YES GROUP MEETING – 6th
September 2003
This was undoubtedly the biggest Yes Scotland event so far, with a large number of people that were attending for the first time, really showing that people in Scotland do want “to evolve and learn more in areas of Personal Development” to quote Chairman Mike Berry.
The only speaker for this afternoon meeting was Jack Black, probably the best
known speaker and author on personal development in the UK, and creator of the
international MindStore group (www.MindStore.com).
Jack, who is from Glasgow, gave us an enlightened, motivating,
entertaining and educational speech on a few topics that he believes are
critical to success. Jack helped us to see why our education system is creating
Left Brainers and not helping to develop the intuitive, genius side within us
all. He then went on to talk to us about the value of using the right side of
the brain and of dreaming big unreasonable inspiring dreams. This topic then
moved onto goal setting, where we were taught to design our own Future
History of our dreams in full sensory detail. The final key to success is to repeatedly rehearse this vision
until the sub-conscious takes it on board and identifies ways to make reality
match this designed Future History. In this
way, it is not important to know HOW to achieve a dream, just to know WHY you
want it and to believe that the vast sub-conscious part of the brain will
figure out the way. - By David Towers
"When
did you stop dreaming?"
Jack,
in presenting to over 100 people, asked many such challenging
questions.
He talked about how traumatic events made him change his career
direction
some 13 years ago. That new journey is constantly changing and
evolving.
Of importance right now is how our education system is failing the
children
through both over-emphasis on left-brain logical thinking and by
instilling
a fear of success.
Jack's
anecdotal story telling was refreshing, engaging and engrossing
throughout
his two hour stint. He has an uncanny knack of turning stories
about
football, Mohammed Ali, the Forth Bridge and that rubber glove into
inspirational
examples of what one can do with vision, imagination and
dreaming.
Where 100 mph turns into I OOmph! -
By Neil Jamieson