December 19, 2014
Don’t Waste Your Energy! 
I’m referring to your personal energy – your thought energy and your movement energy. Your thoughts and actions consume most of the personal energy you have. So take time throughout the day to check in and see where you’re using – or wasting – your personal energy.
What are you thinking about and feeling about? Right now. Stop and take a deep breath in. Notice ANY place in your body where there is tension or discomfort. Did you know that these are signals from your body about your emotions? These ARE your emotions! Notice one of these feelings right now. Does it feel “good”- easy, flowing, “smooth”? Is your body relaxed and posture good, and are you breathing deeply and regularly? Or does it feel “bad” – stuck, solid, queasy? Is there a tightness in your chest or belly, shoulders or lower spine? Is your breathing shallow? These bodily feelings are the mouthpiece of your mind – one way you can know what’s going on in your thoughts. Because we have over 60,000 thoughts a day – we can’t possible be aware of them all. But by feeling our feelings, we can at least be aware of the gist of the majority of our thoughts. Our thoughts create our emotions.
If you’re feeling “bad” feelings, then you are having thoughts that are not productive. You’re wasting your energy. I know, I know, you have to feel stressed, right? So many of my clients tell me this. But it’s not true. You can be productive without a bunch of negative stress. In fact, you can be MORE productive, MORE creative, MORE collaborative. I provided a Tapping Script here to help you release stress, and get calm.
And then there are those problems that you’re thinking about. Maybe you had a disagreement with your spouse or child, or maybe you had an unpleasant interaction with a colleague, or maybe a stranger yelled or honked at you, and you’re still seething. You’re NOT going to solve anything by ruminating on the problem! This is another waste of your personal energy. To put it in simple terms, I quote Einstein who said: “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” So the more you focus on the problem, the more you will find ways to think about the problem. You’ve got to get to a new “level of consciousness” in order to solve that problem. That’s not the way most of us were taught. In fact, we’re taught a form of “mental hand-wringing” that is completely non-productive. I know, too, that you have had experiences when you were thinking really hard about a problem and you came up with a solution. Consider: even though it was a solution, it might not have been the best possible solution; and the only way you came up with it was that your mind wandered away from the problem.
Here’s a short video to help you move your mind away from those “repeating thoughts.” This technique is so easy that you’ll doubt it’s efficacy. I urge you to try it.
There are so many great things you could be doing with your energy. Like making all those dreams you have come true! Most people waste over 60% of their daily personal energy. Just poof! and they’ve thought it away or took meaningless actions – and they end up zombie-like in front of the TV or gaming screen at the end of the day, the week, the year! It’s time to STOP. Slow down. Wake up to your thoughts, feelings and actions. And begin to Master Your Mind. It’s not too late – no matter your age. You CAN learn to harness your precious personal energy. Sign up here for a F*R*E*E 5-part program “Stop Your Energy Leaks – and begin to Master Your Mind.” This program will come to your inbox each day for 5 days. It’s short, it’s sweet, and it’s powerful stuff.
Here’s to You!
