tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post6981528107769206587..comments2024-03-19T18:44:15.041+08:00Comments on Little Stories: How to Write Down Your GoalsGilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-16880517299491065732012-04-17T21:35:46.564+08:002012-04-17T21:35:46.564+08:00Mr Wang, this method of goal writing I come back t...Mr Wang, this method of goal writing I come back to time and time again.<br /><br />I've used many different methods of goal writing over the years. And, I do feel that they have all contributed the things that I have achieved.<br /><br />But this technique is a bit different.Christinehttp://www.justthenaturalway.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-76937673573031951842009-10-28T13:01:38.119+08:002009-10-28T13:01:38.119+08:00You may want to check out http://www.GoalsOnTrack....You may want to check out <a href="http://www.GoalsOnTrack.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.GoalsOnTrack.com</a>, a very nicely built web app designed for tracking goals and todo lists, and supports time tracking too. It’s clear, focused, easy to navigate, worth a try.harrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-16276343607871192972008-07-31T15:47:00.000+08:002008-07-31T15:47:00.000+08:00Hello everybody, i've been procastrinating about w...Hello everybody, i've been procastrinating about write my goals and i have two major blocks. i saw a few post of people with same questions.<BR/><BR/>1.The media. Does make difference computer or pen and paper? <BR/>i rather computer cause i can keep it safe from others and it is easy put pics or symbols.<BR/><BR/>2. Can my goals include others? eg my parents are in a really bad situation and they relay on me and this is blocking me from do want i would like to do.<BR/><BR/>thank you very much in advanceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-40812119572867017512007-10-13T02:52:00.000+08:002007-10-13T02:52:00.000+08:00Wow. This has made a huge difference in my life. I...Wow. This has made a huge difference in my life. I've tried using Getting Things Done, I've tried using Stephen Covey's weekly planning, I've tried a combination of them both. I've tried my own flavour of goal setting, roles, tasks, etc etc etc.<BR/><BR/>This is the only thing that's ever worked for me! Daily I write a list of goals that I have just like you instructed. At first I couldn't remember my full list and so would lose some goals and add in extra ones. After a full week I had my "core" goals that I really wanted to accomplish nutted out.<BR/><BR/>It's been a few weeks now and I'm a better father, I've lost weight, I'm back in touch with family, I'm happy at work, and the list goes on and on.<BR/><BR/>I'm so very happy to finally have found something that works for me without having to deal with guilt for not doing things or looking at this massive list of tasks that I never seem to catch up on.<BR/><BR/>Just thought I would share how this has helped me.<BR/><BR/>cheers,<BR/>GwaineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-60289775952748565832007-09-10T13:33:00.000+08:002007-09-10T13:33:00.000+08:00Hi, sorry to comment on such a dated posted.Just w...Hi, sorry to comment on such a dated posted.<BR/><BR/>Just wondering, how long did it take for your goals to actualise after writing down? Thanks.<BR/><BR/>~ jibbyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-80948035274534911962007-07-08T23:19:00.000+08:002007-07-08T23:19:00.000+08:00http://residence.educities.edu.tw/wonderfulway/wdm...http://residence.educities.edu.tw/wonderfulway/wdm04<BR/>/w0413.htm<BR/><BR/>Sorry somehow the link above is incomplete~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-63668307946395790352007-07-08T05:00:00.000+08:002007-07-08T05:00:00.000+08:00As regards to Buddhism, mindhacking and "planting ...As regards to Buddhism, mindhacking and "planting illusions into the mind". <BR/><BR/>http://residence.educities.edu.tw/wonderfulway/wdm04/w0413.htm<BR/><BR/>I always believe in karma and keep reminding myself daily about my own thoughts, speech and actions,so i shared my views on this with my dad. He gave me the link above. <BR/><BR/>Its pretty straight forward, just a story from a suttra. IMHO this is a way of 'mindhacking' yourself into having a better life by being more sensitive to others around you/having positive thoughts.<BR/><BR/>I believe that Buddhism is a form of teaching, like a subject we take in school~ Nothing supernatural, just experiences passed down from a teacher. Maybe that way we can get less agitated abt it as we take a step backwards and look at it. <BR/><BR/>Just my two cents on the topic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-92101516906248489972007-07-06T22:31:00.000+08:002007-07-06T22:31:00.000+08:00This idea of changing your mindset is also central...This idea of changing your mindset is also central to another good book that I've read "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind".<BR/><BR/>After setting goals, to get to the execution stage, two other tactical books that I would recommend are "The Now Habit" and "Getting Things Done"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-1112464876933691002007-07-06T21:57:00.000+08:002007-07-06T21:57:00.000+08:00There is no separation of self from reality - ther...<B>There is no separation of self from reality - there is no "self".</B><BR/><BR/>My experience from deep meditation is that there is neither "self" nor "no-self".<BR/><BR/>And that the true self that exists, is neither the "self" nor "non-self".<BR/><BR/>There is no duality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-67327377944196151352007-07-06T17:24:00.000+08:002007-07-06T17:24:00.000+08:00Thank you for a most interesting series of article...Thank you for a most interesting series of articles. I was idling on this after I read Penelope's very similar article last year.<BR/>http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/05/09/if-you-dont-like-writing-lists-buy-a-new-pen/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-80375607391009713062007-07-06T12:08:00.000+08:002007-07-06T12:08:00.000+08:00I think maybe it will be useful for me to give ano...I think maybe it will be useful for me to give another explanation of how it works.<BR/><BR/>Consider habits (good, bad or neutral). Habits are repetitive, patterns of thoughts deeply ingrained at a subconscious or unconscious level.<BR/><BR/>For example, you wake up in the morning and it's fairly automatic that you will go to the bathroom & brush your teeth. <BR/><BR/>It has become a habit. It is not something you have to consciously decide to do, or plan to do, or force yourself to do, or make an effort to remember to do. You just do it automatically. You have no more internal resistance to the idea.<BR/><BR/>Habits may even become addictions. Whereupon it becomes hard to stop doing it. You may do it even before you realise you're doing it (like lighting up and putting a cigarette in your mind). Or you may want to stop yourself from doing it, but your conscious mind is unable to overpower your subconscious mind, and you still end up smoking, even though you know you shouldn't.<BR/><BR/>When we think of habits, we think of things like <BR/><BR/>brushing your teeth; <BR/>smoking; <BR/>regular exercise; <BR/>sleeping patterns (eg waking up at a particular time); <BR/>idiosyncratic bodily behaviour (eg a habit of slouching, or putting your hands into your pocket);<BR/>etc etc. <BR/><BR/>What you may not see is that apart from such examples, other kinds of behaviour / patterns of thinking can also be deeply ingrained at a subconscious / unconscious level.<BR/><BR/>For example, you may know someone who is very good at making new friends. Wherever he goes, he gets to know new people very quickly, and very well. For years and years, he has been this way. If you asked him how he does this, he may not be able to explain how. "It's just natural, I guess." he says.<BR/><BR/>Actually, he simply has had certain "repetitive patterns of thoughts deeply ingrained at a subconscious or unconscious level".<BR/> These are the patterns of thought that direct his behaviour such that he is able to make new friends easily. He may not even be able to identify and describe the actual behaviour - he just does it automatically.<BR/><BR/>The repetitive patterns of thoughts deeply ingrained at a subconscious or unconscious level can be very complex or very simple. <BR/><BR/>Once they are there, they drive your behaviour automatically. No conscious effort is necessary. They are basically habitual.<BR/><BR/>For example, a person may have this repetitive pattern of thought ingrained at a deep level: <BR/><BR/>"I am a pretty outstanding fellow in everything I do. I am normally better than the people around me."<BR/><BR/>Then it becomes like brushing teeth. Wherever he goes, his behaviour automatically adjusts just that he tends to become better than the people around him, in whatever he and they are doing. Little conscious effort may be needed.<BR/><BR/>The interesting thing is that with mindhacking techniques, we can play with those repetitive patterns of thought. We can try to change them, erase them, or create new patterns of thought, and ingrain them deeply. There is an infinite variety of patterns of thought that we could try to do this with.<BR/><BR/>For example, in your case, suppose we install the belief: "I am an extremely popular science blogger."<BR/>And we succeed in doing this at a deep level. <BR/><BR/>Automatically your behaviour is changed. You will do things, write things, behave in ways that will transform you into an extremely popular science blogger. <BR/><BR/>Consciously you may not know, or you may only have a few vague ideas, about what you should do to become an extremely popular science blogger. But your unconscious mind knows. Your unconscious mind is vastly more powerful than your conscious mind. <BR/><BR/>That's because somewhere in your unconscious mind, there resides the knowledge and memory of every blog you have ever seen; <BR/><BR/>every science experiment you have ever done; <BR/><BR/>every piece of writing you have ever written; <BR/><BR/>everything you know about science; <BR/><BR/>everything you have ever heard anyone say or write about how to be a popular blogger; <BR/><BR/>everything you've ever known about the Internet.<BR/><BR/>And your unconscious mind takes all that, and starts driving your behaviour, towards realising your newly-installed belief:<BR/><BR/>""I am an extremely popular science blogger."<BR/><BR/>The more deeply ingrained, the more fundamental the belief is, the more the unconscious mind makes it real. Typical examples of very, very, very deep beliefs, for example, would be:<BR/><BR/>"I am alive"<BR/>"I want to live"<BR/>"I exist"<BR/><BR/>which is why a lot of your behaviour is driven towards making these things "real".<BR/><BR/>Of course Buddhism reveals to us that in fact, "you" do not really exist. There is no separation of self from reality - there is no "self". But this is one of the most difficult illusions to see through, because it is so deeply ingrained.Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-781837423002951272007-07-06T11:31:00.000+08:002007-07-06T11:31:00.000+08:00If your intention is strong, then your subconsciou...<B>If your intention is strong, then your subconscious mind will direct you to the necessary ideas and solutions that will address your problem.</B><BR/><BR/>I agree. However my subconscious mind has also generated many ideas that led me down a bunch of blind alleys.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes you need some advice from other people.<BR/><BR/><B>For example, you may be drawn to comment on the blog of a prominent blogger like Mr Wang, who will then notice your existence.</B><BR/><BR/>Heh, that could be true, but I must give most of the credit to my colleague who pointed out your blog to me. This has turned out to be quite interesting.<BR/><BR/>And I thank you for noticing my existence!<BR/><BR/><B>Although you may not have intended to, you will simply end up asking him for a useful idea. And then you'll simply get it. Here it is:<BR/><BR/>It is unnecessary for a science blog to target any particular country. Science, unlike, say, a poliical blog, has no reason to confine itself to any particular set of national borders.<BR/><BR/>So what you should do is aim for an international audience of readers interested in science.</B><BR/><BR/>Thanks for the advice. My science blog was intended for an international audience right from the start (by avoiding Singlish and using American/British cultural references) but despite my frenzied rate of posting, my readership remained disappointingly poor.<BR/><BR/>Then early this year I wrote a series of articles about Singaporean science and suddenly it attracted the attention of a few senior specialists. <BR/><BR/>Despite that, my readership remained low (it is growing now, very slowly), but then I realized that I was attracting a small group of very influential people*. <BR/><BR/>So maybe I'm not a great mindhacker and I failed to reach my projected readership figures, but that's not necessarily bad.<BR/><BR/>*Hint: Eg. people from a company that rhymes with Hydro Loft.The Key Questionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05426898630563791849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-23197698314181704692007-07-05T19:57:00.000+08:002007-07-05T19:57:00.000+08:00Just curious for the goal-setting, can I write thi...Just curious for the goal-setting, can I write things like:<BR/><BR/>-My parents are healthy and have a stable career-<BR/><BR/>Although in actual fact they are not so.<BR/><BR/>Can <B>my</B> goal setting affecting <B>other</B> people's reality?<BR/><BR/>Thank you for reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-82045001938533824232007-07-05T19:47:00.000+08:002007-07-05T19:47:00.000+08:00I have always believe in mindhacking and I tried t...I have always believe in mindhacking and I tried to write down my goals but I failed.<BR/><BR/>The reason was simply because of what you have mentioned in number 4. My analytical mind prevented from doing it.<BR/><BR/>I will start again with your method and will let you know the progress by email. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-21348463873002381902007-07-05T19:08:00.000+08:002007-07-05T19:08:00.000+08:00If your intention is strong, then your subconsciou...If your intention is strong, then your subconscious mind will direct you to the necessary ideas and solutions that will address your problem.<BR/><BR/>For example, you may be drawn to comment on the blog of a prominent blogger like Mr Wang, who will then notice your existence. <BR/><BR/>Although you may not have intended to, you will simply end up asking him for a useful idea. And then you'll simply get it. Here it is:<BR/><BR/>It is unnecessary for a science blog to target any particular country. Science, unlike, say, a poliical blog, has no reason to confine itself to any particular set of national borders.<BR/><BR/>So what you should do is aim for an international audience of readers interested in science.Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-9957658251158057132007-07-05T18:25:00.000+08:002007-07-05T18:25:00.000+08:00Lim: Personally for this blog I projected 50,000 p...<B>Lim: Personally for this blog I projected 50,000 per month by end of this year, but I passed 66,000 in April. My readership grows pretty much like my income. You'll just have to try to improve at your mindhacking. ;)</B><BR/><BR/>66 000 (2200 per day) is so high! How to reach 2200 per day for a Singaporean science blog?<BR/><BR/>But if I believe it's not possible then it's my own fault. So I must believe I can do it.<BR/><BR/>I <B>CAN</B> win Mr. Wang! HAH!<BR/><BR/>Wait a minute...<BR/><BR/>If I fail to reach 2200 per day then Mr. Wang wins because I neber mindhack my mind. So I lose.<BR/><BR/>But if I somehow managed to reach 2200 per day then Mr. Wang still wins because whatever method I used must be mindhacking. So I lose.<BR/><BR/>So whether I win or lose, I still lose.<BR/><BR/>How can? How can!?!!<BR/><BR/>*brainz explodes*The Key Questionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05426898630563791849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-2429957378318014302007-07-05T18:08:00.000+08:002007-07-05T18:08:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.BTHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11390393055432326160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-83649321049575475232007-07-05T17:59:00.000+08:002007-07-05T17:59:00.000+08:00BTH: No, your understanding of Buddhism is incorre...BTH: No, your understanding of Buddhism is incorrect. I will explain in a future post.<BR/><BR/>Lim: Personally for this blog I projected 50,000 per month by end of this year, but I passed 66,000 in April. My readership grows pretty much like my income. You'll just have to try to improve at your mindhacking. ;)Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-32859984512354998752007-07-05T17:17:00.000+08:002007-07-05T17:17:00.000+08:00Hi Mr. Wang,You've put up another interesting post...Hi Mr. Wang,<BR/><BR/>You've put up another interesting post! I'm in category (2) of your readers.<BR/><BR/>Actually I've already written down some goals (typed into my computer) last year regarding my science blog. It was typed on 14 Nov 2006 at 3.43pm.<BR/><BR/>I'm very paiseh to reveal that I projected 900 daily readers by today, but the reality is only one-tenth of that figure. <BR/><BR/>At that time I didn't know that even top science blogs (eg. Aetiology) rarely have over 1000 daily readers.<BR/><BR/>So I definitely overstated my goals.<BR/><BR/>I believed it as much as I can believe anything. But still cannot make it.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's not enough? Or maybe it's not the correct format (must be A4 sized paper, use pen, and early in the morning)?<BR/><BR/>So lau kwee (lose face)!<BR/><BR/>*runs away in shame*The Key Questionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05426898630563791849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-42256197258589495002007-07-05T17:08:00.000+08:002007-07-05T17:08:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.BTHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11390393055432326160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-22107741140016024922007-07-05T15:33:00.000+08:002007-07-05T15:33:00.000+08:00Buddhism has never taught that the intentional act...<B>Buddhism has never taught that the intentional action of planting illusions into the mind will lead to the consequence of these illusions becoming reality! But neither did Buddhism say that it will not lead...</B><BR/><BR/>To clarify, when I say "reality" in my mindhacking posts, I am also basically referring to illusion. The vast majority of us, whether we use mindhacking or not, are living in illusion anyway.<BR/><BR/>Because what we believe to be "reality", is simply (a) the sense data we perceive, and (b) our interpretation of that sense data.Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-54697065347331948792007-07-05T15:29:00.000+08:002007-07-05T15:29:00.000+08:001. Agreed.2. What I mean is that Buddhism tells us...1. Agreed.<BR/><BR/>2. What I mean is that Buddhism tells us that our thoughts & intentions (and the actions we perform as a result of those thoughts and actions) have karmic consequences; that is, they affect our reality. <BR/><BR/>3. Consequently, thinking certain thoughts will affect our reality in certain ways.<BR/><BR/>4. Thinking certain other thoughts will affect our reality in certain other ways.<BR/><BR/>5. In Buddhism, the focus is on thinking thoughts which lead us closer to the state of enlightenment; or at least to a better rebirth.<BR/><BR/>6. Point 5 has not been the focus of my posts. Points 2, 3 and 4 are more my focus in my blog (so far anyway).<BR/><BR/>I will write more on these aspects at a later time.Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-7140430367835279332007-07-05T14:34:00.000+08:002007-07-05T14:34:00.000+08:00>This is related to what Buddhism calls karmaI do ...<I>>This is related to what Buddhism calls karma</I><BR/><BR/>I do not think so. <B>Mind Hacking (in the way you put it) has nothing to do with Buddhism.</B><BR/><BR/>Karma = intentional actions and their consequences. Buddhism has never taught that the intentional action of planting illusions into the mind will lead to the consequence of these illusions becoming reality! But neither did Buddhism say that it will not lead... <BR/><BR/>That's because Buddhism is not about planting illusions into the mind, to begin with! (Find me a quote from any suttra that teach you to plant illusions into the mind, or talk about how illusion-planting --> reality).<BR/><BR/>You are teaching the exact opposite of Buddhism, which is about all about training the mind so that the pure concentrated mind can see through illusions and becomes capable of perceiving things as they really are!<BR/><BR/>What you advocate is the direct opposite: planting illusions ("I am earning $120,000 a year" even when you are not) into the mind in an attempt to make the illusion become real. I have no comment on whether that is possible, but i do know <B>this is NOT Buddhism</B>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00419342485432801852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-77486730146699979052007-07-05T10:58:00.000+08:002007-07-05T10:58:00.000+08:00Readers who try this experiment are invited to ema...Readers who try this experiment are invited to email me, over the next month or so, to tell me about their results / progress. Feel free to ask questions too.<BR/><BR/>Note: if you do not wish your email to be featured on my blog (or if you are willing for it to be featured, subject to your name being changed etc), please let me know. <BR/><BR/>Over the next week or so, I'll feature some other goal-writing exercises which you can mix & match and combine together with th one I've described in the present post.Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405345292513335071.post-47730107642129069102007-07-05T10:14:00.000+08:002007-07-05T10:14:00.000+08:00I have read "Fooled By Randomness". In fact I am r...I have read "Fooled By Randomness". In fact I am reading his new 2nd book too "The Black Swan". Both are excellent books. I will discuss them in future.Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.com