Tag: self improvement

Fear of Flying Symptoms

Posted by on September 11, 2009

The fear of flying is one fear that almost everyone who has flown has experienced to some degree.For a large number, it is no more than an annoyance; perhaps disagreeable but nothing too troubling. 

Others, however, experience physical and mental symptoms that can range from simply “tense” to “outright panic”.There are a number of useful treatments for the fear of flying.What will work for you will probably depend on where you are on that scale. 

Fear of flying symptoms often have real life causes that, if identified, may help a person with mild fear of flying overcome their anxiety.  What often happens is a person encounters a symptom, and assuming it is caused by fear of flying, they get more and more upset until major panic sets in.  If they can recognize that pattern early on, they can stop the cycle in its tracks and overcome their mild fear of flying. 

For example, unstable air pressure in the aircraft cabin often results in inner ear problems.Inner ear problems can result in a wide variety of unpleasant symptoms, including nausea, tingly ears and skin, dizziness and loss of orientation.These are the same symptoms that occur when a person is anxious, and if they don’t recognize the source of the symptoms they may psyche themselves out and accelerate their fear beyond a normal level. 

Additionally, spending long periods in the tight seats in an airplane cabin can cause muscular pain, joint pain, and tingling from lack of blood flow.  These too are all symptoms often experienced during panic or severe anxiety attacks.  Therefore, the passenger who feels these symptoms may misdiagnose a mere physical reaction to small seating quarters as a fear of flying. 

Clearly, there are those whose fear of flying is more significant than the mild fear described here.  For those folks, mere recognition that the physical symptoms could be coming from other sources than the fear of flying may not be enough.   But for some, this awareness is the first line of defense in combating their fears for good. 

To learn more about the fear of flying visit here to receive a free twelve part audio tutorial that will share simple, effective techniques and facts to conquer your anxieties and get rid of your chronic fear of flying. 

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An Easy 7 Ways To Quickly Boost Your Self-Confidence

Posted by on June 16, 2009

Do you possess low self-confidence? Is it actually restricting your from fulfilling your full potential? Do you frustrate yourself when you don’t feel like you can really go for it? If so then here are seven top tips for boosting your self-confidence whenever and where ever you may be. Here they are:

Regardless of your current feelings view yourself in your minds eye in the situation you wish to be in. If you are nervous and anxious about beginning a new job then visualise yourself entering into the office on that first day with confidence walking upright with a good positive posture. If you are pursuing success on the sports pitch then see yourself in your minds eye playing the match precisely as you want it to go. Before the game why not visualise making that big tackle, dribbling around that player or scoring the winning goal. Doing so really helps build your self-confidence as you can actually see yourself getting the required results and it is a very easy positive thinking technique.

If as will happen from time to time a negative thoughts gets into your mind and starts to pull you down, then consciously release the thought, let it go. You can perform this by letting go of the last thought and simply focus on the next more positive thought or you can carry a picture around with you of something that gives you positive thoughts and feelings like a picture of you on holiday with your family.

If you are experiencing difficulties then rather than focussing on the difficulty itself switch your focus on to the helpful tools and positve possibilities that you do have at your disposal. Make a list of the positive assets that you have going for you however small you may deem them to be and bear in mind that: ‘If you think you can, you can’

Get a grip of yourself. Through our own fear and worry it is easy to build up a problem into much more than it really is. You may find it helpful to physically write the problem down, doing so can sometimes aid you to put it into perspective and take away a lot of the anxiousness straight away.

many people find it very helpful to learn a few affirmations that they can run through their minds and say to themselves when they are struggling for confidence. Repeating affirmations focussing on what the words mean and not just mindlessly repeating them can help inject positivity into your actions immediately and start to trigger the effect of the law of attraction.

Give yourself more credit than you previously did, you are more capable than you even know. Take a look now and assess your strong points, your skills and abilities. Once you have done this then add another 20% onto what you previously thought you were capable of for we all know that the whole is greater than the sum of its individual parts, why ought this then to be any different for you or I?

If you have any belief in a higher power, God, or whomever relax and remember that their love is surrounding you, guiding you and providing you with opportunities which ever way you look. Allow the power and feeling of security to flow through you and feel it build up inside you and raise your self-confidence.

So, there you have seven quick power of positive thinking tips to boost your self-confidence. If you want to be a confident positive person both now and in the future then try and adopt the above guidelines into your daily routine and make them habitual. Please bear in mind that there area also many personal development products that can help you greatly with this also.

 

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Boost Your Personal Growth In 5 Easy Steps

Posted by on June 16, 2009

There are times when we all face our share of hurdles and get demotivated. The list below is a reminder of some easy, but impactful things we can do to overcome our barriers.

1. Embody who you want to be right away – don’t try, just be.

This is where most people stunt their personal growth. I’m not saying don’t try or work at anything. I’m only referring to the mindset.

Now the mindset people often have is that to be someone or achieve something, they must first try and work hard at it and only then will they be who they want to be.

Let me give you an example. Say you want to quit smoking. Instead of telling people and especially yourself that you are trying to quit smoking, just say, “I’m a non-smoker.” Do it immediately.  Don’t wait around “trying” and then say that you are a non-smoker. You want to embody and internalize the change and the faster you do it the faster your growth will be.

So instead of telling people you’re going to try and meditate everyday, say, “I practice meditation everyday.”

2. Read, read, read – keep an open heart and mind

Well, you don’t have to just read. But watch videos, listen to audios, attend seminars, visit workshops. What I’m saying is that one of the keys to personal growth is education and keeping your mind open to all possibilities.

You won’t hit your unifying life philosophy the first time round but if you keep at it and open your mind and heart to all the research and ideas that are whirling about us, you will eventually find where you belong and what works for you.

“In addition to reading ten pages a day of a motivational or inspirational book…listen to a self-improvement CD for at least 15 minutes every day… If you spend that time listening to educational and self-improvement material, you’ll have the equivalent of a Ph.D. on any subject you choose in just a few years. That’s the Slight Edge.” ~Jeff Olson, author of “The Slight Edge: Secret to a Successful Life”

Be patient and persevere. Remember, Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither will your enlightenment.

3. Be grateful – appreciate what you have

This is one critical aspect thing that most people ignore. In all the rush to develop, grow, and increase self-awareness, many people often leave behind one of the most important things in life and learning. And that's real gratitude.

Gratitude gives you perspective. The mental attitude of gratitude draws the mind into closer touch with the source from which the blessings come. It is a powerful tool and will boost your happiness levels.

Just the act of expressing gratitude daily can increase your happiness by 25%.

4. Leave time to self reflect – recuperation time

In this crazy world of information overload it can be hard to disseminate all the data coming in. Like I said earlier, one should do everything to open their hearts and minds to all the ideas in the realm of personal development. But having said that, you need to take some time and self reflect.

This is where the true self-discovery happens. This is where you find who you are. Use meditation, visualizations, or even just quiet contemplation. Your brain is an amazing and wonderful tool. It will piece together everything you’ve ever learnt from before you could remember to right now.

I strongly suggest meditating to let your brain work itself out. You don’t want to overload yourself with data. Like a runner who sprints for 3 minutes and rests for 9, you must do the same.

5. Discipline – make personal growth a habit.

Personal development like running a business or completing a PhD requires discipline, perseverance, and patience. I know I sound a bit like a mother right now but discipline will become your best friend.

Personal growth may come with the image of carefree hippies frolicking in a field of daisies but it couldn’t be farther from the truth. Although daisy-field frolicking is fun.

Personal growth comes with reshaping your mindset, creating new habits, resetting your routine, and changing your perspective.

You cannot do all that without those 3 annoying syllables: discipline.

So create a new habit. For example, tell yourself, “I will meditate every morning for 15 minutes at 8 AM.” Now do it. Everyday. Or read for 30 minutes every evening on personal growth.

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The Right Time Is Now

Posted by on June 16, 2009

For the things you want in life, now is the best time to get started. The concept that time is money is an accepted truth of our time. Why riches? You might pose. It is because money has worth and time vanished equals lost money. It should be noted, time is valued currency that needs to be spent wisely.

We are told that the reason successful people is because they have discovered how to spend their time intelligently. We need to recognize that failure happens step by step, as we postpone our positive actions. Obviously, procrastination is the burglar of time. As well as esteeming time, you should respect yourself.If you have a high opinion of yourself, you will utilize your time prudently. To help inspire you in this area, here are some good self-respect quotes to read.

Our actions today determine our lot tomorrow. Our present monetary sacrifices guarantee us of our monetary protection and monetary self-determination tomorrow. “One of these days” may never come but the present moment is all we have to make a difference. One should constrain oneself to operate well in a spontaneous way. The present is a trophy offered to us.

There’s no time like the present to set your smart goals. This moment is the time to identify your goals in life. This is the stage to expand your struggles. Now is the time to read a life-changing motivational book or inspiring words like nobility quotes or prosperity quotes. It’s now time to make intelligent choices dealing with your vocation, relationships, ambitions, and lifestyle.

Now is the instant to get your code of ethics in shape. Be careful of the seconds, and the minutes will be careful of themselves. Take care of the hours and the day will be easier to manage. Every second matters. Value it!

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Self-Improvement 101 - Mind Control Techniques

Posted by on June 15, 2009

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The pertinence of self-improvement has come to the forefront of the modern society. Never has there been so much interest in unlocking potentials and freeing the talents within - especially when the combination of science and urban rhetoric has the world convinced that all we need is some consumer level mind control techniques to unlock the superman or woman within us. Gladly, it is not a legend, myth or a yarn spun around a table. The facts remain that it is true - we as a human race are not utilising the full set of tools that evolution and experience has given to us.

Psychologists put this down to our developmental stage of our life, when the conscious and subconscious are within similar planar and neurological states. Laymen would translate this to - the sub conscious brain and the conscious brain during the developmental stages of the brain and its mental faculties are left open to many persuasions that can decide either fate - a stunted or full growth of all the available talents within its pre and conscious state. Sadly, we are not equipped with the tools necessary to allow us to benefit from the full brainpower within us.

Most of us are either borne with some gifts over others, or sometimes none at all - which distinct us as very normal human beings, with normal mental capabilities. Herein lies the problem. Popular definition would say that we are normal but what psychology and neurology has shown - we are actually running quite below capacity. What we need is some mind control techniques to free the shackles of the mind and unfortunately, as well, we have no easy access to meditation or hypnosis - the then popular methods of unlocking the subconscious mind and invoking our inherent powers. The personal development industry has been working closely with science and its developments, especially in the field of brainwave entrainment and autogenics.

From dream machine to compact disc, this has propagated into various types of technology that include the subliminal CD and binaural beats.Its first release was not a huge success, but over the years, people soon realise the true potential and power of subliminal CD and binaural beats. Now we have the power to have full control over our minds, and call upon latent gifts that we can utilise to give us and edge in life and in the things that we do. Learn faster, think better, focus like you have never before and be the puppet master to your body and call upon physical abilities that you have never thought possible.

The true power of mind control technique is jaw dropping , and now you can have your very own mind control package as they are easily availabt off the the shelf and on the internet. Packaged most popular as CD’s, all you need to do is find a quiet corner and surrender your mind to the tailor made embedded messages and stimulations, gain access to your sub conscious mind and reprogram the very core of your spirit, soul, soma, sarx. Time to grasp the power and make good use of it.

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