement, several new inventions have taken place. These inventions are made to make life simpler. Human civilisation adapted the technology and moved forward to enhance knowledge. With constant research and development, companies are introducing user-friendly gadgets that are successful in meeting varied needs of people. Every alternate day, you can find development of high-end appliances, mobile phones, laptops, internet networks and many more to make your dreams come true. There are lots many that are to be unveiled in the coming years. Mobile phones brought sea change in the telephony world and laptops have made office work easier. Similarly the digital camera revolution has also brought several benefits to the photography industry.

Digital Cameras - A Whole New Digital World

It has provided new meaning to the relationship as the digital cameras help you to capture impressive moments of life. They allow you to capture exquisite photos at a much cheaper cost than the same taken from film cameras. The major advantage is that it allows sending and sharing saved photos to friends and families. If you speak of traditional film device, it required several rolls and film frames to take pictures. The qualities of photos were also not up to the mark and were useless. No editing was possible and it was just wastage of money, but with the introduction of digital instruments, the photography industry has benefited a lot. Several companies like KODAK, Canon, Sony, Olympus etc have understood the market needs and are constantly designing high-end instruments. These devices offer you mind-blowing picture quality as they are loaded with sometimes 10 mega pixel camera or more. They work like computer accessory and have varied settings and resolution. They enable you to download images and videos into your PCs from where you can take a print out of the said images.

With the coming of modern cameras, developing roll is history now. Soon you capture images, you can do modifications as they are equipped with editing tools. It can be an excellent gift for the near and dear ones as they allow you to save memories. The digital photographs can make you feel excited and make the occasion memorable. The best thing is that you can take both video and still images by recording them digitally. They even ensure recording of sound and moving videos. Compare digital cameras which are accompanied with marvellous features. The immediate display of image on the screen, the very moment it is recorded is marvellous. They also record video along with the sound. They also have edit and delete option which ensures re-using of the storage space that was earlier occupied

Online shopping portals have on display several pink digital cameras. These are available in three kinds; the first is the Camcorders. It is generally used by the professional photographers. They come with micro phone which enables to record sound. To look at the video throughout taping or playback, it is loaded with liquid crystal display. There are Professional video devices also which are basically used by television and movie production industry. They are equipped with multiple image sensors which are primarily for image resolution and colours setting. Another exclusive device is the Webcam which mostly comes with the computers and laptops. They help in video conferencing and video chatting. They ensure full motion video and mostly come with microphones and zooming function.

They are for occasional use. The different models like Canon Digital IXUS 850 IS, Panasonic Lumix FX30 and Fuji film Fine Pix F40fd are appealing digital camera to go for. SLR camera (Single Lens Reflex) are not basically for capturing images but are tools that helps in assisting what is present in the meantime. It has an automatic moving mirror system that allows the photographer to view the exact thing that has to be captured by the digital imaging system. It comes with great features such as manually controlled lens, large lens radius, multiple images at a click of a button and advanced stability system. Before buying just see the Shutter speed, types of images that can be saved and lastly the ability to do auto and manual focus. You can avail heavy discount on digital cameras.

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Winter Carp Fishing Expert Tips To Help You To Easily Improve Your Catches!

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Revealed here are some little secrets to get you started on the best fishing season you ever had! In this very special carp fishing article are some thoughts insights and experiences which will help you see unseen blocks to your catches that you will not have ever realised existed! Focus your attention on the details revealed! Whether you are an experienced angler or just a beginner they will make all the difference to your fishing for life!

Winter Carp Fishing Expert Tips To Help You To Easily Improve Your Catches!

I expect you are most likely thinking that this must be my year; that at last I am going to succeed and really get into those big fish I have been dreaming of! This exact kind of thought is the mindset that programmes you to succeed in fishing and I will explain why it works and how to harness it much further. You might ask who are you to talk about fishing success and all I can say is for starters is that in 2006 I decided to catch the world record carp. Subsequently within 9 days of fishing at Rainbow Lake I had hooked that specific fish.

My detailed technical preparations involving bait design, very unusual bait applications and formats used and very particular attention given to every single item of tackle chosen and sourced for this mission all paid off. But most of all it was the mindset and constant self talk which paid off. This heightened my awareness and sensitivity to everything I could possibly harness within my environment and own past big fish experiences and focused them all towards my goal.

Winter and early spring are times when you simply must be positive at all times and be at the peak of your abilities as an angler because being in such an alert frame of mind maximises whatever chances may be available. But far more importantly still is that with this sharpened mindset you will actively proactively create your own unique catching opportunities and competitive edges!

When you focus in as great a detail on every single aspect of your fishing challenge then this crystallizes everything at your disposal so it is readily available at your finger tips. There is a reason why top match men practice the way they do. Practice does not make perfect. The truth is that perfect practice makes perfect. I have fished with and beaten a guy who matched for the England Sea fishing team, using baiting tactics and technical strategies from my carp fishing.

I have also beaten a guy in catching some of the very biggest carp from a very hard lake. This guy match fished for England as a youth and was technically speaking among the most refined carp anglers I have fished against. I was able to out fish him by using adapted details of lessons learned from sea fishing and river fishing. You are wondering how does this relate to your own winter carp fishing I guess so I will expand on what I have just described!

What I did to beat these two obviously highly talented and experienced anglers was to use my mind to focus extremely intently upon everything that could possibly be relevant that I ever experienced, read, seen, invented, imagined, or intuited. This included every single thing in fishing I ever observed in the past and present, and my gut feelings about it all in regards to the present fishing situation and challenges in detail that this had. This mental focus is really what Kevin Maddocks was referring to when he wrote about having a positive mental attitude when winter fishing.

To be a sharp carp fisherman is not to have the latest baits and equipment, but to hone your mind shaper than anyone else! This is what Richard walker did, and one of the things that made Rod Hutchinson stand out and what made so many truly great pioneers in carp fishing do so well. In fact so many of these were so sharp that other anglers thought they were crazy, and Duncan Kay is a perfect example of a great angler and technical bait pioneer too that really had vision and as a result in the seventies he was well ahead of the crowd!

Modern anglers today have mainly lost this creative mind power which assures great success. This is because most anglers are simply following the herd to a massive degree, and copying whatever fashionable baits and methods are the latest to be advertised or talked about in the carp magazines. I hope you can see how limiting this is to success!

For a start, using the same readymade bait as everyone else means you have just lost any competitive edge over them. But the entire point of bait is to be an edge, not simply over cautious carp but obviously over other anglers too. When other anglers catch your target fish on exactly the same readymade bait as you are using think about how much this drastically reduces your own chances!

I recommend that you use the winter and spring to seriously reassess everything you are thinking about your carp fishing. You have many blocks to your success which are actually caused by your own limited and out of date thinking. Carp are dynamically evolving creatures and every single one is constantly day by day individually changing on a genetic level, just like you! I bet you did not realise for example that your genetics are not fixed and that you are adapting genetically in response to the food you eat! I hope this makes you think!

There is no perfect diet! This is because every individual is unique in their genetic make up and details arising from this dynamic and every experience past and present an individual has. This applies to humans and carp equally. For example, a bait with an exact match to bloodworm amino acid profile may be invented that is in a format that physically fools carp. However, once enough carp are hooked on this enough times they will change, even to the point of avoiding consuming bloodworm totally.

Carp have evolved not merely to be acutely sensitive to potential opportunities for energy and nutrition, but also for threats and dangers from these. Not many anglers realise that the actual specific baits that they use directly condition carp to the danger that is associated with them. This is a big reason why I avoid using readymade baits!

I make my own homemade baits designing my own boilie recipes mainly using ingredients which are not used in readymade baits! It takes visualization and careful thought to do this and I do help loads of anglers achieve this very successfully. I do this because it works and because my greater satisfaction is in knowing my experiences are empowering other anglers to catch their dream fish! It has amazed me to discover that in fact doing this is far more satisfying than the highs of catching all the lake records and personal best fish I have over the past 35 years!

These personal catches are fleeting moments of ecstasy that is for sure, but these memories and feelings fade like photographs over time. But getting catch reports from anglers whom you have helped to catch new records using homemade baits on their water, to beat readymade baits such as Bait craft, Richworth, and Mainline etc, feels so fantastic!

So back to what you can control most of all in your fishing, and to positively creating your own detailed guaranteed success in advance!

The only place you can actually do perfect practice for fishing whether to win an international match, or to catch the biggest carp in your lake is to keep on doing perfect practice in your own mind! This is one thing I have a feeling that Terry Hearn for instance spends much of his time doing; far more than the average angler. This involves anything from location and fish behaviour patterns and feeding spots and how they change over time in a lake, to visualizing exactly how your target fish enter the swim, how they sample baits and respond to the presence of terminal tackle and baits on the bottom.

You can get better and stronger and far more detailed in your fishing visualization at any time and any place; and not just in your bivvy! You can deeply detail visualize at home while making homemade baits, when making up rigs and when taking valuable hours manually sharpening your hooks well past the fineness of any chemically sharpened hooks! Very few articles have ever been on the mental side of fishing yet I make this point for this simple reason; every single action you take in fishing is a result of your mind and your thoughts and because of this your degree of success is totally in your own mind!

Perfect practice visualization of exactly the goal you have in mind hones your awareness and opens your consciousness to everything you need to improve upon and refine further and further until you succeed, so that success really genuinely does literally become simply a matter of time! Perfect practice visualization is the most powerful thing you can constantly do in your fishing so I recommend you think about this! Revealed in my unique readymade bait and homemade bait carp and catfish bait secrets eBooks is far more powerful information look up my unique website (Baitbigfish) and see my biography below for details of my eBooks deals right now!

By Tim Richardson.

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Peter Pan & Dorothy Escape Fantasy Island!

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Years ago when we arrived, the Economic Amusement Park was like Disney Land for grown-ups. It was better than Disney Land because we created our own fun from the Magic Abundant Forest where money really did grow on trees and the trails were marked with golden stepping stones leading every visitor to the home of their dreams.

Peter Pan & Dorothy Escape Fantasy Island!

Along with our fully outfitted dream homes were the latest model vehicles, including boats, four-wheelers, power scooters for our kids, cell phones for the whole family, intercoms, internet, inter-galactic satellite to receive every bad movie ever made in the entire Universe on our 5 billion channel, 10-ft. wide, high def televisions with surround sound loud enough to lift you out of your 27 function barco-lounger with built-in popcorn maker! It was AWESOME.

Life was bliss while we floated along the Tunnel of Love-My-Stuff as long as we paid no attention to the 'man' behind the curtain pulling the levers and spinning the dials of our Fantasy Island make believe. The rides in the Economic Amusement Park were exhilarating as well as whimsical. The Merry Money-Go-Round was a favorite as it took us on a ride of endless revolving credit on multi-colored bank cards disguised as lovely prancing ponies, gentle giraffes and sophisticated swans. Round and round and up and down as we let the calliope music lull us into the "bigger is better" mantra of super-sized jumbo loans and (nutritionally void) delicious whopper waistlines (more to love, right?)

But like the emerald city of Dubai, the Economic Amusement Park was built on a foundation of ever shifting sand, made-up of pretend rules of conduct and ethics that were amended on a whim by the great and powerful wiki-Oz. And like all good and well behaved children that seek the approval of our elders and do what we are told, we began to feel confused and disoriented as our Tea Party-Cups spun faster and faster and the fine print we were to follow got smaller and smaller until everything was just a blur and our heads ached and our stomachs churned and we begged the ride to stop.

As we stumble back to our foundation cracking, paint peeling, high maintenance homes we can't understand what went wrong. We no longer understand the rules of the game. We didn't even realize we were playing a game. God forbid we let anyone know that we don't understand what's going on. So we keep it all inside like frightened children and ask ourselves what we should do. Who can we trust? Should we do something different? But what? It will work itself out, right? And then we'll get back to having fun again! I can't wait until they re-open the Merry Money-Go-Round. It sure has been down for maintenance a long time now.

Like the Hotel California of song lore, once you enter the Economic Amusement Park, you can never leave! UNLESS... and here's the really OMG, Dorothy and the ruby slippers- 'a-ha', "I could've had a V-8" moment...

...You GROW UP and take 100% responsibility for everything that has brought you to this exact moment in time!

Stop crying Peter Pan, if you want things to be different then you have to change. Adults can have fun too, I promise. They have even more fun because they don't worry about who is controlling the purse strings of their lives. The Fantasy Island Economic Amusement Park is in ruins because we wanted to experience the carefree frolic of excessiveness! Wheeee!

Now stop blaming the government, Wall Street, the Auto, Airline or Oil & Gas industries on your personal debt - you got what you asked for, be grateful for your education and experience and let it go. Become the parent to your own financial health & well being that you so wantonly left up to others in the past.

Blame and shame will only perpetuate more of the same.

So grab hold of one another Peter and Dorothy, as fiscally responsible grown-ups you can literally walk out the front gates of the run-down Economic Amusement Park and the guards will never notice. The precious golden ring of awareness will make you invisible to the other miserable souls still standing in line at the Merry Money-Go-Round with the "closed for repairs" sign on the chain. You will be vibrating with a new, higher fiscal frequency that no else in the park can see. Go ahead, walk through those rusty gates, and see what it feels like!

Unlike the ones left behind, you are now responsibly FREE!

Today is the first step toward an awareness that there is another way to relate to money in your life and business. Most of us have become totally schizophrenic when it comes to money. When we have it we trust in the universe, we are happy in our relationships, we feel less inhibited to express ourselves. When the flow of income appears too slow or even to stop from time to time we literally become physically contracted. Our thoughts become twisted with fear as we trip down the negative future fantasy path of 'not enough'! Coming out of the Fantasy Island coma can leave you feeling both excited and fearful. What next? How will I reinvent myself and the work I do in the world? How will I make enough money to live a life of personal and financial freedom?

Fear not Peter and Dorothy. The energetic (spiritual) and practical (physical) tools and support you need to re-invent your way of doing business in the world is ready and waiting for you to take the leap up to the next highest version of you and your business! And, here's more good news... it's really okay to have FUN and create a beautiful, successful business at the same time without getting stuck on the Feast or Famine Roller Coaster!

To Your Heart & Soul Success,

~Schelli~

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How to Get Your Wife Back, Forever

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Think back to your wedding day. No, think back to the day that you proposed to your then wife-to-be. Remember the feelings that you had? Now think of the wedding day. The hope in the future that you two were about to share together. A new home, maybe kids, a fresh new start.

How to Get Your Wife Back, Forever

At the point that you said 'I do' to each other, you made a promise to be together in sickness and in health, for better or worse. How did you find yourself at the point were your marriage was just all about the 'worse'? Trying to come back from a marriage that has seen better days and is strained is not as easy thing to do.

It might seem as though your marriage is over; or so close that there may seem that there is nothing you can do. Men who have been through this know, all too well, that this is a painful and difficult situation. One day you were part of a loving and happy couple, the next you face a future without the one you love. In truth, it feels like you have lost half of who you are.

There is always hope. No matter how impossible the situation may seem, with determination and effort, there is a way back from this; it is possible.

So, what's the first step?

Again, think back to the time that you proposed.

Who were you then? What were your hopes and dreams? How did you feel towards your, soon to be, wife. These feelings are looked inside of you.

If you still love her, those feelings are there, you just need to bring them to the surface. Show her that you are the same man that she married.

She fell in love and married that man. Try to find him and show her that you are still there for her.

Tread carefully. There has been a lot of water under the bridge since back then.

It won't be as easy as it was the first time. Take it slowly. Regain her trust. Show her that you want to be the man that she deserves, the man that she married; maybe an even better man than the one she married.

What not to do in this situation is smother her. Don't call her 20 times a day. Don't send her emails all of the time, and certainly don't make any face to face contact unless it's initiated by her, or a completely and mutually pre-arranged 'date'. This will take restraint on your part, but anything less will seriously jeopardise your plans to win her back.

She needs, above all else, to feel special. Don't forget that she is going through hell too, not just you. She will be conflicted. Whatever you think that you have lost, she has lost just as much.

Compliment her, make her feel as you did when you first dated. Tell her how great she looks, it really works.

Be honest with yourself about how you feel. Communicate, genuinely, with her and your sincerity will shine through. Regain her trust and rebuild what you had on your wedding day and much more.

Ask yourself what you have done to contribute to the problems in your marriage. Pinpoint your mistakes and learn from them.

The beauty of having freedom of choice is that we can decide how to behave. Assess you own behaviour throughout your marriage and ask yourself what needs to change.

What do you need to stop doing and what do you, really, need to start doing to enjoy a happy marriage?

You have decided to change. If you don't know what you were doing wrong to turn your marriage into what it has become, how can you change?

Don't beg; it's not what your wife wants to see. Just be strong and show her that you are committed to change and determined to make your marriage work. It will take time. Don't get annoyed if she isn't ready to take the next step as quickly as you are. Be patient. Be understanding. She will come to see that you are serious about getting her back.

She'll need time.

Try to look at the situation from her point of view. Why is she feeling the way she is feeling. What have you done, or not done, to make her feel that she needed to leave. Once you have, honestly, answered these questions, you can, not only, try to get her back, but avoid this happening again.

Now, no-one is saying that this will be easy. It will take patience and determination to get her back. Be a grown up. Be honest, with her and with yourself. Try and be a better man, for her and for yourself. Be her friend, lover and companion.

On your wedding day you made a commitment to her, now is the time to prove to her that you can fulfil that commitment. Once you have her back and you are being the husband that she deserves, she should never feel the need to leave again. It's a totally within your control.

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Life Lessons at the Gym

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Have you ever noticed how one absolutely pertinent life lesson sometimes sneaks up on you SMACK IN THE MIDDLE of another context? I think many of us have experienced this "Aha!" connection.

Life Lessons at the Gym

For example, a couple of years ago, I was working hard at "stepping out" into the world more boldly and becoming more visible, particularly in my business. At the same time I was also taking voice lessons. I remember one particular lesson in which my voice teacher kept repeating to me, almost shouting, "You need to take up more space!"

Well, it happened again this morning, in a full, multi-dimensional way! During my spinning class, many areas of my current learning got reinforced. First, "what's spinning?" you might ask. Spinning is a popular form of cardio-workout class offered at many fitness centers. Participants and teacher ride a special stationary bike with sensitive controls for adjusting resistance. Setting the resistance very high simulates the experience of riding a bike up a steep hill. Although the teacher leads the class through a finely tuned workout of hills, intervals, sprints, and so forth, each person can work at her own level.

This morning, I heard the instructions and immediately realized they applied on more than one level. My antennae were up and wiggling. I was so delighted with it, I immediately thought of sharing it with you. Here's how it played out, in no particular order.

FEEL THE FOCUS IN THE ROOM

Early on, the teacher said, "Feel the focus in the room." The
combination of energy and intention in the spinning room was palpable, powerful, inspiring. When you surround yourself with like-minded people, the collective intention and focus support everyone. The whole is somehow much greater than the sum of the parts. The corollary is that the well-meaning "support" of people in your life who are not aligned with you can be "the kind of help we all could do without." Sometimes that "alignment" is hard to define; it isn't a straightforward matter. Look deeper when you sense some distrust or doubt from a supportive person. The words may be right, but the spirit or intention may be off-kilter and not what you need at this time.

STRONG LEGS, STRONG MIND

During our first climb, she said, "Strong legs, strong mind." The learning here is to pay attention to both the muscle and the intention. We often focus just on the "legs" and forget the mind. We implement a strategy to increase our income but don't deal with our core ambivalence about money. We want to be more effective at work but our attention is scattered. Where you look is where you go: how well you focus your mind is as critical to your success as the efficiency of your "pedal strokes." Keep your larger intention clear and conscious for yourself. The legs often take care of themselves.

MUSIC MAKES IT ALL MORE FUN

Having great music playing converts the work into play, turns the workout into dance, transforms difficulty into exhilaration. What's music to you? Where in your life do you need to turn it on or turn it UP? (or turn it OFF?)

SMIDGEONS COUNT

After we increased resistance several times on one of our "hills," the teacher said, "Turn your resistance up a smidgen. And by the way, 'smidgen' is in the dictionary. I looked it up." Next steps count, no matter how small they are. Whether you're expanding your workout zone by one heartbeat a minute, recovering from a "failure" more quickly than the last time, or driving to the airport for the first time - SMALL STEPS COUNT! In fact, they are THE PRIMO medium of personal growth and evolution. Let's face it - quantum transformational leaps are not often an option for most of us mortals. But at any moment in your life, next steps are always visible to you - small steps you are capable of taking. Think of 'smidgen' as a highly technical term in the realm of personal growth.

YIN AND YANG

Pedaling a bike is a circular motion, but we naturally emphasize the down stroke. In spinning, we're supposed to pedal as hard on the up stroke as on the down stroke. We need the teacher's countless reminders, "Equal strokes up and down!" Another way she helps is to pace us. She has us bring our heart rate up to our cardio range (the higher range of heart beats per minute that gives us a cardiovascular workout), keep it there for a while, and then bring it down to our "recovery range." She leads us through this cycle a few times during the 45-minute class. This is applied workout technology: these cycles are efficient ways to get the most out of an exercise program. So what's the lesson here? Up is as important as down. Rest is as important as work. Stopping is as important as going. Relaxed is as important as pumped. Down time is as important as up time. What are YOU discounting??

HAVE A TEACHER

It makes a difference to have a teacher! And having an excellent teacher is the best! What are you trying to do on your own that you'd do much better, faster and more enjoyably with a teacher? This needn't be seen as a weakness; we don't need to be totally self-sufficient. Be aware of where you're struggling and keep an eye out for your teacher. You know, "when the student is ready, the teacher will appear." (And what are YOU ready to teach?)

GO FOR IT

During a particularly hard part of the workout, the teacher said, repeatedly, "Go for it!" The music was thumping, my endorphins were pumping, and I was totally "going for it." Making an all-out effort in one part of your life supports you to do so in any other part of your life. It builds your credibility with yourself as a person who can "do 100%." Try it. Taste it. Feel it. You'll like it. You'll even thirst for more opportunities to go for it.

GIVE YOURSELF A HAND

At the end of the class, when we had cooled down and stretched out, the teacher said, "Give yourselves a hand for a really good workout." We did, proudly. Acknowledging yourself is such a simple, inexpensive, powerful way to keep yourself motivated! Yet I bet you don't do it nearly enough. You wouldn't dream of working your staff, your students, or your kids as hard as you work yourself without thanking them and acknowledging them for their hard work! And mean it when you do.

THANK YOU

Special thanks to my excellent Tuesday morning spinning teacher, Debby Fertig. Also to my other terrific spinning teachers: Andy Bergman, Nancy Jenney, and Joan Tufenkjian. Thanks to the Mt. Auburn Club in Watertown, MA for offering spinning classes throughout the week.

COACHING TIPS:

1. Pick a "spinning lesson" that speaks to you from the list above.

2. Name an arena in your life where you would like to apply that principle.

3. Think of a way you could apply that principle.

4. Do it this week.

NO TENSING, NO CLENCHING, NO SHOULDERS

"NO TENSING, NO CLENCHING, NO SHOULDERS," the spinning teacher tells us as we pedal into a sweat on the stationary bikes. When you ride a spinning bike, it's the legs that do the work. But if you're not paying attention, you can add to your workload by clenching your teeth and tensing your shoulders so they're up to your ears! This secondary work is not only unnecessary - it's counterproductive. The teacher's reminder is helpful. All it takes is consciousness and intention to relax the parts that don't need to be working.

You can apply this principle in so many ways! When you are on a
tight schedule, you can remember to breathe. When you are challenged
by a work project, you can still take a relaxed lunch break. When you are stressing about SOMEthing, you don't need to stress about EVERYthing.

Where can you apply this in your life? All it takes is
consciousness and intention. No tensing, no clenching, no shoulders!

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