Mindfulness and observing thoughts
The first step to working with unproductive thoughts is to become aware of what thoughts you are having. Just as when you are speaking, if you wish to eliminate filler words such as uh, um, or and – the first step is to catch it happening. Here is exercise to observe your thoughts from the insight meditation center: During the …
Unproductive thinking
So much for exploring the journey. I like to write for my empty bucket because it is an excellent way to explore topics of personal transformation, and having a daily post forces me to sit down and think. I didn’t post last week as I got swept away with anxiety and unproductive thoughts. Or more correctly: thoughts that kept repeating …
Defining the journey
The course, Creativity & Personal Mastery, taught by Professor Srikumar Rao begins next week at the London Business School. I will be the teaching assistant for the course together with a colleague of mine. The course is an experiential journey, and I am looking forward to helping the students get the most out of the class. One of the first …
Smearing beliefs
We see the world through our belief systems. Often when we seek change, we pretend to believe such a change is possible – but dig deeper and we don’t. It reminds me of a quote from the movie What the Bleep Do We Know?: “It’s a wonderful idea, positive thinking… but what it usually means is that I have a …
Daydreaming guide
Daydreaming is usually considered lazy, unproductive and childish. As adults, we ought to maximize our productivity and the use of our time. Even worse, the multi-tasker is the modern-day business hero – we are encouraged to multi-task, jumping back and forth between multiple tasks and stimuli at an alarming rate. Stepping back from this insane drive and getting in touch …
Become the change you desire
“Become the change you desire.” triggered the thought for the day – thanks to Zen Chill on instant manifestation referring to a Steve Pavlina podcast. What was the last thing you tried to change in your life? How well did it work? Did it have a lasting effect? Did you say, “I want to lose ten pounds. I must go …
Adam’s Adapted Miracle Creation Technique
Manifestation is the art of making your dreams appear in your life. Here is a fun technique for creating miracles. Disclaimer – you may have to temporarily suspend your beliefs. Creating Miracles Pick something you would like to have enter your life. Visualize what it is going to feel like to have this wish come true. Give thanks to the …
Exploring manifestation
An article by Caroline Miller has inspired this week’s topic on manifestation. “The Secret” would have us believe that all we need are powerful intentions and a positive attitude to get more of what we want in life. [...] The problem is that having powerful intentions is only a fraction of what is required to achieve important goals, and it …
Perception overload
Wikipedia describes perception as the process of acquiring, interpreting, selecting, and organizing sensory information. Organizing is important, especially considering the overload of messages coming to us through advertising and these hyper-communication networks (e-mail, IM, SMSes, blogs, myspace, and now twitter). We have built up a culture of distractions – but what does it achieve? Anxiety. An interesting article from 1999, …
Changing change
I went to university in Baltimore, Maryland, and used to speak with the local homeless. I remember once, I was riding home on the bus, and got into a conversation with a beggar. He had an interesting request… he wasn’t asking for money, but for an exchange. He wanted to change his quarters for dollar bills. “Why?” I asked. “Because, …