Nicos Paschali, International Author, Designer & Facilitator of Learning Workshops. Mental Discipline Coach.

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  Nicos Paschali 7:50 pm on February 1, 2017 Permalink | Reply  

  The main differences between the conscious and unconscious mind 

  The main differences between the conscious and unconscious mind.

  The unconscious mind can deal with substantially more information than the conscious mind, which, it is generally believed, can cope concurrently with no more than seven items. Because of the limited capacity to absorb data, the conscious mind is selective about what it does absorb. The way it selects is based on how the mind has previously been conditioned through influences such as the environment, specific incidents and other factors. In summary,

  The conscious mind:

  •  selects from a range of sensory information and converts it into thought
  • processes thought;
  • comprehends numbers and symbols;
  • applies logic;
  • decides behavioural strategies based on known personal competencies;
  • translates thought into language and behaviour;
  •  controls emotions.

  The unconscious mind:

  •  influences emotional response;
  •  invokes spontaneous reaction (such as with phobias);
  • preconditions conscious thought processes;
  • unconsciously applies memories and experiences;
  • picks up hidden signals;
  • determines personality.
   

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  Nicos Paschali 3:45 pm on January 31, 2017 Permalink | Reply  

  It’s not what you say, it’s what people hear. 

  You can have the best message in the world, but the person on the receiving end will always understand it through the prism of his or her own emotions, perceptions, prejudices, and preexisting beliefs.

  Its not enough to be correct or reasonable or even brilliant. The key to successful communication is to take the imaginative leap of stuffing yourself right into your listeners shoes to know what they are thinking and feeling in the deepest recesses of their mind and heart.

  How that person perceives what you say is even more real, at least in a practical sense, than how you perceive yourself.

   
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  Nicos Paschali 2:16 pm on January 30, 2017 Permalink | Reply  

  Setting Goals? 

  Here are two things you can do immediately to put you ideas into action.

  First, decide for yourself what makes you truly happy and then organise your life around it. Write down your goals and make plans to achieve them.

  Second, begin with your values by deciding what it is you stand for and believe in. Commit yourself to live consistent with your inner most convictions – and you’ll never make another mistake.

   
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  Nicos Paschali 2:14 pm on January 30, 2017 Permalink | Reply  

  The Definition of Happiness… 

  Happiness has been defined as the progressive achievement of a worthy ideal or goal. When you are working progressively, step-by-step toward something that is important to you, you generate within yourself a continuous feeling of success and achievement. You feel more positive and motivated. You feel more in control of your own life. You feel happier and more fulfilled. You feel like a winner, and you soon develop the psychological momentum that enables you to overcome obstacles and plow through adversity as you move toward achieving the goals that are most important to you. “–Anonymous–“

   
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  Nicos Paschali 10:39 am on January 29, 2017 Permalink | Reply  

  Change, life in transition. 

  Did you know that to become something else, you have to stop what you are now; to start doing things a new way, you have to end the way you are doing them now; and to develop a new attitude or outlook, you have to let go of the old one you have now?

  Endings come first, the first test is to let go!

   
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  Nicos Paschali 10:11 am on January 29, 2017 Permalink | Reply  

  How to identify your distinctive talents. 

  Use these questions to help identify your distinctive talents:

  •  What things motivate me to get up every morning?
  • How am I of greatest service to others?
  • Are there any of your distinctive talents that are hidden ones? If so, figure out how you could better benefit others by sharing these talents more frequently?
  • What functions, talents, & skills do I use (or have used) that provide the most fulfillment in my job, family relationships / duties, spiritual life, and personal interests / hobbies?
  • How would I spend my time and attention if I didn’t have to work?
   
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  Nicos Paschali 5:19 am on January 29, 2017 Permalink | Reply  

  The shift toward leadership. 

  Did you know that the old paradigm of barking instructions at and giving orders to others is being replaced by a movement toward transformational leadership — a form of leadership in which personal awareness, collective consciousness, and empathy for others are placed at the center of business communication?

   
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  Nicos Paschali 5:13 am on January 29, 2017 Permalink | Reply  

  Do you know how to build trust? 

  Real leaders run their departments, divisions and companies through trust. Poor managers don’t know how to build trust. They don’t trust themselves enough to trust anyone else, including the people who work under them. How do you build trust?

   
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  Nicos Paschali 5:37 am on January 27, 2017 Permalink | Reply  

  Freedom And Responsibility 

  The true enabler of “no rules” at Netflix, the true enabler of their high trust culture, was the fact that they did better hiring…

  “If you’re careful to hire people who will put the company’s interests first, who understand and support the desire for a high-performance workplace, 97% of your employees will do the right thing. Most companies spend endless time and money writing and enforcing HR policies to deal with problems the other 3% might cause. Instead, we tried really hard to not hire those people, and we let them go if it turned out we’d made a hiring mistake.”

  Instead of creating endless rules and processes, which is how most companies deal with major growth, Netflix asserted that a business should focus specifically on two things:

  1. Invest in hiring high-performance employees. Train then and coach them well all the time.

  2. Build and maintain a culture that rewards high-performers, and weeds out continuous, unimproved low performers.

   
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  Nicos Paschali 9:40 pm on January 26, 2017 Permalink | Reply  

  The ability to change course! 

  Would you agree that leaders need to be close enough to the business to work with their teams, while also maintaining sufficient distance to mainain peripheral vision and a global perspective, to know when to make a change?