How to Triple Your Productivity in 28 days - Part IIWritten by M. Anthony
If you've been diligent in doing past 2 concentration builders you will notice you have a considerable increase in your productivity and your power to stay focused. In fact, you have probably also noticed that you are more organized, and feel more at ease. These are natural side-effects of building your concentration. Congratulations!* Concentration Builder Week 3 This week's concentration-builder is a more potent form of week 2. This time instead of actually counting your steps, you also include focusing on your breathe while walking. So it goes like this. Whenever you are walking, simply coordinate your breathing with your steps.Again, you want to pick a number that's comfortable for you. Between 3 and 6 is what works for most people. So if you choose number 4, you want to breathe in over 4 steps. Then breathe out over 4 steps. Inhale for 4 steps. Exhale for 4 steps. I particularly like this one. I've been doing it for years and it's almost second nature for me. You'll also find yourself quickly making this concentration-builder a habit once you do it a few times. And once you make it a habit, your concentration, focus, and productivity will continue to improve. * Concentration Builder Week 4
| | Self-Development Through Asking "Why?"Written by Jeffrey M. Miller
The Enlightened Warrior's 'Keys to Success' Through Power of Our Thoughts, Words, and DeedsIn philosophical teachings of Ninja Warrior's Mikkyo esoteric mind-science that forms foundation for Warrior Concepts Life Mastery Program taught to my students and clients, there are three areas of focus that allow Ninja Warrior, or anyone who understands these principles, to act with enlightened clarity and always achieve his or her goals. Each of these so-called '3-Keys of Success' can be focused on in and of itself, but real 'magic' results when three are brought together and aligned with Ninja's vision. The 3 Keys are collectively known in Japanese as Sanmitsu or '3 Secrets.' Not at all 'secret' in conventional sense as being kept away from others or hidden, sanmitsu are seen as 'secret' because they have to be 'discovered' by student to have any benefit. The three are "thoughts," "speech," and "actions" of Ninja practitioner. They are seen as both necessary elements to bring about success, and means by which we can change and affect our world. In this article, I'd like to focus on 3rd Key, the 'secret' of power of our actions. And, like a well-maintained vehicle that gets us where we want to go, our actions are direct manifestation of our thoughts and intention in outside world around us. As seen on Kongo-kai mandala of Universal Enlightenment, our actions are associated with 'wind' realm of All-Accomplishing Wisdom and concept of skillful means. Our actions have potential to change our world and our experience of it. Students studying within upper training modules before advancing into Black Belt Mastery Stages are constantly reminded of truth of power of their actions during their class opening and closing as they recite Ninja Master's Admonition of Sh'kin Haramits' Daikomyo! The lesson of this phrase is that 'every moment - every action - holds potential of being just that thing that will produce happiness, understanding and power that we have been seeking.' It means that "no-thing doesn't matter" - everything deserves our attention. Of course, merely running around 'doing stuff' is not at all what we're talking about here. Most of us can remember a time when we did a lot but accomplished very little. For most of us, we need only think back over past few days. The key or 'secret' here is not in activity itself but in focus or direction that requires a particular action. The truth is that unfocused, undirected action is nothing but idle 'wheel-spinning.' It accomplishes nothing toward accomplishment of goals and more towards creating even more of feelings of exhaustion, exasperation and distraction that regularly plague our days.
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