David Kelley: How to build your creative confidence

 How to build your creative confidence...
"Creativity is the last remaining competitive advantage for businesses today" - Todd Sampson

7 Easy Ways to Stimulate and Get That Creative Juice Flowing

Creativity - if only it were a pill we can take every time we are in dire need of it. But it isn't and it can be frustrating when our brains are as blank as the white sheet in front of us after an hour of waiting for an idea to pop up.

There are a number of things that stifle creative juices from flowing and doing things to stimulate creativity is just as important as avoiding things that stifle it. However, be assured of one thing, you can be creative if you will set your mind free to innovate, be it solutions, inventions, or artistic creations. The key is not to force your mind but to liberate it.

So here are 7 ways you can try to stimulate creativity by liberating yourself to think freely.

#1 Break the Routine

Routines are good because they help us do things faster in an organised fashion, but routines can stifle creativity. Like when you go to the same restaurant everyday, don't bother to look at the menu, and order the same thing. If you want to get your mental juices flowing, break out of your routine once in a while. There are a trillion ways to do this.

Go out of your office and bring your laptop to the park. Take a different route to work. Put on your clothes on with a different sequence. Wear a color you don't like. Eat something you've never tasted. Or go on vacation to a place you've never been.

Think of something out of the box or out of your comfort zone. The point is to allow yourself to see things in a different way, to realise possibilities, and to discover something refreshing.

What routines can you break this week? Have fun and creative in breaking them.

#2 Chill Out and Relax Your Brain

Do you keep a small notebook in your pocket? One comes handy when bright ideas pop up during the weirdest times of the day. Don't you just love how they come when you least expect them? When your mind is at ease and your subconscious is free to fly, you are most receptive to creative ideas. Doing things that relax our brain helps our imagination fly.

Feeling stuck up? Listen to good music. Music stimulates the part of our brain in charge of our emotions and creativity. Feeling choked inside your office, take a walk along a river or somewhere where there's water. The view and sound of water is known to having a soothing and relaxing effect.

#3 Exercise and Recreate

Feeling pressured? Play an enjoyable game or go on a 20-minute high intensity workout. Physical activity loosens up our body and our minds as well. There's actually a study that shows a positive correlation between regular exercise and creative performance.

Another great creativity booster is laughter. It is not only the best medicine for sickness, it is also a great prescription for creativity block because it helps get rid of stress, which in turn stifles creativity.

#4 Change Your Perspective

Much creativity and insights can be gained not only from others' creative ideas but also from simple people we meet every day. By looking through other people's eyes, we gain new perspective on things.

When was the last time you had a meaningful chat with a child or an elderly person? Was your attention called to something you would never have noticed in a thousand years? Getting to know people from different walks of life is a treasure chest for inspiration. Have a meaningful conversation with one person per day. Or simply listen to the people you meet along the way, and try to find something you can takeaway from your conversations.

Then there's also social media and the Internet where you can test an idea... get a conversation running... just by posting a mind-boggling question or even a survey as your status, tweet, or blog entry. Or go ask a select few through a closed Facebook group.

And as you go along, try to challenge old ways of thinking. Always keep yourself open to other people's perspective.

#5 Try a Fun Mental Exercise

Imagine you were tasked to lead a sales team to market air-cooling units in Alaska, how will you sell them? Think of something impossible to do and brainstorm how to make that thing possible. Think of as many uses as you can for human hair, or a pencil, a water tumbler, etc. Mental exercises like these train our brains to think out of the box. It is also a great team building activity.

#6 Surround Yourself with Inspiration

Some have a creativity room while others have an inspiration wall. The idea is to collect items and photos of things that inspire you and help stir up your imagination. If you are more auditory than visual, perhaps you can have a creativity playlist that gets your creative juices flowing.

Best of all, surround yourself with people who inspire you. There is something about hanging out with people who are on fire and driven with a passion for life. This is why choosing a mentor (or mentors) is important. Do you listen to tutorial CDs and read books by people who are successful in the field you have chosen? People with similar passions have the power to inspire and get your stirred up, and the wealth of experience this mentor or coach shares can trigger a wealth of ideas and strategies applicable to your journey.

Remember there are countless webinars available for free, and so are "mastery" groups you can join. Find one and get encouragement, inspiration, and lessons from determined people like you who are also serious about pursuing their dreams.

#7 Let It Flow

After you're done preparing for your brainstorming session or whatever it is you need creativity for, the next step is to be candid with your ideas and list them all down. If you think creative geniuses always get it the first time, or the fifth time, you're badly mistaken. The most potent creative sparks come from a long list of ideas that are either too boring or too silly. If you are writing something, start writing freestyle. Don't think of grammar, syntax, artistry, or what have you. Just write anything that flows out of your hand. The secret to finding an explosive idea is a willingness to explore and keep exploring.

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How To Build Self Confidence - Robert Greene The Missing Key To Building Self Confidence

Have you ever wondered why some people are self-confident and some people aren't? Becoming self-reliant is the key to boosting self-confidence. Improving this characteristic is the difference between earning minimum wage and sitting on a yacht. Having self-confidence is everything when it comes to creating big success. Robert Greene and 50 Cent teamed to write the 50th Law which is all about conquering fear and becoming self-confident. This book is a must read for anyone that wants to increase their self-esteem or interested in learning how to build self confidence.

Key to Confidence Made Easy in 15 Simple Steps

Behind every success there is certainly a considerable amount of confidence. It is a belief. Belief in own capabilities that leads one to conquer the world. Highly successful people in the world have one thing in common. Confidence in their capability to achieve success. And if you don't have confidence in yourself, even nobody else will. So here are 15 easy steps which will help you gain confidence and find your key to success.

Believe in the present and believe in your abilities. The world is at your feet. If there is a task ahead, don't wait for the environment to make it compelling for you. Lead by example and act without hesitation. There is no better time than right now.

Learn from your failures to rise and shine. Success is often preceded by failure, so don't let a minor setback affect you. Instead, learn from your mistakes, gain confidence and make a comeback with a whopping comeback with the corrections in place. If you quit because of facing defeat you will never taste that sweetness of success. Remember failures have a strong lesson.

Defeat the fear. Break the ice, defeat the fear and tackle the uncomfortable zone to achieve success and gain confidence.

Broaden your horizon and work out the best plan. Don't satisfy yourself with your present potential. Success does not have a single approach. Work towards exploiting all your available resources and design Plan A, B, C, etc trying out various strategies to find the best solution. This will help you broaden your horizon and gain confidence to tackle issues differently.

Break your comfort zone. Realizing and following dreams is not a walk in the park. You will have to break the rosy picture, face challenges, prove your worth to achieve credentials.

Positive way of life. Keeping a positive outlook takes one far in life. You don't need reassurance from others in your testing times. Your self confidence will help you accept the tough times and help you move on with a positive approach and confidence of a better tomorrow.

Compete with yourself and no one else. Make positive efforts of bettering your own capabilities rather than making futile attempts and drawing negative energy in making comparison with others. Remember, it is your own self growth you are looking at so even the comparison should be with yourself rather than others.

Focus on what you have, rather than what you dont have. Don't waste and emotions on thinking what you do not have. Instead know your strengths and resources and work out the best plan rearranging the same yourself. This will help you immensely ingaining confidence in yourself.

Focus on your strengths and opinion of well wishers. There are different types of people around you. While there are true friends and well wishers giving you genuine feedback, at the same time there are others who have the sole aim to criticize and pull you down. But a faith in yourself is what is required to pull you out of such situations in life.

Don't fall into the vicious circle of criticism. Key to gain confidence and success lies in focusing on your abilities rather than digging out and judging people around you. Create a positive aura rather developing negative vibrations.

Don't take the fake path of people-pleasing. It is a path which might lift your present status, but without any meat for the actual success. This will make you dependent on others to get a task done and not help in honing your own skills. Remember a true leader and successful man will derive profits only when he himself has the potential to convert that task.

Act today. Believe in the power of today rather than waiting for a better tomorrow.

Face the problems in order to find a solution. Success doesn't come in an easy package. Life poses new threat new issues every day, but we have to learn to face them instead of avoiding them. Digging in the root cause will not only help tackle resolve the problem at base level, but also stop it from taking a bigger shape. It might look a dirty job confronting the issue, getting into uncomfortable conversations today, but it is better than getting into a deeper trouble in future.

Own up and act rather than making excuses. You have a name value. Don't lose it by making excuses for your shortcomings. Rather own it up and take corrective measures to avoid it in future.

Analyse before accepting something as a gospel truth. You will come across many suggested roadmaps to success, but asses it before following it blindly. Check it applicability in your life and draw a relative conclusion.

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5 Proven Relaxation Techniques for Stress Management

We all have our own way of reducing stress and anxiety in our own life, however, these are some popular ways of reducing stress that you can try using to improve your well-being.

Yoga

Practicing yoga is one great way of reducing stress. It is so special to give yourself an hour or an hour and a half window to escape your day, roll out your yoga mat and enjoy some time out. Yoga ties together the breathe, the mind and the body, helping you to remain present and focused.

Walking

Another great way to reduce stress and anxiety is walking. The Sunshine Coast has so many beautiful walking trails to discover, beachside or in the hinterland. Getting out into nature is so relaxing and recharges your energy levels. Take some deep breathes and enjoy the environment. When you are in nature you can shift your attention from voluntary (where your mind is focusing on one particular thing) to involuntary (where you can witness what's going on around you without having to zero in on one particular thing). Sunshine Coast beach tracks to try are the Currimundi Foreshore Reserve, Noosa National Park and the Sunshine Coast Coastal Pathway (Point Cartwright to Kawana; Warana to Currimundi; Currimundi to Caloundra; and Caloundra to Golden Beach). Sunshine Coast forest tracks to try are Buderim Forest Park, Kondalillia Falls (Montville) and Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve (Maleny). Truly spoilt for choice!

Meditation

Meditation is another excellent way to reduce stress. When we meditate our body acts in the exact opposite way to when we are stressed. Our heart rate decreases, we start to take nice deep breathes, we become calm and peaceful and are able to clear our mind.

Listen to Relaxing Music

Another easy way to reduce stress and anxiety is to listen to relaxing music. The next time you get home, choose a piece of music that is relaxing to you. Sit back and relax. This is particularly useful if you have children. Watch how the mood of your household changes by the type of music you play.

Massage

Finally, a really pleasurable way to reduce stress is massage. Massage decreases levels of stress hormones in the body, relaxes muscles fibres and stimulates the lymphatic system, which is your body's first line of defence against disease. Massage also calms the nervous system by inducing the brain to release chemicals called endorphins - natural painkillers and mood enhancers. No wonder you feel so good after a massage!

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10 Ultimate Tips to Power Your Mindset and Gain More Self Confidence

Self confidence plays such an important role in our life on a daily basis. Most of the time we just go on with your day without ever thinking about how confident we feel about ourselves - that is, until we're faced with a huge decision or we need to perform a certain task and expect to do it well.

So creating a solid mindset to feel completely confident anytime and anywhere becomes a very important quality that we can apply to most situations before they ever occur, thus making those challenging moments so much easier to contend with and to help us feel better about them.

For most of us, trying just one method to gain confidence and maintain a confident mindset doesn't always prove to be the best solution, but using a combination of several techniques may provide exactly the key outcome to successfully achieve our ultimate goal.

Here are 10 strategies to the solutions that can be used alone, or in a combination to create or change your mindset to gain the self confidence you deserve. (not necessarily in order of importance).

1. One of the first and most important concepts to the creation of a strong and sound mindset is to begin with a clear slate. In other words, to erase those obstacles from your past that continue to form negative beliefs which keep you from feeling confident. It's pretty difficult to move forward if you are constantly haunted by negative experiences from your past.

You can start the healing process by writing down all those past influences that continue to make you feel inadequate, indecisive, and insecure. I like to refer to this as clearing your mindset closet. Once you've discharged these destructive experiences, you can begin to create new positive associations that will propel you to new horizons.

2. Another destructive behavior is to focus on negative situations and outcomes. If you tell yourself that bad things always happen to you, then your subconscious mind will continue to find ways to reinforce that and constantly remind your thought process that "this is just the way it has been and there is nothing you can do about it".

So this destructive thought pattern becomes the norm and you'll have a very difficult time getting away from this type of behavior (in my book, The 51st State, I refer to this as 'stinkin-thinkin'). Of course, not everything is going to produce a positive result for you, but you can DECIDE that negative outcomes are merely lessons to which you should view as a sign to try a new approach.

Don't let your mind say to you; "see, I told you only bad things happen" - keep thinking that way and most likely, they will.

3. So, with a clear head and a positive attitude, you can begin to create your positive belief programming by some very powerful and influential techniques to disrupt a negative situation that occurs anytime, anywhere.

Be prepared to change your environment, or enhance the mood, or by documenting the cause so you can avoid a similar outcome in the future. You can put on some loud and fun music, you can go for a walk or run to exert some energy, you can listen to inspiring messages (i.e. my audio session) to help empower mindset and deal with a situation better, or take a hot bath to relax you physically.

Decide for yourself, what works for you to quickly change the immediate circumstances and you will open new channels to overcome these challenges.

4. Create a vision (dream) board that you can look at constantly. This is a great way to form positive beliefs and give you a physical "goal getter" to refer to first thing in the morning, last thing in the evening, and anytime in between.

You can use a bulletin board, white board, electronic graphic on your computer, or a simple cardboard poster that you can attach pictures, quotes, and goals as a constant reminder of what you want, who you want to be, and how you want to feel. Just remember to use this inspiration as often as possible.

Look at it, read it, study it, dream it, and believe in it. You can gain some huge confidence in yourself when you create some visual goals.

5. Surround yourself with positive energy. As obvious as this sounds, I'm amazed how many people continue to let destructive influences into their life from others. Join a group of like-minded people that you can relate to and share with and that empower you, or start one.

Stop hanging around those individuals that suck your energy from you and bring you down. Start associating with those you lift you up and energize you and you will probably find yourself with more confidence.

There is so much great opportunity to build confidence when you truly relate to others who recognize your strengths and talents instead of those who want to steal your dreams. Think back on those pivotal moments when someone you met made a huge impact on your life (in a positive way of course) and realize that this can, and probably will happen again.

Set your own boundaries and limits about who you will let become part of your circle of influence and you can feel the incredible power of confidence.

6. Getting busy with physical exercise (only with doctor's permission) is probably one the most empowering methods to build self confidence. I have heard from so many people that this is the one thing that really makes them feel incredibly confident physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Sure, you may seek to build muscle, lose a few pounds, look fit, but it's the mental aspect that has a huge impact on building confidence. Just knowing that it takes motivation and perseverance to get out and exercise is very satisfying by itself. Stick with it for awhile, and you should realize some really great physical results from your efforts. It's also a great stress reliever and tension reducer.

There are many ways to get active, from going to the gym, to walking around the block, to working out at home with simple weights or a cardio dvd. You don't have to set huge milestones to shoot for and accomplish at first. Start out with small, achievable goals in the beginning and continue to increase your workout program until you reach your ultimate results. Find something that you can do physically on a regular basis and you can gain the confidence you desire from this terrific form of activity.

7. Accomplish something, no matter how insignificant it seems, that gives you some satisfaction that you are moving in the right direction. Confidence comes from results - usually positive results.

Don't just sit around and wait for things to come your way. Get up and call someone, or open a business account, write a blog post, clean the closet, even plant a garden, something that is necessary to help you move forward.

There certainly are no guarantees that is will provide instant success for you, but it keeps the motivation factor progressing and hopefully will lead you to the next task to accomplish to reach your goals (you better have some goals).

8. Develop some mind-healthy habits of positive reinforcement. Most of us have read motivational quotes to some degree. They can be found all over our busy world, from television commercials, to inspirational wall hangings, to fortune cookie messages, to seminars and programs you can listen to anywhere you go. That's terrific.

There is such a vast amount of really great messages to keep us inspired all the time. Now, we just have to channel them into our subconscious mind so we create (or change) our belief system. Just reading a great quote or hearing a positive message usually isn't enough to really embed that positive idea firmly in our mind so that we can call on it when we need to.

Try affirmations, mantras, and meditation, that can have a lasting result and provide a positive memory bank that we can tap into at will. A more consistent approach is usually required to create this part of NLP (neuro-linguistic programming). Put these words of confidence anywhere you spend a lot of time at or on a regular basis.

By reading these powerful messages constantly, you can begin to create your own beliefs that will flush away negative thoughts and replace them with empowering and confident ones.

9. Be grateful, thankful, and appreciative of the gifts you already possess. You may be asking; how is this going to give me more confidence? The solution is that we can take a step back and realize who we already are, what we've already accomplished, and what we already have in our lives.

We all have certain gifts that we should be so thankful for. Sometimes it's hard to think about them when we are struggling with life's challenges. This is a great time to make a list of our wonderful traits and characteristics and pin them up on our dream board so that we can refer to them when life becomes difficult.

Confidence in our ability to appreciate the things we have instead of constantly striving for more can have a profound effect on our mindset. That also leads to rethinking what we really want and who we really want to be. Take some time to write down your gifts and be confident with them.

10. Never, ever give up. That means never give up on your dreams, your beliefs, or your talents. There is a time when you may be smart to let go of something that is draining you mentally, physically, emotionally, and financially so you can move on to more progressive tasks that will propel you forward in seeking your ultimate success.

You can usually decide when this time is appropriate when it just feels right to part from something that stops you in your tracks or takes too much away from you. It may be a relationship, a j.o.b., a business venture or a destructive circle of influences.

You should be focused on that which gets you closer to success by helping you accomplish your tasks and reach your goals. Sure there will be unexpected challenges along the way, but don't let them bring you down and away from your dreams. You can just expect that challenges will happen, but you can also prepare for some of them by thinking ahead to what is presented in front of you.

Prioritize your tasks, contact those you need help from, and always take some action to get you closer to individual goals.

Try applying as many of these methods to increase your confidence and you may experience a higher power never felt before. Your mindset is so important to your confidence levels, which in turn helps you make decisions, take action, and venture out of your comfort zone, that can lead to the road to realize your ultimate success.

Focus on making things happen that move you forward and stop wasting time on things that are nonproductive. Confidence crushers are found too easily and in so many aspects of life so weeding through them can prove to turn confidence levels positive by eliminating those things that are destructive.

Take charge of your mindset and cherish the gifts you have been given. You are important - Have SELF CONFIDENCE AND BE CONFIDENT!

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Three Ways to Use Success and Motivation Quotes

Lots of people write down great quotes that they find while reading, or while surfing the Internet, and they collect these quotes in a notebook or in a computer file. If you haven't been collecting your favorite quotes, start doing so now. This article presents three ideas on how you can use your success and motivation quotes once your collection is ready.

Put Them Somewhere Visible

Pick your favorite success and motivation quotes from your list and write them down on index cards. You can pin the index cards up on your bulletin board, hang them up on your refrigerator, or tape them to your bathroom mirror. The idea is to be constantly exposed to these quotes and the ideas that they present.

Share Them

Do you have a friend or family member who's going through a tough time? Share your list of success and motivation quotes with them to help inspire them. One way to enhance the list of quotes that you're going to share with your friend or loved one is by looking for images online and adding them to the document. That way, they'll have something inspiring to look through when they're feeling down.

You might even want to share your quotes on social ms.netedia, such as Twitter or Facebook. A lot of people enjoy reading the quotes that others find inspirational. It's very likely that your list of quotes will help you gain new followers on your favorite social media sites.

Add Them to Your Email Signature

By adding your favorite quotes to your email signature you'll be helping to inspire everyone you send an email to. In addition, what you choose to include in your email signature says a lot about you, and a quote on determination, hard work, and pursuing your dreams sends a positive message about you to others. People might even respond by sending you their favorite quotes.

Conclusion

Dust off your notebook filled with success and motivation quotes, or start creating a list of these quotes if you don't already have one, and use them in the three ways described above. Of course, one additional way to use your success and motivation quotes is when preparing a report or a presentation. In fact, I'm sure you can come up with lots of other ways to use these quotes.

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A Monk's Secret to Sleeping Better

As with all advice, always check with your health care practitioner before embarking on any regimen, especially one that you haven't tried before. Everybody's body is different. Having said that, I would like to introduce you to the secrets I discovered about sleep while living as Buddhist monk in the backwater jungles of Thailand.

I never slept better than when I was practicing the 227 rules of a Buddhist monk. The rules are designed to create a harmonious atmosphere for a community of monks so that they can live together peacefully and practice meditation, but I quickly discovered that these rules not only enabled us to live together in accordance, but they mystically improved every aspect of my life, including my physical and mental health.

The rules included only one meal a day and a lot of walking. We would walk into the surrounding villages at daybreak, usually a two to five mile walk, and collect that day's food from the villagers. We were not allowed to store food, so we had to make our walk every day. The food consisted of mainly rice, miniature Thai bananas, leafy vegetables, and occasionally a little protein, such as dried fish, grasshoppers, chicken -- all organic.

We would eat our one meal a day in the meditation hall, which was about a half mile from my hut, so I had to walk the half mile quite a few times, night and day. This was in addition to the walk into the villages. The walking, combined with the type and quality of fresh food, and the fact that the digestive system had to work only once a day, all promoted a restful night's sleep. The decisive factor, however, was the meditation practice, which has a tendency to relax the mind and resolve any outstanding conflicts so that one can really relax peacefully at night and experience a dreamless, invigorating sleep.

Now that I am stateside again, I still sleep like a baby. My regular routine is an hour or two of brisk walking every day, lots of whole grain brown rice (the bulk of my calories), very little fruit, maybe some blueberries, apples or grapefruit, lots of vegetables, beans, and olive oil, no sugar whatsoever, no wheat, dairy products, meat, etc. (small quantities of fish, eggs or chicken can be added), adequate salt, and lots of vitamins, especially vitamin C. I meditate regularly whenever I have time and always before bedtime. Walking, meditation, and a diet close to the macrobiotic model seem to work magic.

If you are lacking in either or all of these areas -- walking, vitamins, meditation, or diet, and you are having problems sleeping well, you might consider slowly incorporating this regimen into your lifestyle. It costs nothing, and actually your food bill will reduce dramatically, unless you buy designer brown rice. (Is there such a thing)? Another side benefit is that any health problems already active or soon to become active will probably be reduced or eliminated without the need of invasive drugs.

Overall, your health and mental outlook will improve dramatically; a good night's sleep is the best insurance policy for health, and since everything mentioned is natural, there are no side effects or long-term dangers as one may experience with drugs of any kind. The three key ingredients are meditation, diet, and exercise. The reason walking works so well is because it doesn't add to your stress levels. You can do it around home, no need to spend extra money to attend classes or involve yourself with stressful, competitive workouts.

Meditation is free as well. A beginning book on meditation will suffice, or free advice is available on my Southwest Florida Insight Center website mentioned below. Since none of this should cost you additional money, your stress levels should reduce, and with meditation practice, your stress levels should reduce dramatically. One added bonus is that meditation, over time, will reduce any obsessive wants and cravings, and this will help maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Sleep well!

E. Raymond Rock of Fort Myers, Florida is cofounder and principal teacher at the Southwest Florida Insight Center, http://www.SouthwestFloridaInsightCenter.com His twenty-eight years of meditation experience has taken him across four continents, including two stopovers in Thailand where he practiced in the remote northeast forests as an ordained Theravada Buddhist monk. His book, A Year to Enlightenment (Career Press/New Page Books) is now available at major bookstores and online retailers. Visit [http://www.AYearToEnlightenment.com]

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Everywhere in the world, people from all walks of life are using these relaxing videos to help themselves and each other. People from every nation, every religion and every language are able to use these videos in a healing, helping, and peaceful way. This is great to relax, study, improve concentration, read,meditate,sleep, to fall asleep fast, to use as a peaceful background sound, for white noise, and more. 

10 Tips to Sleep Well Tonight!

Sleeping is very important to reinstall back our energy and rebalance our body. Sometimes we are not able to sleep well or known as insomnia. I was once like that, but now I found the 10 Tips that help me to sleep well every night.

1. Go to sleep when you are sleepy, and maintain go to bed at consistent times and get up at consistent times.

The disorder sleep will cause drained, difficulties in concentrating, feeling depression or frustration, and anxiety. For adult the general guideline should sleep between 6 to 8 hours per day. You should go to bed by 10pm and not later than 12am. When you maintain regular sleep hour, you will fall asleep easier, and your body will automatic wake at the regular hour.

2. Shift your clock or watch from your side when you are in bed.

Do not put your clock or watch that you can see it while you are in bed, because it will bring your unconscious feel stress up when you are not able to sleep. You maybe counting how many hours to go before to wake up, or perhaps you may think why I couldn't sleep and the time is so late.

3. Avoid taking drinks which contains caffeine such as coffee, tea, soft drinks and energy drink at least six hours before go to bed.

Caffeine has effect to bring alertness, which allows the brain not to relax and keep you awake.

4. Instead of drinking alcohols, you should drink some milk before go to bed.

Alcohols may help you fall sleep, but it will affect your quality of sleep and you probably wake up later.

5. Sleep on a comfortable bed and pillow.

Sometime people focus on to buy expensive mattress but forget about your pillow, pillow is equally important for a good sleep. Use white or soft color bed sheets, which allow calm and relax feeling that allow a better sleeping pattern.

6. Your bedroom wall should paint with white or soft color, and keep the temperature not too cold or too warm, cause the human body temperature will down when we are sleeping. As the air conditioner too cold will make you shivering and waken, you may use socks to keep your leg warm.

7. Write your journal before you go to sleep.

This will help loosen your mind about what happen during the day, which can help you more relax and easier to get sleep.

8. Avoid eat too much before go to bed or feel hungry. Eating too much will fill-up you stomach, that will cause you uncomfortable and not allow you to sleep peacefully at night.

9. Do slight exercises to burn some calories in your body. When the body burning the calories you will get tired, thus will bring you to good sleep.

10. Last secret is to listen to a "Lullaby", it works for baby and it works for adult too. You can change an instrumental music that used for meditation/yoga, or slow rock music; this will bring you mind to relax.

I hope those tips will help you to sleep well, sleep soundly like baby.

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How to Build a Personal Brand

What is brand? Often even marketing professionals don't have an answer for this simple question. Some define a brand as a name, sign, or symbol used to identify items or services of the seller to differentiate them from the competition. Others define a brand as a promise or a pledge to deliver satisfaction and quality. A brand has also been defined as a set of assets linked to a name or symbol that adds value to the end user. Confused? Indeed, the word "brand" has many definitions.

To me, the best definition of a brand is "a collection of perceptions" that is designed to influence a customer or an end-user. As such, whether you are an executive at a Fortune 500 company, the owner of a small business, an electrician or a recent college graduate, creating a strong personal brand may be the difference between success and failure, between getting that job or not getting that job.

No matter where you are in your career, with the surge of social media, you not only have the ability, but you have the need to manage your brand, both online and in real life. Remember, a brand is the emotional and psychological relationship one has with customers, employers, employees, etc. Strong brands elicit opinions, emotions, and physiological responses.

Your goal in building your strong personal brand is to develop positive perception associated with your name. Perceptions such as honest, smart, eager, inventive, forward looking, team player, expert, etc.. are all important traits that employers look for in their employees. As you build your brand, think of your strengths and weaknesses, look at the traits in which you not only excel at, but need to elaborate on to enhance your brand.

Even when developing a personal brand, logos are an important as they are a representation of the brand. Logos are the "shortcut" to the brand. Clearly logos evoke emotion, when we see the Starbucks circle, we think of freshly brewed coffee, looking at AFLAC, we think of that crazy duck, and so on. Think of a simple logo that you would like people to associate with you and your brand. Logos for personal brands should be simple, clear and understated. Most individuals choose to use either a small geometric figure, their initials or just their name in a particular font as their personal brand logo. A logo makes your card, CV and emails stand apart from the others. Remember, your personal brand is most likely your name, and perhaps a tagline, such as financial executive or marketing expert, and so on.

Given brands are not concrete, but are the thoughts, feelings, and psychological relationships between two or more parties, your brand is the foundation of all your marketing activities, determining the position and strength of your entire marketing framework. Just like a house foundation needs to be strong to hold up a building, your marketing foundation must be solid. In other words, your brand must be the truth and it must be about you.

Personal branding yields both internal and external benefits. Externally, you create an identity that resonates with employers, potential employers and customers. Your brand needs to form emotional relationships with the people you are trying to reach. This is important because often people don't buy products or hire individuals based on logic, they often act based on their emotions and perceptions.

Your personal brand should act as an internal compass, driving you in the correct direction in all your actions. Every action you take will either reinforce or weaken your personal brand. A clear personal brand will set a clear understanding of what you are about.

Your personal brand is defined by all your actions. Your personal brand is the sum of many factors such as the clothing that you wear, your body language, the way you handle yourself in business and in personal activities, your personal style i.e. grooming, hair style etc.

There are several key steps on how to successfully build your personal brand.
Step one- Research and reflection. Before you develop your brand, you must define your core values, mission and goals. You need to analyze your audience and competition and establish your uniqueness, i.e. what makes you different from the competition. A solid brand will make you standout, giving you an advantage over competition. While this may be a subtle advantage, it is indeed an advantage.

Your personal brand is defined by all your actions. It is the sum of many factors such as the clothing that you wear, your body language, the way you handle yourself in business and in personal activities, your personal style i.e. grooming, hair style etc. and the people who you associate with. Take care in this step, as it is the foundation to your brand. Remember, your personal brand is basically the way you market yourself to the world.
In sum, the first step of developing a personal brand is simply defining who you are and what message do you want to deliver.

Step two- Define your logo and tagline. Once you determine personal brand, including your unique selling proposition, then define your tagline and logo. As discussed previously, your logo should be simple and understated, preferably your initials or a geometric design. Regardless of what type of logo you use, once it is developed, use it everywhere and anywhere. Use it in all your social media profiles, use it on your letterhead, your business cards (yes, order good quality personal business cards), email signatures, any press releases, etc. Your goal is to have people recognize your logo, hence your brand and your name.

Please don't get hung up on finding and thinking about a logo, a monogram or your name in simple text may be perfect. Indeed, the simpler the better. No matter what you choose, it is important that you stay consistent. For instance, if you determine your name will be in a certain font in a certain color, make sure this is the case all your communications i.e. your letterhead for your resume and cover letter, your digital signature and so on.
As stated earlier, a logo is a shortcut to your brand. Just think of logos, such as a swoosh, an apple, and good ole Col. Sanders, and think how quickly Nike, Apple, and KFC come to mind.

Your tagline should be several words that you believe describe you, professionally. Your tagline should be a very brief title or summary. In my career, I use several taglines: global financial executive, global banking expert, an accomplished author, or cost-saving specialist depending on the audience I want to reach. Warning: It is imperative to use this approach with extreme caution, as you do not want to confuse your audience, which may dilute the power of your brand. Your personal brand statement is merely a more detailed tagline, a sentence or two describing you and how you want the public to know you.

Step three -Develop your online reputation. Create a personal website tied to your first and last name. Use your logo and branding here. If you do not have a personal website, this is a must. It is cheaper and easier than many people think. Please look to future newsletters on how to create a personal website. As sure as the sun is going to rise tomorrow, your potential customers and employers will search your name to gather information on you, your personality, your career history, education and personal life, etc. After all, we all "Google" the people that we meet or speak to over the course of the day, especially those whom we want to impress or get to know better.
Build a solid brand name with online activities that will promote your personal mission, highlight your career achievements and illustrate your goals for the future. Just as it is important to build a positive brand, is equally, if not more important to protect yourself against any negatives factors influencing your brand.

Scrub your name, clean. It never ceases to amaze me how many people ignore this very important step. Start by reviewing the various social media sites in which you participate. Remember, you are no longer that 16-year-old wanting to impress your friends, enemies, and the "love of your life". Make sure that these sites are scrubbed of anything, repeat anything, that could negatively influence your reputation. Look at postings, pictures, tweets, and any other activity that would be viewed negatively. Remember, potential customers or employers may not look favorably at that picture of you and your buddies guzzling beer out of a funnel at that frat party, wearing togas. My motto is when in doubt, hit delete. But remember, once things enter cyberspace, it really never leaves it. So going forward, do not post anything online that you do not want to see on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.
After that task, search your name in various search engines and look to address any negative items that you can. While I'm not suggesting you should represent yourself as PollyAnn on social media, because people won't believe that either, it is however important that you stress the positives and minimize the negatives. Most people want to hire the boy or girl next-door or someone that reminds them of themselves or someone they wish they were at your age.

Step four -Write a blog. Find something that you are interested in and write about it. It does not need to be a work of art, another War and Peace, but it should be a short and pithy posting that informs the reader about something that you know, but they may not know. This is your chance to express some personality, so that potential employers can see another side of the multidimensional you. A word of warning, play it safe. Avoid controversial subjects in your blog in order to limit the chance of offending potential employers. Unless it is important to your career, do not touch on hot subjects such as politics, religion...

Writing a blog does several things, it is a source of information for your connections, it establishes you as a knowledgeable well-rounded person, and it keeps you in the forefront of people's minds. Do not underestimate the power of a short one-page article.

In addition to the external benefits, writing a blog keeps you interested in current events, develops your writing skills, and provides a level of discipline, assuming that you committed to writing your blog several days per week (which is highly recommended). Now that you wrote your blog, post it anywhere you can. Post it on your website, your social media activity pages i.e. LinkedIn, Facebook, twitter and post it to as many blogs as you can find.

The fifth and final step discussed in this series is participation. Now that you have a brand, an outlet for your brand i.e. your website and the blog, you need to get as many people as possible to see you and your work. There are many ways of accomplishing this, one of the easiest ways is commenting on other people's blogs, most likely they will return the favor. Moreover, it is yet another way to get your name out in social media. It is important however to keep your comments short, to the point, and non-confrontational especially if you have a different point of view. While you may add additional facts to support your point of view, it is likely better not to comment on that particular post. There are always other ones.

Now that you have your brand defined, your logo and personal statement developed and an active website you have completed the first steps in creating a brand. Going forward, think of everything you do as influencing your brand.

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Personal Branding Guru, William Arruda, the founder of Reach Personal Branding delivering a keynote speech ' Personal Branding for Project Managers' in Calgary.

Positive Personal Brand - The Power of Visible Authenticity

Being authentic in the workplace is recognised as key to delivering great results especially where collaboration with others is imperative. Positive personal brand is about knowing who we are and making this accessible to others in everything we are, everything we say and everything we do.

In this article, we will explore the similarities between corporate branding and personal branding and provide practical tips to work out how we add value by being ourselves and how this can be communicated to others in a consistent way.

Brand in the marketplace

We tend to think of brand in connection with the marketplace. What are the big brands we immediately think of? Perhaps its MacDonalds, Coca Cola, Rolls Royce, Virgin. These organisations have spent a great deal of time and money working out who they are, what they stand for, what they want to be famous for and how best to portray that in the marketplace.

Brand magnetism

When organisations get it right, their brand becomes compelling. We may sense in them some personal alignment with our own situation and may feel drawn to the brand to boost our own sense of self. In a similar way, notice how "brands of a feather hang out together". Do you recognise any of the following connections: MacDonalds and Pepsi and Disney; Rolls Royce and Mayfair Hotels; Carlsberg and football; Cobra beer and the Raj Put restaurant; Harry Ramsdens, Yorkshire Tea and Bettys; Mzuzu Coffee and Lake Malawi?

Richard Richardson and John Barnes touch on the power of brand magnetism (although they don't call it that) in their book Marketing Judo (November 2002). They show how a small brand can gain market credibility by being associated with bigger brands or even occasions. In the UK, the Harry Ramsdens fish and chips chain launched their Blackpool restaurant on the back of the Labour Party Conference and got many times more press coverage as a result. Modern train companies in the UK entice their customers with the aroma of their favourite coffee, flaunt the brand and sometimes even replicate the feel of the coffee bar in their buffet car.

Back to you and me

What has all this got to do with us? Well the truth is, "Everything!"

Who or what we associate with and how we look, act and communicate is all part of our personal brand. In 2008, I spoke on the power of a Positive Personal Brand at the National Internal Auditors Conference in the UK. Imagine being a manager in a bank and the auditor turns up dressed like a farmer, talking like a stand-up comic, carrying a tatty haversack and riding a Harley. OK, some of us would be pleasantly surprised and well-entertained. But I suspect at least a handful of clients would be suspicious to say the least.

So who are we?

We are unique and complex creatures set in the context of our world with a history of experiences and a myriad of personal characteristics and attributes. We have values, beliefs, commitments, talents, passions and ambitions. The more we understand what these are about, the more we will feel drawn to a better future for ourselves and those around us. To put it another way, it is from this understanding that we derive our sense of purpose.

As we take stock of who we are we can also begin to question whether we are accurately reflecting this in a tangible, positive and visible way. In other words we would be wise to be conscious about we how communicate through behaviours, actions, words, possessions and image. How we are perceived by others will determine the impact we have on them, how they respond and therefore our capacity to add value. That's the power of a positive personal brand.

So, I guess that's enough background. Let's explore.

Values

A value is something we feel strongly about, something that is important to us. Businesses use corporate values in order to signpost the behaviours that will be most helpful in delivering their objectives.

What values are important to you?

Understanding our values is a key part of understanding who we are. However, we need to remember that the power of a positive personal brand is about making who we are visible to others. One of the ways to translate values (which are essentially invisible to others) is to make them visible. Values become visible when they are lived out in the form of behaviours. So let's build on that.

Behaviours
If behaviours are the visible manifestation of our values, we should take stock again.

For each of the values you listed above, begin to identify a handful of behaviours to describe what others would see you doing when you are putting the value into practice.

Knowing the behaviours we will demonstrate to others is the first practical step we can take to developing a visible and positive personal brand. Let's do a bit more stocktaking on the invisible.

Beliefs
Whether we formally take stock or not, we also all carry a set of personal beliefs about the way the world or universe works. These can be simple personal rules or sayings we buy into or something we find particularly profound about our faith or culture.

Values and beliefs are closely linked phenomena. In fact we could say they are related. In getting our heads around the difference between values and beliefs we could consider values as the aspects of life that we hold dear and precious. For me, words like service and adventure fall into this category and are two personal values I hold particularly dear. I also know what these words (as labels) mean to me and the way they play out in what I do (descriptions of behaviours). Beliefs are different. These are the big rules that we consider to be profound or important about how the world operates.

I had a conversation with my son recently regarding his work as a salesman. He stated that one of his "big beliefs" is "what goes around comes around". It is very clear that this profoundly affects what he does. For me I have a set of beliefs that describe where I think we all come from, what our lives are about and what happens when we're through. They are very personal and spiritual and the more I understand them, the more they affect what I do with my life.

Take this opportunity to make a note of your key beliefs.

Our beliefs will shine through in the way we live our lives. Like values they may manifest as behaviours. They are likely to determine how we respond to situations verbally or physically. They may even be reflected in our possessions or dress sense. We may choose to keep the details of our beliefs invisible or subtle: this is a matter of personal choice. And in order to choose wisely it helps to think about it.

How do your beliefs become visible to others?

Commitments
Often neglected in the "equation of ambition" are our commitments. Everyone has them and the key here is honesty and thought. There is no point taking on challenges or responsibilities, however well-intentioned, in one aspect of our life if they conflict with our commitments in another aspect. If we fail to take our commitments into account in our lives we are likely to make unwise choices, especially regarding career and work.

For example, I feel a strong commitment to my family and whilst I have a love of travel and a desire to serve in places like Africa which are a long way from home, I have to balance these desires with my commitment to my wife, five children and others in my family. I am also committed to supporting the Open Arms Infant Home in Malawi and to my business in the UK. Lots of things to balance and I actually have fun in the process.

Name your top commitments and describe how you live these out

Talents
My top personal passion is talent. Clearly it isn't our only defining attribute and our brand is more than just how we show our talent. But talent is uniquely important in the world of work. It is through the best use of our talent that we add the most value in the work we do. That is why I have dedicated my life to the topic I call "talent liberation". I have summed up the talent liberation philosophy in the following statement (which for me is also a key belief).

Organisations reach prime performance when they recognise, value, develop and use the unique talents of all their people in the delivery of their objectives..

For now let's briefly consider talents in the context of positive personal brand. Like most of the attributes we are taking stock of, we can't see talent if it isn't used. And we won't be using it well unless we recognise, value and develop it.

Let's begin a talent liberation journey with the following questions:

What are your top talents? (recognise)

How do your talents add value? (value)

For example, does your leadership translate into team productivity; does your relationship building grow sales; or your craftsmanship produce beautiful objects that people will buy?

What are you doing to develop your talents further? (develop)

How could you use your talents more wisely - to add greater value to others, your employer or to you and your family? (use)

In terms of branding, how much of your talent is visible to others or reflected in what they might see or hear?

Passions
Even though our passions are essentially invisible, if we are consciously in touch with them we can provide very clear signposts to others. They will hear our enthusiasm, see the books we read, note the meetings we attend. The more in touch we are with our passions and how they become manifest in our lives the more people will understand what we're about and work with us to make "the right things" happen.

What are you passionate about?

And how does it show?

Ambitions
Not everyone would describe themselves as "ambitious". The word conjures up thoughts of goals, targets and plans. However, as we come to understand who we are and the needs of those around us, it is natural that we will feel drawn to make things happen for ourselves and others. The way we define this will depend largely on our values, beliefs and personal preferences.

Again, our ambitions are invisible but the things we do and say and the way we look will all provide clues. And these clues will affect the responses of others and consequently our ability to add value.

How would you articulate your ambitions?

Would they be goals, targets, ambitions, intentions, or a vision?

Under your chosen label, make a note of the things you want to accomplish.

How would others know what your ambitions are?

Putting it all together

We've really only just begun. In the exercises above, we've explored our values, beliefs, commitments, talents, passions and ambitions. We've touched on ways we might make these visible to others. I hope this journey has proved useful and as a final stock-take, I encourage you to consider the following:

Reflecting on your answers to the questions posed in this paper, what else can you do to make who you are visible and meaningful to others?

Consider the following:

Your language

Your behaviours

Your artefacts (possessions and items you place around you)

Your image

What actions do you need to take in the coming week?

Developing a positive personal brand may seem a bit like blowing our own trumpet and that's not something most of us feel naturally inclined to do. However, by taking action to make who we really are clearer to those around us, we are simply being straight forward and authentic. We are presenting our true selves in a manner that allows others to easily understand what we have to offer and to tap into that in an efficient way.

Clive Wilson is passionate about human talent, authenticity and consciousness. From his home in Harrogate on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales in England, he reflects, writes, creates and speaks on these subjects anywhere in the world. He invites those who can relate to his material to join him at the Sacred Space community on http://sacred-space.ning.com/ where the vision is one of people across the world meeting in nature to share deep wisdom in friendship and peace.

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Seth Godin on Personal Branding

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3 Simple Ways to Superboost Your Subliminal Power For Success

Success in life can be very far from you when you don't take any step in empowering your mind to go for it. Success actually begins and ends with the mind. The healthier your mind is, the brighter your chances of success becomes. You can always activate your subliminal power and attain any level of success you want in life. You can super boost this great power in your mind when you discover the right steps to take. Discussed below are 3 simple ways you can engage.

1. Listen to Subliminal Messages Daily Boosting your subliminal power is never a wish. You really need to work it out. One of the simplest ways to engage is to listen to quality subliminal messages often. You have to take your time to locate quality subliminal resources that can help you in the process. They showcase in forms of CDs, MP3s, DVDs and tapes. They are very much available online. There are lots of websites dealing on subliminal technology. If you have a good internet connection and a nice computer, you can even download some of the subliminal resources directly from the websites. When you succeed in getting them, do well to map out special time daily to listen to them. As you go about hearing such messages daily, your subconscious mind is empowered to go for success.

2. Engage in Daily Meditation To boost your Subliminal Power, you need to engage in daily meditation. This helps you to contemplate and assimilate what you learn from subliminal resources. It's important you map out special period for your meditation. It's often better to engage in that during the wee hours of the day. At such early hours, the environment is always very quiet. You can easily get your mind enhanced when you meditate on subliminal messages which you have been hearing.

3. Use Positive Affirmations Daily Boosting your Subliminal Power will never be complete until you learn to use positive affirmations on daily basis. In most cases, quality subliminal resources do contain all kinds of positive affirmations. You have to listen to them and also hear them regularly. Apart from that, you are expected to speak out the affirmations. You need to use them to talk to yourself. They have a way of empowering and re-conditioning your subconscious without your conscious awareness. You can even deal with several issues in your life when you take time to use positive affirmation. They have a way of enforcing your mind to go after success even when you least expect to see better results. In all, the above 3 simple ways will always help you to super boost your subliminal power for success.

You have to master them and use them on daily basis. You also need to eat properly, exercise properly and sleep well. You're sure to attain resounding success in every area of your life when you engage in these steps discussed. You don't need to be discouraged when results are not coming as you expected. The impact of subliminal resources are not usually felt at the beginning. You have to keep on using them on daily basis in order to force the results to show.

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