A small piece of carpet

Written by Charlie Badenhop


Have you ever noticed howrepparttar way you feel about yourself sometimes depends on whether or not you get confirmation of your value from others? When you enter into challenging situations with a positive self identity you will discover that you are living your life with a greater sense of enjoyment and fulfillment.

I have learned a lot about nurturing a positive identity of love and appreciation fromrepparttar 129708 man who taught me to train dogs. Dogs and humans both have a "self identity" that determines perception ofrepparttar 129709 world, behavior, and one's sense of self worth. Let me explain how my teacher nurtured a positive self identity inrepparttar 129710 dogs he trained.

Frank had a very fascinating way of helpingrepparttar 129711 guard dogs he trained, to feel respected, protected and loved, regardless ofrepparttar 129712 situation/context they were in. Here is how he accomplished this. First of course, he started out by treating his dogs with love and respect, and by showing them an infinite amount of patience as they were learning. This of course is crucial.

Then,repparttar 129713 next thing he did was a true stroke of genius. He would cut a small piece of carpet for each dog he trained. He would placerepparttar 129714 carpet inrepparttar 129715 dog's sleeping area, for him to lie on each night. He would also take this carpet duringrepparttar 129716 day and set it down in various locations, and sitrepparttar 129717 dog onrepparttar 129718 carpet, as he praisedrepparttar 129719 dog for being good. Whenever he moved to a new location, he would haverepparttar 129720 dog stand up, and he would pick uprepparttar 129721 carpet and carry it torepparttar 129722 new location, set it down, sitrepparttar 129723 dog down, and again, praiserepparttar 129724 dog for being a "good boy." Soonrepparttar 129725 piece of carpet took onrepparttar 129726 distinct odor ofrepparttar 129727 dog, and Frank said that this ledrepparttar 129728 dog to feel "at home" when sitting onrepparttar 129729 carpet.

How to Talk to Yourself When Nobody is Listening and You Want to

Written by Peter Murphy


Do you ever pay attention torepparttar thoughts inside your mind? And more importantly do you ever noticerepparttar 129706 way in which you talk to yourself?

We all pay a lot of attention torepparttar 129707 way we communicate withrepparttar 129708 outside world but we often neglect to improverepparttar 129709 way we communicate with ourselves.

When it comes to motivating yourself to be a better person, to do better at work or to create a happier family life you need to understandrepparttar 129710 importance of taking control of your self talk.

Here are three tips you can use right away to motivate yourself:

1 Talk to yourselfrepparttar 129711 way you talk to someone you love

Be honest! Is it true you sometimes insult yourself, curse yourself and say horrible things about your abilities?

If you spoke like this regularly to someone you care about they would leave and never talk to you again. There is no excuse for treating yourself so badly.

Talk to yourselfrepparttar 129712 way you would talk to someone you deeply love. Be respectful, patient and understanding. Be slow to anger, quick to praise and grateful forrepparttar 129713 opportunity to listen.

Be on your best behavior when you talk to yourself and you will find that you treat other people better as well. This in turn will cause people to respond more positively to whatever you say. These very people will be more inclined to help you get what you want.

In an indirect way your communication withrepparttar 129714 outside world will improve.

2 Pump uprepparttar 129715 volume

Very often we go through our day with an internal dialogue buzzing away inrepparttar 129716 background. We mutter to ourselves about what we need to do without feeling particularly inspired to do anything other than what we have to do.

This is not an effective strategy for self motivation!

What you need to do instead is to turn uprepparttar 129717 volume, inject some passion into your words and talk to yourself with enthusiasm. You would not have much luck motivating someone else to take action without putting some energy into your words. You need to dorepparttar 129718 same to motivate yourself.

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