P.S. Don’t try this at home!!!

P.P.S.  DO try something YOU want to try.

Now, what was it, you say,
that gets in your way?

Find out what your real, actual constraints are and develop a new plan to address those constraints.  Get help. Learn new strategies from successful people.

Generosity — Training in Big Success

Listen to the League of Extraordinary Minds

Attitude, Gratitude, Resilience and Joy

Nothing but illusions,
well, change those delusions!

Good luck re-thinking your obstacles — now — On To Your 2010 Successes.

No surprises here, but taking time to practice simple relaxation techniques can help you sail through the holidays, having your friends wonder how you get so much done, and still remain so cool.

You can find a gazillion great stress management resources out there.  Here are a few to get you started.  Find ones you like and use them regularly.

Consistency seems to be the kicker here.  Getting the hang of using relaxation exercises means getting into the HABIT of using them.

Impress yourself, your friends, family, and colleagues: Become amazing and mysteriously capable of staying calm amidst the chaos.

You can improve your bottom line, your relationships, your grades, and certainly your quality of life.  Start checking these out, and then springboard into your own discoveries.

Enjoy the peace.

Breathe! — increases everything good.

Send your friends here and start a trend.

Smile, it increases your face value.

Breathing Relaxation Exercise In less than 5 minutes, you can be breathing slower and more deeply, energizing all your systems.

(Note:  DO NOT listen to any relaxation exercises while driving,
operating machinery, or performing activities
which require you to be alert to task!)

Here’s a longer one, with nature sounds and cool music.
Amazon Rainforest Relaxation Video (26-min)

The river (4 min) This one has Native American voice, filmed in Slovenia.

Relaxation – Tranquility – Reiki – Mind Body & Soul 4 (5-min) Classic relaxation music style.  Great Reiki affirmation at the end.

Stress Beats Holiday Stress (5-min) David Riklan gives seven tips from Relaxation and Stress Relief in Five Minutes of Less.

Buy them, get them at the library, watch on YouTube, make your own.  Use ‘em!  These videos may encourage you to explore more stress management habits, such as better sleep patterns, or yoga, or mini-mental-vacations.  We will post more relaxation tips for you in the future.

Which of these (or one you discovered) is your favorite?
Happy Peace-Breathing Holidays!

“Changes induced by skill learning are MASSIVE.”
— Michael Merzenich

Neuroscientist Michael Merzenich is one of several researchers looking into the brain’s ability to actively re-wire itself.  We are just beginning to glimpse this incredible power, and relate it to lifestyle, our choices of behavior, and just about all the activities in our daily doings.

Evidently our brains are selective.  They have strategies for defining the meaning of whatever input they receive.  Under our attentional and behavioral control, they determine the significance of events.  Our brain structures actually change in some pretty interesting ways when we learn new skills.

What we put our attention on MATTERS!

Want to be happier, increase your abilities, capabilities, and general sense of wellbeing?  YOU are in charge of creating your own adult brain!  What you focus on and how you nurture yourself makes all the difference in the world in maintaining

Your Own High-Functioning Learning Machine.

Go check out some of the links, courses, and reports found over on the sidebar.  And heck, go to the library!  Read Daniel Amen’s books.  Find out about brain aerobics and how you can exercise your capacity to move toward goals and dreams.

You-Know-Who Is Responsible for Your Brain from Now On  :)

You can hear Dr. Merzenich live at the TED Conference, giving a packed 20 minutes on the subject.  It’s a rather academic (how’s that for dry?) lecture but if you can sit in class a few minutes, here it is.  Be sure to watch toward the end, when he talks about rescuing our own brains from the slip and slide of decline.

Our Brains are “Constructed for Change.”
Go learn something that interests you!

Here’s Michael Merzenich for free:

Daniel Amen’s books are full of practical, very doable steps toward the changes Michael Merzenich is talking about.  You can get your own and avoid those pesky overdue notices from the library.  Change Your Brain Change Your Life, and Magnifiicent Mind at any Age, are both keepers.  Remember, what you put your attention on Matters!

Bookmark this page and visit whenever you want to see the latest offer — many of them will be freebies!  We have all kinds of ideas, courses, and leads on the most successful strategies and tools around.

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