Comments on: How To Use A Journal

By: Explore The Ego | Lifestyle Design for Modern Men

Explore The Ego | Lifestyle Design for Modern Men — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:26:35 +0000

[...] explains in How To Use A Journal that asking yourself constructive questions constantly is a profitable exercise that requires very [...]

By: Emibb

Emibb — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:31:23 +0000

Heyyy! GREAT POST!!

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By: Trust - Live it and Grow it. | The Lifestyle for Modern Men

Trust - Live it and Grow it. | The Lifestyle for Modern Men — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:33:00 +0000

[...] As usual, I’ll emphasize the use of a journal. When you discover things by yourself, you actually discover them; unlike discovering them by just [...]

By: Tom Church

Tom Church — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:05:02 +0000

I’ve read one NLP book, it was quite interesting although I do have a friend that had therapy and they taught her NLP and how to use it. She said it was a great help and so I do have beliefs it does work.

Most of it’s concepts are very simple, except that there are a lot of them. And to be actively involved in using each one, is a difficult task indeed.

To be honest, who cares what it’s called, or what it is. What matters is that it works, and it works well. ‘Don’t fix what ain’t broken’

By: Focus is Balance. Focus is Time Management | The Lifestyle for Modern Men

Focus is Balance. Focus is Time Management | The Lifestyle for Modern Men — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:40:02 +0000

[...] of purpose, focus on those things, and time will be your friend, rather than your enemy. Lastly, commit it to writing. I cannot stress that enough. Commit it to writing. When you write it, you focus. When you focus, [...]

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:11:06 +0000

Tom,

I have never studied NLP, but I did read Anthony Robbins’ ‘Unlimited Power’ and he does cover NLP to some degree. Maybe it is NLP and anchoring, although I’m not quite aware of it. Have you had any experience with it?

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:03:47 +0000

As you know Daniel, I’ve kept a journal of some sort since I was 8. Not the every day kind of diary, but the “it’s there when I need it”. The greatest thing I enjoy about the journal, is being able to read back from years ago, and actually see how I’ve changed.

Writing allows me to find answers. Perhaps it’s the lazy man’s meditation. For too long I used my journal wrongly – I’d write down random goals, just attributes I wanted to encompass but never was there a motive in sight.

As you rightly say, and I understand it a lot more now, it’s the type of questions you ask. It’s all very well making a new goal, or trying to get over a problem, it shows that you want it and you CAN have it, it’s just that you have to ask the right questions!

So many friends and I share the depression of lacking motivation at times. But only yourself can develop motivation, it comes from within, and asking the right questions is surely the way to develop a core strength of raw determination?

Is this, however, a method of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)? Finding questions that motivate us, and using the words as empowering tools. You say you write down quotes a lot, perhaps these are your anchors?

An excellent article that I thoroughly enjoyed reading.