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Today will be a great day, it’s all about projecting your thoughts.
I started today with this thought & ended up doing a bunch ride with Bradley Wiggins, 4th in 2009 Tour de France and Gold at the Beijing Olympics.

As Kevin Costner famously said in the movie, “If you build it, he will come.”.
Well think of your mind like the corn field in the movie, about believing that great things can happen. If you truly believe, it will happen.

Well after waking at this morning, eyes barely open and squinting, I look in the mirror (not a pretty site at 5.00am) and said “today will be a great day”

After running our Melbourne Bootcamp, headed to the office, fired up the computer and started to compose a blog. I went to Twitter to make sure that I had reached the 140 character limit when I quickly looked at the Twitters (I follow some very busy twitterers which equates to a twitter every 2 seconds being displayed).

To my amazement I saw a twitter from Bradley Wiggins, forth overrall winner in this years Tour de France asking “Long Shot anyone fancy a ride at 3.30 from St Kilda” at the very top of twitters.
Now I only follow 2 Pro cyclists, Bradley Wiggins and Lance Armstrong, and I rarely read very Twitter otherwise I would need an extra 24 hours in the day. I replied with a suggested meeting place, bradley replied back with a venue he was familiar with, well 40 other cyclists meet up for the ride as well.

Two and a half hours later we returned and I even managed to get a quick interview.
The funny thing is Bradley would not have continued for riding for 90 kms had no one had shown up as roads can be quite dangerous when riding alone. So for Bradley there was a belief that he would find people to ride with.

So it may seem a bit weird and strange but the very first thought when you ride from your unconscious state in the morning (or afternoon/evening if your a shift worker) is today will be a great day and start projecting positive thoughts

Changing your belief systems to lose weigh
Once you have decided to lose weight, your mind will be resisting the change and throwing up obstacles to sabotage the success of your new mind set.

When we decide to change, for example to lose weight we undergo numerous steps before we reach the final decision to change on a conscious level.
On a deeper level, our mind is still undergoing neurological change, trying to re wire the pathways, the road maps of our mind that has lead us on the same destructive path year after year.

During this transition period your mind will create barriers to change, you become sick, workloads increase at the office, unexpected events happens such as relationships begining or ending, things happen that prevent you making a change, financial events occur, these events may be viewed as road blocks that your mind is creating to stop change occuring.

Do you say
I will lose weight when I’m ready
No understands or cares
It’s not the right time
It’s the way I am

Your beliefs
It’s to hard
I don’t have the time
It can’t be done
I don’t believe I can lose weight
I’m not strong enough

Your justifications
I don’t know who can help me
It’s just a waste of time anyway
Venus isn’t in alignment with Jupiter
Its too cold and wet
When the time is right or when XXXX happens I’II do it
Too busy with work/family/socialising

How we view ourselves
Not worthy
Not good enough
Too heavy
Too overweight
Not mentally strong enough
Not a valuable member of society
Dislike ourselves

Acceptance of body size
Even though I’m heavy, I’m healthy
People are prejudice
People should accept me for how I am
Fashion caters to overweight people

Fear of change
I will fail
What will people think
I have to many injuries
I can only eat certain types of foods
I cannot afford fitness training or fancy meals
I need to spend or my energy on my family

You have to believe in change, you feel it, visualise it, then mentally you can re program the road map of your mind.

A good friend of mine for years has struggled to either create or keep wealth, similiar to wanting to lose weight, their beliefs predisposed them to activities that ensured that I would never accumulate wealth, poor job selections, excess expenditure on non essential things.

Recently they decided to empower themselves and make the change by not only repeating in their mind that they can create wealth but are worthy of having wealth.
Their whole perspective changed, a shift was beginning to happen.

The catalysist of change happened during this poignant moment when my friend was dreaming of being held prisoner by a gang who demanded that my friend hand over all of their money so that the gang could gamble it at the casino.
Failure to comply would result in an unfavourable outcome.

This represented a transitionally period, that change was being resisted on a subconscious level, yet it was extremely positive as the person was progressing through the stages to move them to financial independance.

Similarly in losing weight, you will undergo similar changes subconsciously but how you handle this resistance and move forward will underline your success or failure.

Ultimately you have to move to the final level of:
I love myself (not in an ego arrogant sort of way)
I am moving closer to my ideal weight
Everyday I am feeling stronger and more positive

So the real question is are you ready to change your belief system to lose weight?

A cluttered desk can be a reflection of a cluttered mind, leading to disorder & an organised system of chaos.
Keep a tidy desk, have a tidy mind. Simplify your life.
Over the years I have watched as my desk as has gradually gone from a state of disarray & chaos to being neat and tidy, more systematic. I feel less stressed as I am not constantly viewing a pile of work to be completed.

Well you may say that having a messy desk works, you know exactly where everything is in the random piles of papers and files, everything while looking disorganised is actually organised.
Mmmm, well have a closer look and think about how you manage our time, your appointments, are you constantly running out of time to get through your work, to get stuff accomplished?

Chances are you personal space may also take on a similar appearance, is stuff left all over the house in piles, waiting to be put away or organised?

Have a look at those people who have a tidy desk, are far calmer, more methodical in there work practices, being more productive, efficient and less stressed.

Your desk doesn’t have to be empty and clinical, just organised.
Start of organising those documents into four categories and get them organised.

1.Requires urgent attention, high Importance
2.Requires urgent attention, low Importance
3.Not urgent, high importance
4.Not urgent, low importance

Using a filing system such as an A4 desk top drawer system will keep things organise and out of sight.

Do the same to your email inbox.
The idea is to reduce your constant though patterns of I’m so stressed, so much to do, so little time.

This will lead to more positive outcomes in your work and less stress.

So start today and have a less cluttered desk which will lead to a less cluttered mind & disorder, remember the old saying, tidy desk equals tidy mind

Are you paralysed in taking the first step in undertaking any physical activity or adopting a healthier eating regime?
The ancient chinese philosopher Confucious Says “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

Often getting started is the hardest past of any journey we undertake without it is trekking up the Himalayas or making some positive changes in your life.

So while it can be difficult, try taking the first steps to introducing physical activity into your life with healthier eating.

Relaxing on holidays, switching off and unwinding.

We need to spend more time relaxing on holidays, switching off and unwinding from the day to day duties that consume our lives.

If we have a consciously or unconsciously have an expectation of receiving a phone call or an email our minds are constantly on alert and not relaxed.

When traveling on a country train overseas, I decided to catch up on some sleep. Then suddenly the door separating 2 carriages abruptly tried to open & close. While being in a semi dormant state I thought the door would remain closed, well it didn’t and the pattern was repeated 6 annoying times.

Could I fall back to sleep, maybe but the expectation of the door slamming keep me awake and not very relaxed.
Eventualy 30 minutes into the trip the door sorted itself out and stopped opening & closing but I didn’t know this at the time.
So for the next hour I was waiting for the door to open & close, still feeling comfortable that this event may re occur even though it didn’t.

Fast forward back to your holiday and is waiting for that email or phone call like that banging door?

Learn to truly have a relaxing holiday by switching off and unwinding, you, your family or partner will be very happy.