Update 3/31/09: After watching a few shows of “Important Things With Demetri Martin,” I may be wrong about the best comic thing. He’s still ok though. — Demitri Martin, the best comic today. When I was young, I loved watching the comedy specials on cable TV. I remember watching Howie Mandel’s first HBO special over and over. It’s been a long long… long time since I’ve been truly amused by any comedian. My work has hired... (more...)
Personal Power II - Day 6 - Empowering Questions
Day 6 - Empowering Questions: In day five, we learned that our emotions are directly connected to the way we use our bodies. Our voice, gestures, breathing, posture; it all has an influence over the feelings we feel and choices we make. Controlling our physical body is not the only tool we have to direct our emotions. Directing our thoughts is the technique Tony teaches in Day six. The questions that we ask ourselves are the strongest influence... (more...)
Personal Power II - Day 5 - Physiology and Emotion
Day 5 - Physiology and Emotion: The only way to get what you want is to know what you want first. How would someone know what direction to go if they didn’t choose destination? People often say they want money, fame, or success. Tony Robbins asks why they want them, and at the root of people’s desires, he found most people are pursuing the sensation of ‘feeling good.’ For example, they want more money. Why: to buy things for... (more...)
Personal Power II - Day 4 - Meaning - Neuro-Associative Conditioning
Day 4 - Meaning - Neuro-Associative Conditioning: The results (friends, possessions, feelings, wealth, love, etc) people have in their life is a direct result of the decisions they make. People’s decisions are driven by the meaning they give to a situation. Meaning is created by how people feel. Or we could say, feelings create meaning that drive decisions that shape the results people have in their lives. Similar things have different... (more...)
Personal Power II - Day 3 - Neuro-Associations
Day 3 - Neuro-Associations: What is a neuro-association? Tony Robbin’s describes it as, “the meaning that we associate to a given situation.” We connect feelings (specifically pain and pleasure) to situations, actions, people, locations . . . everything. These associated feelings give meaning to the world around us, and meaning determines how we behave in different situations. Neuro-Associative Conditioning is the process of making... (more...)