George Hamilton III had a song back in the 50's I always liked called "Break My Mind." It was also later sung by Linda Ronstadt and more than 20 other recording artists. I love it because it captures the image of how we freeze ourselves with our beliefs. Those beliefs crystallize and the mind becomes like a sheet of ice.
I remember growing up in Michigan and after a freezing rain you could lift sheets of ice, about the size of record album covers, up from the sidewalk. They were translucent and crystalline. You would hold them in wonder, then fling them against a Maple tree and shatter them. That's how our minds get! Our minds are like ice when we can't shift. Like a picture frame full of ice. That's when I need to break my mind. And then shift who I am.
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But what if I don't know how to shift? What if I don't know how the mind works? Then I have a problem. For most people that problem is lifelong. All the way to the end. Follow them into the nursing home. Then listen. Still victims. That's the mind that never knew how to work itself.
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But as members of club fearless know (because to them the book has already been sent for free on request) Lindsay Brady's book is the key to how the mind works. How it sends perceptions to the brain. And how those perceptions drive ALL (not some but ALL) of our behavior. And how to change a perception.
You can get the book on Amazon, it's called As The Pendulum Swings.
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"How amazing will you feel
when you develop a deep, lasting,
natural confidence others only dream about?"
~Rich Litvin
Rich Litvin is an amazing coach that you can find here: http://thatconfidenceguy.com/ and you can also find him in my next coaching prosperity school that begins January 8th. If you are a coach and would like to join Rich and the other coaches in that prosperity program, then email me right away here [email protected] and I'll send you more information or else we'll talk and sign you up.
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Rich Litvin continues: "Self-confident people inspire confidence in others: their bosses, their peers, their clients, friends and lovers. Gaining the confidence of others is one of the key ways in which a self-confident person finds success… Natural Confidence isn’t the kind of confidence that some people put on like a suit of armor. It’s a deep, lasting confidence. There’s a sense of ease and well-being that seems to emanate from naturally confident people...
Steve Jobs definitely cganhed the world or at least influenced the changes. I was an Atari person in the beginning, but we know where Atari ended up. I used a Mac on the job for several years in the early 90 s, but did go that direction at home because Apple products were so expensive compared to MS Windows machines.Honestly, I never experienced the frustration with Windows so many others did. Maybe I just have a high threshold for pain. That and I learned how to fix my own problems.But I have a confession to make. Two weeks ago I went to the dark side and bought an iPad. I actually bought an HP Touchpad first (since iwork for HP), but two days after it was delivered HP made the announcement they were stopping production. The day after THAT announcement I shipped it back and got the iPad.Great post, Ferd. You brought back a lot of memories of my computing history. I even remember taking 30-40 minutes to download a 64k photograph using a 2400 baud modem.
Posted by: Misbakhul | October 27, 2012 at 03:24 AM