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Motivation Moment

Monday Motivation – Margaret Mizen

19 May 2008

Recently in the UK a young boy, Jimmy Mizen, was stabbed in the neck with some glass and died from his wounds. He was 16 years young. My thoughts go out to his family and friends. His mum, Margaret, recently gave a speech to the press at her son's memorial service and I could not even [...]

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Monday Motivation – If you think you're beaten….

12 May 2008

If you think you're beaten, you are,If you think you dare not, you don't.If you'd like to win, but think you can't,It's almost for sure, you won't. If you think you're losing, you've lost.For out in the world we find -Success begins with a person's will,It's all in the state of mind. If you think [...]

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Monday Motivation – an old favourite

6 May 2008

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, [...]

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Monday Motivation – The Emperor and The Seed

28 April 2008

An emperor in the Far East was growing old and knew it was time to choose his successor. Instead of choosing one of his assistants or his children, he decided something different. He called young people in the kingdom together one day. He said, “It is time for me to step down and choose the [...]

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Monday Motivation – 200 hypnosis hypnotherapy posts and counting…

21 April 2008

“A journey of one thousand miles begins with a single step.” That first step is the most important one because without it, you're not going to get anywhere. By taking those individual steps you get towards, and finally reach, your destination. Another thing to remember is that time passes anyway. Whether you sit still talking about [...]

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Monday Motivation – How lucky are you right now?

14 April 2008

The American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.   The [...]

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Monday Motivation – Symptoms of Inner Peace

7 April 2008

Inner peace is something that we should all strive for, it can be a tough journey at times, but experiencing the results is well worth the effort. Wikipedia describes inner peace in the following way; “Inner peace (or peace of mind) refers to a state of being mentally or spiritually at peace, with enough knowledge and [...]

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Monday Motivation – A story about feelings….

31 March 2008

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Richness, Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all the others including Love. One day, it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all prepared their boats and left the island except for Love, who was the only one who stayed behind. You [...]

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Monday Motivation – Two frogs

25 March 2008

A group of frogs were travelling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit [...]

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Monday Motivation – Smile

17 March 2008

I recently spent a week off to look after my children, and during one of the mornings I had the opportunity to help out in my son's nursery class on “Deco Day”, a day when all the youngsters (most about 4 years old) made various Easter objects and decorations. I was placed on the Easter basket [...]

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Monday Motivation – Do it anyway

3 March 2008

I stumbled across this little piece on the Internet and it makes absolute sense to me. It is all about doing the right things because you want to, not because others see you do them. It is the difference between being superficial and being true to your own beliefs, it is the difference between telling [...]

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Monday Motivation – Note to myself…..

19 February 2008

This weeks Monday Motivation is for me. Yesterday I let the day get hold of me, time became my master and I let excuses disguise themselves as reasons. It happens every now and again, but I am pleased to say, less and less often. So apologies for not posting yesterday but here are some words, [...]

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Monday Motivation – Don't think too much….

11 February 2008

It is always good to ponder about our lives and what we want to make of them. It's also good to set goals and see/sense ourselves as we want to be. It's good to write down a list of objectives, short, medium and long term. But it is not so good to spend too much [...]

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Monday Motivation – Watch your thoughts……

4 February 2008

“We are as we believe ourselves to be.” This simple statement forms the basis of everything I do as a clinical hypnotherapist and the outlook I have personally. Our belief system controls our personality and behaviour, you only have to watch the news every day to see how some people act in the name of [...]

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Monday Motivation – How tall is your mountain?

21 January 2008

Sometimes the excuses we sometimes give ourselves seem to be as big as mountains, but are they really? Usually, something is only as difficult as we allow it to be, and in the same way, something is as easy as we allow it to be. This applies to letting go of negative thoughts, feelings, emotions or [...]

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Monday Motivation – Walking Tall by Patience Strong

14 January 2008

Whilst I was flicking through an old copy of “This England” magazine, and it is a lovely quarterly publication, I read this poem and liked it immensely. It fits in completely with my belief that once we have let go of the past we can really concentrate on the future and truly enjoy our lives. [...]

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