No Alarm, No Adrenaline Rush

As I have been telling my audiences for years, if you wake by alarm clock then by definition you didn't get enough sleep. Receiving sufficient sleep for the night means that you arise on your own, without an artificial stimulant such as an alarm clock.

If you have trouble getting up at time you prefer to arise, experiment with going to bed earlier, to find that time in which you can comfortably arise without an alarm clock. A secondary benefit
to knowing that you've gotten enough sleep for the night because you've been able to arise on your own is not to awake in an adrenaline rush.

"Alarm" clocks and other devices are named as such because they are meant to alarm you. When you think about it however, is that the way you want to start each day? Being jolting out of your reverie and thrown into waking consciousness ready or not? How much different would your day be if you woke peacefully, naturally, completely on your own?

Webinar: Managing Rapid Change

Here's a webinar you may enjoy from the Best Practice Institute featuring yours truly: "Prospering in a World of Rapid Change" schedule for September 11, 2007 at 2 p.m. EST.

This is a LIVE 45 minute webinar. Here's the description: Everywhere you look there are life-long career professionals losing confidence in their ability to stay competitive in our rapidly changing society. Concurrently, no one in society has a long-term lock on any market niche and no body of information affords a strategic competitive advantage for very long. The reality of our times is that everyone is feeling at least a little unsure of himself and in that sense everyone is in the same boat.

It's normal to be confused. In this presentation, I'll lay out what top professionals do to maintain confidence and balance, independent of the frequency of change to which they're exposed, and how they maintain a sense of breathing space along the way. If you work for a living, you won't want to miss hearing this.

Subtopics:
* The roots of uncertainty and what to do about it
* The importance of seeking small victories
* A new approach to learning
* What part self-confidence plays in mastering change
* New choices for new results

The Need to Let Go

Speaker Joe Calloway says that we all need to let go of erroneous notions. Joe's mantra: "I need to let go of..."

* comparing myself to others
* trying to meet someone's expectations other than my own
* doing it all myself
* only telling my clients what they want to hear
* thinking it's all about getting spin-offs or more jobs
* playing small

* not trusting my own opinion
* working with people I can't stand
* pretending like I'm president of a big company
* stepping over dollars to pick up nickels
* not having fun

Three Blogs for You

If you have yet to visit my other two blogs, start Autumn off right by clicking below:

* for meeting planners: www.OpeningKeynote.com
* for the info-whelmed: www.CommunicationOverload.com