| Show General Education Technology Coun Counselor elor Speaks At Motivational Seminar by Bonnie Vail vi You are choosing every day how youre you're going to respond to life You are responsible said Keith Heigert General Education and Technology Counselor Heigert was the speaker in the second of a series of motivational seminars sponsored by bythe bythe bythe the Women's Resource Center November I. I 15 These Thes seminars arev ar are pl planned nned for both men and women Heigert emphasized Thinking is the most important thing people do The Th brain Js important the most important organ organ- in the body s Y f J Jy y E ii 4 rf i A I 1 t J i t I I i z w J 34 r He continued To own your own life you need to address these areas actions feelings the thoughts of the rest of the world Obliviously one cannot control the thoughts of all the rest of the world Therefore one is only responsible for ones one's own feelings and actions If you have control of your own i feelings and actions you have control of your life If you try to control the thoughts of the rest of the world you are out of control Heigert also said the left side of the brain is where initial learning takes place With repetition that information is transferred to the right side of the brain and becomes automatic information The process of walking though you learned it step by step is isnow isnow isnow now automatic The left side is the determiner It determines or chooses chooses' t thoughts and antl actions Therefore the right side automatic action will carry out what the left side chooses Heigert stated One can say the boss made mad orne- orne angry my children drive me crazy Im I'm too shy to participate All these statements are being given by you through the left side of your brain to the right side as automatic formation to tobe tobe tobe too o be acted upon You are making the choice as to what automatic action you want to take place We are all plagued by distortions Heigert said This dependency of blaming others will bury you To learn to make better choices be independent You need to be ready when you see those dependency images By not blaming others in your left brain you automatically block bloc that message and make a different choice Send the right brain a different message than in the past he said The brain repetition process will fight you but it will be as easy as A ABC B C if you follow this plan Heigert said Accept the event Keep a diary of your thoughts You will recognize these traps The next time it occurs do exactly the opposite Choose not to be shy choose not to be angry choose not to stay home and be alone You are in charge Peoples People's lives are different because of their choices |
