Mike
Carruthers:
The
next time you're about to go into a stressful situation, like
a job interview or a meeting with the boss, try this stress-reducing
first aid.
Paul Hannam:
The first thing you do is you say to yourself and you
breathe deeply through your nose - " I feel the air flowing
in and out of my nose." And then you say, " I feel
the movements in my chest and belly as I breathe."
Paul Hannam,
co-author of the book, Take
Charge of Your Mind…
When you focus
on the breath going through your nose and then on the breath
in your abdomen, you're focusing on two different sensations
and it's almost impossible to have a thought on top of that
as well. This is a standard practice, which is used by many
psychologists and also in Buddhist meditation.
In a sense what
you're doing is distracting yourself from whatever it is that
you're worried about.
The next stage
is to say, ' I'm aware of the feelings in my heart." You're
connecting emotionally to yourself, which is extremely important
in business.
And the final of these four steps is you say, " I'm aware
of my whole body." And that grounds you very strongly in
where you are.
Paul says this
is very effective first aid to use before going into any stressful
situation. And if the four phrases sound a little odd, that's
on purpose.
Because if we
were to just use words like, "think positive," or
"don't be afraid." These are normal words that don't
really interrupt the patterns. But by using slightly unusual
words it allows people to change the way they think.
At somethingyoushouldknow.net
I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.
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