Jack Black – Leadership Development – Personal Effectiveness

This blog post will be particularly useful for those who have recently done a course with us (now owners of their new home, The House On The Right Bank) and all those who are looking forward to the up and coming Glasgow Event, The Best of MindStore. This mini workshop and the unfolding process will be useful to everyone else too, whether you get involved as an individual, family or business team.

Read it through then seriously think of making an appointment with yourself. Find the space and time so that you can do it properly, perhaps you should arrange to book an hour in your schedule to complete it. 

So here’s what to do:

Take an A4 sheet of paper and take a pen or pencil and create 3 equal columns down the page.  Then create 11 equal rows across the page, head up the first column: “TOP ACHIEVEMENTS” in the top row. Now take your time to look back over your life and identify your top ten achievements.  Make sure you consider your family and relationships, career, goals achieved, education, recreation etc, etc. Write them into the boxes in that first column.

Now having identified 10 (or if you have less than this then that’s okay) head up column 2 with: “WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO ME” then in the column below, answer each in turn. As you consider the question, go back in your mind to that actual time and have the desire to remember where you were and what happened and how you felt about it. Think too about the benefits that came to you when that particular achievement came about?

Finally head column 3: “HOW CAN THIS ASSIST ME AT THIS TIME IN MY LIFE” and fill in each of the remaining boxes in column 3.

I will take you all through part 2 of this process next week. For those who have experienced MindStore before, you will know that these 10 achievements will morph into powerful features in your Central Hallway and by working through this exercise, you can improve on what you’ve already created.

For first timers you will be preparing in a fairly profound way by following these four blogs ahead of your course in Glasgow on Saturday 3 March. (This preparation  is not essential but will be to your advantage).

WARNING: The Best of MindStore in Glasgow has the potential to seriously change your life for the better and I can’t wait to present the new and updated material.

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If you have any questions relating to the workshop or The Best of MindStore with Jack Black, feel free to drop us an email to info@mindstore.com

Mark was walking around the west end of Glasgow after a morning of hard training and happened upon a MindStore Book in a Charity Shop. “This synchronicity may have been the biggest turning point in my approach to life” Mark said. 

He then attended 2 of the MindStore course’s in the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow and used his MindStore techniques to programme his career. He has since went on to represent Great Britain at both the World and European Championships and is currently a professional skater on the hit TV Series Dancing on Ice.

Mark is competing again this Sunday on this prime time TV show. Maybe we could all spread the word through our networks and friendships and give a fellow MindStore member not only our vote but keep our three fingers together for him.

MindStore works, it can work for you, those you care about and work with too. The New Course provides the very best and ground breaking techniques for manifesting and improving life.  Indeed it is unlikely you will find so many practical  tools that are easy to learn and at the forefront of Personal Development over one single day.

Jack will present The Best of MindStore in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Saturday 3 March.  Discounts are available for Members, Students and Groups. CLICK HERE to book on today.

You can vote for Mark during Sunday Nights Show on ITV1 at 6.45pm. You can also follow Mark on Twitter at @Mark_Hanretty

At my last gig of 2011, I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at a “Dragons Den” style final for North Lanarkshire schools.  Upper School students (15-17 year olds) in teams of no more than three from the start of term worked up serious business plans and submitted them to the organisers. There were six finalists and the standard of their business ideas and the enthusiasm in which they presented was just wonderful.

I had the privilege of having 45 minutes to prepare them for the presentations. Rather than a motivational piece, I wanted to give them tools to boost their immediate performance and tools that they can use for the rest of their life.

I have had many fantastic encounters with this age group this last year and always I have found them willing to learn, and genuinely grateful for what MindStore gives them.

I just dived in, suggesting that they must be fairly nervous or anxious as in just over an hour they would be up on their feet presenting to the Dragons. The prizes that were available were significant from Kindles for each of the team members of the top three, to large cash prizes and equipment for the schools.

They seemed genuinely surprised yet eager when I said that I could give them a tool right there and then that could get rid of the anxiety, to ensure that they gave their best possible presentation. I advised them, as I do, that the techniques would seem a little strange at first but added “extraordinary people, do extraordinary things” and that they were far from ordinary school students.

They seemed to like that while also respecting my credibility, working all around the world; over 50% of the FTSE 100 has been clients, nearly 25 years in this field and somewhere in the region of 500,000 people have been through some kind of training with us.

Unlike so many “adults” they had not one ounce of cynicism between them.  This set against the economic reality facing their age group, their optimism and hope was truly inspiring.

So first up was tapping (Thought Field Therapy). I got straight into it and before they knew it they were all humming “Happy birthday” like the best of them. As if to shame “some” of the “adults” who have attended MindStore for Business Courses there was no sniggering, just a wanting to know they were tapping in the right place and getting it correct.

We did four rounds of the Anxiety Algorithm coming down from 10 to 1, as they fed back how their anxiety just melted away. Next, the MindStore Relaxation exercise, a screen for mental rehearsal and programming their Goal. Again, no hesitation, just a willingness to have a go.

In front of their teachers, their peers and fellow competitors, they closed their eyes and took the three deep breaths. It was easy to see that they were enjoying it as the stress on each of their faces quickly dissolved. I pushed the boat out and gave them a version of “The Cloak” and the “Inner Coaches” combined into one.

Forty five minutes later, they were ready, willing and able, and when each of them got up on the stage, they did their school, their parents and themselves proud.

As if it were meant to be, I was immediately approached by a teacher when my coaching session was over.  She explained that she had changed local authority over the summer, she was now with her new school students at the event and she was really enjoying her new job. She then told me that she had brought the entire Fifth Year (16-17 year olds) from her previous school, to the open “Prepare for Exams Day” that I did for Glasgow Schools back in March. The city’s schools took over the Royal Concert Hall and with the support of Glasgow City Council and sponsorship of local businesses; senior pupils were transported in from all over Glasgow.

It was an amazing day, and one of the best experiences of my life, to have nearly 2000 teenagers listen and learn for an entire day was just awesome. The teacher explained that her students then had the previous year been the worst performing Fourth Year in the history of the school. She said after the event they had all agreed to practise the techniques with the full support of teachers in the run up to their formal examinations. In addition, the teachers had agreed to create the space for pre-programming on each of the exam days. She proudly informed me that group of students became the best ever Fifth Year in the school’s history. They all did exceptionally well in all of their subjects. We had already learned that the overall results were the best in the city’s history but to hear it first hand from a dedicated and inspiring teacher quite simply made my year.

She gave me the confidence to tease the regions Director of Education and the leading Politicians who were in attendance. I did a short motivational piece to open the formal event and mentioned the Glasgow Exam Day and offered to do the same for them.

I started my career working with this age group for ten years in an area of intense deprivation. To be able to still find a rapport with them all these years later was genuinely surprising and inspiring. They face an uncertain future and if we can arm this age group with the best tools and techniques it’s now clear to me that they can go on and shine.

I also realise that all of us face a rather challenging and entirely unique immediate future. Economics and Politics aside, the year ahead does seem uncertain. The fact that at MindStore we believe that “thoughts are things” makes it more than concerning that “the 2012” thing is everywhere in popular consciousness.

Perhaps like never before, our tools and techniques are going to be necessary in the coming year. If any of the imagined disasters come, then “survivors” will definitely need them. If all we face is continued disruptive economic conditions then there will be a type of “survival of the fittest” reality playing out. If these tools work so easily for school students without them experiencing yet adult life, how much more would they work in the open hearts and minds of you and your colleagues. Surely if the “adults” could surrender their ego to learn too, and get their pride out of the way to practise and use the tools, then it’s clear the tools and techniques will bring the best out of everyone who chooses to use them. Arguably now is the time we need them most.

Yesterday I also had the privilege of spending the entire day with two hundred and fifty fifth year school students preparing them for their prelims. I had the same response as before. I had the full support of the Head Teacher and his team of committed teachers and the overwhelming enthusiasm go the young people.

I am now seriously looking to find the space to record all of this material and make it available to download for all students.

I will do all I can this year to help keep you on track with your tools and techniques through reminders and support with the use of social media and courses.

Jack Black will present The Best of MindStore in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Saturday 3 March 2012. ** Early Bird offer ends 22 Jan 2012**
High School Students are welcome to attend so long as they are accompanied by an adult.

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The other day I was having a chat with Alan Brodie who is the MindStore Associate for Scotland. He was sharing some of his experiences from recently teaching his first few MindStore courses. During one of his sessions, a guy in the audience challenged him by pointing out how he enjoyed being grumpy and having a good moan. It got me to think about it in the context of this season of giving and it stimulated a couple of my recent tweets into the bargain.

You and I give of ourselves every day, our demeanour, our attitudes, the words we use and all the conversations we engage in all impact those involved. A “Good Moan” not only lowers the vibration of the person being grumpy, it does so to the folks in range. Not just through the use of words and content but since thoughts are things, a positive or negative thought field will also have its influence on those around us. You and I know only too well the impact on ourselves of being in the presence of an optimistic, positive and upbeat individual. Likewise, being in the company of the grumpy moaner soon impacts your own energy, drive and outlook.

With MindStore we can choose to be alert to such events and can immediately pull down the “bell jar”, or find a valid excuse to move away from the source of the imbalance. They do say that the real joy of this season is in the giving and not the receiving. Being aware of what you are giving day by day through your presence and purposefully lifting the quality of your consciousness is obviously the best gift you can give.

So does your presence lift and encourage those you come into contact with? Do you create a climate of possibilities and solutions? “Being a problem” or “creating problems” even by just lowering the vibration is hardly a gift others will be grateful for. “As we give so we shall receive” comes to mind. It seems too, that we attract folks of similar resonance, so it would seem that by choosing the higher course by deciding to be positive, to look to find solutions rather than create “problems”, we create the conditions for all involved to thrive and live each moment in a better place than they otherwise would have.

If you have recently attended a MindStore course then you can focus each day through bringing one or all of your five features from your “window” into your thoughts. You can also use your slate in the shower and of course “delete that programme” and your “bell jar”.

In this season of giving you can consider giving the gift of MindStore simply by setting an example or by gifting The Best of MindStore Course, a book or a download.

In acknowledgement of this season of goodness and grace we too will be giving. Each Wednesday from now until 21 December, we will give one of you the gift of MindStore.

Gift 1: 2 x Tickets for The Best of MindStore, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Saturday 3 March 2012 – This has been gifted to Mike Bissett

Gift 2: 1 x Personal Tele-Coaching Session with Jack Black (up to 1 hour) this has been gifted to Meg Moreland.

Gift 3: Our Final Gift is a real Christmas Cracker! 2 x tickets to the Best of MindStore with Jack Black PLUS B&B Accommodation for 2 people in the fabulous 5 Star Blythswood Square Hotel & Spa (on the evening of 2 or 3 March whatever suits best). For more information on this luxury hotel click here. This amazing gift has been given to Gail Rankin

There are different gifts each week and 3 ways you can join in:

1. Simply leave a positive comment below
2. If you’re on Twitter tweet the following (Copy and Paste): The Gift of MindStore http://bit.ly/s3xWC1 #itonlyworks
3. If you’re on Facebook you can leave a comment below and/or share our blog post with your friends

Anyone can join although those under 18 years of age must have parental permission to enter.
• YOU MUST COMMENT below, and/or TWEET and/or Share our Blog on Facebook
• If you are chosen, you will be notified via email, and you must respond within 48hrs. If you do not respond within that period, the gift will be allocated to someone else.
• 3 Gifts will be given. Starting Wednesday 7th December, then on Wednesday 14th December and again on Wednesday 21st December.

This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You are providing your information to MindStore and not to Facebook.
The information you provide will only be used the purpose of this giveaway and MindStore will never disclose/share your personal information with a 3rd party.

This Blog post is intended to assist those who attended MindStore courses in London and Johannesburg over the past couple of weekends. If you didn’t attend, much of the content will serve as a reminder of the basics while the specific methods are based on our reintroduction of the original MindStore methods that have been upgraded and updated. All courses across our entire portfolio will revert to the new/old material from now on.

I trust you are all settling into your “New Home” and have been having fun and getting fantastic results with your visits. I have been delighted with the feedback and truly inspired by the exceptional stories that have come in since Saturday. As promised here is a blog to remind you of some of the key features plus some additional pointers.

Firstly I would like to impress on you that the greatest gift provided on Saturday was the “Alpha State” or as we have previously called it “Foundation”. This provides us with the means to tune to the rhythm and resonance of the “universal wavelength” for the laws of attraction and manifestation. The process, it’s procedures and discipline allow you the time required to relax into the rhythm and stabilise your connection.

So each day find the position, do the breathing followed by the full head to toe relaxation. Head for your “beach” then onto the bank of the river. Remind yourself of the lush green grass, the blue sky and the construction of your “House With The Red Roof.” Enjoy a drink of crystal clear water from the well as you prepare to step inside your entrance. Remind yourself of the shape of this space, the height of the ceiling, decorative features, lighting and colours. Focus on your 5 values cast before you on the floor selecting one for contemplation. List your 3 “hassles” then enjoy your shower before wiping the slate clean. The house is then open up to you with all its wonder and potential.

Every time you access your new home take the time to meet with your coaches whether directly in “The Den” or elsewhere. Invest in this imaginary tool to build a relationship with that part of you that resonates at a higher level or put another way your intuitive self. Remember you may have the feeling that you are just making this up but that in effect is the point. Make believe at this level of awareness accesses the intuitive faculty of the right brain. As time goes by getting to know each other over leisurely conversations or more directly through sharing in the use of the Media Room is absolutely fantastic. Insights, better problem solving and breakthroughs all result in engaging with this fascinating inner work. Many of you have already fed back how this is becoming much more intuitive and how you have already improved in all manner of ways.

Media Room Tips

For creative “problem (”delete that programme” )…challenge solving” follow this procedure:

Admit and accept your current reality by projecting the image and content of the challenge on the central screen – move to the past (right) screen to study and analyse the challenge, ask yourself who’s involved, what’s involved, where and when does it happen and so on. Then make the screen go blank, come back to the present screen and consider your current reality once more before also making that screen blank too. Now move your eyes to the left and on your future screen (screen 3) explore various alternatives. You will find that in the Alpha State your combined creativity and intuition will begin to come up with possibilities you would otherwise not have considered. You can play forward each solution on the screen till you find the one you feel is the best solution. Create then a scene of the solution being realised, pay attention to what you would expect to see hear and feel. Finally freeze and frame the final “photograph” in brilliant white light. With all your programmed outcomes on the future screen you commit to regularly review it until it is actually manifested in real life. Mohamed Ali called this image a “Future History”.

Now once this is established you move to the 4th screen the consequences screen to consider the benefits for others when your Future History is achieved. The same process is used with each of your 7 key goals and indeed any other goals or programmes you wish to have in your life. Remember too, critically when you go back to review your Future History on your 3rd screen you never ever consider the present or past screen. You are now a futurist and are committed to bring the solution or goal into being by constantly reviewing in The Alpha State screens 3 and 4 only.

Parking cars, finding the best table in a restaurant or seats at the theatre and endless other outcomes can be programmed quickly and purposefully by simply putting your Tip Of The Tongue Trigger in place together with the Kubera Mudra and immediately flashing the 3rd screen into your minds eye and seeing the result you want, a quick glance at the 4th screen will complete the process. Simply open your eyes and go about our business with the desire, belief and expectation that you will succeed.

On every visit to your new home make the commitment to work on your own personal development by engaging with your inner coaches. You can of course meet them in “The Den” though you can choose to maintain your inner relationship at any location. I always involve them in considering my options on the screens in The Media Room and I find it particularly wonderful when they assist me in my study of the images on the walls in my Central Hallway. Clearly there are many other rooms and indeed locations on the landscape where you can enjoy their company too but that is all for another time.

The Energising Beam. You can use this very special tool at any time you feel the need for additional energy or even to take away a headache before it becomes established and intense. Always use it as you leave the house when you have just programmed an important meeting or event in the Media Room or ran a rehearsal in the Theatre of Possibilities.

To use it first consider the 3 general opportunities that are currently on your mind (raising your intention in the Alpha State to focus on opportunities charges the magnetic like characteristic of your mind and causes you to attract into your reality whatever you require to achieve them) then step onto the platform imagine turning on its power and immediately feel a vibrating and vibrant beam of energy rising up from the floor below into every cell of your body. I actually slowly stand up before turning it on and literally shake with the imaginary force deciding and demanding to be charged by its abundant vitality and health. Then turn it off and step away to take a look up at your stained glass window, remind yourself of your core values and leave the house enjoying another drink of crystal clear and refreshing spring water. Look towards the river bank and step forwards as you count from 1-7 and over to the Left Bank where you take action and go about your business.

That’s more than enough for now, stay connected via email or the social networks. I will also provide you with more tools and techniques on a conference call that you can participate on within a couple of weeks time. Do please send me stories of using your new tools and techniques and if you can give me permission to post them with or without your details you will be encouraging others and as the universe seems to operate the intention to assist will come back to you multiplied.

We have now decided to present this course in Glasgow on Saturday 3 March 2012 and are considering Dublin too. Remember if you are interested in how MindStore and all our programmes and solutions can assist you at work or in our business please get in touch. In the meantime enjoy and remember

“It Only Works”

Jack

The Best of MindStore, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Saturday 3 March 2010

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The Secret

This single book and all of the positive hullabaloo that has come with it catapulted the notion of “manifestation” and “the law of attraction” into the consciousness of millions who otherwise probably would never have come across these concepts. Without doubt here at MindStore, we have the best suite of tools to capitalise on your intention to attract into your life the people you need, the places you need to be and the opportunities required to manifest whatever you genuinely want.

Our Secret is actually the day to day use of the “Alpha State” these powerful frequencies of brain functioning that all our tried and tested methods are tuned to work perfectly with. You may never have bothered to set specific goals before, compelling goals that you readily find a deep, deep desire for, goals that are driven by a profound belief that they can be achieved coupled with an unwavering expectation that they will absolutely come to be.
The latest MindStore programme which I will deliver in Earls Court, London on Saturday 12 November is built around our unique concept of “Mental Architecture” it opens with a brief introduction of our basic beliefs that 5 characteristics are critical to success.

1.  You are able to manage your stress so as to have abundant energy necessary for achieving sustained success.
2.  You live every day with an optimistic outlook and positive mental attitude.
3.  Everything you do is driven by your commitment to achieving compelling goals
4.  You utilise whole brain thinking and in particular choose purposefully to work with the powerful advantages of using your right brain hemisphere. 

You master and have complete dominion and control over your emotions.Then you begin the exciting journey into your right brain via the metaphor of walking into the right bank of a river creating as you go the perfect landscape on which you construct “The House with the Red Roof”. Within the house there are rooms you will find to house the tools and techniques.  The “new” material honors the heritage of the original system but takes it to another level again.
You don’t need to be a seasoned MindStore member to learn this stuff, the very best news is that these our best techniques yet don’t take hours and hours of practicing to perfect they really do work in a matter of minutes.  That’s just a few minutes a day providing lasting and sustained results when it matters most.
If you were a participant of any previous MindStore course you will readily integrate the tools you already have into this concept and of course come away with some more. If you did the Island either online or at a course then you now have a very special place to catch the ferry from.

I can’t wait to share this with you. I am using the techniques daily myself now and have made the transition effortlessly, and honestly I don’t know why I didn’t before now. It is so much better.

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You might have heard that on Saturday 12 November in Earls Court London, I’m going back to my original “MindStore Operating System” for the mind. It’s completely updated and wonderfully improved and if you fancy taking a trip “Back to the Future” with me you can rest assured you will have much more fun creating compelling Futures and living life to the full.

Probably like never before you and I need to focus on our SELF MANAGEMENT, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT and PERFORMANCE.

I have been personally inspired myself using the “new” techniques. I say new because I have upgraded the original ones and will introduce entirely new tools too. The thing is they all work and work even better with this unique approach. I am pretty certain just like me you really need to work on the characteristics highlighted above.

Not everybody but lots of us are aware that we need to allocate time, precious as it is to actually stop and have a good look at ourselves in order to make the necessary changes to arm ourselves not only to cope with what’s coming but to strive ahead in these very interesting times.

Let me ask you…

Are you completely happy with your day to day outcomes? How would you score yourself with SELF MANAGEMENT on a scale of 1-10? To help you; consider your attitudes, your behaviors, your stress levels, your eating and drinking, your weight, your fitness and wellbeing.

How do you score on your progress and commitment to your PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT? Think about it, are you living with purpose? For example are you working to improve yourself? Do you actually have compelling and specific goals that are driving your behaviors actions and results? Are you venturing out of your comfort zones challenging yourself to grow? And what is the next big thing you are looking forward to?

What about your PERFORMANCE, how you are performing day to day? What tools and techniques do you have at your disposal or have used today or yesterday to ensure you were presenting yourself to the world in the best possible light? Are you constantly coming up with good ideas, finding fresh opportunities and breakthroughs and more importantly seizing on them to stride ahead?

Simply put, are you getting the results that you really want? Are you happy and enjoying life? And do you see futures that inspire you to get up in the morning with a passion to engage in the day ahead?

Forgive me but I am going to say it. I have got the tools and techniques for you right here. Solutions developed over 20 years that have allowed seemingly ordinary people to pick them up, apply them and somehow accomplish extraordinary things. 

They work and now they work even better, believe me even the currently in vogue scientists, the quantum physicists are finding credible language to explain why thousands and thousands of MindStore Members seem to be able to create their own reality and astonishingly manifest their “impossible” desires over and over again and it just keeps happening.  Folks like:

The innocent man, held in prison who applies his MindStore tools to survive and even thrive in horrendous incarceration. Not only survives but goes onto write the book   which is being published and the film rights are already negotiated.

The school pupils who actually transition their attitudes to learning and astound their teachers with their new behaviors and results.

The unlikely lady who is inspired on the course to start her equally unlikely business and becomes an award winning inspiration to her clients and the wider business community not only in her own city but around the world.

The sports enthusiast while also on the course decides to start a club with the clear intention of dominating her chosen sport, winning championship after championship while gaining international recognition and success. Does all of it without any immediate resources, reputation or even experience in the sport itself.

If you are a MindStore member then you will know there is a specific process yet easy to practice and implement that actually tunes your thinking to maximize the ability to use your faculties with profound accuracy to better solve your problems and achieve the things you really want in your life. Whether that’s day to day stuff or those bigger things that matter and especially those things that others so easily talk themselves out of or convince themselves that they don’t deserve or can never have.

In this course you will learn to use that process to create in your mind an imaginary location, a landscape representing your creative and intuitive right brain. The various tools and techniques are built into a home you will construct there and are easily applied into your life. The process itself actually dissipates stress so you will be nice and relaxed as you purposefully exercise and stretch your right brain. As it unfolds among others you learn and experience how too

• Stimulate every cell and regenerating your entire system
• Uncover your unique life’s purpose and drive yourself to profoundly influence your own self, your family and friends and indeed with the wider world around you.
• Diminish those things that annoy you and inspire yourself to focus and take advantage of your opportunities.
• Be more aligned to enhanced self-awareness, better health choices and more nutritious food.
• Connect on a deeper level with those you love and care about. 
• Enhance all working relationships while being more confident in your power to influence and inspire 
• Tune into your intuition, improve your creativity and produce better solutions
• Get much more out of your recreation and literally improve your “game”

Again if you’ve done a MindStore course then you probably accept that our tools and techniques work.  Though maybe you don’t use them nearly enough. We will be able to tackle that too. You will be able to scrutinise your belief system and make the choices that constantly cause you to apply that which you learn and actively change for the better.

We know that most folks “get it” intellectually. They know about the right brain stuff, they know about the benefits of having an optimistic outlook and being positive but they don’t activate methods on a daily basis to access their right brain and more importantly have no purposeful means of reaching the subconscious to re-programme any self-sabotage and limiting beliefs.

You will be able to do both, you will learn to directly link to powerful levels of consciousness and have the means to rearrange how you go about your thinking and functioning. The very best news is that, these our best techniques yet don’t take hours and hours of practicing to perfect, they really do work in a matter of minutes.  That’s just a few minutes a day providing lasting and sustained results when it matters most. They just become a way of life and simply a part of your day to day routine.

I am glad that I have challenged myself to improve on our already wonderful stuff and I suppose I am challenging you now to attend.

See you there?

Jack

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You have probably caught onto the “news” that the world will end sometime tomorrow according to a preacher in the US.

If he is right then I can only wish you and everyone who is dear to you the very best of luck though I suspect like me you fully expect to enjoy your well earned weekend.

He has got me to think about what if it was really going to happen and we all just had one more day to live. Each of us no doubt would stop everything we are doing to do all we can to reach loved ones and close friends to say our farewells and God only knows what else.

Perhaps we could all benefit from heeding his warning and take advantage of it to actually sit down and make a compelling “to do” list, as if it were real a list like no other you’ve ever made before. It’s obvious that some seriously important thoughts and intentions would quickly come in to your consciousness. The obvious extension of this is that maybe these things really need to be acted upon anyway. And, if it were really real and the “big man” called it off and gave us another chance provided we made significant changes to our behaviours, attitudes and commitments what would you have to change and what new activities and goals would you commit to?

It also occurs to me that working this through might serve as a good talking point at a dinner party or over a pint presuming we all see Saturday night. Sitting down with loved ones and making separate lists and comparing them will probably lead to deep insights and significant change in how you would relate to each other.

As a subject for a workshop at work it could well have a profound effect on all manner of activities and ultimately on performance and results. At a minimum it would surely help improve on how everyone is valued and treated, particularly colleagues, customers and suppliers.

This has been on my consciousness since reading about it on a flight last Saturday. Indeed, I have found it influencing the design of the new materials I have been working on this week for our courses in future. I have also been more aware of how I am relating to folks too. It has even got me to work more on myself placing particular emphasis on my self management; I’ve reviewed my progress in my personal development and I have made a fresh commitment to strive to reach for performance excellence in each and every day going forward.

Also this week here in Kent the weather finally changed and the autumn is definitely here again. Thoughts turn anyway to ensuring the year ends well and the goals we have set come to fruition. You make choices consciously and unconsciously every day and I am sure like me there is room to make better ones. Anyway, I obviously hope and indeed pray that he has got it all wrong. Whatever comes to pass may I wish you every success going forward and hopefully here or wherever that may be that we meet again.

Over the weekend, I found myself thinking about the coincidence (is there such a thing) of me presenting the “How to pass exams “day to 1500 16+ year olds in Glasgow back in March and the city having its best results ever.

That day we finished with the audience thinking that very thought and we put it out there. My thoughts also considered the recent atrocity of the young people in Norway and the young lad who was mauled to death by the polar bear.  Cleary we can programme our future, but still something much bigger is at work too.
After all these years and even with the proof from my calls and emails this morning, I just know absolutely and without doubt that MindStore Works, “it only works!”

The young folks in Glasgow are an inspiration, while the young lad and the Norwegians surely remind us to live every day to the full. Going to bed at night and having the final look in the mirror can we all say that we couldn’t have done any better? Setting goals and getting committed really means just that, making sure that every day is maximised to the full.

Time and time again, I tell audiences that programming the day is our most important technique.  You will probably only do it if you’re driven by the quality of your own goals and if not then you are really allowing your day to be programmed by others.
Taking ownership of our day to day life’s seems like never before to be really important. Taking the 10 minutes or so in the morning to think through your key activities for the day and programming the best possible outcomes gives you the edge.  Ultimately your intention and the power of attraction will collaborate to cause you to experience your day in the best possible way.

The fourth screen brings into your awareness and knowledge that being concerned for the benefits of others when you succeed raises your own consciousness and brings you in tune with the vibration of the universe, your higher self, your god, or whatever you prefer to call it.

The future is coming and you and I will live it day by day but never the less we genuinely have the ability to influence it through our goals and our daily programming.

This phrase really captured me the other day and I can’t get it out of my mind.  Having just returned from lying on the beach on the lovely Greek island of Kos, I am over flowing with new ideas.  I had endless fun enjoying the alpha state while sunbathing.  Actually being on an island constantly brought me back to all the exciting things we will be doing with “The Island” when we re-launch MindStore OnLine (we have a critical meeting next week that should finally get us moving again).  I’ve also had serious interest corporately in doing our more advanced Intuitive engineering that actually requires revisiting the landscape on the “Right Bank of the River” as if by coincidence another client is wanting me to come and teach the original “House on the Right Bank” course to his staff and the wider community.  Back to the future indeed!

The holiday inevitably had me exploring ideas for the future whilst giving me the time to re-evaluate my present goals.  Now back at work, I’m re-energised and focused on those goals as I get to work on various projects.

The future is indeed coming, and I strongly recommend that you take the time to consider your own goals at this time.  Maybe you can do as I did while enjoying the rays. All my activity with futurism of late resonates with this notion that the future is coming and I have the choice to let it come and go as it surely will without my programming it, or I can take personal ownership and create the future I desire.  So as you would expect, I’m going to programme whilst using the usual support material such as my Night Book, strategically placed photographs, affirmations and ultimately by taking action.  The future is on its way, so how do you intend to experience it?

Remember if you will that our techniques are not fanciful wishful thinking but well tested and successful means of utilising our ability, our dominant thoughts, through gestalt.

Keep smiling,

Jack