452. How to Avoid Getting Lost

It is easy to start out being disciplined and then to lose your way because you think you know what you are doing. Whenever this happens, you need to bo back to basics and revisit the Golden Rules that apply to what you are doing. Stick to your Golden Rules.

451. Risk

You can never eliminate risk 100% but by being prepared, you can minimise its impact.

450. Protecting Yourself

As a way of training your memory in how to protect your face and head, touch your two elbows together in front of your face from time to time.

449. Paranoia and Hypervigilance

"Just because you're paranoid, that doesn't mean they're not out to get you!"

Joking aside, paranoia is not healthy. It is a form of psychosis often brought on by the abuse of psychotropic drugs and other substances. You do not want to become paranoid. There is nothing wrong, however, with a little hypervigilance. This is a healthy response to an event that causes you stress or that causes you to feel threatened in some way. It is the thinking behind keeping meticulous notes and records of conversations etc. It is one of the tools that you should use throughout life to protect yourself. Definition of HYPERVIGILANCE: the condition of maintaining an abnormal awareness of environmental stimuli. A person suffering from PTSD may have hypervigilance, heightened startle responses and flashbacks.

448. Poverty & Lies

Do not talk poverty. In truth you are wealthy and talking poverty when you are wealthy is a lie. Wherever there is a lie, there is evil. Evil always has to do with lies.

447. Clarity & Power

Clarity IS Power. If you are precise and clear about life then you are not avoiding any issues; you are being realistic and practical and this helps you to achieve your objectives, i.e. it empowers you.

446. Practice Until....

When trying to master a new accomplishment or technique, remember that repetition is the mother of skill. Keep on repeating your practices. If asked "How long ?" the answer is "Until..."