en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/709473 Comments by kristenhazard http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/think-grow-rich-napoleon-hill/#IDComment54273760 Great point Chris. I totally agree. While I'm engaged it's no problem, I'm just stoked to be doing what I love. Next time I hear the patter (or stomp) of those damp feet I'm gonna just get to work and see what happens. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:18:42 +0000 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/think-grow-rich-napoleon-hill/#IDComment54273760 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/the-8020-principle-richard-koch/#IDComment54101905 Hi Jayne. About a year ago I realized that I didn't have enough time. I felt like I was rushing around everywhere and not doing the things I wanted to be doing. I think the "Secret" folks were on Oprah and something came up about what are our mantras. I realized my mantra was I don't have enough time. I decided right there and then I would change that mantra to "I have all the time in the world." Here is how I did it. Every time I felt anxiety about not having enough time, or I started to rush around, I would tell my self "I have all the time in the world". My god, just saying it calmed me down and a smile would appear across my lips. Slowly my life changed. It was crazy. My life is totally different now. I really do have a bunch of time. I'm creating more and feel more settled. Good luck with the writing. All my best, Kristen Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:48:08 +0000 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/the-8020-principle-richard-koch/#IDComment54101905 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/overachievement-john-eliot-ph-d/#IDComment53956778 Developing the trusting mindset is AWESOME! I know this is a huge opportunity for me. To stay in my squirrel brain and go with it. Just writing that gives me a zing of energy. Boy to I teter back and forth between trust and training. Welcome pressure and flow with it instead of trying to calm myself down and avoid it. I guess that idea goes with the basic philosophy of not resisting things, of embracing them. Wow. OK, this is a great one for me because I practice yoga and it is hard. When the founder of the school of yoga I study (Shadow Yoga) came to my town for a 3 week intensive (Zhander Remete) I was so friggin nervous and worried. What did I do, I tried to breathe myself onto calm island! Oops. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:28:49 +0000 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/overachievement-john-eliot-ph-d/#IDComment53956778 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/how-to-think-like-leonardo-da-vinci-by-michael-gelb/#IDComment53426602 This was the note I was most excited for. I want to be a genius. There I said it. My biggest take away - GOING UP IN SMOKE! I am willing to embrace ambiguity, paradox and uncertainty. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:31:19 +0000 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/how-to-think-like-leonardo-da-vinci-by-michael-gelb/#IDComment53426602 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/philosophersnotes-ask-and-it-is-given/#IDComment52270273 Intention is an amazing thing. After listening to tuning our frequencies to the experiences that we want I had the opportunity to call for some technical support on ArcGIS. I attuned myself to positivity, patience, love and appreciation. Namish who helped me was patient and positive and very helpful. In the end he couldn't help me and passed me along to somebody who could. We ended the conversation wishing each other a good weekend. I moved on to my next project feeling satisfied, not anxious, angry or frustrated like I have in the past. Lo and behold about a half an hour later Namish, the guy who was helping me, sent me an email with the answers I was looking for. After our conversation he researched my problem, figured it out and sent me the answer. It was above and beyond. Wow. That was the script you laid out in the note Brian. The concept of tuning my frequency really speaks to me. Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:04:38 +0000 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/philosophersnotes-ask-and-it-is-given/#IDComment52270273 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/philosophersnotes-how-to-stop-worrying-and-start-living/#IDComment51969001 Great post Bobby. I've been listening multiple times, but not with my partner. Duh! What a great idea to listen with my partner tonight. In fact, just last night we were talking about our worries. Perfect note for us tonight. I also like getting out the journal and taking some focused time with it. Be awesome, Kristen Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:35:58 +0000 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/philosophersnotes-how-to-stop-worrying-and-start-living/#IDComment51969001 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/the-four-agreements-by-don-miguel-ruiz/#IDComment51801823 Good point about intuition versus assumptions. I think my intuition comes more from my belly and my assumptions come more from my mind. But either way the best approach is just to ask! You are right on. I've got 2 tattoos. The raven and I have the sun tattooed around my belly button. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:05:25 +0000 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/the-four-agreements-by-don-miguel-ruiz/#IDComment51801823 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/the-four-agreements-by-don-miguel-ruiz/#IDComment51801426 The silent retreat was with a woman named Gangaji. She comes from the Ramana, Papaji lineage in India. She was living in the Bay Area when I was and I was fortunate to spend a lot of time with her. Thank you so much for the kind reply to my post. It really add to the feeling of community as we go through the PN50. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:02:55 +0000 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/the-four-agreements-by-don-miguel-ruiz/#IDComment51801426 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/philosophersnotes-7-habits-of-highly-effective-people/#IDComment51799176 The part of this note that spoke to me the most was in the Missions section. I have very good intuition and I am very good at following that intuition, however, I don't have a super strong sense of what my mission in life is. So I really appreciated Brian's thoughts on the matter. I learned a lot from the exercise to let the answers to "My specific mission in life is to..." When I started that exercise I got kinda scared and froze up actually. Must be a good exercise then huh? I do feel that it's a bit of an arduous process, and I'm grateful to have somebody who seems to be living his mission in life (Brian) say it is too! So here I am living in the question of what my mission in life is. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:45:48 +0000 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/philosophersnotes-7-habits-of-highly-effective-people/#IDComment51799176 http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2010/01/will-single-founders-please-stand-up.html#IDComment51548541 I'll stand up! Just getting started, looking for a co-founder but not having any luck. This kind of post and the subsequent comments give me more confidence. Thanks. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:05:09 +0000 http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2010/01/will-single-founders-please-stand-up.html#IDComment51548541 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/the-four-agreements-by-don-miguel-ruiz/#IDComment51529214 I love this book. It happens to be one of the 100 that I've already read. The 3rd agreement is the one I need to constantly remind myself about. I really got this agreement when I attended a week long silent retreat. Since nobody was talking to me I got to realize how my mind was making assumptions all the time. Normally I would use my interaction with people to prove my assumptions, but since nobody was talking to me I was just left with my assumptions. It was very powerful. I got a tattoo of a raven on my arm to remind of this. Ravens are tricksters. So is the mind. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:05:42 +0000 http://www.finerminds.com/personal-growth/the-four-agreements-by-don-miguel-ruiz/#IDComment51529214