David Balshaw

POSTS IN MENTAL MASTERY

Leadership works from the inside out

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. - Lao Tzu Leadership is about influencing others. Being able to guide, mentor and develop others to grow and evolve and bring out the best...

Master Thought Formula

How often do you let your thoughts control you? Do you get stressed, anxious, fearful, frustrated or even angry, which turns into a downward negative spiral of thoughts and emotions? If you’re like most people you can probably relate. That’s why I wanted to share...

What people think of you is none of your business

How often do you let what other people think of you, or what you think other people think of you, influence your actions? Marcus Aurelius, the great Roman emperor and philosopher said, “the happiness of your life, depends on the quality of your thoughts”. The truth...

Awareness is the greatest agent for change

Eckhart Tolle said “Awareness is the greatest agent for change”. What you can’t see keeps you trapped. We often get trapped in a box based on our interpretations, expectations and models of reality. In truth though, you are never really stuck. You just think you are....

What are you attracting into your life?

Albert Einstein said “Everything is energy and that is all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.” Quantum science now proves what ancient...

How To Free Yourself From The Fear of Rejection

How To Free Yourself From The Fear of Rejection

We are born with only two fears, the fear of falling and the fear of loud noises. So what's with all these fears we pick up along the way? Think about it. How many fears do you have now? Fear of talking to that person about that thing? Fear of starting a new venture?...

What is Mental Mastery?

What is Mental Mastery?

What is Mental Mastery You may have heard the phrase “master your mind” or “change your mindset”. In this post I am going to explain what Mental Mastery is and how it can help you.. Mental Mastery - or being able to master the mental faculty of your mind is about...

Tips for Improving Your Memory

Tips for Improving Your Memory

Tips For Improving Your Memory Even if you think you have a good memory today, it’s one of those things that if you don’t put it to use, it does stop working. We are very dependent on our devices now to the point that most of us cannot remember our own phone numbers,...

Tips for staying focused during difficult times

Tips for staying focused during difficult times

Tips for staying focused during difficult times. Life is full of ups and downs. Sometimes the difficulty is personal in nature, and sometimes it's environmental. Divorces, deaths and many things happen in life, including storms, illness and more that we have no...

Benefits of Practicing Gratitude Daily

Benefits of Practicing Gratitude Daily

Finding ways to practice gratitude each day is a lot more beneficial to you than you may realise. It’s not just about writing down a few things you’re grateful for each day, it’s much deeper than that, and the benefits show the impact daily gratitude has on your life....

Stop Sweating The Small Stuff

Stop Sweating The Small Stuff

How To Stop Sweating The Small Stuff And Get More Done It’s so easy to allow the little details to get in the way of productivity. We all do it sometimes. We focus on some minutia instead of the big picture and get bogged down. We like being in control of things and...

Do you have an internal locus of control?

Do you have an internal locus of control?

There's a great book by Shawn Achor titled The Happiness Advantage. An insight from a Harvard researcher about happiness and how happiness fuels success, not the other way around. There's a section of the book where he discusses control and how feeling that we are in...