Tools That I Use Part One

I was thinking of the best way to start this blog off and I thought that the best way would be to write about the personal development tools that I use everyday.I don't like to use the word "tools" cause it makes me feel like human beings are machines or something.But anyway I'll think of a better word to use later :)

Now I have tried lots of techniques that I learned from the different material that I read.I picked out a few of these that I liked/made sense to me, and I've been using them everyday.Do these techniques work? Well, all the self-help "gurus" claim that they do.However, I did not rely on what they did and decided to try them out myself. I haven't been doing them long enough to see drastic changes, but to be honest, I can see their positive effects.

I basically use two things: Mind Power Techniques, and EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques). In this post I will only talk about Mind Power techniques.

Mind power techniques have many other names, but I got the name Mind Power from a great book that I read called "Mind Power for the 21st Century" by John Kehoe. The techniques in the book were not new to me. But the way author explained them made alot of sense to me.The author recommends that you try all the techniques. But this is not a must.You can choose the ones you are most comfortable with. I personally chose affirmations, and visualization.

Anyone who knows a little bit about personal development knows what affirmations are.They are probably the oldest technique for personal transformation. They are very easy to do, and can be done anywhere, at anytime.Even without anyone noticing.

I do not want to go into detail about what affirmations are.But in short, they are positive phrases that you tell yourself repeatedly, whether you say them out loud or "in your heart". What the phrase is, depends on what positive change you are trying to cause in yourself.

The easiest, most common example is this. Let's say you would like to be more confidant.Then you would have to repeat to yourself "I am confidant", " I am confidant". Sure, you might feel like you're lying to yourself, but it's ok.Just keep repeating them.The best way is to take a little time alone everyday.Get yourself in relax mode, and start repeating your affirmation.The author of Mind Power says that in order to see the effects you will have to do them everyday for 2 to 3 months. If you stop before that, your efforts would be fruitless.

By the way, this blog wasn't meant to teach you how to do affirmations.I'm actually expecting the readers of my blog to already be familiar with what affirmations are.However, if you are not, I just give you a little introduction.But please go on and do your own research.Just type "affirmations" in any search engine and I guarantee you that you will get thousands of results.I also recommend that you read "Mind Power for the 21 Century"

In my next blog I'll talk about Visualization.

So What Makes This Blog So Proactical?

Personal Developement is a subject that has fascinated me for years now. The fact that human beings can change themselves in any way they like is probably one of the greatest facts of life.

It always feels great when you notice a change in yourself. Of course I mean a change for the better ;). However small the change might be, it will still make you feel good.
Anything you get better at is considered personal development.Whether it’s a new skill acquired at work, a fear you have gotten over, an extra weight you were able to lift, a new better way you dealt with a relationship issue, an addiction you have beaten , etc…that is all falls into the category of personal development.

I am not bragging or anything, but I have read loads of books on this topic in the past few years, went through many articles, and watched a number of videos.The amount of information I got from all of this was huge.

However, and here comes the main reason behind this blog, everything we learn about personal developement is useless, until it is put into practice.Books promise you that they will “change your life”.Whatever.A book isn’t gonna change a thing, until you put what you’ve learned into practice.And from experience, putting things into practice is NOT as simple as they make it sound on paper.

This blog is different than other personal developement blogs in that I will do my best not to mention theories.Instead, I will go through situations from my everyday life.I will reflect on these situations, and write about how am I going to use them to my personal development.You might be going through a similar issue.In that case, you can leave a comment about your experience and we can both learn from each other.


There’s a long way ahead, but I hoping and expecting it to be both fun and useful for both me and you, the reader :)