Comments on: Training Mindset and Trusting Mindset

By: JD

JD — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:02:47 +0000

@Maya – I checked out your framework — I like the approach. I think balancing our mind, body, and heart is a key to success.

@Rosabel – Good move. I find sometimes all it takes is a little reminder in the right place to make all the difference.

By: rosabel

rosabel — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:41:01 +0000

What a great post! I realized that I love to analyze too much till I create self-doubts. Therefore, I’m still taking long way to reach my goal. Your information helps me to realize the mistakes. I’ve wrote down the “trusting mindset” elements and paste it in front of my workstation so that I’ll remind myself and practice the right mindset. Thanks!

By: Maya

Maya — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:26:08 +0000

Wow, JD! I like your framework … esp cause it is so much like mine . If we can get out of the analysis-paralysis mode, then this framework seems quite intuitive, doesn’t it? I hope you check my framework out, love to know what you think.

Thank you for the link!

By: JD

JD — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:37:07 +0000

@Stacey – I know what you mean. I like the interaction — it keeps me engaged.

@Evelyn – Thank you. I agree that they both have their purpose. Exercising your training mind develops your expertise so that you can enjoy your trusting mind. They’re complimentary.

@Barbara – You reminded me that another aspect is full engagement. Nothing beats being in the zone.

By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:40:33 +0000

Hi J.D. – I never looked at it this way. I would always say “I’m in the zone” or “focused”. I do see how it does make a difference whether I’m in a training or trusting mindset. I can be all over the board in training, but when I’m in that trusting mindset, everything seems to flow and time is never a issue.

By: Evelyn Lim

Evelyn Lim — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:36:08 +0000

I enjoy how you presented the difference between a training and a trusting mindset. One is not necessarily better than the other. It is a question of being aware which mind we are operating from, for the various tasks during the day.

By: Stacey / Create a Balance

Stacey / Create a Balance — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:18:20 +0000

I can completely relate to this post (as a trainer and a consultant). When I’m presenting, I find myself lingering into “training mode” when I recognize I have been talking too long without some sort of interaction. An interactive environment keeps me inside the trusting mindset.

By: Maya

Maya — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:59:37 +0000

What a cool concept. Your post is a perfect complement to my post where I have introduced a framework for life balance. My belief is that when we think our lives too much. Sometimes and most often, the solution lies in acting – by “letting it happen and being in the moment”.
Thank you, you have some brilliant posts here!

By: JD

JD — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:03:21 +0000

@Ari – So true. I like how you put it … “skilled enough to be comfortable.” I’m careful where I take short-cuts now for just that very reason. Great points on eating and sleeping too. When you’re knocked off your game, it’s tough to get into a flow state.

@Leona – Centered, aligned, immersed, and in flow sounds like a great place to be. I like that you have a very deliberate approach for shifting from your head to your heart using Focusing.

By: leona

leona — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:04:37 +0000

Your blog first caught my eye then my heart then my mind. You may be wondering what on earth I mean.

Like you, I often notice, mid-activity, my trainer’s mind coming in with a commentary…it’s like a stream of sub-text running alongside the real activity. This trainer mind might be commenting on performance (giving feedback) or it might be converting an experience into a new training (how could I deliver/facilitate this?). It takes me away from being fully present from my activity. This activity can be meditating, yoga, jogging(actually I do lots of lesson, course planning while jogging along).

When I am completely immersed, without my inner running commentary, I am in my heart energy. It has flow, it aligns with my gifts and talents effortlessly. How do I know when I in my heart energy? I seem to speak or move from a more centred place and afterwards I cannot recollect detail, for example, I cannot recollect precisely what I said and when I said it.

How do I get from head to heart? I use Focusing. Focusing is a simple, yet profound, technique for working at the interface of the conscious mind and the subconscious mind, at the connection point between heart and mind.

I settle into my body consciously and hold a space there for both mind and heart. Then I get a sense of the whole of the situation, allowing each to have an inner conversation with me. I hear the “why” of why my mind wants to keep me company with an inner commentary and the “how” of moving into my heart energy. I can then invite the mind to step aside for this time, reassuring it that its time and place will return.

From this place I notice I am centred, aligned, immersed and in flow.