Dr David Rock, the first ‘Neuro-coach’ introducing practical applications of Neuroscience into the Coaching Process for Business Executives, explains how Mindfulness works for the brain in his famous book ‘Υour Brain at Work’: ‘People have two distinct ways of interacting…
2nd Key: Why can’t you make it work?
Many people ask: I know what the 2nd key is, but why can’t I make it work? Well, the answer is much simpler than you think: Because you confuse ΄’UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT’ with ‘DOING THE PRACTICE’. The concept of Mindfulness…
A Key that opens…20 Doors
Our ability to dis-identify from our thoughts is identical to what certain ‘Gurus’ of the kind, like John Kabat-Zinn, call ‘Mindfulness’: ‘The ability to focus your attention in the present, on purpose, in a non-critical way’. Other scholars refer to…
Find your 2nd Key: The Mind Push-Ups
In the previous post we saw that, to activate the Q-Mind, we need to dis-identify from our thoughts. This process is like the process of systematically increasing our body’s strength through training, before we decide to play basketball, football or…
‘Cogito, ergo Sum’, or may be not?
What can get us anywhere we want is also what can prevent us from going there! It is located inside us and we call it: Our Mind! When we usually say ‘our Mind’ we mean our thoughts and, as we…
Which Path do you follow?
What is the major difference of the successful people who know how to activate their Q-Mind? It is that they follow the sequence ‘Be-Do-Have’. Meaning that, first they change from the inside to BE what they choose. This way they…
Do you carry with you what you really want?
If shaping your ‘point B’ is the 1st Key if the Q-Mind’s activation (see previous posts in March and April), then what’s the 2nd Key? We had seen that one of the barriers we encounter in our way to go…
Key Learnings – April 2019
-Τhe art of Envisioning the desired future in a specific way, has been proven (by neuroscience) to solidify the 1st Key of Q-Mind’s activation: shaping your ‘point B’. -The above art of envisioning can be learnt and trained. -Your ultimate…
How to Shine through your ‘Why’
People who make a difference in life are those who have shaped a very clear ‘Why’ and managed to put it out first. At the level of business, companies like Apple differentiated themselves by putting out their ‘Why’ first (we…
How to find your ‘Why’:
Exercise: Write down your answer to the following question: ‘What is the purpose of my life?’ Consider the following perspectives: ‘If there is a reason why I occupy space in this planet, what would be this reason?’, To help yourself…
