Today I have the great pleasure of being the host on Day 11 of the Virtual Blog Tour of author Jamie Smart whose book Clarity: Clear Mind, Better Performance, Bigger Results is celebrating its big Amazon launch March 12th through March 31st, 2013 at http://ClarityBook.biz.
Jamie Smart is an internationally renowned writer, speaker, coach, trainer and consultant. Originally from Canada and now based in London, Jamie shows individuals and organizations the unexpected keys to clarity?the ultimate leverage point for creating more time, better decisions and meaningful results. Jamie is a gifted speaker, equally engaging in front of large audiences and more intimate groups. He?s passionate about helping individuals and businesses to deepen their understanding of Innate Thinking? and to create the results that matter to them. In addition to working with a handful of coaching clients and leading selected corporate programmes, Jamie runs professional development workshops for business leaders, trainers, coaches and consultants. He has appeared on Sky TV and on the BBC, as well as in numerous publications.
Yesterday, Jamie visited Renee Baribeau at http://practicalshamantravel.com/jamie-smart-blog-tour , where they talked about some tips for growing a small business.
Today, I?d like to share with you a recent podcast interview I had with Jamie when I got to ask him some questions on the subject of the mind.
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Irene Conlan: What is the ?industrial-age misunderstanding of how the mind works? and what is the way the mind works?
?Jamie Smart: The ?industrial age misunderstanding? is what I refer to as the ?outside-in illusion?; the mistaken belief that we our feelings can come from something other than thinking, moment to moment. In fact, we?re always feeling our thinking, but it often appears that we?re feeling something other than thought. It often looks as though we are feeling our circumstances (bills, jobs, bosses, houses, holidays), our past (childhood, past relationships, what they said to me last week) or our future (what would happen if etc). But we?re always and only feeling our thinking in the moment. This is the way the mind works, and the way our experience of life works.
The outside-in illusion is the cause of many of the more serious problems we face as individuals, organisations and societies. But as we start to ?see through? the misunderstanding, and the superstitious thinking that arises from it, we find find that we have the clarity, wisdom and creativity to solve our problems and create new possibilities.
?Irene Conlan: You state that clarity is our mind?s natural state. What are the influences that move us from clear thinking to what you term ?congested thinking??
?Jamie Smart: Clarity is the mind?s natural state. The only thing that ever stands in the way of that clarity is superstitious thinking arising from the outside-in misunderstanding. The moment a person believes they?re feeling something other than their thinking; they experience themselves (on some level) as isolated and out of connection with life. The moment a person believes they?re at the mercy of a world ?out there? with power over how they feel, it becomes urgent and important to control, manage and manipulate that world to try and ensure they experience more of the feelings they want (and less of the ones they don?t). This fills our minds up with a mental to-do list, and takes us out of the moment. This is the cause of ?congested thinking?.
?Irene Conlan: What is innate thinking and how do you develop it?
?Jamie Smart: Innate thinking is something you?re born with; it?s our natural ability to have an experience of life ? to perceive, think and feel. The principles behind innate thinking are the source of all our experience of life. When our minds are clear, innate thinking brings us what we need for the job at hand. This is why top-performers often claim they have ?nothing on their minds? when they?re ?in flow? or ?in the zone?. As you deepen your understanding of innate thinking, habitual patterns of superstitious thinking will start to fall away, and you?ll find yourself experiencing greater clarity of mind, more of the time.
?Irene Conlan: You talk about letting the mind settle. Is there a way, other than meditation, that helps your mind settle?
?Jamie Smart: Great question. As you continue deepening your understanding of innate thinking, here?s what you?ll find happening? You?ll be ?in the grip? of some superstitious thinking (Eg. Upset about something someone said to you last week) when all of a sudden, it?ll occur to you that you?re feeling your thinking in the moment, NOT what the person said to you. The moment this occurs to you, it?s a sign that your mind?s ?self-correcting system? is returning you to clarity. You don?t have to do anything to make this happen. Just allow the self-correcting system to do what it does best, and you?ll find your mind settling, naturally and automatically.
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I hope you enjoyed this interview with Jamie Smart and that you?ll check out his book:
Clarity:
Clear Mind, Better Performance, Bigger Results
http://ClarityBook.biz
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Buy the book between March 12th ? 31st, 2013 and you will receive:
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- Access to a collection of dozens of Jamie?s Clarity training videos, including many coaching demos, to help guide you to finding your own clarity
- Free access to a special 1-day ?Kickstart Your Clarity? event, which you can attend either in London OR on online via live stream from anywhere in the world.
Thanks for reading! Please share your comments and thoughts below. I love reading your feedback.
AND? be sure to follow Jamie tomorrow when the next stop on the Virtual Blog Tour is Therese Skelly, who will be interviewing Jamie on mind set, intuition and selling qualities for a successful business. To visit that ?stop? on the tour, go to http://www.happyinbusiness.com/virtual-interview-with-jamie-smart
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