Sit up a Tree

If you’re anything like me, you have dozens of ideas every day.  Some will be ideas that you can transform into a money-making plan or a life-changing scheme, but many will be chaff that requires disposing of.

Now, it’s vital that you have a scheme for recording and logging your ideas.  A notebook or journal or a diary is a good system.  By keeping the idea in mind, you will be able to ponder it long enough for it to evolve into a good idea or be blown away like chaff in a breeze.

But there’s a problem that I’ve noticed.  It’s very easy for an idea that’s not yet mature enough to make it from your “ideas” list and onto your “to do” list.  This transforms embryonic ideas from being something that needs more thought into something that you that you need to start acting on.  If you’re ready for the item to move from the “ideas” list into the “to do” list, fine, but if you’re not ready for that to happen, you can be pushed down an avenue that you’ve not properly thought out and add unnecessary bulk to your “to do” list.

Make sure that all shifts from the “ideas” list to your ”to do” list is done consciously.  Otherwise you’ll contaminate your “to do” list and struggle to differentiate between ideas to ponder and things that you need to act on.

This is a trick that I learned years ago.  It’s really simple but it really works and helps you remember things without really trying!

If I came across something I wanted to remember, I would write that information out on say a Post It note and stick it next to my monitor.    Not anywhere where it covered the screen, but just at the side.  There it was in my peripheral vision and while I was looking (and concentrating) on the screen, my mind was taking in this information in my peripheral vision and storing it.  After a few days I’d notice that I didn’t need the Post It note any more!

Simple trick but I assure you that it works!

I feel a little bit ashamed about broadcasting the fact that I bought some software to help with something as basic as sleep, but I did!  That software is called pzizz.

Pzizz comes in two flavors – a hardware pzizz and a software pzizz.

But what is pzizz?  Here’s what the pzizz folks have to say about it:

“The pzizz team has spent the last 2 years creating and developing new features, including preferences that allow you to create exactly the nap you want.

pzizz is a remarkable invention that combines several different proven techniques to give you the most refreshing and revitalizing ‘nap’ possible. We have combined NLP with especially composed music, sound effects and a binaural beat to induce a wonderfully relaxed state.

Whilst in this deeply relaxed state, pzizz delivers literally billions of different combinations of suggestions through the structured language patterns and the sounds that encourage the subconscious not only to relax but also to focus and energize both the body and the mind.

Every time you press “play” or choose to “export” some naps, the software will mix a new nap for you so that you never hear exactly the same thing twice!”

I decided to give pzizz a go.  I bought the pzizz software along with both sleep and energizer nap modules.  Downloads were quite large (about 80MB) but installation onto my PC was easy (although I did have to install iTunes, something that I’ve resisted installing so far) and within minutes I had pzizz pzizzing away!

So, what did I think?  Well, so far I’ve only used it a few times and I’ve yet to experiment with the full range of features on offer (you have a number of options to choose from) but I have experienced some pretty invigorating and energizing naps after using pzizz.  I’ve also used the sleep function twice and each time had a more relaxing, unwinding experience (although as a rule I sleep pretty well anyway!).

I’ll let you know more as to how I get on with it over the next few weeks!

Price: pzizz software + energizer module is $39.95 and the sleep module is an extra $19.95.  Free trial available from the pzizz website.