Influencing Everything From Weight Loss To Your Energy
by Dr Edward Steiner
When Oprah Winfrey was interviewed by the legendary US television
reporter Barbara Walters she was
asked "What is the reason you put
yourself on the line week after week, year after year, on the
cutting edge of human emotion?" Oprah replied "Teaching people to
take responsibly. I believe the secret to life is to take
responsibility, once people grasp that I believe everything in their
life changes. Once people understand it and live it, they are at
cause for their life rather than living in effect and in reaction."
Public issues aside most people agree Bill Clinton was a very
charismatic leader. Yet by his own admission in his autobiography he
talks about painful acts in his childhood, anger and emotion that
drove him to a better life. He hit a level of threshold where he was
finally dissatisfied enough with his life to make changes. He was
literally propelled forward to improve his life, and dream, and
apply and learn the tools and strategies to assist himself and those
around him. It is up to us to make a decision, to release all our
negative emotions, to live in the present and to move into the
future with improvement. The best thing about the past is that it is
over.
Make a decision right now to release any old emotion you had with
other people and move forward empowered. Put your shoulders back.
Now stop and do something a little ridiculous. Float way up in the
air in your mind, imagine you're near a big ravine, put 100 singers
down each side and hear them singing now. Hear the lightning coming
down the side of the cliff. Feel the static electricity in the air.
Now imagine a big puma in front of you, licking its lips. Now step
inside the puma, feel the muscles and the strength and look way down
the bottom, way off into the distance, so small it's barely a speck,
way down the bottom of the cliff is a person or situation you were
facing. Hear the singers sing "Your Butt is Mine". Most of us don't
feel good because we don't do what could be described as "ridiculous
mental conditioning".
Stop now and imagine a room in your mind, walk down the stairs,
as you walk down with each stair releasing negativity and building
up strength. At the bottom is a door. Open it. Inside is a beautiful
garden. Imagine the sight, the sound, the feel and the smell. And in
this garden are some people you need to meet. You need to have a
conversation with them that goes something along the lines of "I
forgive you". You may not be aware yet of the cords that still
connect you to these people.
Now, stop and take two giant blades and drop them down and cut
those cords and see the people fly off into the distance to go about
their own growing. Now feel a pleasant feeling in your body. Lock
this feeling in.
Consciously feel the release. Now visualize in front of you how
you want to be, a more advanced version of you. Filled with whatever
positive emotions. Stop and imagine the qualities you need. Notice
how does this new you look? Notice how his new you is feeling?
Notice how this new you sounds? If you haven't yet noticed then feel
the strength from being around this new you. Notice how this new you
stands and breathes. Now step into this taking on all the qualities
of this new you. Make a commitment with this deepest part of
yourself to take this new you around with you wherever you go.
What would this new you do? What would this new you stand for?
What would this new you contribute? What would this new you be
interested in? How will this you respond when you get off track? How
will it feel when you live you life at this new standard? Step into
this new you and feel the feelings in your body.
Decide to take your relationships to the next level. People love
to talk about their own interests, learn to cultivate the art of
being a good listener and people will like you - even if you have to
sacrifice some of the conversational enjoyment for yourself to give
to others. Watch the difference in your own life. People build up
rapport with others when they speak at about the same speed and the
same volume.
Consciously dwell on something that makes you feel strong. Clear
your head. Adapt some positive characteristics of a role model. One
of the best ways to gain confidence is to decide to have it.
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