Jun
14
Tapping Your Superconscious: Cut your stress by 63% and Gain Inspiration using Focused Solitude
Posted under Goals and Goal SettingWhat if I gave you a simple method that if used, you could cut your stress level by 63% while focusing your mind like a laser beam? Would you try it? Or better, would you try it and post your results here?
I’ve mentioned this method before here. But it is easy to overlook it as being too simple or basic to amount to anything constructive.
I’ll admit when I first heard about it, I ignored it too. Brian Tracy used to speak about it in his seminars and I’d think “That’s ridiculous. That will never work.” However, after doing it over the years, I’ve come to value it for not only the great ideas I’ve gained, but its ability
as a “stress buster.” Whenever I am overwhelmed or stressed with a project or deadline, this technique always kills the stress and focuses my thoughts and ideas in the direction I need to go.
From there, the juices are flowing. My work becomes easy and almost effortless. And I have a sense of peace and optimism that can sometimes keep me going for days.
So what is this extra-simple technique?
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It is focused solitude.
Like I mentioned above, it seems easy to do, but as you’ll find out, it isn’t easy to do. In fact, it might be one of the more difficult tasks you do all day.
All you do is find a quiet place where nobody will disturb you for ½ hour to 1 hour. Find an office with a door you can shut or you can sit in your car.
Once you are in this quiet place, turn off all cell phones, pagers, radios and any other gear that could disturb you.
Then just sit quietly.
Don’t drink or eat. Don’t read. Don’t twiddle your thumbs or fidget.
Sit still for one half hour to an hour.
It may help if at the beginning of the session if you picture your #1 goal for a second. You can think for a moment about your most pressing problem if you prefer.
Then let it go.
“So I just sit still for ½ hour to an hour and do nothing? What’s so hard about that?” You say.
You’ll see.
Odds are you spend most of the day in movement. You fill up your schedule doing stuff. Not moving or doing anything is not easy.
You might want to fidget. You might remember something important to do later that you want to write on your task pad. You might want to drink some water.
Not now. Now is not the time.
Eventually, it may happen in 20 minutes, it may happen in 40, but what you’ll see is a clearing of the stress and clutter in your mind.
You’ll begin to relax.
You’ll begin to focus.
Then you’ll be able to see!
Optimism is a natural result of finally seeing what is important and right for you to be doing.
Then you will not want the session to end.
Resistance
You might resist trying this method. If you are busy like all of us, you may say “I’m stressed out of my mind! I don’t have enough time to sit for an hour and just think.”
However, let’s look at that for a second. Do you always trust negatively stressed people to make the best decisions? If there is a surgeon about to perform brain surgery on a loved one, do you want the doctor relaxed and focused or stressed with his mind on 1001 things?
If you are so stressed, how do you know you have your priorities in line? How do you know what you are doing is the most efficient way to your goal?
The superconscious is counterintuitive.
It works best while you are quiet. If you push, it will push back. So just sit quietly - for the entire time.
Give this a try and let me know what you think.
Be sure to write down a “before” and “after” on your stress level and your focus. You might find your stress down by more than the 63% I promised. It might be gone 100% when you finish.
This post is part of the Achieve-IT! Series Tapping Your Superconscious where you can learn unique ways to gain solutions to problems, inspirations and life changing ideas.
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Comments
27 minutes into it, I felt the pressure drop. But man, I was itching for the first 10 minutes or so.
Sounds interesting…I’m skeptical but I’ll give it a try.
I haven’t tried it yet but I will make this a part of my everyday life from now on. I feel the stress leaving me right now as I prepare to add this to my busy life. Thanks
Be sure and let us know your results after you try it.
I tried this today. I lasted 37 minutes and then I gave up because I felt like I was forcing myself. It was relaxing, but I don’t think I quite achieved what you talk about here. I can see why I often have a hard time getting to sleep — I just can’t empty my mind or let go of thoughts. It was so hard to not follow thoughts. This is going to take practice for it to be meaningful, I imagine.
I think meditating is good. Just being aware of the present moment.
yeah, this works for me. I tend to just sit. and sit. and it just calms me down and stuff. I used to just go onto other things but it doesnt really work becauseyou end up more stressed later.