Morning Mindfulness - A Few Positive Minutes to Start Your Day With

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121 - Under-appreciated Present : Incredible Power of the Moment Nov 30, 2015

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One of the phenomena of human mind is that we constantly return in the past. We’re thinking about what happened or what could’ve happened yesterday, a week ago, last year, etc. Also we may be fantasizing about the future. My personal approach is based on the belief that everything has time and place.

120 - Mindfulness at the Dead End: Continue vs Return Nov 27, 2015

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I’ve read the story about a man who sold his mine literally for pennies. He gave up when he was several feet away from diamonds, and his successor got the richest diamond mine in South Africa. So, how can we determine, should we keep digging or should we turn back?

119 - Thanksgiving Gratitude: Two Minute Message From an Immigrant Nov 26, 2015

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Many people think that Thanksgiving is an American holiday. Well, it is now. But don’t you forget that the first Thanksgiving was celebrated in the US in 1621 by pilgrims, who were in fact immigrants from Europe. So actually it is an immigrants’ holiday, whether you like it or not, which later became a US Federal Holiday. But I think regardless of whose holiday this is, it’s a great time to express Gratitude.

118 - Business Mindfulness: Decision to Become Successful Nov 25, 2015

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Many people may already know how to be successful, but they are not. Why? For the same reason people don’t work out even if they know working out is good. Knowing the path and walking the path are two different things.

117 - Practical Mindfulness: How to Avoid Emotional Breakdown Nov 24, 2015

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My teacher said, “Don’t be too hard because hard can be broken. Don’t be too soft, because soft can be bent. You have to learn to adjust according to the situation. Once you become flexible, you’ll be virtually undefeatable.”

116 - Perspective on Revenge as a Way to Restore the Balance in Life Nov 23, 2015

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Revenge is not restoring the balance. No matter if I hit my opponent back one second later or one year later, I am late. In martial arts timing is everything. My response has to be right on time to stop the opponent or to step aside. If I have to hit him to restore the balance, so be it. But if I miss — I miss. If I get hit, and the opponent is walking away, running after him is not restoring the balance. It is initiating a new attack. Basically, an ego trip.

115 - Uncontrollable Thinking: Mindful Ways to Calm our Mind Nov 20, 2015

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I think many people, including yours truly, have experienced moments when thoughts are getting out of control. Something is boggling our mind, and we cannot stop thinking about it. What can we do? Meditation often does not work in such cases. It may actually aggravate us instead. So I would suggest physical activity. Sometimes the best solution is find a punching bag and beat the.. whatever.. dust our of it. And that’s OK. That was what my teacher suggested.

114 - Twisted Mindfulness: Achieving Zero or Opposite Results Nov 19, 2015

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When we are using positive affirmations, they need to be kind of assertive, positive and articulated in a present tense, just like it is already happening.

113 - Mindfulness Blind Spots: When Affirmations Go Wrong Nov 18, 2015

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Usually I see two major mistakes people make during self-talk. One of them is using a negative form of positive affirmation. Let’s say somebody is making a statement, “I don’t smoke any more, I don’t want to smoke!” This statement definitely has a positive intent. The person is trying to stop smoking, pretty obvious. However, let’s look at the mechanism of action.

112 - Power of affirmation: how to make self-talk work for ourselves? Nov 17, 2015

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Many years ago I read the book called “What to say when you talk to yourself” by Dr. Shad Helmstetter. The author was stating that 75% of conversation is actually a talk to ourselves. I believe him. We are constantly talking to ourselves. I already started this conversation in my previous episodes, and today I will give you a couple of practical advices I’ve learned so far.

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