The document discusses nurturing your inner garden and rewiring your brain. It suggests your brain thinks in pictures and ignores negative words. It encourages the reader to remove weeds from their garden, water it with sunshine, and nurture other people's gardens. It asks the reader to appreciate what they have, focus on where they want to go, and take the first step to rewire their brain.
Emotional pictures .. church business success .... diff things diff people
Don’t think of a red ball ...
Idea, thought, feeling - into words ... say (body language vocal ...)
Ever been to the beach to catch crabs ? Once you have 3 - no lid Young buck sales - we .. same
Korea - Dr Mayer **Informing .. (no punn) **Self Criticism ... (bad did and good didn’t) **Break loyalty ...(undermine leaders) **Withhold E Support (bills, deaths no love letters)
We can support each other, or break down Together we can, apart we die (emot or phys)
Pay attention by habit to noisy School A students vs naughty kids
Choices - does it grow you or reduce you?
Vessel (body), soil(beliefs), nutrients (thoughts and feelings), plants (Actions), water (nurturing), sunshine acknowledgement
Active or Passive?
Passive: Chicken head cut off (already dead), addict searching for fix (driven - not driver) Running around ... Lots of activity ... but very passive.
Active: planning, meditation, contemplation ... Actively directing your life Often so frantic we miss opportunity, so driven we don’t drive our own lives Take the time to plan ... Choose ... Be the change
Prevent acid rain; provide something of value for neighbourhood ; Make best friends
Appropriately express your feelings - safely ... Journal ( write - read - rip ) Weeding (removing negative thoughts) , creating space for new ...
Emotional nourishment, watering, enriching the soil, appreciation of emotional nature Gratitude Journal - minimum 5 things each day
Acknowledge - Shine a light on what is right; .... Value - reward effort
What does their garden need ... Do unto others what they Need Joy of giving ... It nurtures your garden, allows use of your strengths. Give unexpectedly; Makes you feel good...
Monkey - hose - fear - Replace 1 monkey at a time .. Remaining Fear .. The way it is always done ...
Professor ... Variety cups ... Nicest cups first ... source of problems and stress. What you really want coffee, not the cup , but went for the better cup, comparing cups . If Life is coffee , then the jobs, money and position are cups. Cups just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn’t change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it. ” So don’t let the cups drive you…enjoy the coffee instead. Being happy does not mean everything is perfect. It means you have decided to see beyond the imperfection.
The office water cooler can really bring out the best (and worst/most frightening/more bizarre) things in oneself and in one’s colleagues.
What do you want? Remember planning is an active step - stops putting out fires
Own what you want ... and Why!
Gratitude ... appreciate what and who you have ... sunshine
Acknowledge what you want repeated - the key to success . . What you acknowledge is repeated
New habits ... built by practice ... takes time Neurones in the brain - wire together .. fire together
Start now ... Don’t wait for others ... Be the change you want to experience