Learning From Life

Written by Charlie Badenhop


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After introducing myself and thanking him, I asked him how he had come to lead such an exemplary life. He looked around to make sure no one else was listening and in a low voice he saidrepparttar following: "Both my parents were alcoholics, and both of them were physically abusive to me.I grew up never knowing what bad thing would happen next. I learned from my parents thatrepparttar 123511 worst possible way to deal withrepparttar 123512 pain and uncertainty of life was to escape into an altered state of alcohol induced euphoria. My parents taught me a difficult but very important lesson. I learned from them that staying present inrepparttar 123513 moment isrepparttar 123514 only real chance we have for living a fulfilling life."

What a truly great example of embodied spiritrepparttar 123515 motivational speaker offers us. The quality of our life is not dependent onrepparttar 123516 circumstances we encounter. The quality of our life is dependent on what we learn fromrepparttar 123517 circumstances we encounter. Perhapsrepparttar 123518 greatest example of this wisdom is present inrepparttar 123519 life of Nelson Mandela. He is a man that suffered great pain and hardship, and somehow his suffering seasoned his soul in a way that has led him to be compassionate and caring.

Inrepparttar 123520 course of exploring how to live our life more fully we can consider pondering one question over and over again, "What can I learn fromrepparttar 123521 difficulties I am experiencing, that will actually ADD torepparttar 123522 quality of my life?" Atrepparttar 123523 very least we can begin to entertainrepparttar 123524 fact that: We can derive a wide range of learning from any single circumstance, event, or relationship. When we getrepparttar 123525 most stuck in life is when we believe thatrepparttar 123526 one thing we did learn isrepparttar 123527 only thing that can be learned.

Charlie Badenhop is the originator of Seishindo, an Aikido instructor, NLP trainer, and Ericksonian Hypnotherapist. Benefit from a new self-help Practice every two weeks, by subscribing to his complimentary newsletter "Pure heart, simple mind" at http://www.seishindo.org/newsletter.html. Contact Charlie at seishin@seishindo.org.


How to Increase Those "YES!" Moments

Written by Virginia Reeves


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You have probably all heard that it isrepparttar quantity of ideas that is more important when investigating or exploring a new avenue. In other words, related and unrelated ideas are all important at this stage. It is then -- as you begin to sort, categorize, meld, piggyback, and organize all those comments and ideas into some kind of order -- that a stronger semblance of quality emerges. This is a good time to practicerepparttar 123510 infamous reporter (or 4 year old) questions of: who, what, why, when, where, and how.

I've been on task force teams that hadrepparttar 123511 good sense to bring in "outsiders" who weren't involved withrepparttar 123512 project in any way because they didn't come in with preconceived notions. They listened and then added ideas based upon their experience and expertise. Also - since they had no personal stake inrepparttar 123513 outcome and no rivalry withrepparttar 123514 other members - they felt more free to toss out "wild ideas" that might trigger thoughts for those more intimately involved.

If you've really been open, a new solution may pop out and you know it's what you need to get moving. So get started and add on from there. You start to cull fromrepparttar 123515 other ideas to add depth and width torepparttar 123516 project. This is whenrepparttar 123517 finesse shines through.

Other times,repparttar 123518 challenge to figure out what needs to happen next takes a bit longer. That's good too. This gives your brain more time to digest and mix with allrepparttar 123519 other knowledge you have stored. Applying pressure at this point can be detrimental. As long as you give yourself time to consider other angles, this is when some ofrepparttar 123520 best breakthroughs will appear in your subconscious and/or conscious mind. It's from this point that many people get their a-ha's, gut feelings, or dawn of realization solutions.

Letrepparttar 123521 intuitive andrepparttar 123522 rational be partners. The voice of our own "genius" can only be heard if you are listening for it. It's okay and actually necessary to allow some emotional feelings to come through. This can be difficult due to cultural, social, and family upbringing. Those hunches,repparttar 123523 light bulb coming on inrepparttar 123524 mind, andrepparttar 123525 casual or serious observations of what goes on around you allow you to exploit opportunities to "birth" new ideas almost instinctively.

Why should you cultivate your imagination and intuition? Because it helps you to be open to "acting on impulse". These thinking styles draw from your storehouse of knowledge, skills, and talents. The subconscious mind holds even more treasures just waiting to be found, opened, and used to your benefit. Let these attributes act as a springboard torepparttar 123526 normal functioning of your brain's capabilities. Value and nurture them regularly.

In reality, achieving those "yes!!" moments is due to an already extensive familiarity withrepparttar 123527 topic. You're permitting yourself to consider all possibilities from a variety of sources and resources. And, you are trusting yourself to know that whatever you have been seeking is there forrepparttar 123528 taking right now. I encourage you to peek aroundrepparttar 123529 corner and look overrepparttar 123530 edge - you might be pleasantly surprised at what you discover.

It's not really magic - unless you consider all of life to be a magically wonderful rainbow-colored, pot-of-gold seeking adventure! Now that's an imaginative picture and my intuition tells me it's time to go out and play!



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