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Newsletter of Project Renaissance and Win Wenger
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August 2003
IN THIS ISSUE:
* Quote of the Month
* Announcements
* Events
* FEATURE ARTICLE: "There Are No Problems (and No Self Sabotage)"
by George Copsey
* Comments & Feedback
* Links - archives, back issues, homepage
* Reader Questionnaire
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QUOTE OF THE MONTH
"If you can dream, and not make dreams your master;
If you can think, and not make thoughts your aim..."
-- Rudyard Kipling, IF
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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SPEAKERS AND PRESENTERS: If you have ever presented at a Project
Renaissance conference, such as the annual Double Festivals in
November, and are interested in presenting at this year's Double
Festival, please let us know of your availability. This year's
theme is "Problem-Solving in the Global Village". Email your
interest to Project Renaissance's Executive Director and Conference
Manager, Tijl Koenderink, at mailto:tijl@dare2b.nl by the end of
September, with a brief description of your proposed topic.
If you have not previously presented at a Project Renaissance
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EVENTS
Free monthly meetings of High Thinktank...Open to the public.
Meetings will resume Tuesday, September 30, 2003.
Please check the Project Renaissance website calendar
for details and directions, at
http://www.winwenger.com/events.htm
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DOUBLE FESTIVAL XII - November 2003...
Plan now to treat yourself to Project Renaissance's annual double
conference on Creative Problem-Solving and Accelerated Learning:
Friday-Saturday-Sunday, November 14-16, 2003
followed by Trainer Training, November 17-18, 2003
at a private facility in
The theme is "Problem-Solving in the Global Village".
Watch the website, http://www.winwenger.com/upcoming.htm
for further details.
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Feature Article:
THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS
(and no self-sabotage)
by George Copsey
Many "spiritual" disciplines, philosophies, teachers, and even a
few business "gurus" tell us that there are no "problems", only
opportunities and challenges.
The problem with this is they don't tell us HOW to develop, live
and work from that perspective in a practical way. The perspective
rings hollow and actually seems like mere wishful thinking when
things aren't going our way.
The question is: "How can YOU actually see, and experience, things
from that perspective? Yes, how can YOU live in a world with no
problems?
Think about this, for a moment.
What would life be like if, deep down, you really, truly believed
that nothing was a problem for you? Not just intellectually, but
really felt it on the deepest level, in your gut?
Notice, I'm not saying there are no problems. I'm simply saying
that developing and living from the perspective that there are no
problems is a very useful one.
What is it useful for?
Often the thing standing between people and the success they want
is unwanted problems - things they think will come before (or along
with) success.
I define success as the moment-to-moment experience of being in
touch with your ability to produce results, believing you can have
it all, knowing you can solve any problems that come up along the
way, being in momentum and in flow.
Success is not about the "evidence" -- the cars, homes, vacations
and toys -- but about us experiencing our own power, in a way that
is in line with what we value.
I don't believe we sabotage ourselves. Rather, it is the unwanted,
potentially unmanageable "problems" we think will come along with
what we want that slow us down.
It goes something like this: While thinking about our goals, we
may say to ourselves, "Something will happen. something I won't
like or don't want... and I won't be able to handle it."
As humans, we typically don't like thinking we won't be able to
handle something.
If there's enough about what we want that we don't want, we will
tend to subtly "push away" the very success we want.
Example: I worked with a man who wanted greater financial success
... but didn't want to be unfaithful to his wife. He wanted to
make more money, but it seemed impossible, especially since he
felt that along with greater financial success would almost
certainly (in his mind) come greater tests of his marital
faithfulness.
Because he wasn't sure he could handle those additional (imagined)
temptations, he backed away from consistently taking the steps he
told himself were absolutely necessary for his success... and,
SURPRISE...
... success remained an illusive 'problem' for him.
What we need is something that develops our problem-solving skills,
so we build confidence in our ability to handle anything that comes
up, no matter what. That way, we can allow success to happen,
continuing to take the next steps, while we feel able to manage
the problems that may (emphasis: MAY) come with it.
Ask yourself: How do you view problems - as occasions that remind
you that you may not be able to handle something, or as opportun-
ities to demonstrate that you can handle anything?
What difference do those two viewpoints make, for you?
As you've probably guessed, generally speaking, successful people
see problems as opportunities to continue to be successful.
Focusing on what you want (the basis for having more of it) is
MUCH easier when you know and view things from the perspective
that there are NO problems... And no self sabotage, either.
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About the Author:
George Copsey has been focused on living in a world with no
problems since discovering the Impossibility Transformer.
He has recently written the e-book, "Live In a World With No
Problems," to teach others how to dissolve their problems and
get results in the real world, in their work and life.
You can learn more about living in a world with no problems at:
http://www.live-in-a-world-with-no-problems.com
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To send feedback privately to the author, email George Copsey at
mailto:George@live-in-a-world-with-no-problems.com?subject=NoProblems
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COMMENTS & FEEDBACK
Alexander I. Kovacs ( mailto:aik@alexander-kovacs.de ) writes:
Do we have any Image-Streamers from
be interested in starting a local branch and organizing meetings.
I have never really gotten into ISing regularly, though I've owned
a copy of The Einstein Factor and been on the list for years now.
I picked up the book by lucky coincidence at a mall in
way back in 1996. At the time I was into
know, 7 Habits and First Things First, of which I got my fiancée
the Japanese translation but wonder if she ever read it...
Subsequently, I got more of Win's books and also one of those
fancy Mindmachines.
I do use the mindmachine, but very infrequently. Also, even though
I am an avid reader, I seem to be one of those who buy more books
than they can consume. I have an impressive library at home, but
didn't (thoroughly) read half of the books that sit on my shelves.
I do the same in my research, I have a huge pile of papers to
eventually read, but I just can't catch up. I am also very good
at planning, but seem to spend more time doing the actual planning
than carrying out the plans.
Now, with all these mind enhancement techniques one could spend
hours each day practicing them. But acquiring all these meta-
skills is of no avail if one doesn't spend (a proportionally
larger amount of) time applying them!
- aik ( mailto:aik@alexander-kovacs.de )
Alexander I. Kovacs is a Ph.D. student at
National
Homepage: http://sis.ex.nii.ac.jp/~aik/
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