When do you get your “ah-ha” moments, your flashes of inspiration, your genius moments?
If you are like me they come when:
- lolling in the bath
- relaxing on a beach or in the garden
- awaking from restful sleep
- enjoying a carefree walk
- in a trance during a self-hypnosis session
In other words when you are at your most relaxed and when seemingly your mind is not working hard up pops the answers to the questions that have been bugging you.
The title of this article is in fact slightly misleading as I should clarify which part of the mind I am talking about.
The concsious part of the brain is in fact not well equipped to solve problems. It has to deal with your busy business, getting things done, dealing with interruptions, starting and re-starting projects or picking them up again where we last left off. Chaos, chaos and more chaos – you know – our daily hectic lifestyle we call living.
It is this concsious part of the brain that needs to be rested – given a break – told to not interfere.
Personally, I believe our insights come when we have given our minds time to stop and think, no forced answers at the conscious level. Many is the time when I have solved a problem by giving it to my subconscious mind, and letting go of conscious control. Given enough time, the answers come through, complete with all the details.
Lou Tice of The Pacific Institute in a recent e-mail wrote
“Insights seem to come at the strangest times for some of us. One of my staff swears she gets her best insights while brushing her teeth – something to do with the vibration of the electric toothbrush, or so she says.”
The point is that the important part of your mind – your subconscious mind – is far from blank and is in fact busy analysing stored memories and experiences data to find solutions to questions you have asked it to solve when we finally let go of the daily turmoil and rest.
The very best tool that I have found though to problem solve was mentioned in my list above – Self-Hypnosis.
Since working with Adam Eason producing his products and websites I have discovered the power of self-hypnosis. This is when you learn how to go into a safe controlled trance and deliberately hand over power to the subconscious mind – and rely on that internal computer to work its magic on your needs. It never fails – as long as you trust it will work.
As I write it is raining so it must be holiday time here in the UK. I will be going on my hols armed with Adam’ s Enhanced Creativity’ and other Mind Mastery Self-Hypnosis audio MP3s – so watch of for a totally inspired and fired up guy when I return.
Darn – my holiday is still 6 weeks away – maybe I’ll check out the tooth brushing theory.
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About Keith Watson
Hi - I am Keith Watson.
This blog is dedicated to Banger - a teacher from my teenage years who - at least once a week - insisted upon cracking the hilarious - and I have to say - never heard before line "What's on Watson?".
I would smile demurely - the rest of the class would fall about with sides aching - and life would go on for another week.
'Wats-on My Mind' I have decided will assist me personally as well as be of interest to others (I hope) who share my challenges. It will help keep me organised and document my activities so that I know what I did yesterday.
You think I am joking!!
I have been in the website development game since 1993 and have been involved with over 2000 website builds (with the help of my fantastic team of freelance programmers)
It was only in the last two years though that I have moved over to making money for myself on line and in particular linking up with an amazing talent called Adam Eason to produce and distribute self help and hypnotherapy products.
As a result of looking to promote these products I have downloaded hundreds of internet marketing articles and e-books, studied countless reports, tested list building tactics, butterflied, boot-camped, buzzed, adsensed, affiliated, met a jerk, jv'ed, plr given-awayed, and generally suffered from information overload.
My computer - presumably in a fit of pique or simply demanding a holiday has given up the ghost on at least two occassions - causing me even more stress.
Oh this simple business of making money online.
BUT the great news is that it is all working and our list has grown - I have found some gurus I have complete faith in - and Adam and I are actually making money from our endeavours.
Some way to go but I am more relaxed and can spot a phoney over hyped, sexed up, must have latest product which you must either buy or if not, simply fade into oblivion. There’s not room on this Internet for the two of us.
This ramble of an introduction is really to set the scene for I am sure an interesting journey which I invite you to join. In fact I want you to help me find the right tools, scripts, plugins etc. etc, that will catapult me into the stratosphere of success. I hope you will be there with me.
I don't just consider success in a monetary sense. I so want to help some friends of mine who are involved in Christian missionary work in some pretty harrowing parts of this world. If I can bring any help to their missions that will give me more satisfaction than anything else.
I really, really do love this web stuff and the people you meet. I am convinced that this powerful technology can be harnessed to do some good.
