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MyPowerfulMind.com Newsletter

April 1, 2005

Welcome to the MyPowerfulMind.com newsletter. 
 
To visit the website go to www.mypowerfulmind.com 
 
In this edition you will find the following: 
An Introduction to the newsletter and the 
MyPowerfulMind.com web site. 
New Home Study Training Program 
What is coming up in the next few weeks. 
Article - Accepting Rejected Thoughts 
Article - The Mind, Information and Attitude 
How to get your copy of a free book. 
And don't miss some great quotes at the end. 
 
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INTRODUCTION: 
This newsletter is in plain text, so that everyone can read 
it, no matter what email software they are using. It may 
not look as pretty as some newsletters but I hope you feel 
that the content more than makes up for that. You can also 
read it online by going to 
http://www.mypowerfulmind.com/newsletters/newsletter/1793373/14650.htm 
 
Please forward or pass this on to anyone you know who may 
be interested. If you have received it from someone else 
you can subscribe to your own copy by going to 
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entering your email address in the subscription box. If you 
prefer you can just go to www.mypowerfulmind.com and then 
click on the Newsletter box on the top lefthand side of the 
page. 
 
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ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS - New Home Study Training Program 
 
We have just released a new program. It consists of just 
over 4 hours of audio, delivered to you by email over 17 
days. In it you will find a brief summary and explaination 
of the steps to take to achieve your goals. To see more go 
to http://www.mypowerfulmind.com/page/page/1859424.htm 
or to hear a sample lesson go to 
http://www.mypowerfulmind.com/page/page/1853506.htm 
 
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WHAT IS COMING UP: 
 
The next 'The Power of the Mind' training will start in 
Helsinki on Saturday 23rd of April. There will be free 
introductions to this training at the Harmoniahuone office 
on Tuesday 5th April and also on Tuesday 19th April, both 
at 5pm. To find out more about this incredible training 
program go to 
http://www.mypowerfulmind.com/page/page/1819535.htm 
 
Tony will be in Oulu (Finland) from 9th April to the 12th 
April.  
 
On the 9th and 10th he will be at the Harmoniahuone stand 
at the Inspis-Messut (Well-being and inspiration fair) in 
Pohjankartano. Please call in and say hello.  
 
On Monday 11th Tony will have a free presentation from 
5.30pm about the training that he is offering, and Sari 
will do the same from 7pm. You are free to attend one or 
both sessions. Don't be concerned that you may not 
understand enough English for this - The language will be 
simple and someone will help you if you need it. This will 
be held in the Tetrantilat building, M?kelinkatu 31, in the 
centre of Oulu. The room is on the basement level. (The ? 
should be an a with dots!) 
 
On Tuesday 12th April from 5 - 8pm Tony will run a 
short training session on 'An Image of the Mind'. When we 
think of something it usually brings a picture of that 
thing into our mind. That picture helps us to understand 
the thing we are thinking of. But if we start to think of 
our mind, most of us do not have a clear picture of what 
the mind is. In this training you will build a picture that 
you can use to understand your mind. This training is 20 
Euro per person. Once again, the English language 
will be simple, and there will be someone that can help if 
you need it. Click here 
http://www.mypowerfulmind.com/catalog/item/1740628/1256852.htm 
 
to book on this training. This will be held in the 
Tetrantilat building, M?kelinkatu 31, in the centre of 
Oulu. The room is on the basement level. (The ? should be 
an a with dots!) 
 
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ACCEPTING REJECTED THOUGHTS 
 
Sometimes we are in a position to look into the lives of 
other people. It could be through a book, or a movie, or a 
story we hear, or occasionally it could be someone that we 
meet. Sometimes when this happens, we see qualities that we 
truly admire, and we think that we would like to have those 
qualities. Perhaps we just look at the person and think 
that we would like to be like them. Maybe we hear what they 
have said and think that we would like to be able to say 
things like that. It could be that we would like to have 
what they have, or do what they do.  
 
When this happens, what we are thinking about are our own 
rejected thoughts. Sometime in the past we have rejected a 
thought or thoughts, that the person we are admiring has 
accepted.  
 
When, perhaps when we were very young, we rejected the 
thought that we could have what we have just been admiring 
in someone else, we accepted a lesser thought, and allowed 
that lesser thought to become part of our self image, and 
therefore part of our definition of ourselves.  
 
Our self image lives in our sub-conscious mind. Because of 
the way the sub-conscious mind works, we can only have one 
self image with regard to any particular quality. If we 
really want to have the qualities we are admiring, and 
there is no reason why we can't, then we need to change our 
self image.  
 
The first step is to be prepared to do just that. Think 
about this for a minute. Are you prepared to let go of what 
you have learned in the past, that you believe is true 
about yourself? By that I mean to examine the ideas that 
you 'know' are true about yourself, and then to take the 
new idea that you are considering, and to examine that 
idea, entertain that idea, to see if it will improve your 
view of yourself. Will accepting that new idea, and 
rejecting the idea that you currently 'know', result in a 
happier, healthier or more prosperous life. If the answer 
is yes, and you are prepared to do it, then you have the 
possibility to change your self image. 
 
The methods we use to change our self image is outside the 
scope of this article, but taking the above actions is the 
first step. 
 
If you are prepared to go through this process of examining 
what you 'know' about yourself, and deciding to reject what 
you 'know' and replace it with a more empowering 'fact', 
when you see a quality in someone else that you admire, why 
not do it more often? 
 
Rather than merely listening to the messages, questions and 
statements that flow past you every day, why not think? Ask 
yourself what could this mean to me, how could I apply this 
idea in my life. Forget the questions you have asked in the 
past like 'Is this right?', or 'Is this wrong?' and ask 
instead 'Could accepting this idea improve my life in any 
way?'. 
 
The 'Power of the Mind' training gives a deeper 
understanding of how we can establish worthwhile and 
meaningful goals, and then move toward achieving them day 
by day. It also explains step by step how we can change our 
Self Image. Go to 
http://www.mypowerfulmind.com/page/page/1819535.htm to find 
out more. 
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THE MIND, INFORMATION AND ATTITUDE 
 
Information is flowing to us at a great rate. The radio, 
television, the internet, advertising, newspapers and 
magazines are giving us information all day. We also 
receive information from the people we associate with in 
our daily lives. This article discusses some of the ways 
that our minds, both conscious and subconscious, process 
and use that information.  
 
Our conscious mind is active whenever we are awake. Within 
the conscious mind are the abilities to think and reason. 
However, just because we have the ability to think and 
reason, does not mean that we always actually do that. For 
much of the time our conscious mind is in a passive state, 
just accepting all the input that is coming in, and not 
evaluating that information at all.  
 
What happens in our conscious mind is interesting to us 
sometimes, but makes no difference to what happens in our 
lives. It is only when the conscious mind takes some 
information, and passes it to our subconscious (sometimes 
called nonconscious or unconscious) mind, that it has an 
effect on our lives and the results we get from our lives. 
 
However, the subconscious mind has no ability to think or 
reason. It simply takes whatever information is fed to it, 
and acts on it. It makes no difference to your 
sub-conscious mind if the information is helpful to you in 
getting better life results or if it will do the opposite. 
But it makes all the difference to you. 
 
Unfortunately many of us do not understand how and when 
this information is passed to our subconscious mind, and 
are also not aware of how the subconscious mind uses the 
information to produce the results we get in our lives.  
 
For the purpose of this short article, if you can accept 
that some of the information coming to you has an effect on 
the results you get in your life, then the important 
question is 'How can I control this process so that more of 
the results I get are positive?'. 
 
Fortunately there is a simple answer. If you exert more 
control over the information that you receive, then you 
start to exert more control over the information that 
arrives into your sub-conscious mind. In turn this gives 
you more control over the results you get. 
 
So how do you do that? Simply put yourself in a position 
where you expose yourself to less neutral and negative 
information, and more positive information. How do you do 
that? Evaluate the information that is flowing to you, and 
reduce your exposure to information that is not likely to 
contribute positively to your results. 
 
When you start to look at your sources of information you 
may find that some of the people in your life are not a 
positive inspiration to you. Should you dissociate yourself 
from them? Not necessarily, but spend less time with them 
and do it less often. The same applies to television 
programs that are not uplifting or thought provoking, and 
to newspapers and magazines. 
 
Similarly identify people who you aspire to be like in some 
way, and find out how to spend time with them. Identify 
reading material that will give you insights into life or 
help you grow as a person. Biographies of successful people 
might be a good example. Listen to self development CD's 
when you are travelling.  
 
What you expose yourself to, and focus on, expands, so 
become a censor of information that you allow yourself to 
be exposed to, which is not helpful in achieving the life 
results you want, and a promoter of information which will 
help. 
 
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FREE EBOOK: 
 
The Go-Getter, A Story That Tells You How to be One, by 
Peter B. Kyne 
 
When I was first given a copy of this book, I read it from 
cover to cover in one sitting. It is easy to read and 
entertaining, but also paints a lasting picture in the mind 
about the character of a Go-Getter.  
 
Most of us have some sort of intuitive idea of what a 
Go-Getter is like, but it is a difficult quality to 
describe. When I came across this story, first published in 
1921, I felt that it succeeded perfectly in describing the 
way that a Go-Getter acts.  
 
When Napoleon Hill was studying hundreds of successful 
people, and analysing the characteristics that they had in 
common, he found that they all had, among other things, the 
ability to make decisions and then act on them, and they 
also had mentors that they could go to for advice or to 
compare themselves with. 
 
Many people do not understand two important facts about 
mentors. A mentor does not have to be personally known to 
you, and does not have to be alive, or even a real person. 
That may sound a little far fetched, but let me explain.  
 
Ted Turner built a media communications empire and in the 
process made himself a billionaire. He is both admired and 
despised, but whatever we think of him, no-one can deny 
that he is a Go-Getter. When Ted Turner was studying at 
university his father, a practical and successful 
businessman, was frustrated that Ted chose to study Greek 
classics. He could not see how that study would help Ted 
become successful in his life. What his father did not 
understand, was that Ted was studying the legendary heros 
of Greek mythology - the characters that siezed 
opportunities, turned defeats into victories, and overcame 
great obstacles. These characters became some of Ted's 
mentors, and by studying them, Ted conditioned his mind to 
get the same sort of results in his life.  
 
When you have read this short story, you will have Bill 
Peck as one of your mentors. When you are faced with 
obstacles in your life, and you wonder how a Go-Getter 
would handle them, you will know enough about the character 
of Bill Peck, to understand how he would have reacted. Then 
you understand how a Go-Getter would react, and you are 
able to choose to act that way yourself, if you wish.  
 
This version of the book is almost identical to the 
original publication, but I have made a few changes to 
modernise the language in places where the original words 
are no longer in common English usage. 
 
To get your copy of this book, go to 
http://www.mypowerfulmind.com/page/page/1653420.htm and 
enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the 
page. You will receive an email telling you how to get the 
book. 
 
Enjoy this short story, but don't stop there. Use it to 
improve the results that you are getting in your life, by 
having a Go-Getter as a mentor. 
 
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QUOTES 
 
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The 
world owes you nothing. It was here first. - Mark Twain 
 
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. 
I am thankful that thorns have roses. - Allophones Karr 
 
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. 
Small people always do that, but the really great make you 
feel that you, too, can become great. - Mark Twain 
 
 
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That is all for this newsletter. Until next time I wish you 
all the best, and Expect Success. 
Tony McGlinn