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Welcome to the monthly Energise 'Smart Living and Working' bulletin. This month's issue explores 'Mind reading' and gives valuable insights and tips about how we create meaning without evidence from what people say and do and what impact this has.
 
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Are you a 'mind reader?' 

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One of the things that humans are fantastic at is 'mind reading' and creating meaning from something without an iota of evidence to back it up. Sound familiar? Let me share some examples.  You call someone and they don't return your call, so you think that they are busy or don't care. You don't get chosen for a project so you assume that you're not good enough.

 

We do this stuff all the time and make life really horrible for ourselves because it means that we feed our brains with lots of rubbish, which fuels our active imaginations to create even more rubbish.

 

Mind reading and making up rubbish is commonplace. The consequence is that we have less time to work towards our goals, to be, relax and have fun, and we have a cloud over our heads that inhibits our enjoyment and full engagement in life.  Since our brains have no 'off switch', we need to notice when we do this and try a different approach. So what's the answer?  Well it's three things; 1) self-awareness so you know what your main 'buttons' are, 2) noticing when you are 'mind reading' and creating rubbish and 3) clarifying what the facts are.  

 
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Five tips to manage 'mind reading'
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1) What are your main 'buttons' which cause you to mind read e.g. feeling left out, not being heard, not feeling good enough etc? 

 

2) Ask open clarifying questions to determine the facts e.g. "what were your criteria for not including me on this specific project?"

 

3) Keep a 'mind reading' diary for a week and notice any patterns

 

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5) Answer this question: "What impact does 'mind reading' have on you and those close to you?"

 
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In this issue
Are you a 'mind reader'?
Five tips to manage 'mind reading'
Energise testimonials and client success stories
Self reflective question  
  

 

In what situations are you most likely to 'mind read.' 

 

 

Inspiring quote
 

"Do so is more important than say so." 

 

Pete Seegar  

 

 

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Testimonials

 
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"My life before coaching was like MDF, now it's like oak."
 
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How do Energise help? 
 

 

We help our clients to understand what their 'buttons' are, where they come from and how to manage them. 'Mind reading' is commonplace and we help clients to understand their 'Gremlins' which is the name I give to the internal dialogue or inner critics/voices that people have.

 

Don't worry - it doesn't mean you are going mad, they are normal!  Buttons, limiting beliefs and 'Gremlins' act as a filter to how we perceive what happens or doesn't happen to us and how we interpret life's events and what people or don't do.

 

'Mind reading' is one of the consequences and is a distortion in the absence of information.