It shouldn’t take you more than 6-minutes to read this article. It gives an interesting interpretation of how your mind works and why you struggle to get things done that everyone can relate to. There’s also an exercise to do that will get 2009 off to the best possible start for you by clearly and concisely freeing your mind of all the junk that’s tripping you up.

“He who conquers his anger has conquered an enemy” - German Proverb

Love is something that almost everyone wants and yet few of us get in the measure that we expect and hope for. This is largely due to the incredibly vague nature of love added to the fact that most of us make it a need, fulfillable not by ourselves but only by the acts of another person. This is a combination that makes love elusive and easily quashed.

Most of us are conflicted because we deny the truth about our own personal performance. Denial seems bred into us but an awareness of the harm it causes can allow us to overcome it and live more cheerfully and productively

This highly useful attitude involves breaking the mental link to both physical real world objects and also mental interpretations of real world results. By breaking this link through detachment we reduce the chances of experiencing destabilising emotions and we maintain better control of our actions and results.