NLP Week 8 nearly there now 19th November

Arrived a bit later than usually as needed to do a bit round the house to tidy up. But decided when I arrived in the college car park I spent 5 mins just deep breathing and collecting my thoughts. A nice piece of classical music and thinking pleasant thoughts amongst which was the recollection of a nice comment made by a couple from the church saying 'you have really made a difference being here'.

The class was now down to 9. As before we have different exercises to undertake. First was to remember what we did the previous week and reflect on it. Mentioned the latest work incident that caused me to think and strategise a different response to what I would have done. Looked at things we either do really well or badly. I mentioned that I do ironing badly (only trousers and shirts though), but cooking very well. Also I do foreign languages very poorly but my ability to keep fit very well. What strategies do we use is an essential part of NLP. I think that I do cooking well because I enjoy the creative side of the preparation and having the ability to mix ingredients together and provide a nice meal for the family/friends. Now with languages part of my brain doesn't engage and I give up, or sometimes have moments when I say 'come on, give it some real effort' which is why I find it so easy to do running in constrast. May be I need to learn languages while I am running?

Motivational side of using 'reactive' (being pushed) or 'proactive' (pushing oneself) to do something is also discussed. I am quite motivated when I wake up and get to work then the climate changes depending on which way the wind id blowing in the dept. I try and keep up to date with issues, concerns, times of commitments but I am also distracted with tasks as I try and juggle many things together. I am therefore 'aware' of the problem and also now I am response (able) to make a change if I decide to. I have good intentions but they are dependent on my ability to keep focused on the task at hand.