http://www.gameofself.com/blog Ideas from the perspective of a computer game developer who has immersed himself in Chinese Culture, Self Development and NLP. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:16:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been exploring the methodology of GTD (Getting Things Done), GTD was developed by David Allen. I am starting to adopt some GTD principles myself in order to handle the multiple projects I'm working on simultaneously. While exploring the web and GTD I ran across Merlin Mann and ... http://www.gameofself.com/blog/2009/09/16/getting-started/ In accordance with my synchronistic strategy for extending beliefs, I found someone I trusted and decided to explore her belief in Family Constellations. For more about family Constellations check out the wikipedia entry and Burt Hellinger's web site. I was lucky: In the last few days I ... http://www.gameofself.com/blog/2009/09/02/family-constellations/ How I perceive the world is the result of what filters I have on experience in any given moment. As I understand it, the world is manifest from consciousness and consciousness is sustained by belief, because of this, I've discovered a new, profound respect for the power of belief. So ... http://www.gameofself.com/blog/2009/08/29/a-synchronistic-strategy-for-extending-your-beliefs/ I have a life coaching practice. I considered branding it with a Taoist theme, but I realized that the religions / spiritual connotations could scare away some people. So after some soul searching, I decided on a brand which would appeal to more people. Upon reflection, ... http://www.gameofself.com/blog/2009/08/10/the-game-of-self-expands-to-life-coaching/ I recently took another look at meetup, and I'm pretty impressed by how much the application has matured and noticed that its user base seems to have grown very quickly in the last year or so. Of interest to me, I found two Bay Area NLP practice groups; the East Bay ... http://www.gameofself.com/blog/2009/07/10/how-can-taoist-nlp-practitioner-find-friends-of-a-feather/ I recently graduated from the NLP and Coaching Institute of California with a Master Practitioner in NLP certification. One thing I like to do occasionally for inspiration is to review journal entries from the past, just to see what has evolved and what has stayed the same. 2 years ago ... http://www.gameofself.com/blog/2009/06/17/norman-morse-nlp-master-practitioner-hypnotherapist/ Bruce Frantzis has produced an excellent introduction to taoist water meditation in the audio set TAO of Letting Go: Meditation For Modern Living . Water meditation has a lot to do with releasing things which are "stuck" in the body or the mind. Bruce has written a couple of books ... http://www.gameofself.com/blog/2009/04/25/taoist-meditation-by-bruce-frantzis/ It has been a long while since I posted. I found myself drawn away from my blog by a myriad array of self-development practices. For almost 2 years I have wanted to take NLP practitioner training. I had studied many, many audio tapes and books, but I really wanted ... http://www.gameofself.com/blog/2009/03/26/nlp-practitioner-training/ I've been having a great time listening to some NLP related podcasts. Check out Renee Stephens "Inside Out Weight Loss" for some tasty NLP morsels. Or improve your coaching skill with "Coaching the Life Coach" by Robert Harrison. Finally, i recommend the "Radical Change Group" a trio of enthusiastic seekers who seem ... http://www.gameofself.com/blog/2008/06/16/great-nlp-related-podcasts/ I apologize, but I had to turn off the commenting function of this blog. I'd love to hear from each of you but I couldn't handle the spam traffic I was getting. If you'd like to contact me about any of these postings, check out my About page ... http://www.gameofself.com/blog/2008/06/16/turning-off-the-spam/