Letting Go of Waste

Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go.
        (Oprah Winfrey)

Dave Pelzer, a New York Times Best Selling Author compared the mind to the digestive system. “We eat something and our digestive system extracts the nutrients and gets rid of the waste. Our minds are not as efficient, we tend to hold on to a lot of mental waste that ultimately drags us down.”

Why is that?

Picture your mind as being like your PC (or Mac). What you see on the screen is what you are currently working on. But in the background, there are all kinds of things going on that affect your PC’s performance. Your PC won’t be efficient when there are all kinds of cookies, spy-ware, and other stuff that I really know nothing about clogging up its short-term memory and operational system. Your PC’s hard drive has a lot to do with its performance.

Your subconscious is like your mental hard drive. It’s what’s going on in the background. Sure, your conscious mind may be at work on a particular goal or task, but if your subconscious is not accepting of the task then it will negatively impact your chances of success.

Your subconscious mind affects your daily life in a negative way by rehashing old negative wasteful thoughts. The problem is that these thoughts stir certain emotions and your emotions tend to affect your mood and more importantly your behaviors.

The next time you recognize that you are dwelling on an old negative belief or thought, yell the word “STOP” (to yourself). Then, replace the negative with a positive thought of future success. It is critically important that you get in touch with the feelings associated with this successful thought. When you are in tune with the feelings, you will then stir up the emotions that will lead to productive behaviors.

I have found that another superb way of banishing negative thoughts is to think about something that Socrates said. It went something like … if we all were to put our problems in a heap so that we may divide them evenly, each person would be content to keep their own.

Your negative thoughts are caused when you dwell on past and current problems. Realize that past problems are now wisdom and the current problems are opportunities for future growth.

There Can Be A lot Of Waste In Your Business Too

Hanging on to old ways of doing things or systems that just are not productive anymore will equal a ton of waste.

It is a great idea to look at your business and see where you can make it more efficient.

Are you producing or carrying too many products? Remember the 80/20 principle – eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of your products.

Apply the same rule to your customers or clients. Are some clients actually costing you time and money to keep them?

As we know: Bigger is not always better, or dinosaurs would be ruling Earth.  Are you hanging on to empty space? Is your office bigger than it needs to be?

Do you have inventory that has been hanging around for years that is just not selling? If you have a localized business then you are limited by geography. Perhaps those dusty items should be sold on Ebay? Even at a loss, would you rather have cash or dusty inventory?

Many companies that struggle in economic down-turns are usually carrying a lot of waste in the form of advertising that is not working and operational procedures that are in-efficient and out-dated. Don’t believe me? Study just a few of the companies that stood in line for Government hand-outs in recent times!

Mike Dolpies (AKA- Mike D.) is the author of the forth-coming book: Motion Before Motivation, How to Quickly Create the Life You Want. He speaks for corporations and associations on the topics of Success, Peak Performance and Ethical Persuasion. Mike is also a Consulting Hypnotist and Freelance Copywriter.  You can check out his blog at http://www.askmiked.com   You can get some free persuasion resources at www.revealtheshortcut.com and you can go to http://www.raisingrealwinners.com/nh to get a free subscription to his Parenting Audio Magazine: Raising Real Winners.