Eliminate stress caused by poor time management
Exercise :
Sensible time management tackles most of the twelve most common roots of management stress. Research on thousand managers in ten countries has identified these as follows.
Please put a number in each box, listing your stress potency quotient (SPQ) from one (extremely high) to five (virtually non existent)
( ) Time pressures and deadlines
( ) Work overload
( ) Inadequately trained subordinates
( ) Long working hours
( ) Attending meetings
( ) Demands of work on private and social life
( ) Keeping up with new technology
( ) Holding beliefs conflicting with those of organization
( ) Taking work home
( ) Lack of power and influence
( ) The amount of travel required by work
( ) Doing a job below one’s competence
Add up your score
12-24 You are already stressed. Take a day off, see your doctor and check your time management skills
25-44 You need to improve your time management across a wide front. Do not procrastinate
45- 59 Select particular areas for improvement and work on them without delay
60 Fine, but how about the people working for You
Saturday, January 24, 2009
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What a Real Leader Knows
Developing Fundamental Leadership Skills
Decision making is a key leadership skill.
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What is it that distinguishes 'good' leaders from 'mediocre' ones? Is it their decision-making abilities, their charismatic persuasiveness, or the clarity of their vision? Do great leaders have these qualities naturally, or were they acquired at college?
The good news is that you can learn to be a leader, just as long as you put in the time needed to learn the fundamental skills needed. How these skills are applied on a day-to-day basis, however, is what sets good leaders apart from mediocre ones.
So, if you want to be a better leader, what specifically do you need to learn to do? Do you need to go business school to learn these things? Or can you learn them on the job?
J. Sterling Livingston, a professor at Harvard Business School, attempted to answer these questions by studying the connection between formal education and successful leadership. In 1971, he published "The Myth of the Well-Educated Manager" in the Harvard Business Review.
One of Livingston's conclusions was that a formal business education, such as an MBA, was not a good predictor of leadership success in the long term. This finding is much less surprising now than it was back in the early 1970s. However, his other main observation is as relevant today as it was back then - namely, that four key skills define successful leadership:
1. Effective decision making.
2. Successful problem finding.
3. Effective opportunity finding.
4. Leadership style.
By developing your skills in these fundamental areas, he argued that you can lead people, and inspire them to change. You can also be dynamic and effective in how you tackle the problems and challenges you face on a daily basis.
Let's look at these four skill areas in more detail.
Decision Making
The ability to solve problems and make good decisions is extremely important for effective leadership. But decision making and problem solving are commonly taught skills - so, with all those problem solvers out there, why can good leaders be so hard to find?
According to Livingston, the difference often lies in your approach to finding solutions. If you face a problem believing that you have to find the 'right' answer, this can actually lead to failure. You can analyze a problem forever, and still not be 100% sure that your solution is the best. If you're in this frame of mind, the only way to assess your decision is by looking back, after the fact. Even then, there are sometimes too many variables to determine whether or not you definitely chose the right action.
Effective leaders use practical and responsive approaches to decision making. They know you can't wait to make a 'perfect' decision. When you're in the middle of a situation, you have to be confident enough to do what needs to be done right now. This often means you must quickly evaluate the situation, and take the action that has a high probability of success. Leaders make decisions under pressure that might not be perfect, but they're consistent with the desired outcome.
Strong leaders also know that problem solving and decision making aren't entirely rational processes. We all have emotions, so completely objective decisions don't really exist. Successful leaders therefore use critical thinking (premium members only) - a technique that questions every step of your thinking process - to deal with the subjective side of decision making.
Ultimately, what sets apart effective leaders is that they know HOW to decide. They know when to take the time to use more analytical and thorough decision-making processes. They know when to engage the whole team, and when to make the decision on their own: this knowledge doesn't come from a book, but from practical experience. As a developing leader, look for opportunities to make decisions in a wide variety of situations to help you gain that experience.
See the Mind Tools decision-making skills page for many specific tools to help you make better decisions across a wide range of situations. The more tools you know, the more options you'll have to help you make good decisions, and find better solutions.
Problem Finding
Leaders don't simply solve problems that people bring to them - they look for problems that may be hidden. In other words, they often recognize potential issues before they become problems.
The quicker you discover a problem, the more time you have to find a solution, and the more able you are to tackle the problem before it becomes serious. Skillful leaders are proactive, and they continuously ask questions. The 5 Whys problem-solving technique - a tool that helps you get to the root of a problem quickly - is something that good leaders often do instinctively when they first 'find' a problem.
Also, look for potential problems that may be caused by a solution - before that solution is implemented. When time allows, leaders use approaches like Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (premium members only) to spot problems before they take action. Sometimes this happens more intuitively and less formally, but the objective is the same - to find a problem before it develops into a much larger, and potentially damaging, issue.
See our problem-solving skills page for a wide variety of tools to help you find problems - including flow charts, swim lane diagrams (premium members only), systems diagrams, and appreciative inquiry.
Opportunity Finding
When you solve problems, you make sure the organization can continue on its defined path toward its goals. When you find opportunities, however, you focus on redefining - and hopefully improving - the company's overall direction.
As management expert Peter Drucker famously said, "The pertinent question is not how to do things right, but how to find the right things to do, and to concentrate resources and efforts on them."
Successful leaders find opportunities and use them effectively. In practical terms, they understand leverage, and they constantly look for ways to achieve more with the same amount of effort. Simplex is a sophisticated tool for finding problems and opportunities - and eventually taking action.
Natural Leadership Style
Finally, good leaders use effective styles of leadership. You may find all kinds of problems and opportunities, and you may make great decisions to move the organization forward - but if you can't inspire people to take action, there's little chance of success.
Livingston argued that there's no one correct leadership style that everyone can use across all situations. He said that strong leaders recognize this, and adapt their approach as necessary. But they always use authentic styles that naturally fit their personalities.
It's also important to be inspirational - to lead by your example, your words, and your vision. Leaders like this, "transformational leaders", motivate; inspire trust; have a clear vision; are trustworthy; and are committed both to their people and to making the organization better.
A large part of being an effective leader is the willingness to accept responsibility and accountability. This strengthens the integrity and trustworthiness of your actions, decisions, and motives. By committing to an open and honest relationship with your superiors, peers, and staff, you can become a real leader who motivates others to work with you to achieve a common goal.
Note:
At Mind Tools, we agree with some of these points, and we disagree with others.
First of all, MBAs are useful for learning skills in all of these areas and many others, in a condensed and accelerated way. A good MBA will package all of the learning from many years' practical experience, plus business theory, into a one- or two-year course. (You can also learn very many of these skills right now within the Mind Tools Career Excellence Club.)
Secondly, while there is no one leadership style that suits all business situations, the 'transformational leadership' style does suit very many of them. This is a style of leadership by which a leader creates an inspiring vision of the future, motivates his or her team to achieve that vision, manages implementation of the vision effectively, and coaches and develops his or her team so that individual team members are even more effective when the next team task comes up.
Career Excellence Club members can learn how to become a transformational leader, and learn all of the skills they need to be effective in business, by downloading 'How to Lead: Discover the Leader Within You,' the Mind Tools leadership course. (This course, retailing at US$67, is a powerful joining bonus for new members of the Career Excellence Club.)
Key Points
Leaders aren't created overnight. Strong leadership is something you need to work on every day. It's more than learning how to solve problems and make decisions - you must focus on making your organization better through everything you do. This means that you need to understand how and when to make a decision, recognize problems before they appear, constantly look for opportunities to improve, and be aware of your leadership style. When people believe in you, they'll likely trust your decisions and actions - and that's the mark of a true leader.
Apply This to Your Life:
1. Challenge yourself to learn and use one new decision-making tool each month.
2. Think about the last key decision you made.
• Did you use critical thinking as part of your process? How did that impact the result?
• Did you feel pressure to make the 'right' decision? If so, how did that affect the timeliness of your decision?
3. What problem can you see right now that your company should address? How can you help influence a solution - and will you do so?
4. What opportunity can you see right now that your organization should pursue? Start creating a plan to evaluate your idea.
5. Describe your natural leadership style. Think of a time when you acted as a leader, but you weren't true to who you are - and you used a style that didn't naturally fit your personality. How did you feel, and how did it impact the effectiveness of your leadership?
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A Final Note from James
I hope this article has shown you that leadership skills can indeed be learned - and that it helps you identify ways to develop your own approach to leadership. It doesn't take long to learn how to do this (we think you need just 24 hours of study), however you'll receive the benefits of this effort very many times over, throughout the rest of your life. I really do encourage you to make the effort to build these skills!
In our next issue, we're thinking about the current corporate reality. If your organization is budget conscious right now, then our featured resource in two weeks' time will be able to help you and your team work more cost-effectively. Our article, "The Thrifty Manager" gives tips and guidance on how to make cost savings in your workplace. And, to keep up team morale, we'll share some Team-Building Exercises with you.
Best wishes for a truly excellent week!
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Secret #1: All Healing is Self Healing
Given the right conditions, the body has a tremendous intelligence and capacity to heal itself. In "Western Medicine", the focus of the treatment is often about alleviating the symptoms you’re experiencing. And while this helps you feel better in the short term by clearing your immediate problems... the long term effects aren’t too long-lasting.
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With Quantum-Touch, we teach our clients how to trust the intelligence of the body. The body knows how to bring itself back to wholeness given the proper conditions. We help our clients maximize their own capacity to heal rather than "treat" specific conditions. True healing occurs by addressing the root cause of disease.
"Quantum-Touch has become integrated into my practice of surgery for breast cancer patients. Pain is reduced, scars heal faster, spasms relax, depression and fear turn to hope and healing, and patients are aware that they are loved as well as receiving quallity surgical care. Thank you for making this available!"
George R Webber, MD, FACS, Breast surgeon
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Life Force Energy (LFE) is described as Chi or Prana in Eastern cultures. LFE powers the brain, vital organs and every aspect of the anatomy. As electricity is needed to power our homes and infrastructure, our bodies also require a source of power. Without enough LFE - without it being able to get to each and every part of our anatomy, the body will fail and stop functioning correctly. As each part of the body becomes deprived of it's LFE, each part will become sick, deteriorate and malfunction.
Quantum-Touch works by amplifying and balancing the LFE and clearing the blocks in our emotional, spiritual and physical circuitry in order to allow the free flow of life sustaining energy to our complete anatomy. The Quantum-Touch techniques focus and amplify life-force energy like a laser. When you learn to direct the life-force energy, the possibilities are truly extraordinary.
Our clients have reported a wide range of organic conditions that have been helped through Quantum-Touch.
When Quantum-Touch is applied to skeletal structure, bones often move into alignment. Other phenomena that we have observed include pain relief, reduction of inflammation, reshaping bunions, healing of deformed or broken bones, help for babies and animals, emotional healing, and healing from a distance. We have also encountered varying degrees of success with cancer, reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, reducing liver enzyme levels, infections, hydrocephalus, improved eyesight, and more.
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In the field of Quantum Physics, scientists have shown that the act of observation actually affects what is being observed. On the Quantum Level, everything vibrates. When two things vibrate at different frequencies, there is a tendency for the vibrations to come together. Most often, the slower vibration will rise to match the faster frequency. There are many kinds of examples of entrainment: over time, similarly tuned electric oscillators will match frequencies; disembodied animal hearts when placed near each other and kept alive in a lab will all beat in unison; and when women share a dormitory, over months they will often start menstruating at the same time.
"I recommend Quantum-Touch to anyone who wants to know the intrinsic power they possess to help heal themselves and others."
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Quantum-Touch uses resonance and entrainment to facilitate healing. The practitioner learns to raise his or her vibration and create a high level of energy. If that energy field is placed around an area of pain, stress, inflammation, or disease, that part of the body will entrain to the higher frequency and allow one’s own biological intelligence to do whatever healing it deems necessary.
We believe that what we're doing is affecting matter on that quantum, subatomic level and it works its way up through the atoms, the molecules, the cells, the tissue ... and then we see a positive result. But because we have a very gross, dense awareness, we're not aware of all the millions of changes taking place within the cells or the mitochondria or even the cell changes in the tissue.
You are a magnet attracting to you all things, via the signal you are emitting through your thoughts and feelings.
Energy Healing Case Study: Frozen Shoulder
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We worked for 20 minutes and she had no pain on movement, but still had limited range of motion. She was so excited about the lack of pain that she scheduled another appointment to see what else could be done. Next time we worked for 30 minutes. I had her standing up with her arm extended and fingertips touching the wall. Using the classic physical therapy exercise I had her walk her fingers up the wall to the point of pain while I ran the energy. She was only to move the arm upward if there was a cessation of pain. After 30 minutes she was able to move her arm above the shoulder, and even up to about 120 degrees of abduction. Even more interesting was that she could now reach around her back (rotate the arm) enough to touch her bra (had not been able to do this simple task). I saw her back in follow-up one month later for another problem, and her range of motion was the same, and again without pain. I asked her if she wanted to try and get the full range of motion back, but she said no, she was happy the way this turned out. This was an interesting lesson to me that not everyone needs to have a complete healing to feel whole again.
Dr. B (Bridget Bongaard, M.D.)
Ardsley Medical Clinic, Harrisburg, NC.
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Secret #4: Energy Healing is an Innate Skill that is Easy to Learn
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Everyone will be able see that they can move bones into alignment with a light touch, when first learning the work. We get a lot of joy watching people measure a standing person’s hips, clearly identify that one hip is over an inch higher on one side, then moments later, just touching the hips, become astounded that the bones just melted back into place. By the way, since no force is used, the new alignments tends to last a very long time or may even be permanent. Since no invasive force is generated, the body does not push against the change.
We all have the ability to profoundly assist ourselves and others in the healing process, once we learn
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Developing Fundamental Leadership Skills
Decision making is a key leadership skill.
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What is it that distinguishes 'good' leaders from 'mediocre' ones? Is it their decision-making abilities, their charismatic persuasiveness, or the clarity of their vision? Do great leaders have these qualities naturally, or were they acquired at college?
The good news is that you can learn to be a leader, just as long as you put in the time needed to learn the fundamental skills needed. How these skills are applied on a day-to-day basis, however, is what sets good leaders apart from mediocre ones.
So, if you want to be a better leader, what specifically do you need to learn to do? Do you need to go business school to learn these things? Or can you learn them on the job?
J. Sterling Livingston, a professor at Harvard Business School, attempted to answer these questions by studying the connection between formal education and successful leadership. In 1971, he published "The Myth of the Well-Educated Manager" in the Harvard Business Review.
One of Livingston's conclusions was that a formal business education, such as an MBA, was not a good predictor of leadership success in the long term. This finding is much less surprising now than it was back in the early 1970s. However, his other main observation is as relevant today as it was back then - namely, that four key skills define successful leadership:
1. Effective decision making.
2. Successful problem finding.
3. Effective opportunity finding.
4. Leadership style.
By developing your skills in these fundamental areas, he argued that you can lead people, and inspire them to change. You can also be dynamic and effective in how you tackle the problems and challenges you face on a daily basis.
Let's look at these four skill areas in more detail.
Decision Making
The ability to solve problems and make good decisions is extremely important for effective leadership. But decision making and problem solving are commonly taught skills - so, with all those problem solvers out there, why can good leaders be so hard to find?
According to Livingston, the difference often lies in your approach to finding solutions. If you face a problem believing that you have to find the 'right' answer, this can actually lead to failure. You can analyze a problem forever, and still not be 100% sure that your solution is the best. If you're in this frame of mind, the only way to assess your decision is by looking back, after the fact. Even then, there are sometimes too many variables to determine whether or not you definitely chose the right action.
Effective leaders use practical and responsive approaches to decision making. They know you can't wait to make a 'perfect' decision. When you're in the middle of a situation, you have to be confident enough to do what needs to be done right now. This often means you must quickly evaluate the situation, and take the action that has a high probability of success. Leaders make decisions under pressure that might not be perfect, but they're consistent with the desired outcome.
Strong leaders also know that problem solving and decision making aren't entirely rational processes. We all have emotions, so completely objective decisions don't really exist. Successful leaders therefore use critical thinking (premium members only) - a technique that questions every step of your thinking process - to deal with the subjective side of decision making.
Ultimately, what sets apart effective leaders is that they know HOW to decide. They know when to take the time to use more analytical and thorough decision-making processes. They know when to engage the whole team, and when to make the decision on their own: this knowledge doesn't come from a book, but from practical experience. As a developing leader, look for opportunities to make decisions in a wide variety of situations to help you gain that experience.
See the Mind Tools decision-making skills page for many specific tools to help you make better decisions across a wide range of situations. The more tools you know, the more options you'll have to help you make good decisions, and find better solutions.
Problem Finding
Leaders don't simply solve problems that people bring to them - they look for problems that may be hidden. In other words, they often recognize potential issues before they become problems.
The quicker you discover a problem, the more time you have to find a solution, and the more able you are to tackle the problem before it becomes serious. Skillful leaders are proactive, and they continuously ask questions. The 5 Whys problem-solving technique - a tool that helps you get to the root of a problem quickly - is something that good leaders often do instinctively when they first 'find' a problem.
Also, look for potential problems that may be caused by a solution - before that solution is implemented. When time allows, leaders use approaches like Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (premium members only) to spot problems before they take action. Sometimes this happens more intuitively and less formally, but the objective is the same - to find a problem before it develops into a much larger, and potentially damaging, issue.
See our problem-solving skills page for a wide variety of tools to help you find problems - including flow charts, swim lane diagrams (premium members only), systems diagrams, and appreciative inquiry.
Opportunity Finding
When you solve problems, you make sure the organization can continue on its defined path toward its goals. When you find opportunities, however, you focus on redefining - and hopefully improving - the company's overall direction.
As management expert Peter Drucker famously said, "The pertinent question is not how to do things right, but how to find the right things to do, and to concentrate resources and efforts on them."
Successful leaders find opportunities and use them effectively. In practical terms, they understand leverage, and they constantly look for ways to achieve more with the same amount of effort. Simplex is a sophisticated tool for finding problems and opportunities - and eventually taking action.
Natural Leadership Style
Finally, good leaders use effective styles of leadership. You may find all kinds of problems and opportunities, and you may make great decisions to move the organization forward - but if you can't inspire people to take action, there's little chance of success.
Livingston argued that there's no one correct leadership style that everyone can use across all situations. He said that strong leaders recognize this, and adapt their approach as necessary. But they always use authentic styles that naturally fit their personalities.
It's also important to be inspirational - to lead by your example, your words, and your vision. Leaders like this, "transformational leaders", motivate; inspire trust; have a clear vision; are trustworthy; and are committed both to their people and to making the organization better.
A large part of being an effective leader is the willingness to accept responsibility and accountability. This strengthens the integrity and trustworthiness of your actions, decisions, and motives. By committing to an open and honest relationship with your superiors, peers, and staff, you can become a real leader who motivates others to work with you to achieve a common goal.
Note:
At Mind Tools, we agree with some of these points, and we disagree with others.
First of all, MBAs are useful for learning skills in all of these areas and many others, in a condensed and accelerated way. A good MBA will package all of the learning from many years' practical experience, plus business theory, into a one- or two-year course. (You can also learn very many of these skills right now within the Mind Tools Career Excellence Club.)
Secondly, while there is no one leadership style that suits all business situations, the 'transformational leadership' style does suit very many of them. This is a style of leadership by which a leader creates an inspiring vision of the future, motivates his or her team to achieve that vision, manages implementation of the vision effectively, and coaches and develops his or her team so that individual team members are even more effective when the next team task comes up.
Career Excellence Club members can learn how to become a transformational leader, and learn all of the skills they need to be effective in business, by downloading 'How to Lead: Discover the Leader Within You,' the Mind Tools leadership course. (This course, retailing at US$67, is a powerful joining bonus for new members of the Career Excellence Club.)
Key Points
Leaders aren't created overnight. Strong leadership is something you need to work on every day. It's more than learning how to solve problems and make decisions - you must focus on making your organization better through everything you do. This means that you need to understand how and when to make a decision, recognize problems before they appear, constantly look for opportunities to improve, and be aware of your leadership style. When people believe in you, they'll likely trust your decisions and actions - and that's the mark of a true leader.
Apply This to Your Life:
1. Challenge yourself to learn and use one new decision-making tool each month.
2. Think about the last key decision you made.
• Did you use critical thinking as part of your process? How did that impact the result?
• Did you feel pressure to make the 'right' decision? If so, how did that affect the timeliness of your decision?
3. What problem can you see right now that your company should address? How can you help influence a solution - and will you do so?
4. What opportunity can you see right now that your organization should pursue? Start creating a plan to evaluate your idea.
5. Describe your natural leadership style. Think of a time when you acted as a leader, but you weren't true to who you are - and you used a style that didn't naturally fit your personality. How did you feel, and how did it impact the effectiveness of your leadership?
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A Final Note from James
I hope this article has shown you that leadership skills can indeed be learned - and that it helps you identify ways to develop your own approach to leadership. It doesn't take long to learn how to do this (we think you need just 24 hours of study), however you'll receive the benefits of this effort very many times over, throughout the rest of your life. I really do encourage you to make the effort to build these skills!
In our next issue, we're thinking about the current corporate reality. If your organization is budget conscious right now, then our featured resource in two weeks' time will be able to help you and your team work more cost-effectively. Our article, "The Thrifty Manager" gives tips and guidance on how to make cost savings in your workplace. And, to keep up team morale, we'll share some Team-Building Exercises with you.
Best wishes for a truly excellent week!
Four Secrets Of Healing
Quantum-Touch is dedicated to helping people overcome disease and health challenges - naturally. We help people reclaim their power and rediscover their body's own innate abilty to heal. Here are the 4 Quantum-Touch secrets of overcominmg disease and pain and regaining health.
Secret #1: All Healing is Self Healing
Given the right conditions, the body has a tremendous intelligence and capacity to heal itself. In "Western Medicine", the focus of the treatment is often about alleviating the symptoms you’re experiencing. And while this helps you feel better in the short term by clearing your immediate problems... the long term effects aren’t too long-lasting.
Quantum-Touch makes a positive difference with Scoliosis.
Read the Complete Story >>
With Quantum-Touch, we teach our clients how to trust the intelligence of the body. The body knows how to bring itself back to wholeness given the proper conditions. We help our clients maximize their own capacity to heal rather than "treat" specific conditions. True healing occurs by addressing the root cause of disease.
"Quantum-Touch has become integrated into my practice of surgery for breast cancer patients. Pain is reduced, scars heal faster, spasms relax, depression and fear turn to hope and healing, and patients are aware that they are loved as well as receiving quallity surgical care. Thank you for making this available!"
George R Webber, MD, FACS, Breast surgeon
Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center, Knoxville, TN
"A Significant Breakthrough"
Discover why Alternative Medicine Magazine called Quantum-Touch, "A Significant Breakthrough." Click here >>
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Secret #2: Life Force Energy is the Foundation of Health
Life Force Energy (LFE) is described as Chi or Prana in Eastern cultures. LFE powers the brain, vital organs and every aspect of the anatomy. As electricity is needed to power our homes and infrastructure, our bodies also require a source of power. Without enough LFE - without it being able to get to each and every part of our anatomy, the body will fail and stop functioning correctly. As each part of the body becomes deprived of it's LFE, each part will become sick, deteriorate and malfunction.
Quantum-Touch works by amplifying and balancing the LFE and clearing the blocks in our emotional, spiritual and physical circuitry in order to allow the free flow of life sustaining energy to our complete anatomy. The Quantum-Touch techniques focus and amplify life-force energy like a laser. When you learn to direct the life-force energy, the possibilities are truly extraordinary.
Our clients have reported a wide range of organic conditions that have been helped through Quantum-Touch.
When Quantum-Touch is applied to skeletal structure, bones often move into alignment. Other phenomena that we have observed include pain relief, reduction of inflammation, reshaping bunions, healing of deformed or broken bones, help for babies and animals, emotional healing, and healing from a distance. We have also encountered varying degrees of success with cancer, reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, reducing liver enzyme levels, infections, hydrocephalus, improved eyesight, and more.
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Secret #3: Our Consciousness Affects Matter at the Quantum Level
In the field of Quantum Physics, scientists have shown that the act of observation actually affects what is being observed. On the Quantum Level, everything vibrates. When two things vibrate at different frequencies, there is a tendency for the vibrations to come together. Most often, the slower vibration will rise to match the faster frequency. There are many kinds of examples of entrainment: over time, similarly tuned electric oscillators will match frequencies; disembodied animal hearts when placed near each other and kept alive in a lab will all beat in unison; and when women share a dormitory, over months they will often start menstruating at the same time.
"I recommend Quantum-Touch to anyone who wants to know the intrinsic power they possess to help heal themselves and others."
Dr. Eileen M. Wright, M.D.
Quantum-Touch uses resonance and entrainment to facilitate healing. The practitioner learns to raise his or her vibration and create a high level of energy. If that energy field is placed around an area of pain, stress, inflammation, or disease, that part of the body will entrain to the higher frequency and allow one’s own biological intelligence to do whatever healing it deems necessary.
We believe that what we're doing is affecting matter on that quantum, subatomic level and it works its way up through the atoms, the molecules, the cells, the tissue ... and then we see a positive result. But because we have a very gross, dense awareness, we're not aware of all the millions of changes taking place within the cells or the mitochondria or even the cell changes in the tissue.
You are a magnet attracting to you all things, via the signal you are emitting through your thoughts and feelings.
Energy Healing Case Study: Frozen Shoulder
Here is an interesting case that I had recently. A delightful lady came to see me in the office complaining of left shoulder pain. She had a mastectomy and since then had been unable to lift her left arm without severe pain. She had limited range of motion as well, as she could not move the arm more than half way from her side without being limited by pain. She could not rotate her arm behind her back, and had to use her shoulder accessory muscles to use the arm. It seemed she had developed an adhesive capsulitis in the shoulder, commonly called frozen shoulder over the last 2 years post operatively. I explained that we could try QT before going to an orthopedist to have surgery done to clean out the shoulder joint as she had failed physical therapy and nonsteroidal medications.
We worked for 20 minutes and she had no pain on movement, but still had limited range of motion. She was so excited about the lack of pain that she scheduled another appointment to see what else could be done. Next time we worked for 30 minutes. I had her standing up with her arm extended and fingertips touching the wall. Using the classic physical therapy exercise I had her walk her fingers up the wall to the point of pain while I ran the energy. She was only to move the arm upward if there was a cessation of pain. After 30 minutes she was able to move her arm above the shoulder, and even up to about 120 degrees of abduction. Even more interesting was that she could now reach around her back (rotate the arm) enough to touch her bra (had not been able to do this simple task). I saw her back in follow-up one month later for another problem, and her range of motion was the same, and again without pain. I asked her if she wanted to try and get the full range of motion back, but she said no, she was happy the way this turned out. This was an interesting lesson to me that not everyone needs to have a complete healing to feel whole again.
Dr. B (Bridget Bongaard, M.D.)
Ardsley Medical Clinic, Harrisburg, NC.
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Secret #4: Energy Healing is an Innate Skill that is Easy to Learn
Quantum-Touch is so easy to learn, even children can learn it! To get started with Quantum-Touch, we teach simple body awareness exercises and some very simple breathing exercises. When the breathing and the body awareness exercises are linked together, you can start working with life force energy in a terrific, powerful way.
“Quantum-Touch is a remarkably effective and easily learned method of generating powerful healing energy.”
Dr. William S. Eidelman, M.D.
Everyone will be able see that they can move bones into alignment with a light touch, when first learning the work. We get a lot of joy watching people measure a standing person’s hips, clearly identify that one hip is over an inch higher on one side, then moments later, just touching the hips, become astounded that the bones just melted back into place. By the way, since no force is used, the new alignments tends to last a very long time or may even be permanent. Since no invasive force is generated, the body does not push against the change.
We all have the ability to profoundly assist ourselves and others in the healing process, once we learn
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Saturday, January 10, 2009
ZEN MEDITATION
Zen meditation is also referred to as Zazen. It is a type of
meditation that works centrally. It is actually the study of oneself.
Most Zen Buddhists are also referred to as "Zen". When attaining
enlightenment, Buddha was seen in seated meditation. Today, Zen
meditation has come with the same seated meditating tradition.
This type of meditation was pursued for long 2500 years and passed on
from one generation to the other. This has been considered to be the
most important thing that has been passed on. It spread its wings from
India to China, then Japan to rest of the Asia and finally to the
western country.
Zen meditation has evolved as a boon to people across the globe who
are really stressed out due to the irregularity, chaos and tensions
existing in their daily life. It is a very simple practice. You will
find it very easy to describe and more easy to follow.
However, just as other meditation practices, it takes your efforts to
enjoy the benefits.
Human beings have a tendency to visualize body, breath and mind
separately. When it comes to Zen meditation, all these aspects unite
as one big reality.
The most important thing to focus on here is the position of the body.
The body follows a specific pattern to communicate to the world and to
communicate to itself internally. The manner in which you position
your body has a lot to do with what happens to you breath and
ultimately to the mind.
The most recommended pose in Zen meditation is the sitting position.
The use of Zafu or a small pillow in order to raise the back a little
is common. It helps the knees to touch the ground. With your bottom on
the pillow and two knees touching the ground, you tend to create a
tripod base that provides you three hundred and sixty-degree
stability.
Here are some of the most common Zen meditations:
a) Burmese position
There are many varied leg positions, you can follow when seated in
this position. The first and the simplest pose possible here is in
which you need to cross your legs and both your feet rest flat on the
floor. Rest the knees on the floor. Now, the muscles will get loose
and your knees begin to drop.
Sit on the third of the Zafu pillow and shift your body forward a
little. Imagine that top of your head is pushing towards the ceiling,
stretch your body, keep your body straight and let your muscles go
soft and relax. With your buttock on the Zafu push your stomach a
little and keep your body upright.
b) Half lotus position
This is a position where the left foot should be placed on to the
right thigh and the right leg should be touched under.
c) Seize position
Kneel with your buttocks resting on the upturned feet that form an
anatomical cushion. You can even use a pillow in order to keep the
weight away from the ankles.
Follow the Zen meditation techniques mentioned above and benefit from
these.
meditation that works centrally. It is actually the study of oneself.
Most Zen Buddhists are also referred to as "Zen". When attaining
enlightenment, Buddha was seen in seated meditation. Today, Zen
meditation has come with the same seated meditating tradition.
This type of meditation was pursued for long 2500 years and passed on
from one generation to the other. This has been considered to be the
most important thing that has been passed on. It spread its wings from
India to China, then Japan to rest of the Asia and finally to the
western country.
Zen meditation has evolved as a boon to people across the globe who
are really stressed out due to the irregularity, chaos and tensions
existing in their daily life. It is a very simple practice. You will
find it very easy to describe and more easy to follow.
However, just as other meditation practices, it takes your efforts to
enjoy the benefits.
Human beings have a tendency to visualize body, breath and mind
separately. When it comes to Zen meditation, all these aspects unite
as one big reality.
The most important thing to focus on here is the position of the body.
The body follows a specific pattern to communicate to the world and to
communicate to itself internally. The manner in which you position
your body has a lot to do with what happens to you breath and
ultimately to the mind.
The most recommended pose in Zen meditation is the sitting position.
The use of Zafu or a small pillow in order to raise the back a little
is common. It helps the knees to touch the ground. With your bottom on
the pillow and two knees touching the ground, you tend to create a
tripod base that provides you three hundred and sixty-degree
stability.
Here are some of the most common Zen meditations:
a) Burmese position
There are many varied leg positions, you can follow when seated in
this position. The first and the simplest pose possible here is in
which you need to cross your legs and both your feet rest flat on the
floor. Rest the knees on the floor. Now, the muscles will get loose
and your knees begin to drop.
Sit on the third of the Zafu pillow and shift your body forward a
little. Imagine that top of your head is pushing towards the ceiling,
stretch your body, keep your body straight and let your muscles go
soft and relax. With your buttock on the Zafu push your stomach a
little and keep your body upright.
b) Half lotus position
This is a position where the left foot should be placed on to the
right thigh and the right leg should be touched under.
c) Seize position
Kneel with your buttocks resting on the upturned feet that form an
anatomical cushion. You can even use a pillow in order to keep the
weight away from the ankles.
Follow the Zen meditation techniques mentioned above and benefit from
these.
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