01 May How To Let Go Of The Rope (Part 1)
Posted at 18:41h in James Mapes Blog
For most of us, life is essentially a tug of war. Letting go can be very difficult, although the payoff is substantial....
11 Jul How to Explode Creativity: The Conscious Rider and the Subconscious Elephant
Posted at 16:00h in James Mapes Blog
Explode Creativity by understanding the power of the mind using this metaphor to describe the conscious and subconscious...
20 Jun You are of Two Minds: Imagine That!
Posted at 20:51h in James Mapes Blog
As strange and odd as this may sound, your “mind,” as opposed to your “brain” is, figuratively speaking, divided into two parts....
23 Jun Change your Perspective INSTANTLY!
Posted at 20:25h in James Mapes Blog
Let’s call your point of view your current view of the situation, or your CVS. You have a current view of your relationships, your job, a creative project, potential travels, or your financial situation. The current view of the situation is simply how, at this...
11 Jun The Subconscious Rules!
Posted at 20:44h in James Mapes Blog
Without question, your subconscious rules your conscious choices and has its own set of rules. Rule #1: The subconscious does not think in the traditional sense but reacts out of the brains primitive fight or flight programming. Rule #2: The subconscious moves us towards what gives pleasure...
25 Jul Power of Paradigms: Rethink you thinking
Posted at 13:22h in James Mapes Blog
Thomas S. Kuhn introduced the concept of paradigms to the scientific world twenty-five years ago in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Kuhn, a scientific historian, considered paradigms a whole new way of looking at and predicting possible outcomes. He wrote that ...
21 Jun SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE, NOT AS YOU WISH THEM TO BE
Posted at 18:13h in James Mapes Blog
A QUANTUM LEAP WILL TAKE PLACE ONLY WHEN YOU SEE THINGS AS THEY REALLY ARE, NOT AS YOU WISH THEM TO BE. I used to be determined to overcome the barriers waiting to trip me up. People were constantly ignoring or disappointing...
17 Jun THE ILLUSION OF SEPARABILITY
Posted at 19:32h in James Mapes Blog
Separability is the belief that your actions do not directly impact anyone else, that your behavior in a relationship has no effect on your partner, that your performance on a team does not directly influence the performance of the team as a...
15 May In Praise of Entrepreneurs, Persistance & a Gourmet Food Truck
Posted at 20:36h in Articles
Here’s to the dreamers, visionaries and risk takers! Here’s to the entrepreneurs! ...
15 Apr FORCING INTROSPECTION FOR INSIGHT
Posted at 16:23h in James Mapes Blog
I just got over a rough bout with a stomach virus. The first two days were spent in utter desperation, doing what one does when extremely ill, trying to hold down some liquids so as not to become dehydrated and pondering some not...
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