I’m a student of success. Recently, I’ve been wondering…
When it comes to achieving goals, what do successful people do differently?
In my opinion, it a deceptively easy answer. Successful goal achievers adjust their identity easily.
This may sound simple. In fact, it’s anything but.
I go into a little detail in the video, but here are the basics…
This post is fairly quick, but if you’ve ever thought about learning how to speed read… you will want to pay attention to these free tools!
For those who don’t yet know, I’ve recently revamped the original “Do It! (or Don’t)” speed reading course. It’s still free and you can find Student Study Skills Blog on the web at StudentStudySkills.com/blog/.
I’ve decided to focus that site on helping students with learning how to read faster, take better notes and get higher grades. Long story short, that site also has a blog where I’ve recently posted a great find.
I’ve embedded the video below… feel free to visit Student Study Skills as well!
(Speed Reading Tools on YouTube)
Do you want better results? No problem. The answer is easy… rather… it’s simple. If you want better results… ask better questions.
Allow me to explain. The quality of your life is directly associated with the quality of the questions you ask yourself. I can’t take credit for this observation (I learned it from Tony Robbins) and he’s right. Many people wake up in the morning thinking about how crappy their day is going to be at work.
They wonder aloud…
And on… and on.
Then, those same people wonder why they are having ridiculously bad days at work. It’s simple! They are practically demanding their brain spend its time creating those ridiculously bad situations. For those of you who are into the Law of Attraction, ponder this…
How would questions like those above cause you to feel? Irritated? Stressed? Frustrated? Based on the law of attraction wouldn’t you then be attracting irritation, stress and frustration?
The questions we ask ourselves are the initial triggers that cause us to create our “state of mind.” That emotional state becomes our filter and seemingly attracts situations and events into our lives that match that state. If we feel happy… we create more happiness. If we feel stress… we create more stress. Our emotional state is completely under our control (though I admit it doesn’t feel like that at times, but it’s still true).
Wouldn’t you rather feel empowered, energized and excited? How about asking questions like…
Asking these questions, how do you feel? Playful? In control? Maybe even energized a bit?
The questions we ask are commands to our brain. Your brain is a loyal partner in the creation of your life and it will only follow you. Your brain will never question anything on its own… only with your permission and guidance will it make a move.
Is there is an area of your life that could use improvement? Chances are the questions you are asking yourself could use some improvement as well!
Have you had any similar lessons in life?
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PS: Want a TOP-SECRET HINT? Just add the word “ever” to your power question. Instead of asking, “How can I be happy?” ask, “How can I be EVEN happier?” You’ll find it adds a bit more power to what’s possible!
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Have you ever wondered about the power of hypnosis?
I have.
In fact, very early in my life I learned about self-hypnosis. I actually did my 8th grade science fair project on the subconscious mind! (Yeah… total geek.)
Recently I was reminded of the pure power of hypnosis during a recent conference I attended. They had a hypnotist for entertainment and, since we were in Vegas, the guy was top notch (Marshall Sylver for those who want to research).
I’ll skip the bits… people speaking made-up languages… people believing helium balloons were tied to their heads and pulling them up… etc.
The real power was at the end…
The hypnotist had a couple of people who were “under trance” act as “goodwill ambassadors” for the group. As goodwill ambassadors they would shake everyones’ hands as we left and thank them for coming. In addition (and this is the kicker) they would do it in an alien language that only they understood and after 5 minutes they would awake and remember nothing.
What happened? Well… Continue reading
I’ve had hundreds of students take the free speed reading video course that’s offered on this blog. One of the most popular questions I get, is about something called “subvocalization.” I’ve gotten so many I thought it may be a good blog post.
When you were first learning to read… how were you taught? If you learned like many of us, you were taught to sound out each letter… then each word. You learned that these little “pictures” (letters and words) were symbols for sounds… sounds that you first read aloud. It’s very probable that you never gave that technique up and instead of reading aloud, you are using your “inside voice” to read to yourself. (In fact, you’re probably hearing these very words inside your head right now!) :)