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The artist is a person who, more than others, is sensitive to various situations of life and therefore this aspect, if by one part gives a burst of creativity, on the other makes it fragile, exposed to the riots that life offers.

Often an artistic composition that the artist can not finish, a certain musical technique that the musician can not get, a critique received, render him insecure about the goal, his purpose, clarity of vision about his art, resulting in poor esteem, low confidence, depression.

I always had an idea: a place where the artist can develop all those useful features for his path, acquiring the strategies to overcome the natural obstacles that arise. A gym where he can train his own mind as an artist. So here is that the idea is transformed, and the place becomes a virtual laboratory: the blog.

With this post so, I want to start, I virtually open this place, cutting the ribbon to enter in this place, where I intend to propose a series of tips, exercises, useful strategies. These exercises are based on research in the field of psychology and NLP, and are all very easily and naturally, without effort.

First you need to first determine the starting point. The human mind works in thoughts and images. And… Then the Action

Our specific thoughts, images, actions, and feelings consistently produce specific results. We may be happy or unhappy with these results, but if we repeat the same thoughts, actions, and feelings, we’ll get the same results. The process works perfectly. If we want to change our results, then we need to change the thoughts, actions, and feelings that go into producing them. Once we understand specifically how we create and maintain our inner thoughts and feelings, it is a simple matter for us to change them to more useful ones or if we find better ones, to teach them to others.

So, the starting point is some presuppositions that we have to consider, because are the base of our power thoughts:

The map is not the territory. Our mental maps of the world are not the world. We respond to our maps, rather than directly to the world. Mental maps, especially feelings and interpretations, can be updated more easily than the world can be changed.

Experience has a structure. Our thoughts and memories have a pattern to them. When we change that pattern or structure, our experience will automatically change. We can neutralize unpleasant memories and enrich memories that will serve us.

If one person can do something, anyone can learn to do it. We can learn an achiever’s mental map and make it our own. Too many people think certain things are impossible without ever going out and trying them. Pretend that everything is possible. When there is a physical or environmental limit, the world of experience will let you know about it.

The mind and body are parts of the same system. Our thoughts instantly affect our muscle tension, breathing, feelings, and more, and these in turn affect our thoughts. When we learn to change either one, we have learned to change the other.

People already have all the resources they need. Mental images, inner voices, sensations, and feelings are the basic building blocks of our mental blocks and physical resources. We can use them to build up any thought, feeling, or skill we want, and then place them in our lives where we want or need them.

You and Me cannot NOT communicate. We are always communicating, at least, nonverbally, and words are often the least important part. A sigh, a smile, and a look are all communications. Even our thoughts are communications with ourselves, and they are revealed to others through our eyes, voice tones, postures, and body movements.

The meaning of your communication is the response you get. Others receive what we say and do through their mental map of the world. When someone hears something different from we meant, it’s a chance for us to notice that communication means what we received. Nothing how our communication is received allows us to adjust it, so that next time it can be clearer.

Underlying every behaviour is a positive intention. Every hurtful, harmful, and even thoughtless behavior had a positive purpose in its original situation. Yelling in order to be acknowledged. Hitting to fend off danger. Hiding to feel safe. Rather than condoning or condemning these actions, we can separate them from the person’s positive intent, so that new, updated, and more positive choices can be added that meet the same intent.

People are always making the best choices available to them. Every one of us has his or her unique personal history. Within it, we learned what to do and how to do it, what to want and how to want it, what to value it, what to learn and how to learn it. This is our experience. From it, we must make all of our choices; that is, until new and better oner are added.

If what you are doing isn’t working, do something else. If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten. If you want something new, do something new, especially when are so many alternatives.

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