Questions That Will Free Your Mind

1.     How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
2.     Which is worse, failing or never trying?
3.     If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?
4.     When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
5.     What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world?
6.     If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich?
7.     Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?
8.     If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?
9.     To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken?
10.     Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?
11.     You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire.  They all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your friend.  The criticism is distasteful and unjustified.  What do you do?
12.     If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be?
13.     Would you break the law to save a loved one?
14.     Have you ever seen insanity where you later saw creativity?
15.     What’s something you know you do differently than most people?
16.     How come the things that make you happy don’t make everyone happy?
17.     What one thing have you not done that you really want to do?  What’s holding you back?
18.     Are you holding onto something you need to let go of?
19.     If you had to move to a state or country besides the one you currently live in, where would you move and why?
20.     Do you push the elevator button more than once?  Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster?
21.     Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton?
22.     Why are you, you?
23.     Have you been the kind of friend you want as a friend?
24.     Which is worse, when a good friend moves away, or losing touch with a good friend who lives right near you?
25.     What are you most grateful for?
26.     Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones?
27.     Is is possible to know the truth without challenging it first?
28.     Has your greatest fear ever come true?
29.     Do you remember that time 5 years ago when you were extremely upset?  Does it really matter now?
30.     What is your happiest childhood memory?  What makes it so special?
31.     At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive?
32.     If not now, then when?
33.     If you haven’t achieved it yet, what do you have to lose?
34.     Have you ever been with someone, said nothing, and walked away feeling like you just had the best conversation ever?
35.     Why do religions that support love cause so many wars?
36.     Is it possible to know, without a doubt, what is good and what is evil?
37.     If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job?
38.     Would you rather have less work to do, or more work you actually enjoy doing?
39.     Do you feel like you’ve lived this day a hundred times before?
40.     When was the last time you marched into the dark with only the soft glow of an idea you strongly believed in?
41.     If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today?
42.     Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by 10 years to become extremely attractive or famous?
43.     What is the difference between being alive and truly living?
44.     When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards, and just go ahead and do what you know is right?
45.     If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake?
46.     What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?
47.     When was the last time you noticed the sound of your own breathing?
48.     What do you love?  Have any of your recent actions openly expressed this love?
49.     In 5 years from now, will you remember what you did yesterday?  What about the day before that?  Or the day before that?
50.     Decisions are being made right now.  The question is:  Are you making them for yourself, or are you letting others make them for you?

Source:marcandangel

Use Your Subconscious to Change Your Life

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“Never go to sleep without a request to your subconscious.” – Thomas Edison

Your subconscious loves to do work while your body performs other tasks that are easy. I can prove this very easily by asking you how many good ideas you have had while driving or in the shower. When you are relaxed yet slightly distracted, your mind is often at its best.
Using subconscious requests will…

• Improve your motivation.
• Help you become happier.
• Increase your emotional intelligence.

You’ll see improvement in less than a month.
My last request was…
“Please give me more patience when commuting to work and allow me to even enjoy my time in the car.”
Within a month I was enjoying my ride to work.
My latest request is…
“Let’s find creative ways to grow my blog.”
I took this approach because it’s going to take a request to my subconscious and action in my waking life to make this happen. This request is only a few days old, but it’s already working. Instead of just asking people to help vote for my blog on social sites that rate articles such as Stumble Upon and Digg, I’ve change my communication. I now friend someone, give a compliment (only if they are worthy) and tell them that they ever need any help to shoot me a message. They are much more willing to help me out.

Mindset

My mindset is changing by setting my subconscious on a certain issue.  I start to see new angles that I’ve never seen before. This subconscious request works for personal issues as well as work related concerns.
The 3 step request only takes five minutes:
Step 1: Before you turn out the light, close your eyes and take one minute to make a request to your subconscious. It can be anything. I would start small and make it open ended. I wouldn’t request to be an astronaut by the end of the month. Your subconscious is good, but not that good.

Step 2: Take two minutes to visualize yourself actually able to do this thing. Whether it is getting the motivation to jog before work or eating a healthy snack, you must visualize yourself doing the request that you asked your subconscious. Let’s say you want to jog before work: imagine yourself getting up a few minutes earlier than usual, putting on your exercise clothes and jogging shoes, and heading out into the crisp air. Then you start jogging, watching the sun rise over the buildings, the birds chirping, and you are feeling good.

Step 3: Take two minutes to imagine the feeling that will occur when you are able to accomplish this new thing. How do you feel when you walk back in your front door after a morning jog? Energized? Whatever feeling you want to achieves imagine that you have already created this emotion inside of yourself. Let it sink in, then go to sleep and let your subconscious do the rest of the work.
Your subconscious mind wants to help you improve your life; you just have to trust its vast resources and allow it to do its thing.
You may not want to go jogging after the first subconscious request, but try to visualize yourself going through the motions the first couple of weeks. Then just start putting on your exercise gear and go for a five minute walk. Taking these baby steps will set you up for your jogging routine. Then after a few weeks just go for it. Now that you have your emotions geared toward jogging it should spur you into action.
By allowing the emotional momentum to build, you can create motivation that will help you accomplish things that make you happier.

Source:thechangeblog.com