New Tools for Stress & Business Development

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The Emotional Farmer

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Background on this TopicMy start in Emotional FarmingDawson Community College

Agriculture Marketing & Financial Analysis

Format: One-on-one + LectureInteresting and consistent themes Share my experiences, research, tools and techniques for stress management and business development

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Farm A vs. Farm BFarm A vs. Farm BWhat makes Farm A so much

healthier?The FUTURE, and most important

aspect of business development – Intentionality and Resistance, and tools to enhance this process

To be more specific – its all about EMOTIONS

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Emotional Farmer

Odd language to use in Farming

The real secret is how to harness and use the emotions attached to your desired experiences, and how to melt away the emotions attached to your limiting beliefs, values, judgments, and memories.

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Stress!!!

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Common Agriculture Stressors Living with Tight Money,Feeling like Hired Labor,Heavy Work Load,Farm Greater Priority than Family,Relationship Issues,Lack of Control over Natural WorldTime Pressures,Machinery Failures,Poor Teamwork,Differing Time Commitments,

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Common Agriculture Stressors Receiving Criticism from Family,Disagreement over Spending,Not being Involved in Decisions,Not being on Own,Taking More/Less Risk than Others,Lack of Adequate, Affordable ,

Accessible Child Care,Media Portrayal of Agriculture

Industry,Farm/Home Role Conflicts,Generational Communication

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Common Agriculture Stressors Family/Business/Ownership

Dynamics,Marketing Decisions,Meeting with Bankers,Rising Input Costs,Excessive Paperwork,Farm Transfer,Constant Attention to Business,Inadequate Access to Health Care

Services for Mental & Emotional Stress due to Geographic Location

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Statistics on StressStress related problems in the U.S. cost $300

billion annuallyIn California, workers compensation claims

for mental stress increased more than 700% during the 1980’s

40% U.S. workers rate their jobs as being very stressful or extremely stressful

50% of all workers say their jobs are more stressful now than just a few years ago

Individuals experiencing high stress are three times more likely to be ill than those without stress

Stress-related illnesses cost U.S. industry 132 million workdays of lost production annually

¼ workers have taken a mental health day off from work to cope with stress

Statistics on Stress

Up to 40% of job burnout is blamed on stressWorkers who report stress incur health care costs

46% higher on average, or $600 more per person, than other employees

Half of Americans report lying awake at night due to stress

1/3 struggle with managing work and family responsibilities

> 50% say stress causes them to fight with the people closest to them

¼ report that they have been alienated from a friend or family member due to stress

Statistics on Stress

Tranquilizers, antidepressants, and anti-anxiety medications account for ¼ of all prescriptions written in U.S. per year

Stress contributes and affects heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, immune system, development of alcoholism, obesity, suicide, drug addiction, and much more

Employee stress is being recognized as a major drain on corporate productivity and competitiveness

Stress is an inevitable fact of the work place

Identity ChallengeMajor challenge in dealing with stress in

agriculture industry is many farmers carry strong sense of identity

This identify can be compromised by reaching out for help in any formYet, we know farming is one of the most

stressful careers in the countryNo matter how strong one’s sense of

identity is, stress will always present itself somewhere; physical, emotional, psychological, behavioral

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Symptoms of Stress Emotional Symptoms:

Excessive worry, apathy, withdrawal, depression, helplessness and hopelessness, nervous

Physical Symptoms:Headaches, difficulty sleeping, weight

loss/gain, frequent colds, extreme fatigue, upset stomach, muscle tension

Behavioral Symptoms:Excessive drinking/smoking,/eating extreme

mood change w/o apparent reason, outbursts of anger/aggression, irritability

Psychological Symptoms:Inability to concentrate, difficulty in decision

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What are your Stress Management Techniques for the Workplace?

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Managing Stress 1. Therapy

• Insight therapies – talk therapy• Behavior therapies – learning therapy• Biomedical therapies – biological functioning

2. Meditation• Increase happiness, increase inner peace, lowers

stress, increase mental clarity

3. *Outdoor exposure – get into nature A British study found that a walk in the country

decreased levels of depression by 72%, and 90% increase in self esteem

4. *Exercise • Decrease life shortening and aging stress hormones

5. *Friends – close communion with group members

* Evolutionary Psychologist: return to ancestral behaviors15

Managing Stress6. Pets

• Simple petting can lower heart rate, decrease stress and anxiety, and lower blood pressure

7. Proper diet8. Balancing life activities

• Family, work, health, friends, leisure, spirituality9. Imagination

• Imagine being in nature, spending time with pet, etc.

• Mind and body can not tell difference between imagination and “real” world

10.Time management• Set priorities and stick to them• Don’t allow others to distract you• Delegate responsibility to others

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Managing Stress11. University extension publications on

stress management,12. Farm crisis hotlines,13. Farm business management programs,

• Addressing financial and management issues

14. Observe thoughts and language• Stay Tuned!!!

15. Energy Psychology!!!• Stay Tuned!!!

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A More Effective Ways of Understanding Stress

Stress is not a problem as we are often told

It is not about being broken, nor about being weak, it is actually an adaptive function

Actually a good thing!

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Stress is Information!Stress is actually just our bodies way

of communicating with usStress, or pain, is simply the body’s

way of communicating with us that something needs attention

“Something is not right here, something is not in alignment with you”

Our body is giving us hints as to areas in our lives that need attention

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Art to Stress PartnershipFirst step to effective stress management is

listening to your body and identify where the stress is coming from

Important to take note during stress, what is going on here – information

If don’t deal with now, deal with laterRepressed information, like a program

Art is to notice your stress and listen to body, what needs attention

Work, family, friends, spirituality, health, growth/education, self worth, fun/leisure

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Intentionality

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VisionVision is one of the most cited characteristics

of successful managers and business ownersGuiding image of success for yourself,

business, anythingDesired destinationProvides for a future that is planned and

agreed uponShapes the planning processIf not “big” enough, goes unnoticed

Each year, at least one “vision” studentResearch now supports this in a very big way

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Senior thesis rejectionRobert G. Jahn, professor of aerospace

engineering and Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University

Princeton Engineering & Anomalies Laboratory (PEAR) 1979

Research on Intention - Princeton

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Variety of physical experiments used to measure effects of intentionIntention & Pin Ball MachineIntention Random Event Generators (REG)

PEAR Laboratory

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Analogous to electronic coin flipper resulting in 50% probabilities

But – when you add operator that attempts to influence the output…

Random Event Generator

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Control

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Experimental

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If I can influence coin flips, what else can I influence?

What is materialism, what is “out there” vs. what is “in here”, and where is “in here”

Maybe goals and having vision are very important!

Maybe adding Intentionality or Vision should be a day to day management practice!

My Experience

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Over 2.5 million trials observed, demonstrating that human intention is capable of influencing physical systems

Operators able to shift output in way that corresponds with intention

When results are summed together, odds of producing intention results by chance are 1 in 1 trillion

Results independent of distance and even time

PEAR

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Intentional Chocolate?!What is it about mom’s chicken soup that

makes you feel so much betterIs it possible that love and good intention

are ingredients that make a differenceDean Radin, PhD of Institute of Noetic

Science researched meditators infusing good intention into chocolate

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Double blind study, placebo controlled, peer reviewed journal “Explore”

“An individual who consumes this chocolate will manifest optimum health and functioning at physical, emotional, and mental levels, and, in particular, will enjoy an increased sense of energy, vigor, and well-being”

Intentional Chocolate?!

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Those people who ate the treatment group chocolate, reported a 67% improvement in well-being, vigor, and energy

In some cases, the improvement was in the 1,000% range!

Suggests that people who live a more intentional and purposeful life can experience outcomes that match their desired experience

Mind and matter deeply interconnected?!

Intentional Chocolate?!

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Intentional Water?!

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Intentionality & VisionThe techniques used in generating

favorable intentionality results are no different than a manager’s ability to create a facilitate vision

By emotionally connecting and finding meaning in this expected outcome, we see just why great managers and owners that use vision succeed!

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Where are you directing your thought?Are you directing your thought?70% of our thinking is negative and

redundant If thoughts can affect random probabilities

of REG’s, water crystallization, crime rates, germination rates, healing, pH levels, placebo, and on and on…how can they affect your being?

Your Intention?

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What if I place and USE Intentions with:How you interact with co-workers…Business development…Enjoy my job…Stress and anxiety…Productivity…Purpose and meaning to my day…Financial success of my business…With every part of your day?

Intention, or Vision, in my business

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Shift our awareness and focus away from the problem at hand, and towards:

The intention of desired experiencesWhat emotions would you like to have in

regards to…

A shift towards Intention

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Resistance

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Transition into Subconscious ThinkingSpecific to business, there is a continuum of belief

systems, values, and judgments that are gathered over time.

Over past several years, I have noticed the following consistently:

Farm businesses that truly and powerfully use vision routinely, and their visions are congruent with their belief systems, values, and judgments, demonstrate business success

Farm businesses that don’t use vision, or use vision but subconsciously counter their intentions with liming belief systems, values and judgments tend to demonstrate fear based characteristics around the health of their business

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Example: I am trying to grow my business, but…Rich people are…

◦ Arrogant, , evil, destroyers, lucky, greedy, sad, selfish, spoiled, stingy, famous, conceited…

Successful business requires you to…◦ Suffer, sacrifice, give of your self, it is difficult…

Dad hated businesses…◦ He was laid off, sued his employer, bad

mouthed…Can’t find clients…

◦ Too much competition, no one has any money for that, leads are uneducated…

None of it is true, but it is all true for him

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Conscious MindConscious mind

Thinks in past and futureSets goals and judges resultsMakes choices and decisionsThinks logicallyDoesn’t control memoryShort term memory capacity of 7 + 2 items

for about 20 secondsAware of 2,000 bits of information per

secondSleeps

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Subconscious MindMonitors body operationsThinks literally – believes everything it is toldUses present time, no concept of timeTakes over behaviors that we repeat – habits Contains strong evolutionary programsRecords everythingIncludes memories, beliefs, fears, defenses,

biases, misconceptions, judgmentsLong term memory unlimited capacity for long

periods of timeProcesses 40 Billion bits of information per secondNever sleeps

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Subconscious Mind cont.According to Emmanuel Donchin, director or

the Laboratory for Cognitive Psychophysiology at University of Illinois, “as much as 99% of the cognitive activity could be outside our awareness”

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Vision comes from Two Sources

Conscious Mind & Subconscious MindOver past several years, I have noticed the

following consistently:Farm businesses that truly and powerfully use

vision routinely, and their visions are congruent with their belief systems, values, and judgments, demonstrate business success

Farm businesses that don’t use vision, or use vision but subconsciously counter their intentions with liming belief systems, values and judgments tend to demonstrate fear based characteristics around the health of their business

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Exercise for Visualizing Subconscious Belief Systems: Writing on our WallsImagine that we all live in a PalaceEach person has his/her own room, and

tends to stay in their roomThe room is a comfort zoneThe walls are covered with writingCan’s, cant’s, should, should not's, must,

must not's, and suchThe writing is our belief systems, our

values, our comfort zones, its how we interpret the world

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Writing on your WallsWe read this writing all day every dayIf we step out of the room, you leave all

your truths and belief systems – very scary!Writing came from parents, coaches,

teachers, friends, peers, media, culture, religion, and such

Out of your mouth comes your writing on your walls

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Fill in the BlankRich people…Poor people…Atheists…Catholics…Barack Obama…Rush Limbaugh…Healthy people…Unhealthy people…Etc…

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Examples of Subconscious Mind maintaining Safety

Too difficult, too risky, take too long, I don’t deserve it, not my nature, can’t afford it, never happened before, I don’t want to change, not strong enough, not smart enough, too old, what will others say, too young, rules won’t let me, too big, don’t have the energy, its my family history, too busy, too scared, not safe, don’t want to stand out, don’t know who I would be, I might fail…

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Conscious & Subconscious Intention Examples

Average American has tried 8 diets, women 10 times (2005 Gallup Poll)2/3 overweight, 1/3 obese (Center for

Disease Control and Prevention), $60 Billion market in 2008 (Advertising Age, Feb. 2008)

Self-improvement market is worth nearly $10 billion (Marketdata Enterprise Market Report, 2005)

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ReviewOur thoughts are powerful!Those that are consciously intended – like a

visionThose that are subconscious and behind

the scenes – related to our beliefs, comfort zones, values, judgments, and such

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Tip

Every time you use intention, listen to the background chatter; the doubts, the memories, the beliefs, and such, are areas of resistance

They will keep you at bay until they are addressed

Give yourself the opportunity re-address your “resistant” thinking

Get your conscious & subconscious thinking on the same page

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What is the Solution?Major challenge in dealing with stress

management & business development is

1.Lack of vision • Easy to address this• Daily ritual to emotionally resonate with

your ideal experiences – business or personal

2.Limiting beliefs, values, identity, judgments, & stress• Not easy to address

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We Need a Solution for the “Writing on our Walls”

What we need is:1.Self Administered,2.Easy to Learn,3.Highly Effective Treatment,4.FREE!!!

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Energy Psychology

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EFT Video www.emotionalfarmer.com

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Energy Psychology

Energy Psychology Definition: number of related therapies based on the Chinese meridian system of medicine and western psychology

Roger Callahan & TFTGary Craig & EFT

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Emotional Freedom Techniques

Gary Craig Stanford University trained engineer

Life long interest in personal development

CharacterBusiness model for

EFT – open hand policy, accessible

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Emotional Freedom TechniqueA simple self administered

acupressure technique, which you can use to relieve negative emotions, physical pains and ailments, and more easily adjust to your dominate intentions

Emotional upsets are the result of an imbalance in the body’s energy system

The body’s energy system is balanced by tapping with fingertips on selected points along the energy meridians

Psychological version of acupuncture, w/o needles

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Used For:

Fears & phobias, pain management, weight loss, addictions & obsessions, allergy relief, trauma, insomnia, PTSD, asthma relief, headaches, relationships, self-esteem, rage and anger, performance anxiety, depression, ADD-ADHD, abundance, and much more

Business Development – judgment, success, money, confidence, excuses, ability, sales, patience, creativity, etc.

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Research

The Andrade-Feinstein study (Preliminary Report of the First Large-Scale Study of Energy Psychology), which tracked more than 29,000 patients from 11 allied treatment centers in South America during a 14-year period. In this study 90 percent of the experimental group (using tapping) improved, and 76 percent were judged to be symptom-free (as opposed to 63 percent and 51 percent of the control group, respectively). Reported in Energy Psychology Interactive: An Integrated Book and CD Program for Learning the Fundamentals of Energy Psychology. Ashland, Oregon: Innersource. 60

Mechanics

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EFT Utilizes Common Spots

Massage under eyesMassaging templesPalm or fist to chestPalm to foreheadHeel of hand to

foreheadFace in hands

Biting on fingers Scratching head,

chest, under arm, legs, etc

Wringing hands Arms folded

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Acupressure Points

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EFT’s Basic Recipe

Process Easy to follow Simple to do One minute to

complete Four Ingredients

Problem Score Setup Reminder Score

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Step 1: Identify the problem

Physical or emotionalCan be easy to identify, may be very

difficult to identifySpend bulk of the recipe time hereReason why many have difficultyReal secret is getting to the core

issues

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Step 2: Determine an Intensity Level

Subjective Unit of Distress

(SUD)On a scale of 0 to 10

10 = worst ever 0 = no longer a problem

How much does this problem bother you NOW? If don’t know – guess Write your # down

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Step 3: Setup up spot + Add Phrasing

Generic Setup

Even though I have this (problem), I deeply and completely accept myself.

Problem + Freedom (acceptance, choice, forgiveness)

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Step 4: Vent!

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Step 5: Re-score your intensity level

Subjective Unit of Distress (SUD)On a scale of 0 to 10

10 = worst ever 0 = no longer a problem

How much does this problem bother you NOW?

Retest by imagining or presenting the issue again

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Types of change you should expect to seeEmotional charge Physical relief or shiftBehavioral changesPsychological shiftsCognitive shifts

It happened, its over, I’m safe, I learned from it, ready to move on

Awareness shiftBrain capable of processing 40 billion bits

of information per secondOur awareness is only of 2,000 bits per

secondSynchronicity (shift in physical system

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Emotional Farmer

Odd language to use in Business

The real secret is how to harness and use the emotions attached to your desired experiences, and how to melt away the emotions attached to your limiting beliefs, values, judgments, and memories.71

SummaryFormula is simple:

1. Use Intentionality towards your desired experiences and emotions

2. Use EFT for resistant thinking and limiting beliefs

Intentionality and EFT both require HIGH emotionality to be most effective

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