The subconscious mind is the most powerful tool anyone of any age can use. It functions like a huge secret memory and does not formulate any arguments. It is completely objective and it can’t express any point of view. The neutrality of subconscious mind is the core of every action and reaction our thoughts activate.

The saying ”If you think you can’t do it or you think you can, you are right” may be old, but it is filled with truth. Every single one of us was programmed in our early youth by our parents and even our schools with negative thoughts and, more importantly, with conventional stereotypes.  This “programming”, both unintentional and intentional, caused each of us to fall victim to self-imposed limitations.

We live in a world full of negativity and it has become a part of our daily routine. All we have to do is to read a newspaper, listen to the radio or watch the TV and our subconscious mind readily absorbs the tragedies we read, hear, or see. Strange as it may seem, the world is not just destruction and misery.  The media loves to focus on these areas because drama and tragedy keep readers, listeners, and watchers engrossed.  The reality, though, is that our world is filled with the stories of individuals who achieved great things and overcame extraordinary adversity on a daily basis.

In order to achieve better results and improve your every aspect of your life, you have to learn how to reprogram your subconscious mind. To begin the process of reprogramming your subconscious mind, start by focusing on purely positive thoughts for 30 minutes. You may think, “30 minutes!  I hardly have time to take care of everything else in my day!  Where do I fit in 30 extra minutes?”

Relax. Just take the first 15 minutes of the day when you awake in the morning and the last 15 minutes of the day before you go to sleep. By beginning your day with positive thoughts, you will find that you are able to handle your daily grind with greater ease.  By ending your day with positive thoughts, your subconscious will have the chance to work while you are sleeping and you will be amazed at how refreshed you will feel come morning.

Night time is considered to be the best time of the day to meditate and focus on your positive messages. It is widely known that when you have a serious problem to solve and you are troubled, relaxing and leaving it to your subconscious before you go to sleep is extremely helpful. Answers may come about by morning because they already existed in your subconscious mind.  Writers, such as Mark Twain, have used the power of their subconscious mind to help them work through writers block.  Athletes often use their subconscious mind to go through the course of their race.  Scientific study has shown that athletes that trained for their race using only their subconscious mind and did not train on the course actually finished better that those that had trained exclusively on the course.

Don’t expect to change your programming in a day or two. It requires patience and time. All of the negative programming of a lifetime can not be transformed into positive mindset in just a few days. Just keep following the path you have set and you will find that the change will happen.  Just remember – you can’t fool your subconscious mind.  The messages you send to your subconscious mind must be real.  If you don’t believe in your message, you can’t expect your subconscious mind to accept it either.  Enjoy the journey!

Susan Karim

Your Personal Effectiveness Coach

http://myactiontimer.com

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Share Your Thoughts!

Time management is better known as the way of performing tasks or jobs in the available number of hours in our waking day. It has become a necessity in today’s fast-paced life, as a person acts in many roles. One has to be committed in order to fulfill all of the responsibilities with complete perfection. While doing so, people find themselves perplexed as to how to approach and manage all the things they must do and still enjoy ample leisure hours.

How To Become an Effective Time Manager

Time management is simply a way of planning and organizing so that all tasks are managed and targets or deadlines are clearly stated. The easiest way to begin is to simply sit down and write out the plan. The most vital factor is bridging the gap between expected and achieved. The following steps will help us to manage time perfectly:

· Target: First, fix a target in terms of what has to be achieved and in how much time. This provides an outline from which further planning can be undertaken.

· Planning: After ascertaining the needs and the hours required for each task, it is time to create the perfect balance between the two. Allocate a sufficient amount of time to each task to be performed so that the goal is achieved. Remember to stay flexible with the time allocation, as the actual amount of time needed can be different from what was originally planned.

· Setting Priorities: Next, tasks to be completed should be arranged in a descending order of priority. When the significance of each task is truly understood, managing the time becomes even easier.

· Time Schedule: The final step is to prepare a timetable. This visual aid helps to complete the work on time, to see the progress of each task and its sub-tasks and to meet the set goal effectively.

Following these simple time management strategies in a business or personal setting gives one the tools to become a more effective and efficient individual and gain something that we are all in need of – more time.

Susan Karim

Your Personal Effectiveness Coach

http://myactiontimer.com

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On July 25, 2008 Pausch died from pancreatic cancer at his family’s home in Chesapeake, Virginia, having moved there so that his wife and children would be near family after his death.

How much of your life is simply being wasted-away?

When you step back and honestly evaluate what you accomplish each day, what kind of results are you typically getting?

Let’s look at some simple figures and do some simple math. I think that what you’ll see unfold will stun you a bit.

An Honest, Hard Look At How You’re Spending Your Life

After accounting for 8 hours of sleep, you have 16 hours left over each day to do stuff, or 112 hours a week.

Are you making the most of those 112 hours?

Of course, you’re not really supposed to ‘make the most’ of the time you spend eating or doing other leisurely activities, but even if you give yourself a very liberal 3 hours a day for food and recreation, that still leaves you with 91 hours a week for getting things done in your life.
Think about that for a moment…91 hours!

Did you realize that after sleep and 21 hours of eating and entertainment each week that you had 91 hours left over?

If you’re like most people (including myself, at one time), probably not.

Even when you take away 45 hours a week for work and a commute, you still have 46 hours left over.

Let’s do one more deduction. Let’s set aside another hour a day (7 hours a week) for miscellaneous activities, such as walking the dog, paying the bills and going shopping.

After all is said and done, you’re left with 39 hours a week.

Are you starting to feel a bit uncomfortable or uneasy about now? Does the idea that you may have nearly 40 hours a week that you probably can’t logically account for shock you bit?

Are you really wasting that much of your life each and every week with nothing to show for it?

No, you say?!?

How about half that, or about 20 hours a week? Are you wasting away that much you think?

How about just a measly quarter of that, or 10 hours a week? Are you wasting 10 hours a week on nothing?

Now that we’ve got the waste-figure down to just 10 hours a week, you may not be feeling so bad about it. After all, it is just 10 hours. But consider this: That’s 520 hours, or 32.5 days (16 hour days) that is going down the dumper each year. And that’s a bare minimum! For you, it could be worse… 2, 3, or even 4 times worse (that’s over 4 months of waste)!

I know that was a lot a math, something you may not enjoy doing at all, but it was a necessary exercise.

I hope you’ve been able to see and understand the magnitude of what you may be doing with your most precious resource – your time.

When I did this exercise, I simply couldn’t believe it. I had to check my figures multiple times to make sure a number didn’t get misplaced or something. It didn’t!
What WAS misplaced was my carefree attitude about what I was actually doing with my time.

This led me to do what I normally do, and that’s pour through every resource I could in order to uncover ideas, tips and strategies to help turn things around I’ve created the Action Unleashed Guide.

This guide is a compilation of some of the best ideas I’ve found, along with a few of my own discoveries.

I’m sharing it because I know I’m not alone in my desire to want to make the most of my time, and thus my life.

If you’re with me on this, then I hope you find information inside this guide simple, clear, and useful – I want it to produce results for you!

Get ready to become a Human Action Machine!

Start Using My Action Timer and also get your Complimentary, Action Unleashed Guide! Coming Soon.

Susan Karim

Your Personal Effectiveness Coach

http://myactiontimer.com

Peter Drucker