Why do so many self help, positive thinking and motivational seminars, books and audios not work, and what can I do that will work for me?

Some of the things that need to be considered in any realistic and effective life manifestation program are:

The person or people providing the training, mentoring, and/or coaching need to be masters of their own philosophies and living proof that the lessons being taught do actually work. They need to be providing the information as part of their own ongoing self manifestation. If these important factors are covered then that’s a good place to start.

These things are obviously very important, but I’d like you to consider the following:

Below are my thoughts on the first thing to consider, and what can be done to help ensure successful life manifestation.

Does the program cater for the individual? We are all products of our genetic make up and social conditioning, that’s why we are where we are now, getting through life by reacting to our surroundings. There’s nothing wrong with that, if we react in the way we choose and don’t have someone or something else make that choice for us.

If a program isn’t available to us at a time and place that is truly convenient for us then chances are we will never be able to participate fully, or even complete the program. Therefore we’ll end up right where we started! And blame the course for not working! Because then, we can justify our failure, and continue along the same road we’ve been walking for years, we know this road and it’s familiar to us so we are comfortable here. We have just reinforced the behaviour that got us where we are now. That doesn’t help us does it?

Rewind! Why did we start the course in the first place? Answer because we aren’t comfortable where we are today! Right?
If we want to change this pattern we need to be careful in choosing something or someone to help us to help ourselves.

While it’s easy to understand, theoretically, that in order to make changes we have to take action and start changing the things we do, say, and think, this is akin to asking some of us to run before we can walk. It may be easy for some of us, but for others taking the suggested action in a particular book, program, or course might involve stepping too far out of our comfort zone.
Therefore, a program that is personal and convenient means that we will be able to succeed at a pace that we are comfortable with, help ourselves, and this will give us success.

As you probably know “success breeds success” every time we take a small action and have positive results from it we are able to realistically perceive ourselves achieving more and more. Therefore I truly believe that a program that offers convenience will always be more effective than one that is less convenient to the user.

Sometimes everybody needs a break from the serious corporate world which takes up so much of our life. Many companies will have a retreat on an annual basis where they will get away from the office and participate in leadership activities that not only provide relaxation, but they also build leadership character. Getting together in a more comfortable setting will allow leaders and their peers to interact on a more personal level, thus creating a better relationship between the two.

Usually leadership activities involve a group of people, but these people do not necessarily have to be from the same office. Some companies may prefer to send their leaders to group sessions where they will have to interact with other leaders in other companies. This allows them to interact with other leaders and pick up tidbits of information about how other leaders achieve their success.

Leadership Activities That Are Fun

Leadership bingo make a bingo sheet that has leadership qualities in each square instead of numbers, then give each person present a sheet. Allow each person to go around the room and pick out the person who they feel best fits each square. Get the person they choose to initial the square. At the end of the game you can compare sheets and discuss why each person chose the way they did.

Try having a leadership activities race. This is done by lining everyone up in a row then asking a series of questions. Each time a person can answer yes to one of the questions, they can take one step forward. The first person who reaches the finish line wins.

Questions can be something like, do you feel like you can listen to others or are you satisfied with the way things are now. This will give each person an opportunity to examine themselves when compared to how the others in the group answered.

Make up a list of questions which pertain to leadership. Hide the questions on various places throughout the room. Let the people search for, and find, one question each. Then sit down as a group and give the answers. This will allow the true leaders to be known because of the way they handle their question.

Leadership activities can be fun and entertaining, as well as beneficial to the individual and the company leaders. It allows company officials to get an insight into how each person thinks and feels. The activities can be light and easy without putting any one person in the spotlight and making them uncomfortable.