The Genie Within
Harry Carpenter
Summary
How to manage and understand your subconscious
Rating: 4/5
Notes
You don’t have to look for your genie, you already have it; it’s your subconscious
Nature seeks the simplest way
‘As adults, we often react as children’ - Freud
Your conscious mind sets limits on you. When you get rid of these limits and let the subconscious take over, you do things once thought impossible
Alpha state (meditative), theta (inspirational) brain states
Window for language is birth to 10 years
Emotional window is 0-2 years and is the most important
Motor development is 0-5 years
Your subconscious mind is a goal seeking computer. It will act to achieve whatever goal it’s given
A person’s actions, feelings, behaviours and abilities are consistent w/ their self image (you will act like the sort of person you think you are)
You must repeat the conditioning to the subconscious
The subconscious will only accept one concept to be true at any time
Self talk is a way of communicating w/ your subconscious mind
You can speak to the subconscious through finger movement and pendulum swinging
Your subconscious doesn’t know real from imagined
Write 3 goals on 3 by 5 cards, read them every morning and night, don’t tell anyone and don’t tell your mind how to do it
Tell children only what you want them to become
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Make Something Wonderful
Steve Jobs
Summary
The life of Steve Jobs in his own words
Rating: 5/5
Notes
Make something wonderful and put it out there
‘You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear’
When you’re a stranger in a place, you notice thing you don’t otherwise (Jobs after India trip)
Whenever you start with nothing, always shoot for the moon. You have nothing to lose.
You never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times
Never be afraid to fail. You never achieve what you want without falling flat on your face a few times
We are never taught to listen to our intuitions, to develop and nurture them. But if you do pay attention to these subtle insights, you can make them come true
Creativity equals connecting previously unrelated experiences and insights others don’t see
Believe that some of what you follow with your heart will come back and make your life richer. And it will. And you will gain even firmer trust on your instincts and intuitions
Make your avocation your vocation. Make what you love your work.
The journey is the reward. The reward isn’t in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s in crossing the rainbow
To find A+ talent, if experienced, look at their track record and results
The world we know is a human creation and we can push it forward
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (read whole ad ‘here’s to the crazy ones)
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit - Aristotle
Hire people better than you are
You can’t plan to meet the people who will change your life
It’s impossible to connect the dots looking forward, but they make sense looking backwards so you have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future
Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you
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