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- Organized Thinking Skills And Successful Achievement - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Practical Side Of Self Improvement From changing our core beliefs and fundamental mindsets using techniques like meditation, yoga, self hypnosis and others, to simply fine tuning and sharpening existing success skills, self improvement is not only about improving our lives, but our world ...
Views: 3156 - Mind, Imagination And Self Esteem - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2010 from Robert DarbySelf Esteem The level of self esteem that we take away from our early childhood influences will have a major impact on how much confidence we have or don't have in ourselves. But the impact those influences have on us are not set in stone, since they are set up as thought and behavior ...
Views: 2672(1 vote) - Self Discipline, A Key To Success - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Robert DarbyDiscipline Or Indoctrination Many of us associate the terms self discipline with images ranging from a grocery list to managing a giant construction project to memories of Mom and Dad trying to get us to conform to the norms of society. But what is self discipline really? And how does it ...
Views: 2212(1 vote) - Success And The Disciplined Mind - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2010 from Robert DarbyA Consciousness Of Mind When we talk about a well disciplined and managed mind, what are we really talking about? Do we mean the tightly controlled and narrowly confined mind of the person consumed by fear? Or are we talking about a mind under the direction of a strong will being applied by ...
Views: 2195 - Becoming The Masters Of Our Own Lives - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Power To Choose We tend to over complicate our lives for reasons that we may or may not actually be aware of. We may be looking for excuses to justify some behavior that is itself based on some belief. But when it all gets said and done at the end of the day, the simple truths remain. We ...
Views: 2163 - Exploring The Self In Self Image - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Sources Of Identity When we talk about things like self image, what or who is this self that has this image? Is this self really us? Or is this self only the outside worlds idea of us that we bought into because at the time we had no idea of what was going on? How many of us ever stop and ...
Views: 2061(1 vote) - The Face Of Fear And Ignorance - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Robert DarbyFear Grows Only In The Dark Fear has many faces and not all of them are recognizable as fear. We have such a strong negative social perception of being afraid that we often disguise it as something more acceptable to our conscience. But fear is so prevalent in our civilization today that it ...
Views: 1954 - High Self Esteem And Achieving Success - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Sources Of Self Esteem Our self esteem is determined by our basic self image and that image of ourselves is created by many sources of influence. Although that image is usually a done deal in the early years of our lives, it is by no means set in stone. Once we mature beyond the ...
Views: 1873(1 vote) - Penetrating The Vails Of Self Deception - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Textures Of Life The Human species has raised self deception and denial to an art form, but how and maybe more importantly why? I can tell already that this will not be the easiest article I've ever written and probably won't be the easiest to read. But regardless of the perceived ...
Views: 1752(1 vote) - The Nuts And Bolts Of Self Confidence - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Basics Though we had little control over the initial processes that established and configured our self esteem and self confidence simply because we were young and had not developed the knowledge and experiences necessary to defend and protect ourselves against outside influences, that is ...
Views: 1690(1 vote) - Confidence Doubt And The Search For True Security - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2010 from Robert DarbyTesting Our Strength Whether talking about one person or the citizens of an entire nation, occasionally events can test the strength of our confidence and let loose the corrosive power of doubt. How much damage we allow doubt to produce will depend a great deal on the sources of our ...
Views: 1681(1 vote) - Are We The Architects of Our Lives? - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Robert DarbyAre We Actually Conscious? Just how much of what we perceive as ourselves and our life is actually the result of our conscious, intelligent and knowledgeable decisions, and how much is the result of our automatic and unconscious response to the influences of economic, political and social ...
Views: 1651(1 vote) - Exploring The Frontiers Of Our Mind - by Submitted on May 12, 2010 from Robert DarbyWhat We Don't Want To Know Can it really be true that we don't live in the real world but rather a conceptual representation of the world? What do we even mean by the idea of living in the world? One of the most powerful realizations that meditation can reveal to us is the true nature of what ...
Views: 1648 - Reality And Whose Living There - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Robert DarbyA Ticket To La La Land For decades I thought I knew what reality was, and in a way I did. Imagine my surprise when, years later after going on a long journey of developing my awareness, I discovered that I was not only clueless but a long time resident of La La Land and didn't even know who ...
Views: 1628(1 vote) - The Human Characteristics Of The Success Mindset - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Human Factors Success is as much about attitude as it is about skills. You can have all the skills in the world and still fail to achieve an objective. Setting goals, defining objectives and creating plans designed to achieve those objectives is essential of course, but really successful ...
Views: 1624(1 vote) - Overcoming The Obstacles To Self Change - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2009 from Robert DarbyThe Dysfunctional Landscape It should be stated from the start that the obstacles mentioned in this article are those of a severe nature. I share the strategies and techniques for dealing with them because they are the same for minor dysfunctionality as they are for major train wrecks, the ...
Views: 1619(2 votes) - Tips For Raising Self Esteem And Self Confidence - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Negative Programming A condition of low self esteem is like a corrosive acid that eats away at our self image until we are paralyzed to act affectively and achieve success or self confidence of any kind. We find ourselves caught in a downward spiral of negative thoughts and perceptions ...
Views: 1545 - Do You Allow Yourself To Succeed? - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from Robert DarbyGot Recognition? It is surprising just how many people simply don't recognize their own successes. I know this sounds funny, but think about it, do you always acknowledge your accomplishments? And just how important is this? And what is it saying about us if we don't give ourselves our props? ...
Views: 1535(1 vote) - Limit Your Weight Loss Options And Limit Your Success - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2010 from Robert DarbyWhat Are We Missing? Why do diets work for some people and not others? Why do so many diets not work long term? Is it the diet plan or is it the person using the diet? If it is the person using the diet, what is the problem and what can we do about it? The answer to this is that we are the ...
Views: 1473 - Self Hypnosis And Successful Weight Loss - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Total Approach The effectiveness of the self hypnosis techniques of the past was limited, while the newer techniques such as NLP and Ericksonian hypnotherapy seem to be much more powerful. When it comes to losing weight and keeping it off, self hypnosis is only one of the many tools out ...
Views: 1467(3 votes) - Success And The Habitual Mind - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2010 from Robert DarbyDealing With A Complicated World Success often means being able to deal efficiently and appropriately with the inevitable unexpected challenges that come our way. However, this becomes more difficult as life becomes more complicated. Fortunately we have a capability that allows us to turn ...
Views: 1465 - Is Meditation The Master Key That Opens All The Doors? - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2009 from Robert DarbyThe Swiss Army Knife Of Self Improvement? Few of the tools available to us that are designed to help us bring about needed changes in our personality or even our basic spiritual makeup are as powerful and versatile as meditation. It could be said that this is the master key that can ...
Views: 1462(3 votes) - Inside The Magic Of Self Talk - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Two Edges Of Self Talk It wasn't long ago that the idea of self talk carried the connotations of multiple personality disorder, but that view was the result of a lack of good information. The truth is that self talk has come a long way in recent years and is now considered a powerful ...
Views: 1363(2 votes) - Self Discipline Self awareness And Successful Living - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2010 from Robert DarbyGoing Backwards To Go Forwards Have you ever encountered one of those people who seem to be happy and peaceful all the time and who seem to be successful at everything they try? Have you ever wondered just how this is possible when so many others struggle so hard to achieve even a little ...
Views: 1307 - Creative Visualization And Successful Achievement - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from Robert DarbyHow We See Ourselves Creative visualization is one of the most powerful tools we have available to us for successfully achieving any objective. It has the power to define our goal with the detail and intensity necessary to enlist the aid of our subconscious mind and thereby set into motion ...
Views: 1296(1 vote) - Is Self Confidence Really A State Of Mind? - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Origins Of Self Confidence If it is true that self confidence is a state of mind, then why do some people have it and some don't? Why don't we just think it and make it so? The answers to these questions have to do partly with chance and mostly with personal creative power. We can be ...
Views: 1289 - Take Back Your Mind, Take Back Your Life - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2010 from Robert DarbyConsciousness And Awareness Our personalities are usually determined by our fears, courage, weakness and strengths, and those are states of mind, where did they come from? It is abundantly clear that these conditions are the result of outside influences and not the result of our natural state ...
Views: 1270(1 vote) - Meditation As A Performance Enhancement Tool - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Robert DarbyThe Ultimate Power Tool Many people still don't realize that meditation is simply a high end tool used to achieve high end objectives. The fact that most of the worlds religions take advantage of this tool should be a testament to it's power. But for the most part, this tool's association ...
Views: 1262(4 votes) - Spirituality And The Practical Applications Of Meditation - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2009 from Robert DarbyOur Spiritual Journey Through The World Of Things I am often asked how I can separate meditation from spirituality and the answer of course is that I can't and don't. We are spiritual adaptations of life who are currently in physical form, therefore anything we do is spiritual. We don't ...
Views: 1252(1 vote) - The Three Top Personal Development Tools - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2010 from Robert DarbyTools For Change Our tools represent capability and therefore power. Personal development has an array of tools specially designed to work with the unique characteristics of Human behavior and here I look at three of the most effective and powerful of these tools, meditation, visualization ...
Views: 1252(1 vote) - Meditation And The Tyranny Of Thoughts - by Submitted on May 01, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Insight The popularity of meditation rises and falls according to the levels of fear, insecurity and uncertainty experienced by any given Human population. But meditation is not like many other disciplines that are less difficult to master, and what makes it so difficult is found in the ...
Views: 1238 - The Person We Think We Are And The World We Think Is Real - by Submitted on May 29, 2010 from Robert DarbyWho Are You? What if you suddenly discovered that the person you think you are and the world you think is real is actually just a product of your mind's ability to create imaginary realities and for some reason one day you woke up and decided that one of those realities was the real actual ...
Views: 1230 - Self Esteem, Self Confidence And Our Self Image - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Foundations Of Success Self confidence is a key element of success. Self esteem is a key element of self confidence. Both of these are either directly or indirectly dependent on how we perceive ourselves. So, how we perceive ourselves is a critical area of concern if we are having ...
Views: 1227 - Power Success And Self Confidence - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Robert DarbyWhat Do You Have Faith In? Self confidence can be a transient experience that can depend on the balance between successes and failures or even our core beliefs about ourselves. For example; we may not believe that we deserve success, or that we are destined to be failures. But is there such a ...
Views: 1226(1 vote) - Creative Power And The Failure Mindset - by Submitted on May 15, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Failure Mindset We all experience successes and failures during the course of normal creative activity, they are natural indicators of results. But the idea of failure can get out of control and become a complete mindset that begins to feed and perpetuate itself in ways that create ...
Views: 1220 - Is There A Fast Track To Developing Self Confidence? - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2010 from Robert DarbyA Critical Piece Of The Puzzle I normally don't recommend taking the fast and easy way to any achievement, especially in the area of self change and personal development. But skills like meditation and visualization and affirmations can take awhile to develop and perfect, and when it comes to ...
Views: 1206 - Self Image, Mindsets And Weight Management - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Origins Of Behavior When it comes to weight problems, there is a lot of good information and many good strategies out there to help. But these are mostly diet plans and many of those don't address the underlying dynamics of the processes of beliefs, mindsets, perceptions, self image and ...
Views: 1186 - Hypnosis And The Many Faces Of Weight Loss - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2009 from Robert DarbyHypnosis Weight Loss And Too Much Information Over weight and obesity are a problem of epidemic proportions in the United States. So many people have been wrestling with this problem for so long, and there are so many real and not so real solutions going around, that it is all but impossible ...
Views: 1184(2 votes) - Power Success And Self Awareness - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Challenge Of Self Discovery The idea that we can live successfully without achieving a certain level of self awareness probably depends on what we think of as successful living. To me, successful living is not only about having material wealth, but also peace, happiness and spiritual well ...
Views: 1184(2 votes) - Time And The Success Equation - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Ring That Rules Them All Few of us understand the importance of time. We take it for granted, and once we take something for granted we no longer give it our attention, we no longer wonder about it and in so doing, we deny ourselves the deeper understanding necessary to take advantage of ...
Views: 1156(2 votes) - The Nuts And Bolts Of Self Esteem - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2010 from Robert DarbyConfiguring Self Esteem Low self esteem can express itself in many ways in our lives, almost all of which are negative and self defeating. But we don't have to be the victims of what are essentially simple thought patterns that have become established in our mind to the point where they are ...
Views: 1155 - The Physical Impact Of Our Thoughts - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from Robert DarbySelf Imposed Ignorance The idea that there is a connection between the thoughts generated by our mind and the physical phenomenon we experience has never received much attention. Awareness of this particular reality carries too many potentially dangerous implications for those of us who have ...
Views: 1155(3 votes) - The Quiet Gentle Surrender To Faith - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from Robert DarbyMeditation Mindfulness and Mules When it comes to meditation it is easy to get confused as to just what is going on and how to figure it out. Because feelings of frustration are the first emotions usually encountered by beginners, which is natural by the way, I thought a little clarification ...
Views: 1151(2 votes) - In Search Of Personal Power - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Robert DarbyPower Lost? These days the perception that we as individuals have little power over the quality and direction of our lives is common. As our society gets larger and larger our lives get more and more complicated, which is a kind of trickle down affect as a result of the fact that the ...
Views: 1145 - The Landscape of Consciousness - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Robert DarbyMind Most of us make the mistake of taking consciousness for granted as we do so many other things. The act of taking things for granted can have really bad consequences because it affectively limits the possibility of achieving a deep understanding of a given subject because we simply don't ...
Views: 1119 - Core Beliefs And The Levels Of Success - by Submitted on May 19, 2010 from Robert DarbyInvisible Forces Many people today are not experiencing the quality and quantity of success in their lives that they would like and feel they deserve. Why are some people very successful and others seem to be unable to get beyond a certain level? Why is success easy for some, difficult for ...
Views: 1111(1 vote) - Success And The Hidden Powers Of The Yoga Discipline - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2010 from Robert DarbyA Limited Point Of View Most of us don't associate material success with the Yoga discipline, even people who have practiced Yoga for a long time are not aware of some of the subtler benefits of this discipline. But even from the standpoint of energy management alone the advantages are ...
Views: 1106 - Hypnosis And The Fast Track To Self Confidence - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2009 from Robert DarbySelf Confidence And Self Esteem Normally, something as basic as self confidence takes a while to develop, and even with the aid of self improvement tools like affirmations, meditation and hypnosis, it will not be a case of instant gratification which so many of us have come to expect these ...
Views: 1101(2 votes) - Exploring The Landscape Of Perception - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Fear of Intuitive Perceptions What if someone told you that there is a very good chance that you don't live in the real world perhaps 90% of the time, that we only directly experience life maybe 10% of the time? I remember that I laughed when I first encountered this idea. But even while ...
Views: 1094 - Self Confidence And The Success Mindset - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Basic Mindset What do we mean by self confidence? What do we mean by success? We toss these words around and use them in our communications with each other as well as the thoughts in our own mind, but do we really understand what these concepts really mean? What does self confidence have ...
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