Prepare Your Affirmations Out of the three recommended techniques Dean Whittingham gives for Reprogramming The Mind, affirmations was the first one that I implemented myself.  I introduced visualizations and meditation at later dates as I decided to perfect one strategy before moving on to another. Having never done this before it took quite a bit of discipline in order to achieve a state of mind where I could automatically carry out my... 

Be In the Present To achieve self-improvement, one has to know oneself and be in control of your emotions and thoughts. Having control of your emotions and thoughts is important in being able to gain awareness on what you need to work on and improve on yourself, in order for you to achieve your goals. Meditation is one great way to clear your mind and achieve self-improvement. Meditation is more than just sitting with your eyes closed and... 

Stepping out of Comfort Zones One of the greatest hurdles that people face when taking the step to become successful is the capacity to step outside the comfort zone. The comfort zone is something that our mind has setup to protect us from getting hurt. Therefore, if we try and step out of it, our minds would tell us that we’re not supposed to be doing it, and we will feel pain, uneasiness and fear because we are not used to it. However,... 

Self-Image Values Beliefs Self-Image A friend of mine posted a question online the other day What is your self-image. It made me think for a moment, but it didn’t take long for me to work out what it is. Self-image is one thing that most people don’t bother to think about. Most people think that who they are now are just a product of environmental influences and how you were brought up. To some extent it is true, however, not... 

Self Improvement I have been on a journey of self improvement of the mind since the end of my first marriage.  I truly wanted to know and understand the role that I played and why my values and beliefs were so different from my wife at the time. There is a lot that goes into getting relationships right but that was not my focus as it was to understand me better.  My thinking was that if I couldn’t get my understanding of self right how... 

Keeping Weight Off Keeping our weight under control for most people is no easy task.  In our modern age, we usually don’t get enough exercise and find it too easy to eat fast foods. We make excuses for ourselves to feel more comfortable or we start an exercise program only to find that after a while we are either not practicing it often enough or we give it up completely.  It is so easy to let other things get in the way of our best... 

In life, almost every living person has goals and desires they wish to achieve, some people will achieve what they want and others won’t….Why is this the case? Me with my mentor, Kurek Ashley… In my opinion the answer is that you need to have a Positive Mindset to make your dreams and goals into reality, do you think that very wealthy, successful people like Richard Branson, Rupert Murdoch or Kurek Ashley have a negative... 

The Same old New Year Resolutions It’s one of the traditions during New Year’s Eve when people start making new goals and new plans to start the year fresh. Some would want to lose weight, some want to make more money, and so on. The act of making New Year’s Resolution is a novel idea, but in reality, how many people have actually pulled through with their resolutions? I can definitely tell you that only a very tiny number... 

A Roller Coaster Ride I have been trading for a while and have made some good money.  The problem was that the more I made, the more I lost! Anxiety and Fear I was at a loss as to why I could not make the money and keep it.  Why was I losing it again.  I noticed that I had a growing anxiety when I traded.  Would I keep it this time?  The fear that I was wasting my time, energy and money.  At times, I just thought of giving up and looking... 

Awareness I mentioned in my previous article that the reason I was able to turn my life around was due to awareness.  I became aware of what was happening in my mind that was causing me so much grief and frustration. I needed to know: Why was I having such a run of bad luck Why was I unable to achieve success in my goals Why was I unable to achieve happiness Why was self improvement so difficult to achieve In his book Reprograming The...