Comments for Tales of a Corporate Hypnotist http://www.toach.net/blog Working as Expected Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:42:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 Comment on Business and leadership is about removing limits by jilliorcedo http://www.toach.net/blog/2007/07/20/business-and-leadership-is-about-removing-limits/#comment-10668 jilliorcedo Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:28:01 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2007/07/20/business-and-leadership-is-about-removing-limits/#comment-10668 <p>Thanks for the post</p> Thanks for the post

]]> Comment on How to silence your internal dialogue by Michael http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-10394 Michael Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:09:40 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-10394 Nayas, You can hear your internal dialogue breathing? Great! If you want silence for good, get your internal dialogue to hold it's breath for 5 minutes. Your internal dialogue will suffocate.... :-) It's a flippant answer, but holds the keys. Reread point 13 in the post and follow the suggestions. When you pause, your internal dialogue will pause as well. It might only be for a very short time though. That small fraction of a second is enough to start with. Every time you do it, practice extending that time. With only a little dedicated practice, you will be able to extend that time to a few seconds and then quickly to a minute or two. Nayas,

You can hear your internal dialogue breathing? Great!

If you want silence for good, get your internal dialogue to hold it’s breath for 5 minutes. Your internal dialogue will suffocate…. :-)

It’s a flippant answer, but holds the keys. Reread point 13 in the post and follow the suggestions.

When you pause, your internal dialogue will pause as well. It might only be for a very short time though. That small fraction of a second is enough to start with. Every time you do it, practice extending that time. With only a little dedicated practice, you will be able to extend that time to a few seconds and then quickly to a minute or two.

]]> Comment on How to silence your internal dialogue by Nayas http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-10181 Nayas Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:42:03 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-10181 I have the same problem with breathing even though I am quite I hear the voice of my internal dialoge breathing aloud as I breath there is never a quiet moment...is the right? How do I get peace? I have the same problem with breathing even though I am quite I hear the voice of my internal dialoge breathing aloud as I breath there is never a quiet moment…is the right? How do I get peace?

]]> Comment on What most people don’t know about Powerpoint presentations by Tales of a Corporate Hypnotist » Ten Points to help in Selling with Powerpoint http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/08/01/what-most-people-dont-know-about-powerpoint-presentations/#comment-9585 Tales of a Corporate Hypnotist » Ten Points to help in Selling with Powerpoint Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:58:02 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/08/01/what-most-people-dont-know-about-powerpoint-presentations/#comment-9585 [...] talked about PowerPoint before. I don’t like it so much, but many companies insist on using it for [...] […] talked about PowerPoint before. I don’t like it so much, but many companies insist on using it for […]

]]> Comment on How to silence your internal dialogue by Michael http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-9136 Michael Sat, 17 May 2008 03:17:17 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-9136 Tomas, This is a different, but related issue. Many of us use internal dialogue to understand the world. "There is a tree. See that bird sitting in the tree. The wind is moving the branches..." On and on it goes. If you're not used to interacting with the world without this ongoing description, then it takes time and effort to learn a new way. Boredom is another part of this. Many years ago, when I was much younger and stuck inside on a rainy day. I'd tell my parents I was bored and they would suggest I draw some pictures, play with Lego, read a book or something else. Everything they suggested I replied with 'No, that's boring...' Yet at other times, each of those suggestions were (and still are) engaging and definitely not boring. What makes the difference? The easiest answer is that boredom is 'a state of mind'. You have the choice to be bored, or not bored; regardless of what you are currently doing. Can you imagine being engaged fully in watching paint dry? Can you imagine being bored while parachuting? If you could, what would that mean? One of the side effects of silencing my internal dialogue is engaging with the world more. If you don't yet realise this is happening, you can slip back into old habits and become bored. So make the decision and if you find yourself becoming bored, engage more with what's happening around you - I find that much more interesting than my own internal dialogue... :-) Tomas,

This is a different, but related issue.

Many of us use internal dialogue to understand the world. “There is a tree. See that bird sitting in the tree. The wind is moving the branches…” On and on it goes.

If you’re not used to interacting with the world without this ongoing description, then it takes time and effort to learn a new way.

Boredom is another part of this. Many years ago, when I was much younger and stuck inside on a rainy day. I’d tell my parents I was bored and they would suggest I draw some pictures, play with Lego, read a book or something else. Everything they suggested I replied with ‘No, that’s boring…’

Yet at other times, each of those suggestions were (and still are) engaging and definitely not boring. What makes the difference?

The easiest answer is that boredom is ‘a state of mind’. You have the choice to be bored, or not bored; regardless of what you are currently doing. Can you imagine being engaged fully in watching paint dry? Can you imagine being bored while parachuting? If you could, what would that mean?

One of the side effects of silencing my internal dialogue is engaging with the world more. If you don’t yet realise this is happening, you can slip back into old habits and become bored. So make the decision and if you find yourself becoming bored, engage more with what’s happening around you - I find that much more interesting than my own internal dialogue… :-)

]]> Comment on How to silence your internal dialogue by Tomas Gaviño http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-8977 Tomas Gaviño Fri, 09 May 2008 00:50:49 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-8977 I have no problem to reach a period of silence, and sustain it for say, a period of 40 or 50 seconds, perhaps even minutes, if you can count time while you are not speaking to yourself. My problem is to sustain silence for longer periods of time. When silent there seems to be no purpose, kind of, get bored. And therefore I think of something, thus starting the internal dialogue, until I realize I am thinking again, and silence myself again, until something comes along and start thinking. What I think I mean, being silent does not keep me silent. I have no problem to reach a period of silence, and sustain it for say, a period of 40 or 50 seconds, perhaps even minutes, if you can count time while you are not speaking to yourself.
My problem is to sustain silence for longer periods of time. When silent there seems to be no purpose, kind of, get bored. And therefore I think of something, thus starting the internal dialogue, until I realize I am thinking again, and silence myself again, until something comes along and start thinking.
What I think I mean, being silent does not keep me silent.

]]> Comment on Why is it… by Arwen http://www.toach.net/blog/2008/03/22/why-is-it/#comment-8709 Arwen Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:17:23 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2008/03/22/why-is-it/#comment-8709 Well, isn't that advertising all over? I assume most of those stock photos are shot hoping for company annual reports and suchlike - and there aren't many companies who want to promote their boring and over-long meetings! Maybe we should start an off-beat stock company for the images no-one else wants to shoot... Well, isn’t that advertising all over? I assume most of those stock photos are shot hoping for company annual reports and suchlike - and there aren’t many companies who want to promote their boring and over-long meetings!

Maybe we should start an off-beat stock company for the images no-one else wants to shoot…

]]> Comment on Stress migraine and how to survive it. by Arwen http://www.toach.net/blog/2008/01/21/stress-migraine-and-how-to-survive-it/#comment-6405 Arwen Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:52:01 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2008/01/21/stress-migraine-and-how-to-survive-it/#comment-6405 Do you know, I used to get exactly the same thing when I was still in private practice as a naturopath. It's amazing how people never think about the little niggles before they turn into the big shouts. I've also seen many patients start to take notice - and suddenly discover lots of other health problems start to improve as well now that they're being listened to. Do you know, I used to get exactly the same thing when I was still in private practice as a naturopath. It’s amazing how people never think about the little niggles before they turn into the big shouts. I’ve also seen many patients start to take notice - and suddenly discover lots of other health problems start to improve as well now that they’re being listened to.

]]> Comment on Build team trust for better results by anoreasse http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/06/25/38/#comment-5728 anoreasse Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:10:13 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/06/25/38/#comment-5728 <p>WOW, so much stuff here, an excellent resource. Thanks guys!<br /> Merry christmas !</p> WOW, so much stuff here, an excellent resource. Thanks guys!
Merry christmas !

]]> Comment on How to silence your internal dialogue by rahul khanna http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-5600 rahul khanna Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:53:08 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2006/12/11/how-to-silence-your-internal-dialogue/#comment-5600 this is indeed good, "pause technique:" this is indeed good, “pause technique:”

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