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The Power of State

Published on 9 September, 2009 in event and High Performance. 2 Comments Tags: , .

Our next session for Awaken Your Genius will be next Wednesday night, 16 September. I will be presenting all new material. And I’d really like it if you could join us.

If you could remember a time when you were at your best, you might notice that you thought, felt and moved in a very specific way. Some people could call this a ‘genius state’ or a ‘flow state’ or ‘being in the zone’ – when your mind and body are helping you achieve at your best.

But sometimes, we’re not. Sometimes we’re in the “wrong” state. In fact, many of us spend a lot of time not being at our best.

What if we could change that? This time, I want to focus on “state”. We’re going to explore some exercises and techniques that can help get you out of an unresourceful state and into a state of mind that can help you perform at your best.

Awaken Your Genius: Sunday 16 August

Published on 10 August, 2009 in event. Closed Tags: , , , .

Daniel Smith presents Awaken Your Genius - What if you could enjoy being at your best more?

I’m fascinated by genius. These people who do things that are so amazing that they leave most of the rest of us asking, “How did they do that??”

If you had looked for an answer, you would know that genius takes effort. You need to focus on getting really good at what you’re doing. Hours of disciplined, focused, deliberate practice. In some ways, it’s easier if you are a child – you just get in the habit of practising before you’re old enough to bother to ask, “Why?”

But you’re not really a child, are you?

How much time do you focus on getting really good at what you’re doing? No just doing your job or playing your sport or being in your relationship, but deliberately working at getting even better… and you know by now that’s the only way.

After all, if a child can do it, surely you can too. For you to unlock and Awaken Your Genius, it would really help if you could feel like you are doing great – that state of mind when you are at your best.

We all enjoy times when we are doing well.

We also endure times when we’re not. Times when you are just not performing at the level that you know that you are capable of… when you can be thinking to yourself, “I’m better than this.”

And you can be.

This Sunday, I would like to invite you to join a small group as we explore how to let go of what has been holding you back, connect with what is most important to you, and create powerful triggers to help you be at your best when you need it most, so that you can walk away spending more time at your best, in “the zone”.

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Alignment of Genius in Shanghai

Published on 3 August, 2009 in event and Personal Growth. Closed Tags: , , .

Genius demands alignment

Event: Saturday, 8 August, 2-5pm

As we explored last time, to really be great at anything takes a lot of deliberate practice. Not just playing around, but focusing on getting better – training yourself to perform at higher and higher standards.

But how can you do that if you’re trying to do everything at once?

This Saturday, we’re going to explore the Alignment of Genius. We will start with exploring why Alignment is so important, examine what sort of Alignment you’ll need to get what you’re after, and then figure out how you can better set yourself up to win.

Most of us really want to experience certain things. For you, it might be ‘happiness’ or ‘success’ or ‘love’ or ‘achievement’ – or something totally different. Then, you’ll have certain ways to experience that ultimate outcome. Maybe you’ll use your career. Maybe your relationships. Maybe your hobbies. You would have developed those roles and picked up those “vehicles” over the years, based on your personal experiences and opportunities.

And you would have daily habits and routines too. Some of which would support you; others of which might be getting in your way.
So just imagine if you could get your habits, routines and daily behaviours supporting the most important roles in your life, so that you can actually get what you really want.
Instead of having these habits that take you nowhere and missing the things that you need to be doing every day to get to where you want to be?

We’ll explore this in much greater detail this Saturday afternoon.

Now, we have only 12 places available for this special session, at 200RMB each. When you register, I’ll let you know the venue details, but we’ll be in central Shanghai.

I really hope that you can join us.

Awaken Your Genius with Dan Smith – 30 June in Shanghai

Published on 25 June, 2009 in event. Closed Tags: , .
Dan Smith
Dan Smith

After the success of the session last week, we’re doing it again. Dan Smith will guide you through Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Accelerated Learning and Cognitive Psychology, to present some important findings from The Genius Project. Learn to develop your abilities, skills, gifts and talents, to expand your personal success and experience of joy and fulfillment.

Awaken Your Genius – Tuesday, 30 June – from 7pm – 150RMB

We will be at Andrew James Art, a beautiful gallery at 39 Maoming Road North, about 10 minutes walk from either Nanjing West (Line 2) or Shanxi South (Line 1).

Have you ever met someone outstanding? Someone that was not just competent, not just good at what they did, not even “excellent” – but someone who stood out as being exceptional?

Register your place, at here or on Facebook.

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Dan Smith introduces Awaken Your Genius, 23 June in Shanghai

Published on 22 June, 2009 in event. 1 Comment Tags: , .
Dan Smith
Dan Smith

In this session, China NLP Chairman Dan Smith will guide you through NLP, Accelerated Learning and Cognitive Psychology, to present some important findings from The Genius Project. Learn to develop your abilities, skills, gifts and talents, to expand your personal success and experience of joy and fulfilment.

Awaken Your Genius – Tuesday, 23 June – from 7pm – 100RMB

We will be in a central Shanghai location and will send you the details when you let us know you’re coming.

Have you ever met someone outstanding? Someone that was not just competent, not just good at what they did, not even “excellent” – but someone who stood out as being exceptional?

Register your place, at www.ChinaNLP.org or on Facebook.

Dan Smith did.
Back in 1994, he noticed that there is a difference between someone who works really hard to get mediocre results and someone who effortlessly achieves excellence. And, surrounded by some of the most brilliant minds, he started to ask, “What is the difference?”

Genius: It’s not just talent…

Sure our natural gifts and abilities help us. And for some people they help us a lot. But you and I know people who have every natural advantage in the world but who either waste it or just can’t get it right.

Genius: It’s not just hard work…

Many of us were taught that if we work hard enough for long enough, we will get what we want. But it doesn’t always work like that. And some people feel a failure. Which makes perfect sense when you realize that there is a part of you that knows what you are capable of, and that you are not achieving, experiencing and enjoying the success and fulfilment that you want, doesn’t it!

Genius: It’s not enough to “learn by doing”.

To be your best – you need to concentrate and practice getting better. And it can take time. A long time. And it’s working at getting better too – not just playing around! We need to work smarter – not just work harder. And most of us just don’t do it. Are you showing up at your best?

What if you could be free yourself to be your best?

Dan Smith holds five University degrees (including Psychology and Innovation Management), a fourth degree black belt in karate, and started his first company at the age of 20. Dan is a Certified NLP Trainer, Distinguished Toastmaster and has been living in Shanghai for the past two years.

One of his German participants recently described Dan as “a very experienced trainer who helped me with his knowledge and a huge capacity of understanding to find out where I am, who I am and where I want to go and then provided me with practical and powerful tools to accomplish whatever I wish for.”

To register your place, please visit www.ChinaNLP.org or see us on Facebook.

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