Okay but are books/acronyms/courses going to make you more likely to do the doing of it? Or is that just more procrastination in itself. Instead of just doing it.. people are learning 'how to do it'... wasting more time and energy
It doesn't make sense to me.
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 7 2009, 12:40 AM BSTIt's a really interesting film. I picked up the double-DVD edition (there's one with 4 discs) with additional interesting extras for £5 in HMV in Oxford Street. It's available on Amazon etc.
That's very cheap, cheers for the heads up. Does it touch upon m/string theory out of interest?
Incidenatlly I've not earnt a penny from coaching. It's all been done as a favour - I've acted as a sounding board for people using what I learnt from the course I did.
Overall some people have seen some success in the short term Whether that has lasted I couldn't say.
Quote: Tuumble @ October 7 2009, 12:42 AM BSTAh, this is true but how many people do you know who are unhappy with their lot? Clearly something isn't working.
For no other reason than because it actually relates to the common sense idea, here is a testimonial I got a couple of years ago...
Jeremy's coaching really helped me to finally get something done. I had been slacking off for week, no, more like months really, maybe even a year.
Once, long ago I thought for myself to get Linux certified. So I did some investigation online, ordered several books on the subject, got really motivated, and did absolutely nothing. Three months later, I continued doing nothing, which I then prolonged a few months more. I got really experienced in slacking off you could say.
I always get great ideas, investigate, start with it, and that's about it. Until one day I got very frustrated with this fact that I procrastinate so much and asked for advice on the internet. And I got it, more than I imagined even.
This is where I met Jeremy, who offered to coach me in achieving my personal goals. I accepted the offer and pretty soon we were talking on msn. It all went very structured. At first we set specific times on which we would talk about the problems ("challenges") online.
Basically Jeremy doesn't tell you to do anything, he doesn't give you assignments or in any other way tell you what to do. Instead he just asks the exact right questions to get you going.
The thing is, everyone pretty much knows already how to go about things. Subconsciously we know how to achieve certain goals. We knowhow to be productive, how we can solve our problems. The knowledge is already there. What Jeremy did is awaken that consciousness. He stimulated me with just the right questions and in no time at all I had made a very detailed schedule I would use to keep on track with the study I just set up for myself.
I reported to Jeremy every time I finished one of the deadlines I set for myself. This was a big stimulance too because I could not allow myself to tell him I missed a deadline. It's almost as doing homework for school again, only this time I voluntarily set it up for and by myself.
All in all, I'm very thankful of Jeremy's coaching, he truly brought structure in my life to help me achieve my goals.
-- NK, The Netherlands
I think it's great that you can help people realise this, I really do.
I just think it's a shame that more people don't already realise that they are capable of doing whatever they set their minds to. People should know this already. They shouldn't need courses, coaches, etc to tell them this.
Quote: Moonstone @ October 7 2009, 12:43 AM BSTThat's very cheap, cheers for the heads up. Does it touch upon m/string theory out of interest?
A bit, yep. And it's very good at talking about the quantum nature of the human brain and the fact there is no region that seems to be "the observer" i.e. the mind. It also goes into the multiverse nature of reality.
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 7 2009, 12:02 AM BSTI'd highly recommend you get hold of a copy of the film What The Bleep Do We Know?...
Bought it a few years ago. Watched it. And for some reason felt as if I was watching Children of a Lesser God again.
Quote: Sammy @ October 7 2009, 12:46 AM BSTI think it's great that you can help people realise this, I really do.
I just think it's a shame that more people don't already realise that they are capable of doing whatever we set our minds to. People should know this already. They shouldn't need courses, coaches, etc to tell them this.
I agree. It doesn't make sense but tends to be about sticking fingers in the ears and going "La, La, La!" because they don't want to face their real issues. They'd rather go for a short term happy fix than do what really needs doing. This is why you get people comfort eating and then feeling bad about it creating a vicious circle where they get depressed and overweight.
It's pain avoidance in many cases. Procrastination means putting off something till you get to the point where NOT doing it is worse than if you do. People often put off their tax returns to the very last minute for instance when they could avoid the stress by doing it earlier.
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 7 2009, 12:50 AM BSTAnd it's very good at talking about the quantum nature of the human brain and the fact there is no region that seems to be "the observer" i.e. the mind.
"Not all that counts can be counted". Really, sounds absolutely fascinating.
It also goes into the multiverse nature of reality.
Does it dwell quite a lot on the source of gravity here? If so I'm wondering if I actually might have seen it, or at least some of it.
Quote: Moonstone @ October 7 2009, 1:04 AM BSTDoes it dwell quite a lot on the source of gravity here? If so I'm wondering if I actually might have seen it, or at least some of it.
Not really. It tries to concentrate on content that is deemed directly relevant to how we perceive and experience the world.
