Secrets of Self-Empowerment

Secrets of Self Empowerment – Author’s Introduction

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Your journey is your own, and you won't find me telling you how to live your life. You will find me asking questions - and these questions are not ordinary questions - they have a purpose and that purpose is to focus your mind on what is really important in your life, and what you need to do to be where you want to be. . . . → Read More: Secrets of Self Empowerment – Author’s Introduction

How ‘Secrets of Self-Empowerment’ can help you

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:44:25 +0000

Secrets of Self Empowerment will help you to develop trust in your own judgement, identify your strengths, skills and abilities and achieve powerful self-confidence. . . . → Read More: How ‘Secrets of Self-Empowerment’ can help you

What You Can Expect To Learn

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:42:26 +0000

Part 1: Embracing Change helps you assess your present position and introduces the idea of change as something to welcome.

Part 2: Healing the Past will show you how to manage your memories in a more useful way, especially if there are events in your past which you would like to have different feelings . . . → Read More: What You Can Expect To Learn

Empowering Questions – And How To Use Them

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:41:38 +0000

The questions we ask ourselves have a profound effect on the way we think.

If you ask yourself ‘Why do I always fail?’, your mind will search for reasons – without asking itself if this is a valid question (do you always fail?) and without considering the contrary evidence of your many successes. Ask . . . → Read More: Empowering Questions – And How To Use Them

Part 1: Embracing Change

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:40:00 +0000

The old tree had stood at the bottom of his grandfather’s garden since before the old man himself was born. It had provided shelter during countless hot summers and Sam had enjoyed kicking his way through its fallen autumn leaves ever since he could remember. Now it was rotten and becoming dangerous and had . . . → Read More: Part 1: Embracing Change

The Elements of Self-Empowerment

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:38:12 +0000

For our purposes, self-empowerment means:

feeling in control of key elements of your life

being able to make sound and effective decisions

being clear about your core values

being able to create and maintain worthwhile relationships

having most of your attention on the present

dealing confidently with challenges

A self-empowered person is likely . . . → Read More: The Elements of Self-Empowerment

1.1 Who Are You?

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:37:19 +0000

You may like to explore your beliefs about yourself right now by completing the following exercise:

Head a piece of paper “Who Am I?’ and divide it into two columns with subheadings as shown below:

Who am I?

I am… . . . → Read More: 1.1 Who Are You?

1.2 Beliefs

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:36:35 +0000

We only do what we believe we can do.

While writing some of your ‘I want to be’s, you may have found yourself thinking, ‘This would certainly be a great belief to have, but do I really believe it?’.

You may like to consider the differences between things you believe now and things you . . . → Read More: 1.2 Beliefs

1.3 Values

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Everything we do, we do because we put a greater value on doing it than on not doing it.

We tend to put the highest value of all on feeling good, and the better something makes us feel, the more likely we are to do it. Sometimes the perceived value of feeling good . . . → Read More: 1.3 Values

1.4 Habits

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:33:01 +0000

Much of our daily life is devoted to habits.

It is important to pay attention to our thought patterns because they are the mental component of habits. Habits can be useful, but they are also potentially dangerous precisely because they happen out of our consciousness – that is, without us having to think about . . . → Read More: 1.4 Habits