Advice: Taking time out!

Taking time out!

Written by Lisa van den Berg

Recently all I've heard around me, is repparttar

importance of Balance!

I must admit that I am a 'driven' person. I drive myself to succeed and have to force myself to take a break.

I have, however, learnt repparttar 101983 importance of adding balance to one's life.

The toll that is taken on not only your physical but emotional and spiritual well-being, is not good. It is repparttar 101984 one thing that 'forced' me to re-consider. The fact that my business was suffering because I wasn't holding it together, was repparttar 101985 catalyst for change.

I took a class in Primordial Sound Meditation and learnt to consciously relax for 20 minutes twice a day. I took time to read books and rediscovered repparttar 101986 absolute wealth of information a book holds. I took weekends off and just chilled, took time to walk every morning and marvel at repparttar 101987 wonders of Nature and learnt to 'belly-laugh' again.

Being with Nature has always been a wonderful way to fix your woes. Taking a walk in repparttar 101988 fresh morning air, or just as repparttar 101989 sun is getting ready to go to sleep. Wondering at repparttar 101990 beauty of a newly spun spiders web, closing your eyes and listening to repparttar 101991 chorus of birdsong as repparttar 101992 community prepares for another day. Watching repparttar 101993 clouds as they scamper across repparttar 101994 sky. The multitude of shapes they form and repparttar 101995 array of beautiful colors portrayed as repparttar 101996 sun sets behind them.

I have never much fancied fishing, but repparttar 101997 other day I heard a description of a fisherman's desires and he said it was just wonderful to sit quietly in Nature, for a couple of hours and come back refreshed and renewed. (I think I may take up fishing now)

Dealing with Mr.Charisma

Written by Peter Murphy

Do you ever find yourself in situations where you feel overwhelmed by repparttar

person who is speaking to you. It is as if their charisma and enthusiasm takes over and you just cannot seem to think for yourself. For a moment you are lost in a blur of their words.

The worst part is repparttar 101982 fact that you cannot seem to regain composure or even assert your own opinion. What is repparttar 101983 solution?

How to assert yourself in repparttar 101984 face of a wave of charisma:

1 Break Rapport

What? Yes, break rapport but do so gently by adjusting your posture and by changing your rate of breathing. Mr.Charisma has you locked into deep rapport with his every word and every movement.

Until you regain your own pace, your own natural breathing rhythm and your own posture you will be subject to his lead.

Notice how you feel in your body, put some of your attention back onto yourself. Only then will you be able to think for yourself and to form your own opinions.

2 Filter The Words

Once you have regained a sense of how you feel and think in repparttar 101985 present moment it is time to filter repparttar 101986 words that Mr.Charisma speaks so eloquently. A filter will help you to maintain this sense of self and repparttar 101987 ability to think for yourself.

A visual filter is easiest for some people. Imagine a wall in repparttar 101988 air between you and him, a wall that filters repparttar 101989 words so that you only hear repparttar 101990 words without feeling drawn into his world.

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