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Casual Articles - Through The Swamp And Around The Forests: Keep Going
Millions of people all over the world receive a brain injury each year. In the United States alone, more than 1.5 million people suffer a traumatic brain injury each year. With such a large number of people suffering from TBI, it is vital that there are support groups to help patients cope with their disabilities and provide encouragement for rehabilitation. Today, there are hundreds of such places that research and help patients suffering from all types of brain injury each year.Brain injury associations cover just about every aspect of brain injury. They include people from several fields of activity that keep each other informe
=> Six: Listen to your resistance
Your resistance is always important. Listen to it.
Take a sheet of paper. Write "I don’t want to do XX because---", and keep writing for five minutes. You will be amazed at what comes out.
Usually just seeing your doubts objectified on paper eliminates them. For example, one of my copywriting students was hesitant to go full-time. She had ten steady clients, was working weekends and 16-hour days, but was reluctant to freelance full-time.
When she wrote out her resistance, she found that unconsciously, she was thinking that there was no way back, once she quit her job. While writing, she remembered that she had already been offered full-time work by one of her freelance clients --- of course there was a way back, she could get another full-time job anytime she wanted to.
Our unconscious blocks are blocks
So you'd like to start publishing special reports and ebooks to use as marketing tools and to sell as products. But you have no budget to get this new venture going. Here's a tip to help you get up and running at no cost.The traditional route to publishing digital products is to purchase software designed specifically for creating PDFs, such as Adobe Acrobat.But there is another option that won't cost you a dime. Use free PDF-making software available on the web.If you don't mind seeing a few ads every time you create a PDF, I recommend using PDF995. You can download their free software at http://www.pdf995.com and use
Then I had an attack of sanity, wrote a few more pages, and decided that since I'd started the novel --- I was well past my weasel date, my nominated cut-off point of 10,000 words, I might as well complete it. Only 100,000 words to go. :-)
What inspired me to keep going? A sticky note I keep on my computer monitor: "DDT – Do, Don’t Think".
If you're stuck, wondering whether you're doing the right thing, or wondering whether to start a new business or a new project, DDT can help. Here's how to use the process:
=> One: Write your intention for the project
It's vital to put your intention in writing. So write it down: "I intend to write a book about ---"; "I intend to start my own business doing ---"; "I intend to take a trip to---".
You may be tempted to skip this step. Don’t. Writing your intention is the first and most important step to making your new project a reality. You don’t need to write the intention anywhere special, in fact you don’t even need to keep the piece of paper you write it on. Just write it.
=> Two: Nominate a completion date
By when? Nominate a date by which your book will be written, your business will be doing business, or the day you'll leave on your trip.
You can change the date at any time, but you must nominate a date right now.
=> Three: Nominate a weasel date
A weasel date gives you an out. You can opt out of the project on the weasel date. However, if the weasel date passes, you must complete the project. For a book, your weasel date could be when you've written 10,000 words. If you're starting a new business, the weasel date can be when you've had business cards printed, or a month from today. If you're taking a trip, the weasel date could be the day you make the plane reservations.
Write down your weasel date.
=> Four: Image the project
Close your eyes, and imagine. Imagine your project a reality. You can image your book's cover, or interacting with a client in your new business, or arriving at your trip's destination.
Make the images as real as you can. Use all your senses. Page through the book. Listen to what your client is telling you. Look around you at your destination.
Now create a symbol. Just close your eyes, and allow a symbol of your completed project to come to you. This symbol may be related to your project in a way you can understand, or not. You may picture a glass jar, or a kite, or a flower. The symbol doesn’t matter, just accept whatever comes. Write down the symbol. Then draw it. Date and keep the note on which you wrote and drew your symbol.
When you’re working on your project and want to give up, remember your symbol. Recalling your symbol will inspire you.
I've no idea how or why this works. The symbol comes from your right brain, your unconscious mind. It's powerful, so don’t try to choose an appropriate symbol, go with whatever symbol appears to you.
If symbols intrigue you, try this wonderful exercise from Jean Houston:
http://www.jeanhouston.org/brain.html
Susan Wenger's page on Image Streaming is also useful when you get stuck on a project:
http://members.tripod.com/ericsommer/id61.htm
=> Five: One baby step at a time
Work on your new project each day.
If it's a long project, like writing a book, or setting up a business, you WILL have bad days. Remember DDT --- Do, Don’t Think. Simply work on the project, get through that swamp in any way you can.
You'll be amazed that often a day which started out as problematic, ends up being one of your most productive and useful days ever.
=> Six: Listen to your resistance
Your resistance is always important. Listen to it.
Take a sheet of paper. Write "I don’t want to do XX because---", and keep writing for five minutes. You will be amazed at what comes out.
Usually just seeing your doubts objectified on paper eliminates them. For example, one of my copywriting students was hesitant to go full-time. She had ten steady clients, was working weekends and 16-hour days, but was reluctant to freelance full-time.
When she wrote out her resistance, she found that unconsciously, she was thinking that there was no way back, once she quit her job. While writing, she remembered that she had already been offered full-time work by one of her freelance clients --- of course there was a way back, she could get another full-time job anytime she wanted to.
Our unconscious blocks are blocks b
Freelance writing is popular career choice because it allows writers to work from home and set their own hours. New freelance writers need to make sure they have everything they need to support their writing. Here's how to set up a good work from home environment for a writer.A Writer's OfficeEvery writer needs a place to work and a home office is one of the best places for writers. What a writer's home office looks like will depend on the budget. Some writers will be able to set aside a room for writing. Other writers may prefer to set aside a space for their home office.A writer's home office needs to
You may be tempted to skip this step. Don’t. Writing your intention is the first and most important step to making your new project a reality. You don’t need to write the intention anywhere special, in fact you don’t even need to keep the piece of paper you write it on. Just write it.
=> Two: Nominate a completion date
By when? Nominate a date by which your book will be written, your business will be doing business, or the day you'll leave on your trip.
You can change the date at any time, but you must nominate a date right now.
=> Three: Nominate a weasel date
A weasel date gives you an out. You can opt out of the project on the weasel date. However, if the weasel date passes, you must complete the project. For a book, your weasel date could be when you've written 10,000 words. If you're starting a new business, the weasel date can be when you've had business cards printed, or a month from today. If you're taking a trip, the weasel date could be the day you make the plane reservations.
Write down your weasel date.
=> Four: Image the project
Close your eyes, and imagine. Imagine your project a reality. You can image your book's cover, or interacting with a client in your new business, or arriving at your trip's destination.
Make the images as real as you can. Use all your senses. Page through the book. Listen to what your client is telling you. Look around you at your destination.
Now create a symbol. Just close your eyes, and allow a symbol of your completed project to come to you. This symbol may be related to your project in a way you can understand, or not. You may picture a glass jar, or a kite, or a flower. The symbol doesn’t matter, just accept whatever comes. Write down the symbol. Then draw it. Date and keep the note on which you wrote and drew your symbol.
When you’re working on your project and want to give up, remember your symbol. Recalling your symbol will inspire you.
I've no idea how or why this works. The symbol comes from your right brain, your unconscious mind. It's powerful, so don’t try to choose an appropriate symbol, go with whatever symbol appears to you.
If symbols intrigue you, try this wonderful exercise from Jean Houston:
http://www.jeanhouston.org/brain.html
Susan Wenger's page on Image Streaming is also useful when you get stuck on a project:
http://members.tripod.com/ericsommer/id61.htm
=> Five: One baby step at a time
Work on your new project each day.
If it's a long project, like writing a book, or setting up a business, you WILL have bad days. Remember DDT --- Do, Don’t Think. Simply work on the project, get through that swamp in any way you can.
You'll be amazed that often a day which started out as problematic, ends up being one of your most productive and useful days ever.
=> Six: Listen to your resistance
Your resistance is always important. Listen to it.
Take a sheet of paper. Write "I don’t want to do XX because---", and keep writing for five minutes. You will be amazed at what comes out.
Usually just seeing your doubts objectified on paper eliminates them. For example, one of my copywriting students was hesitant to go full-time. She had ten steady clients, was working weekends and 16-hour days, but was reluctant to freelance full-time.
When she wrote out her resistance, she found that unconsciously, she was thinking that there was no way back, once she quit her job. While writing, she remembered that she had already been offered full-time work by one of her freelance clients --- of course there was a way back, she could get another full-time job anytime she wanted to.
Our unconscious blocks are blocks
A game my 8-year old son and I love to play in a department store is to race to be the first to find an item that is Made in the U.S.A. Sometimes the race takes more than 60 seconds. Try it yourself. Our marketplace has turned into a global bazaar. Shirts made in Honduras, mangoes from the Philippines, dog collars made in Indonesia, Italian leather handbags made in China. In this day and age, importing from abroad is not just good business sense, it is necessary for survival.But you don’t want to be just a consumer at the end of the growing multi-billion-dollar trade chain. You want to be part of the interna
Write down your weasel date.
=> Four: Image the project
Close your eyes, and imagine. Imagine your project a reality. You can image your book's cover, or interacting with a client in your new business, or arriving at your trip's destination.
Make the images as real as you can. Use all your senses. Page through the book. Listen to what your client is telling you. Look around you at your destination.
Now create a symbol. Just close your eyes, and allow a symbol of your completed project to come to you. This symbol may be related to your project in a way you can understand, or not. You may picture a glass jar, or a kite, or a flower. The symbol doesn’t matter, just accept whatever comes. Write down the symbol. Then draw it. Date and keep the note on which you wrote and drew your symbol.
When you’re working on your project and want to give up, remember your symbol. Recalling your symbol will inspire you.
I've no idea how or why this works. The symbol comes from your right brain, your unconscious mind. It's powerful, so don’t try to choose an appropriate symbol, go with whatever symbol appears to you.
If symbols intrigue you, try this wonderful exercise from Jean Houston:
http://www.jeanhouston.org/brain.html
Susan Wenger's page on Image Streaming is also useful when you get stuck on a project:
http://members.tripod.com/ericsommer/id61.htm
=> Five: One baby step at a time
Work on your new project each day.
If it's a long project, like writing a book, or setting up a business, you WILL have bad days. Remember DDT --- Do, Don’t Think. Simply work on the project, get through that swamp in any way you can.
You'll be amazed that often a day which started out as problematic, ends up being one of your most productive and useful days ever.
=> Six: Listen to your resistance
Your resistance is always important. Listen to it.
Take a sheet of paper. Write "I don’t want to do XX because---", and keep writing for five minutes. You will be amazed at what comes out.
Usually just seeing your doubts objectified on paper eliminates them. For example, one of my copywriting students was hesitant to go full-time. She had ten steady clients, was working weekends and 16-hour days, but was reluctant to freelance full-time.
When she wrote out her resistance, she found that unconsciously, she was thinking that there was no way back, once she quit her job. While writing, she remembered that she had already been offered full-time work by one of her freelance clients --- of course there was a way back, she could get another full-time job anytime she wanted to.
Our unconscious blocks are blocks
As your home based business grows, you are going to quickly discover that you can’t do it all. Wouldn’t it be a relief to find reliable people that can help your business grow while you focus on more important issues? When you outsource to the right company, this can free you up to focus on tasks that make you the most money.A popular solution is outsourcing. When you outsource, you hire experienced people and let them use their creative talents while you focus on other tasks. Another benefit is that the workers you hire may be more up to date on the latest information and technology in their specific fields and can be assets to you
When you’re working on your project and want to give up, remember your symbol. Recalling your symbol will inspire you.
I've no idea how or why this works. The symbol comes from your right brain, your unconscious mind. It's powerful, so don’t try to choose an appropriate symbol, go with whatever symbol appears to you.
If symbols intrigue you, try this wonderful exercise from Jean Houston:
http://www.jeanhouston.org/brain.html
Susan Wenger's page on Image Streaming is also useful when you get stuck on a project:
http://members.tripod.com/ericsommer/id61.htm
=> Five: One baby step at a time
Work on your new project each day.
If it's a long project, like writing a book, or setting up a business, you WILL have bad days. Remember DDT --- Do, Don’t Think. Simply work on the project, get through that swamp in any way you can.
You'll be amazed that often a day which started out as problematic, ends up being one of your most productive and useful days ever.
=> Six: Listen to your resistance
Your resistance is always important. Listen to it.
Take a sheet of paper. Write "I don’t want to do XX because---", and keep writing for five minutes. You will be amazed at what comes out.
Usually just seeing your doubts objectified on paper eliminates them. For example, one of my copywriting students was hesitant to go full-time. She had ten steady clients, was working weekends and 16-hour days, but was reluctant to freelance full-time.
When she wrote out her resistance, she found that unconsciously, she was thinking that there was no way back, once she quit her job. While writing, she remembered that she had already been offered full-time work by one of her freelance clients --- of course there was a way back, she could get another full-time job anytime she wanted to.
Our unconscious blocks are blocks
Everyone is trying to make a buck either by honest hard work or stealing from unsuspecting victims. It will never stop. Billions of dollars a year are going to investing in scams. Sometimes you may get in desperate times and really need money to help your loved ones and invest in them, don’t. Better to get a sign and beg for money down the street.. On this blog I have listed information and links to protect you from getting scammed.Identity theft - one of the worst scams on the planet and linked to a lot of scams. It can ruin your credit and put a stop on your life in seconds. Preventing it is easy. People steal you Identity right t
=> Six: Listen to your resistance
Your resistance is always important. Listen to it.
Take a sheet of paper. Write "I don’t want to do XX because---", and keep writing for five minutes. You will be amazed at what comes out.
Usually just seeing your doubts objectified on paper eliminates them. For example, one of my copywriting students was hesitant to go full-time. She had ten steady clients, was working weekends and 16-hour days, but was reluctant to freelance full-time.
When she wrote out her resistance, she found that unconsciously, she was thinking that there was no way back, once she quit her job. While writing, she remembered that she had already been offered full-time work by one of her freelance clients --- of course there was a way back, she could get another full-time job anytime she wanted to.
Our unconscious blocks are blocks because we don’t explore them: we take our fear as meaningful, and don’t ask ourselves what's behind the resistance. Ask. You may be surprised that there's nothing meaningful in your resistance at all.
Whenever you're stuck, remember DDT --- Do, Don’t Think. You can navigate your way through the swamps, forests and "here be dragons" areas of life. Keep going.
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