Using Your SIMPLE JOY Your Social Life To Empower Your Life With Law Of Attraction

September 5, 2009 by  
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Creative Visualization

Creative visualization is the process of generating images in your mind, and is often used as a tool for self-improvement and stress relief. Athletes, celebrities and successful people from all walks of life have touted visualization as an effective way to improve performance, enhance skills and boost confidence.

As farfetched as it may seem, visualization can actually help you to overcome fears and strengthen your ability to do anything you desire because your subconscious mind accepts these visions as real experiences – just as it would if you were physically engaging in such a reality. Athletes in particular swear by the effectiveness of mentally going through their practice exercises numerous times in order to enhance their physical performance – but visualization can be a powerful aid in any endeavor; not just athletics.

Below you’ll find a few tips to help you make your visualization practice as powerful and effective as possible:

1)Make your visualizations very detailed.

Rather than simply visualizing yourself in a better situation than you’re in now, try seeing more details of the new situation you wish to experience, such as the type of clothing you’re wearing, the size and state of your body, the other people around you, the details of your home or career, and so on. The more detail you can infuse into your visions, the more “real” they will seem, and the better your subconscious mind will be able to believe them.

2)Visualize frequently and consistently.

Visualization is like any positive habit; the benefits build up the more you do it! If you visualize sporadically, your results will be equally sporadic. Instead, set a specific time for visualization every day – even if it’s only for 10 minutes at a time. Make it your priority to stick to this time except in the case of an emergency, and you’ll see results much more quickly.

Even better, try to perform “mini-visualizations” several times a day while you’re going about your normal activities. Simply pause for a few moments, close your eyes and recall a positive image that makes you feel happy and optimistic about some aspect of your life. This will help keep your focus strong and minimize any negativity you pick up during the course of your normal routine.

3)Use lots of emotion.

The feelings you experience while performing your visualization exercises are more important than the images you see in your mind. For example, if you’re imagining yourself as a successful business person, try to make sure you’re feeling the feelings that correspond with such a vision, such as confidence, empowerment, satisfaction and success! The stronger you can make your emotions, the more effective your visualizations will be – and the more likely you’ll be to think and act in ways that bring them forth into your physical life.

SIMPLE JOY Your Social Life

September 5, 2009 by  
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 Simple JOY

*Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
*In disagreements, fight fairly. No name-calling.
*Don’t judge people by their relatives.
*Don’t let a little dispute ruin a great friendship.
*Never interrupt when you are being flattered. Smile and say “thank you”.
*Forgive.
*M.Y.O.B. Mind your own business.
*Once on a while, do nice things for people who will never find out.
*Remember to greet people on their birthdays.
*Never give up on anyone; miracles happen everyday.
*Say please and thank you a lot.
*Don’t rain on other people’s parade.
*Be there when people need you.
*Never deprive someone of hope. It might be all they have.
*Keep your promises.
*Don’t be afraid to say I’m sorry.
*Support your community; help in every way you can.
*Be gentle with the earth.
*Be someone’s hero.
*Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.
*Vote.

How to improve concentration

September 5, 2009 by  
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improve concentration How to improve concentration is a theme of our article for today. One major snag in any time management plan is the ability to stay focused throughout the day. Have you ever had days where you just couldn’t seem to keep it together and found yourself running in circles and getting nothing done?

Poor concentration is one common reason for a scattered mind-set. If your mind isn’t as strong and alert as it could be, you won’t be able to focus clearly for extended periods of time. Mental exercises can help because they strengthen your ability to concentrate, and will improve your focus over time.

Here are 3 good exercises that can help you create a strong, clear focus and of course these are answer to your question how to improve concentration:

1)Strengthen concentration. Twice a day, practice holding a specific object in mind steadily for 5 to 10 minutes. The item should have some detail that you can imagine, but it should also be simple to “see” it in your mind. Some good examples: an apple, a pencil, the face of your child or pet, your house as it looks from the outside, and so on. Choose something you won’t have trouble picturing, but something that requires you to focus in order to see it clearly. Call up a strong mental image of it, and then try to keep your focus on the object for a full 5 or 10 minutes without losing your focus.

This is hard to do at the beginning because your mind is probably untrained. Random thoughts and pictures may keep popping in and you’ll have to keep pulling your attention back to the object again. Don’t let this stop you! Remember, the only reason you struggle with this is because you don’t have a strong ability to focus yet. As you keep working at it daily, you’ll notice that you find it easier and easier to concentrate. The stronger your ability to concentrate during your focus sessions, the more you’ll notice you’re not having trouble concentrating at other times either. Could this be the first major step in how to improve concentration?

2)Empty your mind. Another focus-killer is a head full of scattered thoughts. You know those days when you’ve got a million things going on and you’re trying to remember them all at once and you keep forgetting things anyway? Emptying your mind can do wonders for scattered thoughts! Before you do this exercise, first make a list of everything you can think of that you need to remember. This will help you feel more comfortable about releasing your scattered thoughts.

Then, set aside 5 or 10 minutes to focus on quieting your thoughts. Though this exercise is called “empty your mind,” you really can’t completely empty your mind of thoughts. Your thoughts will keep on flowing through your mind the whole time. However, you can detach and simply let them pass by. You become an observer of sorts, watching your thoughts flow by. You’re aware that you’re having thoughts, but you don’t latch on to them and start actively “thinking” about them. You simply sit in a space of peace and being while your thoughts flow calmly past. This experience is hard to describe, but once you master it you’ll have discovered a powerful technique for releasing stress and improving your focus in a very short period of time! How to improve concentration tips might be easy at first sight, but they are much more difficult to do.

3)Visualize for practice. If you’ve got an important goal or task coming up and you’re feeling unsure about your ability to do it, visualize it first! Many studies have been done on the power of visualization, and the general consensus is that performing tasks and activities mentally over and over again is equally as effective as performing them physically! That means that visualization can serve as a powerful practice session that helps you master anything – including better time management!

Try visualizing yourself staying balanced, calm and focused throughout the course of your day, easily handling any surprises and interruptions, and feeling happy and proud of yourself at the end of the day. Visualize yourself giving a successful speech, getting better at sports activities, or anything else you want to master. The trick is to go through it completely in your own mind, seeing and feeling what you would see and feel while it’s really happening. The more you do this the more proficient you will become at it and the more you’ll start seeing results in your physical activities.

U Record Music Convertor

September 2, 2009 by  
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u-record-music-convertor_main The U Record Music Converter is the must have gadget for any child born under the sign of ‘cassette tape’. Simply plug this stylish silver box into your computer, hook up your cassette deck or record player and get ready to catapult your analogue music collection into the digital age. The software provided makes it easier than ever to transfer your music onto your computer, clean up those annoying hisses and import it onto iTunes (or any other music software you decide to use). Now there’s no need to drag out your decrepit record player the next time you want to subject your dinner guests to your horrendous fabulous collection of disco hits.

We are living in an age where it’s now possible for people to carry their entire music collection on a device the size of a chocolate bar, so it’s great to see more devices that allow music lovers to transfer their pre-digital music collection onto computer. Having to buy all of your favourite albums every time somebody invents a new format can be a tedious, and more importantly, an expensive undertaking so we’re more than grateful that products like the U Record Music Converter keep getting better and better as technology evolves.

We’ve all got a musty box of tapes gathering mildew in a shed somewhere – tape hasn’t got much of a shelf life and the last thing you want is to find that the mixtape given to you by the blonde, pigtailed girl in year 10 has deteriorated into a series of inaudible clicks and white noise (unless that’s what you were into back in the days of mullets and mousse). The U Record Music Converter will refresh the past in your music collection.

  • The U Record Music Converter is a bridge between the past and the future.

The converter has a stereo line input so you can connect your record player, cassette deck, walkman, minidisk player (why weren’t those popular?) – anything with a stereo or headphone output.

 

Features:

 

The converter has 2 settings: phono and line in, so if you’re record player is older than you are you needn’t worry.

  • Includes EZ Vinyl (PC) & EZ Audio (MAC) converter software to transfer your tracks onto your computer to produce CDs and automatically import the tracks into your iTunes library.
  • Includes Audacity to enhance your recordings by filtering out sound imperfections. It also separates tracks and exports your files.
  • The converter is plug and play so there’s no need to install any drivers.
  • Powered by USB.
  • Includes a USB Cable.
  • Recommended for use with USB 2.0.
  • Requires Windows XP/Vista or Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later, 256MB of Ram, 250MB of hard drive space and a CD/DVD rom drive.
  • Suitable for ages 12 years +.
  • Size: 11.2 x 11.2 x 3 cm.

 

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