Free Personal Development "5Minute Seminars" - Popular Psychology
Are You Struggling to be a Success?	3mins : 49secs
It isn't that we're lazy, not committed, ot that we can't stay on the "straight and narrow". Our problem is that the evolution of our psychological faculties has backed us into a corner of mindless inattention. This is the adult human default state of mind and, because it is the default setting, we will always be inclined towards being mindless and inattentive. We can re-set our minds - but, because the universe is manifest moment-to-moment, we have to re-set our minds one moment to the next. In other words, it is a constant mental task, it requires constant attention, constant choice and constant action...
Breaking Little Habits	5mins : 32secs
Normal lives are habitual, automatic, mindless. Our ability to do repetitive tasks automatically, disables our ability to pay attention - even to the things that we most want to pay attention to! So, why not get into the habit of breaking little habits - choosing to do little things differently enables you pay attention - and paying attention is your key to happiness...
How to Cope When Things Go Wrong!	5mins : 12secs
Crap happens ...all of the time! And the problem is that, normally, we react to all the shit and make things even worse. Of course, the best way to deal with the bad stuff that life throws at us - big and small - is to simply deal with it and move on. But, often, we get upset, disappointed, angry, victimised. And that gets in the way of doing the bets we can to do the right thing and get on with our lives. You need to understand that acting - not reacting - makes life so much easier, enables you handle the crap and be the better for the experience...
Your Thoughts Change Your Life	4mins : 45secs
Your thoughts become things. What occupies your mind manifests intself in your daily life. This comes about as a result of you, often unwittingly, investing your energy - and the energy of the universe responding to your very own input. Unfortunately, your default state of mind gives credence to the "voices in our head" the random thoughts that pre-occupy our minds, like squatters. It's up to you - and you alone - to ignore these thoughts. They will never go away - but can learn to not give them your energy - and, rather invest your energy in living life to the full.
No More Stress or Depression	6mins : 06secs
The World Health Organisation believes stress will be the 21st century's biggest killer. In the US the National Institute for Occupational Safety believes depression will be the leading occupational disease. And, yet, stress - just like beauty - is in the mind of the beholder. But try telling someone who's stressed or depressed that! Here, you'll find a simple discussion on the cause and remedy for stress and depression - simple, because, in reality, there's no need to complicate matters...
Success or Failure - the choice is YOURS	8mins : 15secs
Your success - or failure - is dictated by your behaviour which, in turn, is determined by your subconscious mind. So-called "normal" people's subconscious mind automatically creates reactive behaviour "mindlessly" and, as a result, creates a life that's, at best, "not-too-bad". That's not good enough. Realise that your ability to be successful is directly linked to your ability to pay attention. Learn how to be present - through cultivating your innate ability to experience the present moment...
Get Out of Your Pigeonholes!	4mins : 55secs
Never judge a book by the cover or appearances can be deceptive! From an extraordinarily early age we develop the "ability" to categorize - we pigeonhole new people and events we meet. In the process, we end up paying little or no attention to the possibilities and opportunities that cross our path most days of our lives. We need to re-start paying attention to what is actually going on - who we are bumping into - and start recognising an opportunity when we see one...
How to Take Real Action	5mins : 15secs
Real action is required to get anything of any value out of life. But, when it comes to taking real action, the cards are stacked against you. Your own default state of mind is working against you instead of for you - and you're going to have to change those default settings if you want your life to change. But here's the catch - your mind is like a cheap piece of software - every morning you switch it on your new settings haven't been saved! You're going to have to go and do it over again - luckily, it only takes a few minutes to transform the rest of your day...
Energy and Focus in the Now	4mins : 12secs
Energy in : energy out - it's how the univserse works. Behave normally, investing only 1% energy and you get precious little in return. Focus on the here and now - not on your goals or ambitions, because it is in the here and now that the universe responds. Re-learn how to pay attention to the present moment, because neuro-psychology has proved that your success and happiness depends upon it. The most important thing you have to do is whatever you're doing now...
Visualizing Success	5mins : 26secs
Why are normal people rarely successful? Why are normal lives "not too bad"? Normal people don't understand that it's your subconscious mind that creates your behaviour, controls and creates your life. And your subconscious only understands pictures. You can "program" your subconscious with pictures of the success your heart desires. Once "programmed", your subconscious will develop new behaviours and create your new life... it's how your mind works anyway!
Crazy Parents, Crazy Kids	5mins : 30secs
Decades of research prove that normal adults are crazy. So normal crazy parents are simply going through the motions of preparing their much-loved children to be normal crazy adults too. Who would do that? Don't we all want our children to have better lives than we ourselves have? They can - you can - but you have to start being abnormal. It's not as scary as it sounds - it's a wonderful journey that will change the lives of everyone involved...
In Love with Your Personality?	4mins : 18secs
If you like your personality, you've fallen in love with an illusion. Personality - for the Latin word persona, meaning a mask - is the creation of a number of "snapshots" you took of events and people that were important to you during your "formative" years. You need to move beyond your personality to achieve effortless success. Normal people never do - that's why normal lives are "not too bad". But everyone can achieve effortless happiness and success - and that includes you.
Get Over Yourself!!	4mins : 22secs
Most people will appreciate that their perceived weaknesses hold them back from achieving all that they would wish to achieve. But has it ever occurred to you that your strengths might prove just as big a disadvantage? In the same way that our weaknesses are simply perceptions borne out of our childhood years - so are our perceived strengths. And those strengths box us in to a view of ourselves that closes off so many other options and potentially life-changing opportunities...
Are You Too Lazy to Live Your Dream?	6mins : 02secs
Are you too lazy to live your dream? Research indicates that so-called "normal" people are not too uncomfortable enough in their repetitive "not-too-bad" daily lives to do anything about achieving their goals or dreams or, for that matter, even sticking to the odd New Year's Resolution. Yet, all you have to do is make a tiny time commitment, only a few minutes each day, to change all the other 24 hours of everyday into a life of effortless happiness and success - on your terms...
Which Personality Type are You?	4mins : 13secs
Many people appear to be obsessed about their personality - what type they are, how they can improve their personality - and there's a whole industry out there that will test you and tell you that you're this, that or the other. And it's all nonsense - because your personality is a series of psychological "snapshots" which you took of impressive things that were done for you and too you during your formative years. You need to get over your self-perceptions and let the real you out - the one who can create the life you really want...
Success, Clarity and Presence	5mins : 17secs
If you want to achieve happiness and effortless success, all you have to do is have a clear and present mind - one that actually experiences what's really going on, in the moment. Unfortunately, normal adults experience "reality" through a fog of useless thought and, therefore, are incapable of spotting the opportunities that, in real reality, are staring us in the face. You need to start seeing what's before your very eyes - you need to re-learn how to be alert to the here and now...
Two Tips for Success	4mins : 40secs
As a responsible adult, it is entirely of your own choosing as to whether you control your mind (and, therefore, your life) or your mind controls you. "Normal" adults subconsciously allow their minds control them. Yet, you can both set your mind to achieve your heart's desires and deliberately focus your mind on what you are doing in the present moment. Either way, your five senses - senses to which "normal" adults pay no importance, are the key to achieving, effortlessly, the success and happiness of which "normal" people only dream...
Being Inspired - and Inspiring	4mins : 30secs
Inspiration may "strike" us infrequently during our normal everyday lives - and, yet, inspiration is all around us all of the time - it's just that normal people (the mad people) not just don't know how to call upon it - they don't even know that they can. But you - people visiting Gurdy.Net - know differently. We can all be inspired and, as a result, be a life-changing inspiration to those who depend upon us. The secret is to know how to set your antennae onto "receive" mode - once set, a tidal wave of opportunity awaits...
Being Abnormal	4mins : 25secs
Normal people only perceive what they expect to perceive - so they never notice life's opportunities. As a result, normal people go through the motions. You need to stop yourself in your tracks and recollect what it is you want out of life - why are you doing what you're doing? Otherwise, you'll never be adequately motivate yourself to do what you're doing, body and soul. Only when you've got your objectives clear in your mind will you be able to keep your mind clear enough to be your most effective...
Stress and Reality	6mins : 45secs
Stressed? Aprehensive? Your feelings have nothing to do with what's actually going on. Instead, your subconscious mind is creating these feelings based on what it believes to be going on which, in turn, is based on the subconscious baggage that you've been carrying since your formative years. So if you're stressed, you're a couple of steps removed from reality. You need to clear your mind and be present. But there's no point trying this when you're stressed - you've got to get yourself in training...
What Other People Think of You	4mins : 46secs
Normal people waste an inordinate amount of energy wondering and worrying about what other people think if them. They don't - other people are too worried about what you think of them! As a result, if you've two people in a room, neither of them is actually there - they're in this parallel universe wondering what they think of each other. A recipe for normal so-called living. You need to stop seeking others' approval and starting approving of yourself. Then you can be "all there" to make the very most of each new opportunity...
The Curse of Worry	4mins : 14secs
Worry is, perhaps, the most corrosive of useless thoughts. It gets in under your skin and bombards your mind when you least expect it. But, if you're worrying about something, greatly increase the chances of what you're worrying about coming to pass. Fill your mind with crap and a crap life is what you'll have. You need to clear your mind - ignore those useless worries. They won't go away but, if you don't give them any energy, they'll play no further part in the creation of a life over which you should choose to exercise full control...
Understanding God	4mins : 37secs
Why would a "loving God" stand idly by whilst an innocent five year old drowns? Perhaps you should consider the fact that there's no such thing as a loving God in the traditional sense. Rather, there is a responsive God who is only waiting to give you everything you want. Unfortunately, normal people fill their minds with negative or useless thoughts - and, having focused their very being in that direction, they end up living negative and useless lives in comparison to what they could be. Time to start understanding God...
Routine is the Big Enemy	4mins : 32secs
The one thing that's stopping you do something different, more effective, more productive, more exciting - life-changing - in your life is that you keep doing the same thing! Makes sense when you think about it - routine is stopping you from having the effortless life that we can all have. And, sooner or later, everything in our lives becomes routine and familiar - and familiarity breeds contempt or, at the very least, mind-numbingly mindlessness. If routine is killing you, routine can also be your saviour - fight the "system" from the inside - here's how
How to Beat Stress	7mins : 22secs
Stress is ruining people's lives - the World Health Organization says it killing people. But stress does not exist - it's the illusionary creation of a seriously deranged normal mind that would prefer to focus on the thoughts that lead to stress instead of focusing on the one place and time you can banish stress and be at your most effective - now. Which would you prefer, because if you're feeling stressed, you've already made your choice. Choose differently - it can save your life and will certainly change it for the better. Here's how
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