On The Rocks
Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist, said that “Synchronicity is an ever present reality for those who have eyes to see. …”. What he is alluding to is that things happen for a reason; what appears to us on the surface to be a coincidence actually has deeper meaning. Or to put it another way life is a reflection of something deeper which we do not yet fully understand in our own consciousness. I am sure you have had many instances of things happening in your life in an oddly coincidental way. You think of someone and 5 minutes later they call you, or you wonder what happened to a friend from school only to meet them later that week in the supermarket. You will have your own examples and I have several very startling examples that I could share with you too. But instead let’s just have a look at Continue Reading »
Waking Up in 2012
The parties over it’s time to get back to work, but what sort of year are we waking up to? Much has been made of 2011 as a year of protest; Time magazine even featured a generic protestor as it’s person of 2011. Many people are unhappy, unsettled, something is not right in their world and they want to change it. You know the feeling; something in your life has to change but you just can’t put your finger on exactly what it is. Personal change is something that we are all faced with at some point in our lives but it’s not always something that we want to face up to. We often ignore it or push it away. Sometimes if we do that it just comes back with a vengeance at a later date. But however unpleasant it might seem at the time, having awareness of our problems is a good thing not a bad thing. You need to have awareness of problems to Continue Reading »
Great Big News
Our Christmas newsletter is always a big one, so if you missed out you can still take a look today at all the fantastic articles.
This years bumper addition features stories from our own delegates and their experiences of using NLP, Hypnosis, TLT and Coaching. Along with some inspirational stories and tips to help you along your way.
By clicking the link below you will be able to access our ‘Flip Page’ publication – December 2011 Newsletter.
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Enjoy – And Merry Christmas from the Inspire 360 Team
Pay Up
The independent High Pay Commission published a report this week stating that executive pay had risen 5,000% in the last 30 years whereas average pay had risen only 300% to £25,900. I’m sure that you will all have an opinion about this; whether you think it’s good or bad. The arguments in favour include; if wealth creators are not freed up and rewarded for their efforts then they might use their talents doing something else or applying their talents somewhere else. Counter arguments run; that we are returning to Dickensian inequalities and Continue Reading »
Root It Out!
The Euro has been saved; the European project lives on; the markets bounce back, rejoice, rejoice! Although cautious commentators reflect that this agreement only deals with the symptoms of the problem and not the cause. Fundamental to any change programme with groups, individuals or even with yourself is to find what the root of the problem really is. An economy is like a big black box with leavers, dials and gauges attached to it. You can get a sense of what is going on inside, but you don’t really know for sure. If you pull this leaver or turn that dial Continue Reading »
Light Speed
Many of you may have seen that in the last week Italian scientists have published experimental results that suggest that some subatomic particles can travel faster than the speed of light. This is a big deal. So scientists are being cautious and efforts are being made to verify the results. This is such a big deal that Brian Cox has said that if the results are correct it will be the biggest scientific discovery for a 100 years. Whilst another physicist has offered to eat his boxer shorts live on TV. The reason why it is such a big deal is that Einstein’s work created a limit on how fast anything can travel in the universe, which is the speed of light. According to his work Continue Reading »
The Gold Standard
If you happen to be heavily invested in shares then events over the last couple weeks may well have been a little unnerving for you. We have seen significant stock market gyrations, banking and currency crisis and a little local unrest thrown in for good measure. As the western economies have spluttered and choked on their debt diet in recent years, many people are asking themselves where to put their hard earned money to get a good return. The answer for many of these people has been to invest in gold, which is why the price of gold has risen sharply in recent months. Nevertheless, there is a surer safer haven to invest in, one who’s value will not diminish when the golden bubble bursts. Continue Reading »
Metaphorically Speaking
One of things that I love about NLP is that we use, explore and we teach using metaphors. Metaphors are stories, stories with a meaning. The meanings can be fairly obvious or even a little deeper so that the significance of them only bubbles into your conscious mind at some later date. People of all ages have used the power of metaphors to teach, to inspire, to entertain and to prise open the locked cabinet of the conscious mind placing within it the seed of deeper understanding. Continue Reading »
All The Small Things
We often mark our progress through life with big events births, deaths and marriages. Yet the value in life is more often in the small things, a look, a smile, a gift, a gesture, a touch, a phone call, a text or just a kind word. These things can be the things which make the biggest difference to how we feel. And sometimes Continue Reading »
It’s A Question Of Ethics
The stench of corruption, the whiff of double standards and the slightly odd aroma of secrecy has wafted through our media over the past few weeks. So how does one set ones moral compass in the modern world, what is acceptable and what is not, who is your moral guide and where do you plant your moral standard. Most people will adopt a black and white position, which they shift as circumstances change. Personally I think that we need to start this debate by firstly recognising that we live in a strongly dichotomous world; how do you know what good is, unless you also know what bad is. Once you start with that you can then ask yourself what is it that I prefer. Then express what it is that you prefer to experience in your life; Continue Reading »