Mindstore: The Classic Personal Development Programme

The moment I sense the negative attitude of people around me, I immediately imagine the tune from the TV programme Thunderbirds and with it an imaginary glass screen falls around me to protect me, just like a gigantic jam jar. I tell myself that the screen of glass will resist negativity but will allow positivity to flow through. This means that I

Summary Four characteristics for successful living: Put oomph in your life. Learn to manage your stress and look after your energy levels. Develop a positive attitude. Learn to think automatically about what you want at all times. Learn to become an optimistic and a solution-orientated thinker.

2. Develop a positive attitude It is my opinion that we live in a negative culture here in the UK and particularly in Scotland. Everybody I have met who has succeeded is without doubt positive. They think about what they want, are optimistic, dynamic and solution orientated. On the other hand, the vast majority of people in the UK seem to think about

Break free of your limiting beliefs. Is your ‘luggage of life’ weighing you down? Learn to push out of your comfort zones, to stretch and experience much more of life. Learn to use your brain differently. Understand the importance of using both hemispheres of the brain – learn to develop many more of the right-brain faculties of imagination, intuit

with, ‘I believe something wonderful is going to happen today.’

Affirmations Every day and in every way I am getting better and better. I am in perfect health now. I am living a happy, healthy and prosperous life now. Perfect health and abundant energy are mine now. Perfect health, financial security and unconditional love are mine now. I am healthy, wealthy and wise now.

3. Break free of your limited beliefs Success seems to mean reaching a plateau and then reaching for a higher one. Nobody has instant success – you need to strive, to keep pushing to new heights. We all have limiting beliefs about what we can achieve or influence. It seems to me that at birth we are given a huge bag and as we grow we collect ‘the lugg

The secret is that we must set goals – this is fundamentally important, a cornerstone of success. If life is a game, then those who succeed are those who know the rules – but the vast majority of us don’t even know the rules exist, let alone that the setting of goals is the most important rule of all.

I recommend drawing up a Wheel of Life every two months, so you can check your progress and see if you are spending too much time on one particular area at the expense of the others. The Wheel of Life is a component of a major technique discussed in Chapter 9. By applying yourself to making improvements where necessary you can strive to be the perf