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Marianne Thorne
Creative
Goal
Setting
Created and developed by
Marianne Thorne
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(this is a special email address for users of this book only)
Contents
Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 2
Introducing Marianne ................................................................................................... 2
Getting Started .................................................................................................................. 3
Something you can do in the meantime........................................................................ 4
Hints before you begin: ................................................................................................ 4
Adding Value Exercise ..................................................................................................... 5
Who are we talking to? ................................................................................................. 7
The Three Rules of Creative Goal Setting........................................................................ 9
The reasons behind these rules: .................................................................................... 9
My Vision ....................................................................................................................... 10
The Significance of each of the 12 Areas of Creative Goal Setting ............................... 13
Arranging the 12 Areas................................................................................................... 14
Dealing with URGENT issues and creating a FOCUS .............................................. 14
Metaphysical Law........................................................................................................... 17
Distinctions ..................................................................................................................... 41
The Power of Pictures .................................................................................................... 44
Our Mind ........................................................................................................................ 45
Thank You Letter............................................................................................................ 59
Creative Goal Setting is an ongoing process .................................................................. 62
What makes Creative Goal Setting work? ...................................................................... 64
Introduction
The power of materializing your dreams lies within your own imagination.
Creative Goal Setting supports your process of gaining clarity, self esteem and a
sense of purpose with direction.
This book is your pro-active motivation the positive opposite to
procrastination the why you would want to be bothered doing Creative
Goal Setting!
You can create your experience of life consciously.
This may come as a bit of a shock but you have always been creating your
life experience!
You have always been doing this both consciously and unconsciously.
This is why you can now take charge and get a lot more satisfaction out of
guiding the process more effectively by using your creativity more consciously.
You can constructively change your mind as often as you want and still end up
with accumulated wisdom specific to your personal desires.
The way you think and speak shapes your life experience as you know it.
You have either heard this before, or it is new to you quantum physics! The
science of understanding HERE and NOW and how we connect with and affect
the HERE and NOW. Oh, and our future!
Introducing Marianne
Firstly, a quick introduction of myself. Marianne Thorne, Attitude Coach.
Home base: Adelaide Hills, South Australia.
Quite simply; for over 30 years I have immersed myself in understanding how I
create my reality from moment to moment, month to month, decade to decade.
I have discovered that if I dont like what I am creating as my life experience, I
can change it!
It took me years to work this out as many of my family and friends were not at
all interested in delving into the how and why of life. I changed my experience
of that and how I was affected by their opinions, and got on with the journey of
self discovery and self realization.
I am now in my 40s and a Mum. I have spent more than half my life (literally)
expanding this wisdom for my benefit. Along the way, many friends and
associates have joined this expedition into understanding quantum physics and
practical day to day spirituality.
My personal growth comes from having the courage to choose what I want.
Courage yes, to think and behave differently when I believe it to be
appropriate.
To now know when to filter out other peoples opinions and be guided by my
desires; my passion and enthusiasm. That took a lot of learning!
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This has not always been easy ever heard of peer pressure? Of course you
have.
And how about family and cultural traditions and expectations!
So, how do I make the changes I so desire?
I use my Creative Goal Setting Program. I have been using it since 1988. And I
am not about to stop!
The simplicity of the CGS Program continues to work for the new and
improved version of me. As I evolve, so does the content of my Goal Folder.
In truth, I could do all this without the CGS Program and my life may have
ended up looking more or less the same, but because this is the most efficient
way of focusing my accumulated wisdom on getting what I really want, I
believe it has improved my life experience more than tenfold. I have read many
books and attended many seminars teaching the principles inherent in Creative
Goal Setting. And I have seen many others remain the same, doing the same,
getting the same not apparently reaping the promised rewards. I think this
is because they have not organized their personal values and priorities as
simply and effectively as I have.
The Creative Goal Setting Program is my method of putting it all into practice.
Clearly and specifically communicating my desires is how I get what I want. I
always have the intention that my desires be for the highest good of all
concerned. In other words, I trust that the spiritual aspect of me can sort out
the details of my desires and deliver the outcomes without doing any damage!
Another way of saying that: I choose to trust I can have what I desire.
The existing energy creating my reality continually moves, constantly
rearranging, creating a new and greater reality. This always includes my latest
requests to the extent of my commitment, excitement, and enthusiasm
positive attitude toward them. And because I believe my requests to include
the highest good of all they do.
Enough, about me now for You.
Getting Started
The best way to do Creative Goal Setting is by using the Creative Goal Setting
Program. It lends itself to being used on your personal computer templates
are available to those who purchase the Program (of course!) and the classical
physical Goal Folder (which I use, and highly recommend, along with the
computer ideas) as my values and priorities continue to evolve over years. Plus
there is the additional support provided for the additional financial investment.
Yet, I am giving you the next best thing!
The knowledge to Do-It-Yourself by using the ideas from this Workbook. When
you decide to upgrade to the Creative Goal Setting Program, use the special
email address at the front of this workbook: coach@creativegoalsetting.com to
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Personalize your Goal Folder by decorating its cover with colour, pictures,
sparkles, etc.
As you collect pictures and captions for your Goal Folder, use only a small
dot of glue on the back of each picture/caption, so you can move them
easily as you explore your options.
I recommend that you use your own words when writing positive ideas to
yourself. Using the Creative Goal Setting rules will teach you how to write
positive personal affirmations. The reason for this is explained in the
description of Our Mind.
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It is O.K. to start the 2nd and 3rd lists before finishing the first. As long as they
are all finished before proceeding to the next step.
In the second list write 10 words that describe the favourite ways you love
expressing yourself - these words must end with ing. You can make up
words. (for example: musicing, naturing, etc.)
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In the third list write 10 words that describe your idea of a perfect world,
include the people and the environment.
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There are some words that do not work well within the subconscious mind;
such as: unpolluted, unconditional. The subconscious mind focuses (through
word association) on the core of the word. It creates polluted before it can un
it. Unfortunately, it never gets around to unning it, because there is no such
thing. You need to replace negative core words with words that represent
the positive opposite to the negative core, while still saying what you want. For
example for polluted; green, clean, pristine, ecologically sound.
Correct any negative core words.
STEP 2. Go over your lists and select (circle) 3 words from each. Keep it light
and fun; I suggest that you just select the ones that jump out at you.
Fill in this following sentence with the nine words you have selected.
I, .. NOW KNOW I AM ADDING VALUE AS I USE MY
(your name)
..., .....
(the three words circled in your first list)
AND ....
BY ..., .. AND ..
(the three words circled in your second list)
Fix the grammar; especially with the 3 words from the first list as they may
need different endings.
STEP 3. Transfer the sentence onto page 8 titled: My Life Plan where you will
also notice room for a personal picture of yourself.
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My Life Plan
Paste a photograph
of yourself, that you
are proud of, here
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My Vision
Before writing your vision on the My Vision sheets, spend a little time
imagining an ideal lifestyle. Yes, it is appropriate to daydream right now!
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My Vision
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The first copy of your Vision is a draft. Eventually this Vision will reflect the
content of your Goal Folders 12 Areas. You can add to it later. In Creative
Goal Setting you are encouraged to update your Vision (and other work sheets)
often. Keep it exciting and include as much detail as you can in order to create
a clearer picture in your minds eye.
It may take a few re-writes to get it right. And in a year or two you may have
changed your mind and need to re-write it again. Each time you re-write it,
select the good aspects and transfer them into your next version. Rewriting
your Vision will continue to motivate you when you are not sure of your
direction in life. Exploring your Vision will pull you through times of doubt.
Confirm you have written in present tense and only about yourself.
When you read your Vision; it should be motivating ... if it is not, then it needs
re-working with more detail and/or with more stretch.
Stretching your reality out into the unknown is safe inside your Goal Folder.
In fact, that is one of the benefits of having a Goal Folder. You can explore your
hopes and desires safely; building them up with more and more detail. The
more excited you get about them, the more positive thought will go into them
and the more likely they will materialize. Sound too good to be true? Read on,
take it step by step and ease yourself into it.
Please note: Only write what you are willing to take responsibility for and/or
eventually action yourself. Writing goals for others is similar to having
expectations of others - not always very comfortable if you are on the receiving
end. So dont do it. We are here to create our own reality it is out of
integrity to think we can or should create someone elses reality!
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Family ~ Parents, siblings, partners, children, pets, relatives and any others
that may live with the family. (Friends go in the Leisure Area.)
Health ~ Your physical and mental well-being.
Home ~ The place(s) you live in and/or would like to live in.
Leisure ~ The hobbies, sports and interests you have outside of your career,
including friendships, social life, travel and holidays.
Material Things ~ Everything that you would most like to own. For
example: clothing, jewelry, accessories, books, ornaments, cars, boats, bikes,
airplanes, furniture, electrical appliances, stereos, televisions, computer and
office equipment, houses, investment properties, etc.
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To create a focus in your life, decide which of the 12 Areas is most urgent now.
Find a place in your home where you will see this book daily and leave it open
at this urgent Area. Even if you have no pictures or words written yet.
Whatever happens in your life while this book (I use both my Goal Folder and
my computer screen image for this!) is open at this page will be relevant
feedback to this Area. We will be discussing how your subconscious thoughts
affect the outcomes in this area of your life in the chapter on Our Mind.
When you have received the outcomes you are looking for, be guided by your
inspiration to another one of the 12 Areas and leave it open there.
You may want to re-arrange the order of the Areas as you grow and change
your outlook on life. That is easier to do in a Goal Folder have you made
your own, or would you like to up-grade to a Creative Goal Setting Program
yet? If so, email me at coach@creativegoalsetting.com
If your life is running smoothly, with no obstacles, leave this book open at the
Area you would most like to improve.
With the Creative Goal Setting technique you are changing the way you
perceive and create your life; not using your will power to change external
elements. You have the opportunity to change your own outcomes with
integrity; not the outcomes of others. Leaving others with their own
perceptions and creations. They will deal with these in their own way in their
own time. This is where you let go and let the Super Conscious aspect of the
mind juggle the outcomes for the highest good of all concerned.
Go ahead, write the 12 Area headings on the 12 Distinctions sheets in the Area
box at the top of each Distinctions sheet, in the order your have arranged them.
The blank pages are for the pictures you collect and draw relevant to the Area
heading you have written on the opposite Distinctions Sheet.
Distinctions sheet instructions follow the sheets.
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Career
Family
Health
Home
Leisure
Material
Things
Personal
Development
Relationships
Resources
Self
Spirituality
The Planet
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Metaphysical Law
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Distinctions
In Creative Goal Setting Goal there are twelve Areas of life needing your
attention. There is a difference between these Areas, although sometimes they
overlap. Now is your opportunity to discover what outcomes you want in each
Area and how you feel about each of these Areas of your life. Put these
Distinctions in writing.
These sheets are used to:
a) establish the physical, measurable outcomes you wish to receive in each Area
of your life; written on the left under Tangible Expectations, and
b) the feelings and/or ethics you want to experience in each Area of your life;
written as a separate list on the right under Personal Values.
There is a double line down the centre indicating there is no need to match the
left and the right sides together.
You can have more than one Distinctions sheet per Area. For example in
Career you may have separate Distinctions sheets for current job, potential
career, school, study and/or business. In Resources you may need a second
sheet for business finances if you are self employed. This is made easier when
using a Goal Folder ready for your upgrade to the Creative Goal Setting
Program yet? You know the email address: coach@creativegoalsetting.com!
1. Choose an Area of your life to work on, preferably one that requires some
fixing.
2. If you are using your Goal Folder; write the Area of your life you are
working on in the Area box at the top of the sheet.
Tangible in Creative Goal Setting means touchable and/or measurable. Some
different measures used in our society are:
time
academic titles
job titles
distance
school grades
volume
speed
clothing sizes
numbers
weight
percentages
money
Add to this list: behaviours that can be touched, eg smiling, walking, etc
The word Expectations means goals. It is used to encourage the subconscious
mind with expectancy / knowingness. It also assists people to build their self
esteem if they have ever experienced others expecting too high or low of them.
3. Starting on the left hand side ~ using the 3 rules of Creative Goal Setting
(Using coloured markers and changing colours after each phrase or
sentence, writing in positive present tense and only writing about yourself).
Write at least 5 things describing outcomes you want in this area of your
life. Write long and short term goals in present tense.
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The subconscious mind relates best to, and activates, now statements.
Future dates are stored and forgotten in the subconscious mind as surplus
information.
dates can set us up for failure when a goal is not achieved on time, and
why wait months or years to find out that you have the wording incorrect,
when with correct wording, your expectations can show signs of coming to
fruition within a couple of weeks or hours (days for some people - months
for others!).
Using verbs ending in ing is very effective when communicating with the
subconscious mind.
4. On the right hand side, under the heading: Personal Values, write the
values you think would be helpful. These do not need to match with the
list on the left hand side. Values are feelings that cannot be measured, yet
can be felt in our body. Over time, as you evolve these Distinction sheets,
you may recognize a core group of these values developing as very
important to you and used by you to judge the value of your situations and
associations.
5. The box at the bottom of the sheet labeled Essential Focus is for the most
significant word that you have written in your list of Personal Values.
Choose a single word and write it in the Essential Focus box.
Some examples to a few Areas follow on the next page:
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Distinctions
Tangible Expectations
Personal Values
Career
Self employed
Working from home by choice
Receiving $1000 nett per week
Working 20 hours per week on average
Using my creativity
Freedom
Positive Recognition from peers
Success with integrity
Family
Communicate wit Parents each week
Finish building Daughters cubby house
Exercise and play with our dogs daily
Lead by positive example for my Children
Trust
Love and Respect
Unity and Support
Sharing and Caring
Health
My body draws the nutrients I require
from the foods I eat
I walk for 30 minutes every day
I drink at least 1 litre of water each day
Relationships
I share my life, my dreams, my
achievements, my family, my experiences
and things with my partner
I communicate with compassion
I share restauranting, traveling and
socializing
Resources
I have the skills to invest my money wisely
I save 10% of all my income
I live on 70% of my income; investing the
rest
Discipline
Wealth and abundance
Understanding
Self
I am a human being living on Planet Earth
I am an adult
I am a woman
I am a communicator
It is fun being me
I love and respect me
I treat me with compassion
I appreciate me for who & what I am
The Planet
I lead by positive example by looking after
my things and land by choosing ecologically
sound equipment, materials and agents
I travel overseas meeting people and
understanding different cultures
I drive ecologically sound and well serviced
vehicles
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Our Mind
In explaining the mind, that is not visible or physical (unlike the brain that is an
organ with physical functions) we can use a model or an analogy.
Our Mind
Iceberg
Water level
In Creative Goal Setting we use three icebergs joined at the base below the
waterline to illustrate three areas of the mind.
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Our Mind
Conscious
Thinks
Subconscious
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Super Conscious
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Our Mind
Fred, the cyclist
Conscious
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Subconscious
Stores
Super Conscious
Creates
The affect our thoughts have on our day-to-day life are most easily explained
with a story of Fred, the cyclist.
While Fred is out cycling, he has an idea ... he thinks a thought.
His thought is I want to win a gold medal.
Assume the middle iceberg is Freds mind. It is at the tip of the iceberg, on the
conscious level, that this thought first occurs to Fred ~ as indicated by the light
bulb and the gold medal.
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Our Mind
Conscious
Thinks
Subconscious
Stores
Super Conscious
Creates
In the same instant Fred has this thought consciously, the thought is stored in
the subconscious mind.
The thought is stored through word and/or experience association.
The subconscious mind has already stored every experience and thought that
Fred has ever had.
In a flash of an instant the subconscious mind scans its memory-bank looking
for any previous thoughts or experiences that Fred has associated with winning.
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Our Mind
Conscious
Thinks
Subconscious
Stores
Distraction
Super Conscious
Creates
Freds thought changes when it is stored with an old belief to: I cant win a gold medal
When a new idea, such as I want to win a gold medal is recorded, the
subconscious mind files it with associated data already stored. In Freds case,
with negative out-of-date distracting data from his childhood.
In this process the thought changes. In Freds subconscious mind it is now
stored as I cant win a gold medal.
Our Mind
Conscious
Thinks
Subconscious
Stores
Super Conscious
Creates
The Super Conscious receives the message: I cant win a gold medal
The subconscious version of the thought; I cant win a gold medal is picked
up by the Super Conscious part of the mind in the same instant. In fact, this
whole process is happening in the same instant of time that Fred is having the
original thought of I want to win a gold medal!
The Super Conscious mind creates the outcomes to all the thoughts it finds in
the subconscious mind.
It does not judge and/or change the messages it receives as judgment only
happens on the conscious level.
As mentioned already, there are many names given to the Super Conscious part
of the mind; some people call it God, Great Spirit, Higher Self, etc. The Super
Conscious is the part of us that connects us to all else; as shown by the bottom
Area of the three icebergs where they are joined at the base. Unfortunately, this
iceberg model cannot illustrate the omnipresence of this Creative Force.
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Our Mind
REALITY
Conscious
Thinks
Subconscious
Stores
Super Conscious
Creates
The Super Conscious creates Freds reality based on: I cant win a gold medal
The Super Conscious creates (materializes) the stored version of all thoughts in
the subconscious mind as outcomes on the conscious level.
Remember, what we think of consciously may not be the same as what is stored
in the subconscious part of our mind.
The way we consciously perceive and experience the outcomes in our life is
known as our REALITY.
Back to Fred ... he has the subconscious thought I cant win a gold medal.
The Super Conscious can materialize this as an outcome in many ways. For
many people it would appear on the conscious level as I am not fit enough.
Now, it just so happens that Fred is physically fit; he is passionate about long
distance cycling and does lots of it. But he still has the negative subconscious
thought I cant win operating in his subconscious mind.
The Super Conscious is creating outcomes based on this negative message in
Freds subconscious mind. As a result, each time he enters a cycling race he
gets a puncture, or takes a wrong turn, or is disqualified for not complying with
the rules, or crashes, or is sick and cannot compete, or the event is scheduled at
a time when his family has an important occasion he must attend, or at a place
that he cannot get to, or he has not got enough money to pay his starting fee ...
the list goes on.
Fred is being distracted, or sabotaged, by his own long-forgotten memories
tucked away in his subconscious mind since he was a small boy.
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Our Mind
REALITY
Conscious
Thinks
Subconscious
Stores
Super Conscious
Creates
Our Mind
REALITY
Why?
Conscious
Thinks
Subconscious
Stores
Super Conscious
Creates
When Fred asks questions that start with why, he gets excuses (blame & justification).
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With this sort of negative feedback, many people would give up and/or start a
destructive cycle of self-talk. This self talk would most likely start with Why
me? Whenever we ask Why me? we are setting ourselves into the potential
trap of being a victim of circumstances.
The answers to why me bounce back from the conscious level in the form of
excuses, reasons and justifications, with people and situations to blame.
Asking WHY only gets answers from the conscious level. If Fred asked
WHY, he would come up with reasons for not winning; reasons for taking
wrong turns, getting punctures, etc ... which he would be able to do nothing, or
very little about. He would conclude that other people and/or elements were
involved and that it was their fault. Even if there were no other people or
elements involved, he would blame himself and justify the events with excuses.
Blaming and justifying will not change the outcome!
There will always (well, nearly always) be physical reasons for the physical
outcomes we experience. Many of these reasons will appear to be out of our
control.
Some people give up; walking away feeling like they have failed, depending on
their personality. Others use their will power to force a change in the situation.
For example, using will power to push their body beyond its capability; such as
cycling with a damaged knee. Another example being, people with
overbearing will power; like school yard bullies, cheating cyclists and other
domineering personalities.
Fred does not fit either of these two categories, failure or bully, yet he wants
to change his REALITY.
It is at this point that Fred uses the Creative Goal Setting process and creates
change that takes care of the highest good of all concerned. In other words, success
without forcing or bullying anyone or anything.
Fred now knows that all the outcomes in his life are the result of the way he
thinks, and in due course, re-programs his subconscious mind. He knows that
he needs to change what his subconscious mind is storing if he wants to change
the results in his life (in his conscious reality).
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Our Mind
REALITY
Conscious
Thinks
Subconscious
Stores
Who? = Me
When? = Now
What?
How?
Why?
Super Conscious
Creates
As Fred wants to change his reality; he asks questions that include how or what.
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He now understood how he had associated winning a gold medal with You
silly little thing, you cant win by running in the wrong direction. His fathers
words.
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Our Mind
REALITY
Conscious
Thinks
Subconscious
Stores
Opportunity
Who? = Me
When? = Now
What?
How?
Why?
Super Conscious
Creates
Fred was able to use this insight in his personal Goal Folder. He opened it to
the relevant Area and wrote with coloured makers in the Tangible Expectations
column of his Distinctions sheet : I am winning all cycling events I enter and
I am a winner in the Personal Values column.
As this was very important to Fred, he also wrote a detailed Thank You Letter
thanking his Super Conscious in advance for the best possible outcome he could
imagine.
Just pumping in positive thoughts or affirmations suggested by other people
can miss the mark and only superficially effect the outcome; like painting over
the rust in an old car. It is important to write our own affirmations / positive
thoughts as we take personal responsibility for programming our subconscious
mind.
Fred has written a positive statement that is the positive opposite to feedback
from his REALITY. This evolves the original thought and/or decision that was
distracting his outcomes and turns the distraction into an opportunity for more
great things to appear in his life.
There are already many existing opportunities in the subconscious mind. The
more opportunities in your subconscious mind, the more positive your attitude.
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Our Mind
REALITY
Conscious
Thinks
Subconscious
Stores
Who? = Me
When? = Now
What?
How?
Why?
Super Conscious
Creates
As a result of Fred taking responsibility for his outcomes in his life, by making
the necessary changes to his way of thinking, his results in his physical reality
(conscious level of his mind) change.
By observing his outcomes and changing negative results (feedback created
from subconscious distractions) to positive opposite ideas in his Goal Folder,
Fred is able to reprogram his reality for more positive outcomes.
Even during a race he can ask What can I do to win this event to activate
inspiration he can use immediately.
With this skill Fred started winning cycling events.
In Australia, if you win each event, you can eventually win a gold medal.
Fred did.
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Our Mind
REALITY
Conscious
Thinks
Subconscious
Stores
Who? = Me
When? = Now
What?
How?
Why?
Super Conscious
Creates
Our subconscious and Super Conscious minds are creating all the outcomes in
our life. The subconscious mind is either working for you, offering
opportunities, or against you, offering distractions for the Super Conscious
mind to materialize. Distractions temporarily stop you from having what you
want in life until you change them.
Have a look at your relationship with your body (your self), with other people,
money, etc. If there are any negative outcomes in any of your relationships you
now have the tools to change the negatives into positives.
As an example: school grades, like other achievements, are the result of
students subconscious thoughts. If they think they cannot do better at school ...
they are absolutely right because they are programming themselves for less
success! This, in turn, can cause less study, understanding, attention, interest,
focus, attendance, etc. School grades can suffer from subconscious distractions
happening in other areas of life also. Changing negative situations and/or
associations into opportunities in one area of life can have an effect on other
areas, including study.
If you believe there is a possibility you can achieve something, and you
program your subconscious mind positively, then ask how or what
questions for guidance ... you will achieve it. Ask yourself: How do I change
...? Or What do I need to do to get ...? Or What do I need to know to
receive ...? Or any similar questions with how or what in them. Wait for the
answer. It could come in any form. The answer may appear as an intuitive
thought immediately; or come as an inspirational thought triggered by a
conversation, an event, an omen, somebodys behaviour, ... anything. Children,
animals, trees, traffic, etc, all become your teachers, your mirrors, your link with
your subconscious mind.
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Asking why questions can guide you to reflect on and/or research the cause
of a situation. Asking how or what questions can guide you to solutions.
And remember; the good things happening in your life are also the result of
your subconscious and Super Conscious mind. Remember to appreciate your
blessings, your wins, and your achievements, as this reinforces the positive
programming of your subconscious mind.
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it is used for clarifying a goal, or goals, in one Area by asking for what
you want in more detail, and/or
The Thank You Letter is written with relevance to only one Area of the Goal
Folder at a time.
It combines Tangible Expectations and Personal Values.
This sheet is optional. A Thank You Letter does not need to be written for every
Area.
1. Have a particular problem or goal in mind. Decide which Area of your
Goal Folder the problem/goal is most relevant to and write this in the Area
box at the top of the Thank You Letter. Write todays date.
2. Address it to the Super Conscious part of the mind. Call this whatever you
like; for example: God, Great Spirit, Higher Self, Being, etc ~ as long as you
do not write the letter to another person.
3. Before writing the body of the letter, imagine an ideal outcome. Then using
the three Creative Goal Setting rules (using coloured markers and changing
colours after every phrase or sentence, writing in positive present tense and
only writing about yourself), write it as if it is already happening. You are
writing a letter of appreciation in advance. Refer to your Distinctions sheet
for ideas.
You can only write goals for yourself and how you want to relate to others;
not another persons relationship to you. You can generalize, using the
words: partners, children, parents, students, friends, co-workers, etc, but
not their name. Only write what you are willing to take responsibility for
and/or action yourself.
4. Read the statement at the bottom. Sign it.
Review the Thank You Letter from time to time until you receive the outcome
you are looking for. Check your wording. If it is not coming to fruition in a
reasonable time, look more closely at the wording are any of the words
ambiguous (have hidden meanings/agendas). And take a closer look at your
own motivation do you really want what you are asking for, or does the
current situation provide your ego with more entertainment than your solution
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May this or something better now materialise for me for the highest good of all concerned,
Yours positively,
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Add colour and creativity to your Goal Folder. This helps you focus on
your personal expectations in a receptive way.
The Goal Folder is for positive ideas only ... great reading for when you are
feeling blue or overwhelmed.
Check the order you have your 12 Areas in. Does the order reflect what
you believe is the correct way for you to experience your life. The way you
look at life will vary from time to time, and will often vary from the way
others demonstrate life.
Re-write the Distinctions as often as you can, until you are happy that they
describe your ideal lifestyle; encompassing all aspects of your life.
Remember to keep your Goal Folder open at the Area you are choosing to
improve, or in need of urgent attention.
Keep your Goal Folder in a place where you can view it daily.
Keep on adding (and removing) pictures so they reflect your ideal lifestyle.
Just because it is written ... does not mean you have to do it! You can
always change your mind and up-date your Goal Folder. Although, action
is confirmation of your intention and draws the energy you need to do, have
and be all that you ask for.
When you have a conflict or crisis that needs attention:
1. decide which Area it is most relevant to,
2. update your Distinctions sheet with a positive opposite to the issue,
3. write a Thank You Letter if you feel it needs more clarification
4. leave your Goal Folder open at the most urgent Area.
Study & workplace tricks: use coloured markers in notes and positive
wording in assignments.
Study & work attitude: remember, dare to dream your dreams. If these
include A grades and/or excellence then go for it! As we do not use
dates in Creative Goal Setting you will receive your expectations, or
something better, eventually, for the highest good of all concerned
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It is on the conscious level, that this thought first occurs to Fred. That Fred is
first aware of the thought.
In the same instant that Fred has this thought consciously, it is stored in the
subconscious mind. It is stored through word and/or experience association.
The subconscious mind has already stored every experience and thought that
Fred has ever had. It scans its memory looking for subconscious thoughts
associated with red sports cars.
In Freds subconscious mind is a forgotten memory of an experience. It
happened one day when he was five; he was a passenger in the back seat of his
fathers car while out driving. Freds subconscious mind has the whole
experience filed as he saw it at the time.
A fast red car suddenly overtakes Freds fathers slower car. Fred is fascinated
and while he watches the red sports car quickly disappear into the distance his
subconscious mind notes his fathers reaction.
His fathers reaction is a negative dont deserve; expressed mainly with body
language. His bottom lip sticks out and his shoulders slump as he grumbles
under his breath he doesnt deserves that. In Freds five years of life he has
seen and heard his father do this, or something similar, many times. Freds
subconscious mind has a section, a file, labeled dont deserve.
In Creative Goal Setting we call this old negative thought a distraction. It
distracts us from our original purpose and/or direction. When new data, such
as I want a red Ferrari sports car is recorded, the subconscious mind
associates it with the old data. Subsequently changing the outcome to I dont
deserve a red Ferrari sports car.
The new subconscious version of the thought; I dont deserve a red Ferrari
sports car is picked up by the Super Conscious part of the mind in the same
instant. In fact this whole process is happening in the same instant of time that
Fred is having the original thought!
The Super Conscious mind creates the outcomes to all thoughts. It effectively
says YES, without judgment (judgment happens on the conscious level) to all
the messages it receives. There are many names given to the Super Conscious
part of the mind; some people call it God, Great Spirit, Higher Self, etc.
We are all connected at the deepest level of the mind ~ Super Consciousness.
The Super Conscious mind materializes all thought as outcomes on the
conscious level; attracting, like a magnet, the relevant people, things,
conditions, etc to us. Creating the outcome of all peoples thoughts combined.
The way we see life, what we experience as life, is known as reality.
Back to Fred ... he has the subconscious thought I dont deserve a red Ferrari
sports car. Super Conscious mind can materialize this many ways. For many
people it would appear on the conscious level as I cant afford a Ferrari and its
upkeep.
Now, it just so happens that Fred is a millionaire and can afford many sports
cars. But he still has a negative subconscious dont deserve thought running
his reality. Creating an undesired outcome. Fred bought, but crashed, his
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Ferrari on the way home. It was insured and repaired. It had only been in
Freds garage a week and it was stolen! He had it replaced. He had only had
his second Ferrari two weeks when it was vandalized at the local shopping
centre. He had it repaired. So far, Fred was more often without his red Ferrari,
than in possession of it!
These outcomes are feedback for Fred. If he received the red Ferrari without
any distractions, he would have the feedback that his subconscious mind is
clear on this subject. Unfortunately, this is not the case for Fred.
Fred has lost a few Ferraris due to varying physical reasons. Luckily, he knows
that all outcomes in his life are the results of his subconscious mind. Fred has a
Creative Goal Setting Program remember! He knows that he needs to change
the programming of his subconscious mind to change the results in his
conscious reality.
Fred knows he has to do some soul searching; some investigating of what is in
his subconscious mind causing the negative outcomes in his life. He does this
by asking questions.
Fred knows the only questions to ask are HOW or WHAT. Asking why only
gets answers from the conscious level. If Fred asked why, he would come up
with reasons for crashing his car, reasons for it being stolen and vandalized. All
of which he would be able to do nothing, or very little, about because he would
also conclude that other people were involved and that it was their fault. Even
if there were no other people involved, he would blame himself or justify the
events. Blaming and justifying will not change the outcome!
To change the outcomes, he needs to change the thoughts residing in his
subconscious mind. To change the thoughts, he first needs to be aware of them.
Just pumping in positive thoughts or affirmations written or suggested by other
people can miss the mark and only superficially affect the outcome. That is like
painting over the rust in an old car body.
The answer to When is always now! The subconscious mind only works in
present tense. It stores all data in present tense at the time it happened and
leaves it that way.
Fred knows the most simple and effective way to search the subconscious mind
is to ask it questions starting with How or What. Asking one question at a time
and waiting for its answer. Fred knows to give it at least 30 seconds or so.
Fred asked the question: What do I need to know to change my reality about
owning a red Ferrari sports car? Sometimes we dont hear the answers but
if we keep on focusing on the question, our Super Conscious aspect of the mind
will find a way to communicate what is in the subconscious mind. A couple of
hours later Fred received a telephone call from his father. His father chatted
about various topics and happened to mention Freds mother saying she didnt
feel she deserved all the praise she was receiving for her charity work ...
Deserved! Through word association, Freds mind flashed a vision across the
screen of his mind of when he was five and a passenger in the back seat of his
fathers car. He remembered the fast red sports car overtaking his fathers car
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and he also recalled from his peripheral vision his fathers reaction. He was
easily able to understand how he had associated red sports cars to not deserving.
Needless to say, Fred didnt stay chatting with his father for much longer. He
said his farewells, hung up the phone and raced off to his Creative Goal Setting
Program. He opened it to Material Things and wrote with a coloured marker:
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Goals