http://paradoxofreality.com Better Thinking, Better Success: Peak Performance and Personal Achievement Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:32:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Following the enormous success of last year's first ever Tapping World Summit, Nicolas Ortner, the producer of the EFT Documentary film Try It On Everything has organised another one for this year! Last years event had over 81,000 people in attendance! I've just received the details of this event. Regular readers will know that I''m an ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2010/02/01/tapping-world-summit-2010/ Have you ever decided to do something only to find later that it's not working out? If so, then it's not necessarily your ultimate goal that's the problem. It could just be that you need to stop how you're doing it and try something else. There are three things to remember about ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2010/01/06/how-to-leverage-more-of-what-you-want/ This is a list of some of the most read articles on Paradox of Reality during 2009 (based on number of page views). Whether you're new to this blog or a long-time reader, thank you for your continued support and also for your emails and comments, both here and on twitter. There ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2010/01/01/the-best-of-paradox-of-reality-2009/ This is a cross post from http://reetaluthra.com/blog/ Gary Craig, the founder of EFT, has announced that he will be retiring on 15th January 2010. A post on his blog explains his reasons which are health related. One impact of Gary's retirement is that he will be shutting down his website - http://www.emofree.com - ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2009/12/16/gary-craig-is-retiring/ Your CV (aka resume) is ready and you're about to send it out to recruitment agencies and potential employers. Whether it's your first job or a strategic career move, there are some things you need to do before you send off that CV. 1) Is Your Email Address Helping or Hindering? First ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2009/12/07/5-ways-to-strengthen-your-job-application/ Paradox of Reality has changed! As you may already know, I help you address the internalised stress that underlies your health problems. This is a huge subject that needs its own dedicated area to do it justice - so I have developed a new hub for my therapy & coaching practice. http://reetaluthra.com is now ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2009/11/18/reetaluthra-com-is-live/ Sometimes we do things that turn out to be a bit odd and not what we'd intended. An idea seems absolutely terrific in our own head but then when we work to give it a shape in the outside world, we get quite defensive when people suggest the idea needs tweaking. Government ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2009/10/21/who-are-you-doing-it-for/ John Gray is coming to London! John Gray PhD, author of more than 16 best-selling books with over 40 million copies sold worldwide, including the relationship classic, ‘Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus’, is coming to the UK on November 17th 2009 to introduce his latest work ‘Why ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2009/10/19/an-evening-in-london-with-john-gray-of-men-are-from-mars-fame/ Two things you should know. First, I'm fascinated by Feng Shui. Second, I HATE to cook. I always said that my ideal house would be one that had no kitchen. No, this article is not about how I used Feng Shui to make me cook. I would never deliberately torture myself ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2009/10/05/feng-shui-fact-or-fiction/ Back in 1997 or so, I registered my first domain name for the bargain price of just under £90. My new friends from across the pond (when they'd finished laughing) told me where I could buy a domain for a lot less. I listened attentively, acutely aware that I had messed ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2009/09/16/when-i-cut-off-my-nose-to-spite-my-face/ Emotional well-being gives you backup when things get difficult. You let old niggles go, you fester less, have better perspective and you start making stronger decisions. Long-term exposure to dark emotions like stress, anger and resentment can make us ill, so doing something little every day that helps chip away at ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2009/09/13/poll-how-do-you-support-your-emotional-well-being/ Having dipped a toe into social media, I'm finding it's a whirlpool sucking me in. I'm a techie and I'm also pro-privacy. So while I'm hooked by the technology, I worry about where all this is leading. Is social media immunising us against privacy concerns? Perhaps even numbing our resistance to ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2009/09/11/the-sticky-web-of-linked-up-social-networks/ One of the basics of better thinking is to acknowledge where your thoughts could be better. If you've read any decent self development books, you know you're supposed to turn these areas into goals to achieve - notice what happens to your thoughts as you read the following statements: My goal is ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2009/09/10/declutter-your-mind-achieve-your-goal/ Forget the British stiff upper lip for a moment. Forget the crassness of blowing your own trumpet. Forget the silly-billyness of positive affirmations. Most of all, forget everything you've been told about polite self-restraint. Just for today, you're going to enter a new reality and it's one where you are on ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2009/09/09/live-the-buzz-about-yourself/ I've always been a bookworm and I have thousands of books - fiction and non-fiction. Recently my husband observed I had a lot of unfinished books lying around. "Huh?" I said. I hadn't noticed this but for many months, I've been leaving the last chapter of every book unread. The book simply "fizzles ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2009/09/04/im-not-going-to-die-until-i-finish-all-my-books/ A client described a sore spot in her soul; the result of the way someone treated her. She's found that anger makes the pain easier to bear - although she admits that this is probably not the best strategy in the world! Sore spots worry me - I worry that sore ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2009/09/03/3-power-attitudes-to-reduce-anger-cultivate-forgiveness/ If you are thinking of joining the Tapping Insiders Club, this is to let you know that their reduced charter membership prices end soon - in less than 2 days according to an email I just received from Nick Ortner. Chartered Membership Chartered membership is what you get for coming in early ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2009/08/31/the-tapping-insiders-club-last-call-for-chartered-membership/ As a part of my continuing professional development, I attend a number of courses every year in the field of personal development. After some of the "deeper" courses that incorporate lots of exercises, I notice that one or two people inevitably end a long-term relationship soon afterwards. NLP encourages questions and ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2009/08/26/can-nlp-hurt-your-relationships/ You may remember Nick Ortner - the man behind the popular “Try it on Everything” EFT DVD. He was also behind the recent hugely successful EFT Summit (aka Tapping Summit) which was the largest internet event in its field. Nick Ortner has now launched The Tapping Insiders club. This is a ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2009/08/13/the-tapping-insiders-club/ Or to be more precise - what happened to those New Year Resolutions? New Year Resolutions are made on New Year because it's a magical, sparkly time that's ever so convenient to allow ourselves to think about what we want. But you already know that resolutions can be made at any time ... http://paradoxofreality.com/2009/07/20/what-happened-to-the-new-year/