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Freedomin8model® Updates

The Responsibility of Freedom

During his lifetime Nelson Mandela inspired us with his numerous words, acts and deeds of wisdom. They will be etched in the annals of history. Mandela’s wise words have implication to most situations of life and it may be useful to take the time to extrapolate them into your life. He is quoted as saying, “To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others”.…
Mark Postles
October 18, 2016
Neuroplasticityin8model® UpdatesYour Life

Stress and Neuroplasticity – Become Flexible and Adaptable

If you have been observing your in8model® pattern over time you will have seen its ever-changing presentation. Every significant occasion of your life enables more neuroplasticity or adaptability of your brain’s wiring. This reminds me of a story of the emerging butterfly. One day, a small opening appeared on a cocoon. A man sat and watched for the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then, it seemed to stop making any…
Mark Postles
September 27, 2016
ChangeEventsin8model® Updates

Blueprint for Change

One thing is for sure – we are in an era of accelerating change. You will see evidence of this in all aspects of your life, relationships, business and politics. Nothing is usual, stable and solid. Everything you deal with is in a process of change. If you are to thrive as a person you must constantly change and adapt to the rapidly changing environment in which you exist, after all, that is the essence of life isn’t it? At…
Mark Postles
September 19, 2016
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Expect More Than Possible

"Excellence can be attained if you... Care more than others think is wise. Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible." - Jim Gentil Here’s the fourth comment on Jim Gentil’s quote on Excellence. I suggest that if you take the time over the next week to focus on each of these statements you will see major changes occur for yourself and your practice. Expecting more than…
Mark Postles
September 5, 2016
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Dream More Than Others Think is Practical

"Excellence can be attained if you... Care more than others think is wise. Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible." - Jim Gentil This week we continue to dissect the above quote on excellence. This line which reads “Dream more than others think is practical” causes us to think about the Quadrant 1 part’s power of possibilities. Big dreams are what build big lives and big…
Mark Postles
August 30, 2016
RiskQuadrant 4Your World

Risk more than others think is safe

"Excellence can be attained if you... Care more than others think is wise. Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible." - Jim Gentil This week’s quote has so much wisdom in it so we will explore it under the 4 topics that it deserves. I suggest that if you take the time over the next four weeks to focus on each of these statements you will…
Mark Postles
August 23, 2016
CaringQuadrant 3Your People

Care More Than Others Think is Wise

"Excellence can be attained if you... Care more than others think is wise. Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible." - Jim Gentil This week’s quote has so much wisdom in it so we will explore it under the 4 topics that it deserves. I suggest that if you take the time over the next four weeks to focus on each of these statements you will…
Mark Postles
August 19, 2016
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Achieving Integrity in Your Life – Part 2

Values – where they help or harm you. Last week I left you with the suggestion that you cannot NOT be in Integrity. I posed the question; “Is your current expression of your integrity what you want”? “Would you like it to be giving you something more or less, something different or something better”? I trust that you have considered this question over the week and have done an audit on what you are “Being”. You may have identified and…
Mark Postles
August 2, 2016
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Achieving Integrity in Your Life

In broad definition the word integrity means being complete and whole. This means having all parts and not just having them but having all the parts working all of the time producing the results that you desire. In a quote from Socrates that is relevant in this discussion. He said, “Be as you wish to be seen”. To me that really encapsulates the essence of integrity. This, to me speaks to two parts, the “Wish” and the “Be”. The “Wish”…
Mark Postles
July 26, 2016