Moving On Up |
15th February 2007 |
Dear [firstname,fallback=Subscriber]
Inspirational Tip"Give me a child until he (she) is seven, and I will show you the man (or woman)." Jesuit Saying as quoted by Film Director Michael Apted in the 'Seven Up' series
Performance TipPsychologists believe that by the age of seven, most of our patterns of behaviour, our beliefs and our habits are formed. These beliefs are molded by the significant people in our life, especially our mother and father. When we encounter obstacles in life, it usually means our habits of behaviour are being challenged. As we have grown so much, these old behaviours which served us when we were younger, no longer support us now. These might include beliefs like "Don't talk to strangers", which kept us safe as a child but means as an adult we have a resistance to networking (meeting new people). Or it could be a belief such as "I'm little and I can't do anything to change the world," which was possibly true as a small child, but means as an adult we limit our ability to achieve and effect change in our life and the lives of people around us. We call this 'sabotage'. It's important for effective performance, to examine our beliefs from time to time, and replace limiting beliefs with supportive and life-enhancing behaviours. Virginia Satir, one of the experts on whom NLP was modelled, once said," We can learn something new anytime we believe we can." Is something in your life not working for you?Often, simply recognising the old pattern of what's not working, means you can automatically let it go, so you can learn the new behaviour that does work for you now.
Have a great week! ------------------- |
