Have you ever wondered where your thoughts come from? Have you ever considered how we experience our reality on a daily basis? These are some of the things I think about because I like questions that push the limits of my understanding further.
Anyway, let me introduce myself. I have an interest in NLP which developed many years ago when I was a hostage negotiator. This initial interest led me into other areas of exploration that has developed into a further interest in quantum mechanics positive psychology. In short, I am fascinated at how our minds work, how the neurology and biology come together, and I am convinced that if we don’t run our own brains someone else will run them for us. This is why ‘quantum thinking’ is so important.
“What we focus on we get more of”
Ever changed your car and all of a sudden noticed other people driving the same car that you now have? Ever bought a new item of clothing and suddenly you become aware of others wearing the same thing? That is because the minute our focus of attention is directed in a certain way we begin to notice things we didn’t see before because we weren’t focusing our attention in that direction.
Many of us live our lives in a state of conscious suspension. We do the same things we always do, get the same results we always got, and get emotionally frustrated because things never change, but we never know why! In short many of us are simply addicted to the emotional state that we create without even knowing it because were not paying attention to how our thoughts are focused.
My quest is to empower others to learn how to use their minds to their full potential. To enable others to unlock the power of thought and imagination so that they can live the life they deserve by creating a different reality. By helping others to learn how to take back control of their minds I can help them regain control of their lives. By doing this we can generate a better future for ourselves by focusing our efforts in a more productive way.
“The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings, by changing their inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.” William James
My aim is to help individuals and organisations focus their energies in a more functional and positive direction to enable people to focus on what they want as opposed to want they don’t. This can produce many positive benefits. For example, people can lead happier and more stress free lives - even at work, individuals and organisations can realise their full potential by adopting a more abundant mindset as opposed to accepting less than what they are worth. This can lead to a more fulfilling and wealthier lifestyle for us, our families and our children. It can improve the quality of one’s life, personal well-being and even increase life expectancy. Ask yourself the question - “why do you work?”
Research shows that it is not necessarily what happens to us that defines the quality of our life, but how we interpret these external events internally, and then how we choose to respond to the external events imposed upon us. In essence, the secret key to life is how we manage our internal processes, and this begins and ends with how we think, what we think about and even the words and language we use.
Now make no mistake about this, I am not a new age warrior barking on about affirmations or positive thinking. I left school with two o-levels and one GCE. I am an ex-serviceman who left the services £4,000 in debt and who lived for a year in a bedsit that was so small I had to cut the end of the bed to fit it in the room. I couldn’t even get credit to buy a second hand car. However, within 2 years of leaving the forces I was earning a six-figure income and owned my own house. Within 3 years of that I lost virtually everything, nearly losing our family home. The fact was I didn’t know how I made money and I didn’t know why I lost it. Now I do and I run a successful training and consultancy business as well as other businesses that afford me a quality of life that other just dream of, but more importantly, I understand how and why I do it. I’m my best testimony that what I do works.
“Preparation is when planning meets opportunity.”
Being in control of the way you think is a functional and financially sound business strategy. It generates more productivity, helps people embrace change, reduces stress levels, and generally makes people happier which is good for business and good for life in general. Lets face it, would you rather work with or be treated by people who are happy and pleasant or miserable and unmotivated? If you are in business would you rather have staff who are upbeat, happy and creative or just someone who turns up for work and does the minimum they need to do to get their pay check?
But if the answers to the above questions are so obvious, why are so many businesses in trouble?, why is stress such a major source of absenteeism and illness?, why does it seem that so many people are unhappy with their job and their lives in general?
Many fields of psychoanalysis promote the fact that change takes a long time, and that is one of the greatest myths of our modern age. Change can happen very quickly. Ask yourself, how would you like the ability to change any aspect of your life immediately? How would you like to put yourself onto a path to a better quality of life starting now? How much more happier would you like to be than you possibly are now? I can show you, all you need to do is want to do it.
