"Use hypnosis, and conquer your mountain."
Today the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) released a report showing that about 69% of smokers wanted to quit in 2010. That’s actually good news! The bad news? Only 6.2% succeeded. To me, that shows the incredible power of smoking. A report like this is both frustrating and inspiring. Frustrating because so many [...]
This past weekend, my wife Holly and I went to Cost Plus World Market. They carry furniture, home items, and food from around the world. As I browsed, I saw a jar labeled “Vegemite. Concentrated yeast extract. Proudly made in Australia since 1923.” Eureka! When I was a teen, Men at Work was a popular [...]
What was my breakthrough? I’ve become a matchmaker. And no, I don’t mean setting people up on dates. Let me explain. A few months ago, I attended a business networking event at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in San Francisco, because I felt that my networking had stagnated. Most of these events feel like drive-by-networking, with [...]
People from the San Francisco Giants quit chewing tobacco through hypnosis. Wouldn’t it be great if more people in baseball used hypnosis for this? Here’s the link from the San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/09/SPRS1KKSUL.DTL
A good friend emailed me just yesterday asking if I was okay. Why the worry? We hadn’t spoken for a while, and he saw that my last blog post was many months ago. Well, I was a bit embarrassed that I had waited so long to post to my blog. So I emailed him back [...]
Why does practicing self-hypnosis matter? Before I answer that, let me reference the last newsletter. Last time I mentioned that a lot’s happened lately. Here are a few highlights of what’s happened to people in my personal life. Names have been changed to protect privacy. I recently learned that Diana has a severe drug addiction. [...]
Imagine you’re attending a workshop, and you’re not absorbing the information quickly. What could improve your learning speed? Here are two tips. 1. Put yourself into a relaxed state (i.e., hypnosis). 2. Keep your arms and legs uncrossed. How do you put yourself into a relaxed state? 1. Relax your neck and shoulders. – Gently [...]
My wife and I have donated a fair amount of clothing over the past few years to Goodwill. Recently I went through my closet yet again and found more clothes to give away; enough to fill a large bag. I thought, “It feels like I’ve given all that I can. How can there be more [...]
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