Hello,

I just received the second OptiMindzation CD in the post a few days back. This one's about Creativity. It seems that you can listen to it while reading fiction, drawing, painting, designing websites, or anything else generally regarded as creative. Sounds great.

What's especially useful about this one if that you don't have to lie down passively to hear it. You can actually be doing the work that you want to be more creative at, while listening to the CD with headphones. If you know anything about sound and light machines, or binaural beats, then this is probably right up your street.

In case you don't know what this is all about, the subject is Brain Enhancement. Check out the full story below…

The single greatest obstacle to our own progress in life is very
often ourselves.

Quite unknowingly, each of us walks around with a self-imposed
ceiling on our own abilities. The ceiling is almost always
invisible to ourselves, although it is often very obvious to
others who know us well.

The challenge of our lives is often not to do more, but to stop
getting in our own way. We need to find the right route to the
results we want, and spend less work and effort blasting away at
activities that do not serve us, even if we unwittingly think
that they do.

Most people have the ability to achieve tremendous success in
their chosen field of endeavor. The only limiting factor seems to
be how much they themselves believe they can achieve. Often, that
level of self-belief is terribly low.

It is quite common for highly talented, intelligent people to be
overtaken by others with less talent, and less obvious
intelligence. However, what these others have in abundance is
enough self-esteem, self-belief and sheer persistence to be
willing to take a difficult task on and stick at it until they
achieve their goal.

In brief, you can say that the group of people who succeed take
less stock of the obstacles, are more willing to be embarrassed,
have few problems being seen to be trying, and are hungry for the
success they have set their hearts upon. Moreover, this can be in
literally any arena; material or spiritual, physical or mental.

Rather than working harder, most people need to learn how to work
smarter. Here's the perfect analogy for that…

You've seen how a fly will repeatedly bang itself against a
window, vainly trying to get out? That's what it is like to work
ever harder, but doing the wrong thing.

By contrast, if the fly could just try a new direction, it might
find the open door on the other side of the room. In comparison
with banging away endlessly at the window, simply flying in a new
direction is relatively effortless, and definitely a MUCH quicker
way to achieve the end goal.

Many of us are like that fly. Perhaps we want to earn more money,
so we just spend more hours at the same job, or else we find an
evening job that may be completely different, but where the pay
rate is about the same. The results of this sort of strategy are
linear, not exponential. It never occurs to us that ther emight
be an altogether different way to proceed that would yield
exponentially greater results, often for far LESS effort!

However, if the same person sat down and actually spent some time
thinking, planning and strategizing how to create a more
prosperous future, the answers would surely come. Most of us are
not used to actually using our brains in an active fashion. Most
of the time, what we do is to use it purely passively, e.g.
learning, responding to information, etc.

Maybe the answer would be to start a new business, or to retrain
in a better paid profession. Within a few years, that person
could be on several multiples of the former income, AND be doing
work that involves fewer hours, less strain, and is altogether
more suited to that person's talents, hopes and dreams.

The same holds true for other field of human endeavor. So why
don't more of us take the second option rather than the first?

There are many reasons, but here are just a few…

(1) There are not many examples of people taking this sort of
action. Most of the people around us are like the fly,
consistently performing the same hopeless actions over and over,
but expecting better results each time.

(2) Perhaps we are just resigned to it. Our self-belief has
fallen to such lows that we really don't think we are capable -
or worse still, worthy – of something better. Maybe we feel we
lack the intelligence, the contacts, the talent, or the
opportunity to achieve the quantum leap we dream of.

(3) If you are like most people, you were raised in an
environment where it was the norm to live under a low ceiling.
Parents and relatives transmit their own values and beliefs to
their children, and many people live the thoughts, beliefs, and
limitations of their parents (and even grandparents, because
these limiting beliefs can get passed down the generations)
without even knowing it.

In order to break through our own self-imposed ceiling, there are
a number of requirements. Firstly, we must actually WANT to do
so. Strangely, enough, a lot of people do NOT. They might think
they want greater success, more money, more recognition in their
chosen field or whatever. However, the reality is that they do
not; at least not when it comes to actually DOING something about
it.

Hence, you have to honestly ask yourself if you really DO want to
reach new levels in your life? Or, are you willing to settle for
second best? Strange as it may seem, many people prefer the
latter because it is frankly too plain frightening to believe in
themselves, to take some risks, and go after what is really in
their hearts to achieve. The price is just too high to pay.

However, assuming that you DO wish to make the breakthrough, the
important thing to do is to actually take a long hard look at the
situation, but with new eyes.

So, you need to sit down and examine your situation, your assets,
your talents. This might take a lot of time, but it is time well
spent.

In what areas are YOU beating your head endlessly
against a wall? Are you doing work that is meaningful and
productive to you, or not? Is there an easier way, that may be
totally different from what you are currently doing? Could the
answer even lie in a complete 180 degree turn?

It would be helpful in this self-examination process to get input
from other people who know you – relatives, friends, co-workers;
basically, anyone who knows you well and can give an objective
opinion. Ask them what they see as your talents and strengths.
Ask them what they think you might be really good at.

Ultimately, what you have to do is develop a real passion for
something you want to achieve with your life, and then pursue it
with all your energy. That is really how to develop genius, and
harness the power of the universe to come to your aid. These
things only happen when you are caught up in what you love to do.

Then, it is much easier to break through the artificial ceiling;
much easier to believe in yourself for great things, and far
easier to make them happen. That is the way you make a quantum
leap; by doing something you love and just getting progressively
better at it, and more involved in the whole process.

If you find yourself still living below that low artificial
ceiling, ask yourself some of these searching questions. Be
willing to take a completely new direction. If you find that you
really do want to break through to new levels, make a mental
commitment to do so, and then take immediate action upon that
commitment. Keep following up on your action and don't take no
for an answer.

Begin the process. Stick with it. Have faith. Miracles really can
happen, even today.

Copyright 2006. Asoka Selvarajah. All Rights Reserved.

One of the key factors that successful people mention as being a
prime reason for their achievements is having a mentor. It's
mentioned everywhere from Napoleon Hill's book "Think & Grow
rich" right through to being the very premise behind Donald
Trump's successful TV series, "The Apprentice".

What is a mentor? In essence, a mentor is a person who has
achieved a level of success and experience in a particular field
of expertise that you wish to master. From this position, he/she
is powerfully positioned to help you succeed rapidly, by
short-cutting the process and showing you the inside secrets to
making rapid advances.

Bill Gates, the world's richest man, has a mentor. His name is
multibillionaire Warren Buffet – the world's most successful
investor. Jim Rohn was Tony Robbins' mentor. Tony Robbins has
mentors too. Indeed, almost anyone you care to name who has made
it big in any field has one or more mentors.

There are mentors for money (e.g. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Dan
Pena, Bob Proctor). There are mentors for spirituality (Deepak
Chopra, the Church pastor, Jesus, Buddha and more). There are
mentors for success in Sport: they are called coaches and
trainers.

In fact, it is possible to have a mentor in virtually any field
of endeavor that you care to mention: everything from Fly-Fishing
to Dating, from Copywriting to Scriptwriting. The apostle Paul
mentored a 1st century bishop called Timothy. the poet Ezra Pound
mentored T.S. Eliot throughout his career. In Star Wars, the Jedi
Master Yoda, was mentor to one trainee Jedi after another.

Hence you can see that mentors exist is EVERY conceivable field.
The list is endless.

Hence, you need to ask yourself a question. If all these people
acknowledged the crucial importance of Mentoring, what about you?
Might THIS one factor be holding you back? If you don't already
have a mentor, don't your think you should think about getting
one?

Mentors have already invented the wheel, so that you don't have
to reinvent anything. They already know the people you need to
meet. They've already climbed the mountain you wish to conquer.

You should also know that you do not have to have just one
mentor. You can have a different one for every area you wish to
master. Hence, you might have one mentor for your business,
another for your personal growth, and yet another for your hobby.

Much of the time, people would love to have a younger, less
experienced person consult them for advice. Yet, nobody ever asks
them to. People always imagine that such people are far too busy
or whatever. For example, in business, there is a wealth of
former CEOs of major companies – often stock market listed
companies – who have basically been "put out to pasture" and
nobody comes to ask them anything anymore. However, if you
approach them, you would find that they would be more than happy
to help.

If you are hard put to find a physical mentor, maybe you can
utilize the internet and find one online? There are numerous
mentor and coaching programs on the internet which, although not
as ideal as a physical personal mentor, are still an excellent
choice if you cannot find one in your area.

In addition, you should consider where you might be able to be a
mentor to someone else? There is DEFINITELY some area that you
either know a lot about, or are greatly skilled in, where others
would benefit from your experience. Before you reply by negating
the very idea, you should remember that the world is a huge
place, and there are people trying to learn virtually every skill
you care to mention. They are prepared to pay well for it too.

What are the factors in selecting a mentor? A good mentor must
have excellent communication skills, be honest and possess
integrity, have a deep level of experience in the area you wish
to master, and be an organized, balanced and disciplined person.

It is also essential that you are able to establish a real
rapport. After all, how can you profit from the relationship if
you don't even like each other and get on as people. This is a
crucial factor, both if you wish to BE a mentor or if you are
seeking to find one. People help people they personally like.
They want to see people succeed whom they have some friendship or
empathy with.

Overall then, if you have been finding that success has been
eluding you in the area of your choice, then you should
definitely consider a mentor. Begin to think now about how and
where to find one. Offer that person some incentive to be your
mentor, whether it be financial or otherwise, to get them on your
side.

However, one way or another, find yourself a mentor. This will be
your single fastest shortcut to Success!

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