Using Mental Photography To Create A Fair World

Mental Photography

The majority of the population agrees that life should be fair – but that doesn’t seem to matter. There is no mandate that says life should be far, even though you and I would like it to be. So, with most people agreeing that life is supposed to be fair, why isn’t it?

The first thing to do is set aside some of our preconceptions so that we can develop a clearer picture. Ideals like: Rich vs. Poor; Pretty or Not; Race or Nationality; Privileged or Under-Privileged; Young or Old; Religion or Atheism are boundaries that people often use when they compare themselves with others. Most people use these as reasons or excuses to justify why someone is or isn’t worthy of being treated fairly (among other things).

If we are looking at fairness, shouldn’t equality be bought into the equation?

The Unfair World

Let’s take this one step further. Imagine you are walking down the street and are approached by a person wearing ripped and dirty clothing, maybe they have a bad odour, and they may be unclean. The person enters your personal space and asks “Do you have the time?” How would you react? Would you treat that person the same as every other new person you meet? What assumptions have you made before the person has even opened their mouth to ask you a question

In the world we live in today, with the economy rather out of control, World Governments taking unprecedented steps to save their ASSets… That same person may have been one of yesterdays ‘haves’, but today that person has nothing but themselves and the rags on their back. This is occurring globally and we need to look at another form of assessment before passing judgments.

What would happen if we simply erased the differences? What would we be left with and would it be easier to be fair to others? Fairness has to start somewhere and it starts with you! Fairness is the enactment of the ‘Golden Rule’: ” Why should someone else treat you fairly, if you haven’t treated them fairly, first?”

In doing this exercise, of erasing the differences, you are creating the images of what a world with all inequities removed. You have just created a Mental Photograph of what life would be like if all unfairness would be erased. Mental Photography creates a very strong relationship between the conscious and the subconscious – i.e., it is a transfer of concentrated information to the long term memory which utilizes the eidetic memory, or photographic memory.

I know you are probably thinking that you were supposed to be reading about why Life isn’t Fair. Well, LIFE is about learning and what has just been demonstrated is how you can find your true reality using Mental Photography techniques.

Mesmerized by the Headlights of Oncoming Traffic?

Are you mesmerized standing before the headlights of life?

In honor of an Icon of a bygone era, Franz Anton Mesmer (1734 – 1815) German Physician, theorized a natural energetic transference that occurred between all animated and inanimate objects that he called “Animal Magnetism“. (Great honor is bestowed upon those whose own name becomes a word that transcends their own life and discoveries.)

Do you ever feel like you are the rabbit caught in the headlights of oncoming traffic? You freeze, even though you are about to be run over.

 

Decisions

How has your ability to make decisions been lately? Do you make important decisions easily and quickly? Do you just flip a coin? Or do you procrastinate, hoping the problem will just go away?

You would find that simply making a decision will lift a heavy burden from your shoulders. It gives you such a feeling of freedom. The foe is vanquished!

 

Solving Problems

Most people will already know this method of finding solutions. But it never hurts to hear it again… If you have a big problem, you tend to think about it. You think about it so much that it gets in the way of you carrying out your daily activities. Yes, it really is a problem because it is
stopping you from succeeding at the smallest objectives.

Has anyone ever told you to “sleep on it“? The reason most people tell you to sleep on a problem, is they have had success solving their own problems the same way. They enjoy sharing that “tip” for success.

Sleeping on a problem works. Without needing to take up meditation or another mental discipline to free your mind in order to find solutions, you are letting your sleeping state do it for you. The amount of information your mind has available is immense. But during your day-life, you would find it difficult to access all of it; under stress, and you have not conditioned you mind for such tasks.

Therefore, all night long your mind is working on solving your problem. During your day, you are lucky to have 10 minutes of quiet before being interrupted. Maybe you should schedule an appointment with yourself!

So, it is no surprise when you wake up in the morning and find the solution to your problem is right there in front of you. You know what to do. Now you must act upon it. It really does you no good if you are not going to act upon the solution your own mind has worked out for you. You must have confidence in yourself and your actions.

So, then next time you feel like that rabbit facing down the headlights of your destiny, you will know what to do… Go to sleep!

“No decision is too great or too small. They ALL affect your path through life.”

Shannon Panzo

 

Great Things happen Here!

Whatever Happened to “Mary Had a Little Lamb”?

Mary Had a Little Lamb…

Where is Mary now?… What happened to the lamb?… Details at 11:00…

I want to take a moment to help you check something that is influencing your life – The Media.

If you feel good after watching the nightly news, you should probably be seeing a mental health professional. The nightly news has become a train wreck followed by a series of car crashes. You would probably feel better watching a Crash-up Derby.

 

The Daytona 500…

Speaking of the Crash-up Derby… I think everyone watching the Daytona 500 got their thrills in the first few minutes of the race. It must be a HUGE relief valve on the daily pressure cooker to witness millions of dollars worth of cars, with millions of dollars worth of advertising get bashed beyond recognition in a matter of moments of starting the race. If you were able to listen real closely over the cacophony of screaming engines at ear popping decibels, you would have heard a great Hisss… like steam escaping. (That was a Joke… Relieving pressure…)

If that weren’t enough car crashes, you also had the Oscar’s! The most amazing thing I observe about the Oscar’s is the aftermath. This occurs with any of the award shows. There are even spoofs of award shows demonstrating just how silly the whole thing is. The magazines alone will gain enough gossip in that few hours to keep stories coming out for the next year. It makes me wonder if they have a magazine or TV show called “The Oscar Review“. Imagine, 24 hours a day coverage of past Oscars with a countdown meter till the next one. What fun! (If they invent it after this article comes out, I want my cut.)

I was originally talking about the nightly news… So, along with the stories I just mentioned that in some way are meant to make you feel good. If you are not already depressed, we also have the Big Dollar political posturing, squandering, manipulating, agitating, humiliating, and just downright name calling. I guess that about sums it all up.

Oh, remember I had asked, “Whatever Happened to “Mary Had a Little Lamb“? Well, I am sure by now you can figure out what happened to them once the nightly news got a hold of the story… It was NOT a happy ending, for either of them. CSI got involved. (Sorry, a little bit of wry sarcasm.)

Ooops… Almost forgot.

The most important thing that most people actually sit through and watch the news for, is always clear at the end of the news cast; the Weather Report. I hope for your sake the sun is shining tomorrow. So, if you are eating your lunch outside, you can catch a few rays on your pale skin to produce a little Vitamin D and be a little more resilient to your environment.

 

Charity Begins at Home…

If you don’t do things to help yourself mentally, physically, and emotionally, for your sake, START! If you take steps to deal with the components of your “triad” – mental, physical, and spiritual (emotional), then you should take a moment to check if what you are doing now is effective. Times change, people change. What was working for you before may no longer be relevant to your current life. Check it.

 

There is a lot riding on you…

Of course you may want to be doing something that is more fun than reconstructing YOU into the better person. That is up to you. I gave you only one example of what the media is throwing at you every day. You need to take measures to fend off the tears of others. You can start by turning the TV off.

Shannon Panzo, Mental Photography Expert

Great Things Happen Here!

Do You Invest in Yourself?

Why do so few people invest in their education?

 

How much do you invest in your education?

When was the last time you spent actual cash to further your education?

I have crafted 7 Strategies for Passionate Performance in Your Life, that are available from my website. One of those Strategies is this:

‘Invest 5% of your time and your money in your education and ongoing learning’

This means 8 hours a week plus a 5% portion of your income. Imagine if you are earning $75000 pa, you would invest $3750 pa in courses and learning.

 

The best available evidence shows that less than one in 10 people invest money in their education after they have finished their secondary or tertiary education, this is the best way to invest money. Many universities and Technical Colleges are struggling financially because they cannot get enough students.

This is a ridiculous state of affairs, and must change for the sake of each individual’s future, and for the future of your country. In a rapidly-changing world with dramatic technology advances, together with global economic challenges and changes, how can any person hope to stay current and valuable with ongoing learning and development?

Such a hope is ridiculous, as I said.

Do not be one of these people.

 

Why do so few people invest in their education? Here are some reasons that I believe to be the cause:

  • · They hated their importance of education when they were at school
  • · They got little value from their past education
  • · They do not want to learn something new, because they may have to do something new, leading to increased risk of failure
  • · They do not understand the value of learning something new
  • · They are lazy, unmotivated, unhealthy, worn-out by the existing demands of life
  • · They are broke, and cannot afford to spend any money on it
  • · They have lost their passion
  • · They prefer to blame others for their existing predicaments, rather than taking responsibility.
  • · They do not have the time because of too much happening in their lives at present.

 

Do you know of other reasons? Please send them to me.

When you understand the value and clear imperative of continuing your learning and development, you will wake up and invest.

You are your most valuable resource!

Go for it, with passion!

 

Charles B Kovess LL.B. (Hons), LL.M., MAICD, MAITD
Australasia’s Passion Provocateur
Certified Speaking Professional
www.kovess.com
 
 

Speak the Truth. Others know.

Speak the Truth

The need to speak the truth and the role of your passion in doing so

 

I am a huge fan of Buckminster Fuller, a man who died in 1983 but who was awarded 47 Honorary Doctorates from Universities around the world. He was a genius, and his work lives on.

In the introduction to his last book, Critical Path, published just before he died, he said:

“…All of humanity is in peril of extinction if each one of us does not dare, now and henceforth, always to tell only the truth, and all the truth, and to do so promptly – right now.”

I invite you to contemplate what would make such a wise man, a true genius, to say such a thing. In this blog, I will share some thoughts I have on the topic, and the role that your passion plays in whether or not you do tell the truth.

I believe that truth is enormously powerful. When you speak your truth, you are powerful. There is a useful distinction on this point. I have learned to ‘speak the truth with compassion’, or express ‘honesty without malice’. There is usually no need to intentionally hurt people by expressing your truth in brutal ways!

 

Truth is

There are two types of truth.

Truth that is objectively true, commonly called a ‘fact’, such as “I drove the car into the other car”; or, subjective truth, a matter that you believe or consider to be true: “I consider that my colleagues are not committed to their work.” This may or not be objectively true, or it may not even be able to be finally determined.

When you are passionate, you will be courageous. It requires courage to speak the truth. When you express what is true, you are often taking a big risk. Yet, Fuller says the humanity is in danger of extinction if we don’t take this risk. It seems to me, that avoiding extinction is a great reason to speak more truth.

In your organization, particularly if it is large, there will always be politics at work. I have thought long and hard about why this is so, and I believe it is ubiquitous due to the complexity of human beings and their behaviors and motivations.

What is politics at work? I say that the volume of politics is inversely proportional to the volume of truth. In other words, the more truth that is spoken, the less politics there will be.

Politics at work leads to people being favored and promoted over others for the wrong reasons. It means people losing their jobs for the wrong reasons. It means lies and untruths that hurt and upset people, and kill passion.

Here are some of the advantages to you of accessing your passion and your courage to speak what is true, either objectively or subjectively:

 

  • You will feel liberated
  • You will help to reduce politics in your workplace
  • You will help your workplace become more successful
  • You will help your workplace become more productive and profitable
  • You will improve your relationships
  • You will have better relationships
  • You will lose relationships that are built on falsehoods
  • You will become more powerful
  • You will gain a reputation for speaking the truth
  • You will gain a reputation for being courageous
  • You will help to reduce the risk that humanity will become extinct!

Let me know if you can see additional advantages for speaking the truth.

Charles B Kovess LL.B. (Hons), LL.M., MAICD, MAITD
Australasia’s Passion Provocateur
Certified Speaking Professional
www.kovess.com
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