This morning I listened to a very interesting interview: Charly Leetham from www.arvoreentreasures.cominterviewed Mark Hendricks. Mark is a very successful internet marketer, coach, educator, software producer www.Market-Soft.com and author with many years of experience. He had the original idea of creating a “giveaway” event, it started out as the 12 Days of Christmas promotion in 2003.

What impressed me about Mark is that he is a really genuine and generous human being. He touched on a lot of things during the interview and they all are very valuable and interesting.

Here are the points that I resonated with the most: 

• Success is a process, a learning experience
• The current education system takes the ability to be successful out of people
• The education system takes the steam out of the entrepreneurial spirit
• Students are moulded to be employable and take instructions
• Children need to be taught individual responsibility when they are young, NOT that “somebody will take of you and your problems”
• Education means “drawing out” (from educo) but nowadays it consists of “pouring in”
• The biggest disservice to a child’s growing mind is to answer “because” when they ask “why?”.  Equally devastating is the second answer after the second “why?” “Because I said so!”

How does all this fit into the yoga world?

Yoga teaches taking responsibility for yourself, your actions, your thoughts and your feelings. Every time you take time out to meditate, listen to a relaxation tape or do your physical practice you take responsibility for your own wellbeing.

You take control of your mind and your thoughts as well as your feelings. Again, success doesn’t come overnight but with persistence and time the results will be visible.

Here is a little exercise for you to try:

Every-time some negative “self talk” starts up in your mind (you know the kind: How stupid of me, I should have known better. I knew I would fail. I never was any good at that…) say to yourself: “STOP!” Then replace it with something positive like: I did the best I could, I will ask somebody for advice and try again, I managed to do the first step…

You will be amazed how much negative chatter you will find in a day!

Have a happy day.

Connie,

Your Yoga Partner

from

www.yogainahurry.com

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