As I’m in the process of moving this blog to another hosting provider, I’m not going to post much here. I’m working on a couple of articles and will post them when the blog is moved successfully. You’ll here from me again soon.

Take care,
Gerber

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1. Increase Your Mind Power – Use Mental Math Tricks – The most popular post of 2009 remains the most popular in the first half of 2010.
2. How to Stop Complaining – Number 3 of 2009. This is one of those articles you need to re-read from time to time to remind yourself of the message it contains.
3. Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Complaining – Apparently, the subject of complaining (or ways of stopping it) is very popular here.
4. 7 Most Popular Mental Math and Speed Mathematic Books – I wrote this one, because Mental Math seems to be very high in demand here.
5. How to Remember Names and Faces – Another one from 2009 and still very popular.
6. 2010 Tapping World Summit – Free Online Event – This was the first of a series of blog posts I wrote about this amazing event. The event has ended, but you can still find plenty of free information at The Tapping Solution website. Just follow one of the links in the blog posts.
7. Top EFT Sites – Slightly less popular than last year, but still frequently viewed by visitors to this blog.
8. How to Improve Your Self-Esteem with EFT – Just as important now as when it was written a year ago.
9. Increase Your Mind Power – Neurobics – This reminds me to try some neurobic exercises this week.
10. 15 Ways to Increase Your Mind Power – Many people still find this article through one of the discussions on the Steve Pavlina forums.
11. Vegans Having a Dry Skin in Winter – Winter is over in this part of the world, but this post was again very popular during those winter months.
12. Inspirational Quotes on Positive Thinking – Laura’s post with quotes on positive thinking is always a joy to read.
13. 10 Inspirational and Motivational Quotes About Happiness – Inspired by some of these quotes, I have been doing some research on increasing your level of happiness. Expect more on this soon.
14. 2010 Tapping World Summit – Questions Answered – The second post in the series.
15. Quotes by Jim Rohn on Financial Independence – Jim Rohn passed away last year, but he will live on in the timeless advice he has given.

If you have any ideas for new blog posts, let us know.

Take care,

Gerber

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• 101 Self Improvement Resources – this should keep you busy for a while. A great reference guide to blogs and lots of other websites.
• Simple Living Manifesto: 72 Ideas to Simplify Your Life – a wonderful list of ways to simplify your life. Or just take a look at the short list if you want to save time.
• 101 Tips to Help You Make Money Doing What You Love – some of the things that Paul mentions are rather straightforward, but you will surely find a few gems in here. This is definitely a good reminder of the things you should be doing.
• Top 40 Useful Sites to Learn New Skills – Marc has come up with a very helpful list of sites for if you want to learn new skills.
• 121 Ways to Improve Your Life, Be Happier and More Awesome – this list of ways to improve your life really resonates with what we want to achieve here at EverydayImprovement.com. Just like Paul’s list, this one contains obvious ideas. But it really helps to remind yourself of everything that is available to you already to improve your own life and that of those around you. Good job Henri!
• 40 Ways to Use Time Wisely – Tiny Buddha already has more than 85,000 followers on Twitter. I am one of them. Great quotes and you keep up with the blog posts. The posts are written by several authors. This one is about using time wisely and should be helpful to all of us.
• 12 Tricks Your Brain is Playing on You – not all lists have to have at least 40 items to be interesting. Dumb Little Man has many more great blog posts.

That’s it. If you know of more great lists in the field of personal development, let me know.

Gerber

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“How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.”

“The fool wonders, the wise man asks.”

“Diligence is the mother of good fortune.”

“I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.”

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”

“One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”

“Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.”

“Little things affect little minds.”

“Justice is truth in action.”

“Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.”

“Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.”

“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.”

“The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.”

“My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.”

“When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.”

“Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.”

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Intro
Lately I’m becoming more and more aware of the fact that small issues can really annoy me. Examples of these are waiting in line too long at the store or seeing someone driving in the wrong lane. I know it doesn’t help to get all worked up about this and usually it just makes things worse. But when I’m a bit tired or have a lot of stuff going on, I get worked up a lot faster.

Then I remembered I had put something on my to do list about something called the balance procedure and the issue of “irritated/annoyed”. The idea is to balance this feeling of irritation/annoyance to a complete sense of freedom, feeling empowered with the choice to live the life you want. I have been doing the balance procedure for a few days now and it really helps me to feel better. I will continue to use the Balance Procedure for this issue for 28 days and will definitely use it with other issues.

I got the idea from myGenie.tv, a membership site I joined primarily because of the EFT/Tapping videos. According to myGenie.tv the balance procedure can be used to help you create natural balance in your life within 28 days. Here is a very short (simplified) description of how to get started with the balance procedure: you place your hands over your heart chakra; you breathe in – and feel good about something ; and you breathe out – here you think or say the word “balance”. The videos below show a couple of examples.

Videos
In the video below David Childerley shows you how you can balance the feeling of fear to safety and protection.

In the next video Michelle Childerley shows you how you can balance the feeling of low self-esteem to confidence and joy. This can work wonderful in addition to improving your self-esteem with EFT.

Other Examples
Just like EFT/Tapping you can use the balance procedure on everything. Here are a few examples from myGenie.tv. I think anyone can relate to at least some of them.

• Worthless / Not good enough / Not deserving
• Loneliness
• Social anxiety
• Lack of relationships
• How to know your wants
• Lack of direction / What’s my life’s purpose
• Having no time
• Judgmental / Critical
• Injustice
• Financial worry
• Sadness / Loss / Grief

If you want to learn more about the balance procedure, just visit myGenie.tv.

Take care,
Gerber

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The reason the team behind The Tapping Solution do this, is to get you to try out the Tapping Insiders Club. You get 30 days access to this club for free.

If you would like a quick tour of the Tapping Insiders Club, take a look at the video below.

The Tapping Solution is a great documentary, with all kinds of experts on EFT/Tapping and personal development like Carol Look, Jack Canfield, Joe Vitale, Bob Proctor and Brad Yates. Paying $1 (plus shipping & handling) is a steal. And you get 30 days access to the Tapping Insiders Club for free. So try this out, if you’re interested in learning more about EFT and Tapping.

If you would like to know more about The Tapping Solution, click this link or take a look at the trailer below.

Enjoy!

Gerber

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Money Mastery

One of his best known videos is about Money Mastery. The first 20 minutes you can watch for free (see below).

If you want to learn more, you can go to myGenie.tv to learn more. I have been a member of myGenie.tv for about 4 months and have been very impressed with the number of quality videos available there. David and Michelle keep adding more and more videos. Have a look at the video shown in this post or some of his videos on YouTube. If you like them, give myGenie.tv a try. You will love it!

Enjoy!

Gerber

PS: also check out the videos about The Balance Procedure. I will probably write another blog post about this procedure in the near future. If you can’t wait, check out myGenie.tv.

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What’s in The Secret of Intentional Wealth?

Bonuses
If you order The Secret of Intentional Wealth before midnight May, 27th you get five bonuses. Here are the bonuses mentioned in Margaret’s email:

* Bonus 1: June BOOTCAMP for Secret of Intentional Wealth -
5 live teleclasses $97 Value
Kick start your personal progress with Margaret!
Tapping away hardcore blocks, self sabotage and stuck-ness
AND committing to ACTION

******Integrates tapping with the Chakras and Profiles! ********

Wednesdays 12-1PM US EST, starts June 2, includes recording.

* Bonus 2: RhysMethod Profiles Foundational Class – $25 Value,
75 min audio recording.
Learn all 5 Profiles, only source of this teaching
outside Rhys Thomas Institute.

* Bonus 3: Tapping Through the RhysMethod Chakras – Chakra 1 – $25 Value
1+ hr audio recording.
Uncover and tap away the vows, conflicts and wounds around money
at the 1st Chakra level – your earliest money paradigm!

* Bonus 4: 5 bonus “Power Reframe” positive tapping rounds designed to
supercharge your vibration!

* Bonus 5: Two exclusive RhysMethod Crystal Bowl healing meditations, $25 value
Powerful Energy Medicine will shut off your mind and allow you to feel
your energy and vibration so you can manifest more effortlessly!

I’ve listened in on a few of her teleclasses and they are full of information you can use right away and furthermore, you can tap along with Margaret as you listen to these recordings.

More Videos
To give you a taste of what you can expect when you order The Secret of Intentional Wealth, here are a few more videos by Margaret Lynch on EFT/Tapping and Wealth.

Tapping for Income

Tapping Away Resistance

Take a look at The Secret of Intentional Wealth and have fun!

Gerber

PS: click the link where it says “Click Here to Get Your Complete Copy For Half Off!”, to be sure that you get it for 50% off.

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Miracles

Last week I told you about my grandmother. She is home now and quickly reaching the end. My mother told me that she’s really calm and serene. It probably will not take long now for her to pass away. She has said goodbye to all her loved ones and seems to be at peace. One of the last things she talked about was about something she experienced while she was in the hospital. My grandmother is someone who is interested in esoteric and paranormal things, but normally things that those things happen to other people and certainly not to her. From her hospital room she could see trees full of black birds – crows I think. She really wished there would be a white bird amongst all those other black birds. And just then, a white bird appears and stays around for a while and spreads its wings – just as if to say “Here I am”. When she told the story to my mother, she was clearly moved. And then she quickly added that the white bird could just have passed by – that it could all be coincedence. Of course, that could be true. But sometimes it’s nice to the think miracles do happen.

Berlin

The last few days we were in Berlin. It’s a beautiful city with lots of history and plenty of things to see. With our Barcelona Encounter (Lonely Planet) as our guide we went on a quick sight seeing tour. Here are some tips for if you ever plan to visit Berlin.

1. Visit museums and more specifically, visit the right museums. The second day we visited the Pergamon museum. Certainly one of the best museums I’ve been too. Be sure to take the audio guide (included in the admission price). The museum features Greek and Babylonian artifacts and even whole gates have been reconstructed inside the museum. The next day it rained and that seemed like a good time to visit another museum. Berlin has about 175 museums, but it is best known for displaying the bust of Nefertiti. According to our edition of Barcelona Encounter (2007) it had been moved from the Egyptian museum in Charlottenburg to the Altes Museum on the Museum Insel (museum island). So we stood in line for that museum and only learned at the front of the line that the Egyptian collection had been moved to the Neues Museum… The good news is that you can buy tickets to the Neues Museum at the Altes Museum (and you can buy tickets that give you access to all the museums on the Museum Insel), the not so good news is that the Neues Museum is very popular and if you’re lucky you can get a timeslot ticket at the end of the afternoon. Be sure to inform yourself of what is displayed in what museum. After that you can find out which museum has the shortest queue waiting outside and there buy the tickets for the museum you would like to visit (I think this works for all the museums on the Museum Insel).
2. If you’re vegan like us, you can always visit one of the many Italian restaurants. Places like the 12 Apostel (close to Museum Insel) can make a delicious pizza without cheese (Pizza Tommaso ohne Mozzarella und Pepperoni – wir sind Veganer). Furthermore, there are plenty of Asian restaurants – it should not be hard to find vegan food at a Thai or Vietnamese restaurant.
3. Visit the Haus am Checkpoint Charlie Museum for a quick history lesson on Berlin and the wall, and some stories of herioc and really creative attempts to cross from East to West Berlin.
4. Buchhandlung Hugendubel has a corner in the mega department store KaDeWe (Europe’s second largest department store, right after Harrods), but that can’t compete with several floors of books and the opportunity to have some cake and a cup of tea at the Buchhandlung Hugendubel on the Tauentzienstrasse (near Kurfürstendamm). Here I bought my first Moleskine notebook. According to their own information these notebooks were also used by Vincent van Gogh, Oscar Wilde and Ernest Hemingway. There are many notebooks to chose from – plain, sketchbook, ruled, squared. They even have journals to keep track of the movies you saw or the books you read. In the end I went for the Moleskine Squared Reporter Pocket. I also bought a short pen, so that I can take my notebook and pen everywhere I go. Most of the text from this blog post was based on notes I took in this journal.

Books

On the long train ride to and from Berlin I had plenty of time to read. The book I intended to read was Swan Song by Robert McCammon. I read about 150 pages (of the 950) and just couldn’t get into it. The book is bit like The Stand by Stephen King, which I loved. But this book just didn’t do it for me. It was not a bad read, but I found out that I wasn’t looking forward to reading the next page or the next chapter. Maybe I had enough of post-apocalyptic drama after reading The Road and this wasn’t the time to read this book. Nevertheless, reading should be fun and/or entertaining so I have decided to switch to another book – The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly. I have read three of his books so far, all featuring detective Harry Bosch – and all fun and entertaining to read.

Another book I have read, and not finished yet, is What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell. Last week I told you about Freakonomics and my interest for these kind of books. This a book that I will finish. It has you saying “Wow!” at about every page. Gladwell has the ability to make the most common and uninteresting topics really exciting. I didn’t know that I could read that reading about hair color or birth control could be that much fun. The title of the book is influenced by Cesar Millan, the host of National Geographic’s The Dog Whisperer. I’ve seen a few episodes of that series. It’s a real pleasure to watch Cesar work his magic with not only the dogs, but also the owners. Gladwell describes how he interacts with dogs and draws parallels to dancing and interacting with humans. Great book so far.

CDs

And one last note. In the Berlin Underground I saw an ad for the new Pain of Salvation CD, Road Salt One. It was the album of the week. I was really surprised to see this band on display like that. Not that I don’t think they deserve it. I’m a big Pain of Salvation fan and have been to the concert that has been filmed for the DVD Ending Themes: On the Two Deaths of Pain of Salvation (Paradiso, Amsterdam 2007). I just thought that not that many people were into this kind of music, but that seems to be changing. Give this band a listen if you like progressive rock with hints of metal, folk, and Arabian and Oriental influences. I like all their CDs, but my favorites remain The Perfect Element and Remedy Lane.

Here’s the official video for Linoleum, from Road Salt One.

Well, that’s it for another, not so quick, update. Maybe I should change the name of this weekly rundown… Any suggestions?

Take care,

Gerber

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Tragic News

Let’s start with the tragic news this week. I visited my grandmother last night in the hospital. She was diagnosed with acute leukemia last summer and it’s a wonder she has held on for so long. But now it seems that it is coming to an end. She was getting new blood every 4 weeks, because there is too little oxygen in her own blood. Then it became every 2 weeks. Last week she got a new supply of blood, but only a few days later she was extremely tired again. They took her into the hospital and there it became clear that new blood will not help her anymore. Now we will just have to see how long she can go on without new blood. When I visited her last night, she was quite cheerful and talkative. This might have been the last time I have seen her. That makes me really sad. My grandmother is someone I almost take for granted. She has been a part of my life as long as I can remember and although I didn’t see her all that often, I knew she was there. But I’m glad I have seen her last night, while she is still the grandmother I know and love.

DVDs

Now for some other updates. I received a couple of new DVDs in the mail this week. Finally the Raw Food DVDs arrived. I’ve told you about Simply Raw before (click here for the blog post). Haven’t watched them yet, but will do so soon.

Another DVD that came in this week is Leap! The Movie. I heard about this one from Joe Vitale, who is in this movie/documentary. It’s in the same vein as The Secret and What the Bleep! and features experts and authors like Dan Millman, Joe Vitale and Gary Renard. The idea is that reality is just an illusion and if you can look beyond the illusion, you can make I giant leap forwards. I have watched the first hour or so and it’s full of great insights and inspiring quotes. I will write a separate blog post about my experience with this movie in a few weeks time. In the meantime you can watch the trailer below or, if you can’t wait for my full review, order the DVD here.

Books

My favorite books have already been listed in the following blogs posts: my favorite personal development books and fiction. But I still keep on reading new books of course. In these weekly updates I want to share with you the books I’m reading (fiction and personal development). Here are the books I’ve been reading this week:

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy – this post-apocalyptic novel by the author of No Country for Old Men is probably the most depressing book I’ve read, ever. But it was a great read nonetheless. The book has now been turned into a movie, starring Viggo Mortensen (IMDb). I will probably watch it a few months or years from now. In my experience the movie doesn’t get better if you watch it just after you’ve read the book. The book is too fresh in your memory and you are only spotting differences between the book and the movie script.
• Long Lost by Harlan Coben – this was yet again a book by Coben that I could not put away. A real pageturner with the familiar characters Myron Bolitar and Win.
• Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner  - somewhat similar to the books by Malcolm Gladwell, so full of interesting facts and constantly questioning conventional wisdom. Always fun to read. I’m looking for similar books and will probably write a blog post with a list of these books.
• Healthy at 100 by John Robbins – haven’t finished this book yet, but the first chapters look really promising. This book by the author of The Food Revolution is not only about reaching the age of 100, but also being healthy when you reach that age.

Berlin

In the introduction of this blog post I already mentioned that I will not have much time to blog the following weeks. One of the reasons is that on Thursday (Ascension Day) we will be taking the train to Berlin for a short 4-day vacation. I have never been to Berlin before, but several friends have told me how great this city is. Laura had already looked for vegan restaurants in Berlin and found a YouTube video from PETA.

This ends the, maybe not so quick, update for this week. You will hear from me again in about a week. If you want to keep up to date, you can follow me on Twitter.

Take care,

Gerber

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