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My Insight on Pressure
George shares an insight that he had about the feeling of pressure. Nice to see a person so experienced in the principles find himself as a student again. It can happen to any of us! [Audio clip: view full post … Continue reading
Pride Comes Before the Fall
Pride and arrogance is the feeling we all fall into when our thinking tells us we’re somehow superior, and we believe it. We forget that our own thinking misleads us — we forget what actually is, we lose touch with … Continue reading
Business Performance Series: Improving Morale
Morale is one of the only times the word “feeling” is appropriate in a business setting. But it is still mysterious and corporate thinking tends towards understanding and addressing it through external factors. This is a brief (17 minute) primer … Continue reading
I have been studying the principles and I can’t help feeling like I don’t get it. When will I get it and what if I don’t?
Question: I have been studying the principles and I can’t help feeling like I don’t get it. When will I get it and what if I don’t? Answer: Believe it or not, I have had moments of feeling like I … Continue reading
My Story
This post is two chapters of an unpublished manuscript by George Pransky. In the first Chapter George tells his story of his professional life before he learned about the principles and after he met Sydney Banks. In the second chapter … Continue reading
The White Flag in my Battle with Perfectionism Part 2
In my previous post, I said this is not about perfectionism, because it’s really about all kinds of thinking. I saw something about the nature of Thought in that moment. I have since seen more things about the nature of … Continue reading
The White Flag in my Battle with Perfectionism Part 1
This is not a blog post about perfectionism. It is not intended to help you with perfectionism or even to give you insight into it. It is a metaphor of how a particular kind of thinking looks with an understanding … Continue reading
How to Talk to Kids about the Principles (without all the big words)
Kids learn everything faster than we do and learning about the way our thinking works seems to be no exception. Sometimes the biggest obstacle for parents in sharing the principles is that they think they have to use words like … Continue reading
From Preoccupation to the Present
Can you remember a time when you were preoccupied with thinking about something and then you suddenly snapped out of it and returned to the present moment? One moment you are lost in thought and the next moment you are … Continue reading
Is EVERY feeling a thought? What about feeling tired?
QUESTION: I thought of your blog (Woken by the Family Dog) when I woke up this morning because I felt tired, but to my knowledge, I didn’t have a prior thought. I was asleep and then I was awake, and … Continue reading
An Interview with George Pransky, Linda Pransky and Aaron Turner
Here is a panel of George Pransky, Linda Pransky and Aaron Turner interviewed by Judy Sedgeman. We appreciate Judy creating a forum to discuss the principles in a community prevention context and look forward to more interviews. Interested in … Continue reading
Finding Inner Certainty
All of us have had the experience of being caught in the middle between what two or more people want from us. What we decide to do may upset one person or the other. Or, we feel torn between two … Continue reading
If I can’t change my thought and I’m “stuck” with a feeling, how do the principles help?
QUESTION: If I have a feeling (like I’m tired or irritated), how does it help me to know that’s coming from my own thinking? I’m still stuck with that feeling, so how does understanding these principles help me? ANSWER: To whatever … Continue reading
Business Performance Series: The Secret Behind Getting Buy-In from Your Team
In this podcast George talks about buy-in in the corporate setting. It happens all the time in business: You have a good idea, everyone agrees it’s a good idea but it doesn’t go. What’s the secret behind real buy-in? To listen … Continue reading
I’m finding that “dropping thought” is easier said than done. Am I missing something?
QUESTION: ”I have spent a great deal of time just being frustrated because so many articles and videos about the principles refer to “dropping the thought” as if it is an effortless fait accompli. I have found instead that the more … Continue reading
Doing v. Understanding
An interesting dialog between two of our consultants, Linda Pransky and Keith Blevens and a client. The conversation began on the subject of awareness and once a person becomes aware of his or her thinking, how do you change? What … Continue reading
Can Your Chemistry Make You Unhappy?
Almost everyone knows someone who has concerns about the impact of their chemistry on their well being. There’s clearly a link, but when you look at the logic, there’s something missing and after watching this video it’s easy to see how it was missed. … Continue reading
An update from George and Linda Pransky
Dear Friends, With the recent launch of our new website, we thought you might be asking yourself, “What has Pransky and Associates been up to?” This is a very exciting time for us, as in many ways this is the … Continue reading
What about the bigger problems in life that are outside of your control? Do those work the same way? – Woken Up by the Family Dog – Part 3
In parts 1 and 2 of this blog, I showed how people’s irritation or bother over trivial events comes 100% from what goes on inside the person’s own mind, and is not actually caused by whatever it was that happened … Continue reading
What do these Principles that we talk about Have To Do with You and Your Life? – Woken Up by the Family Dog – Part 2
On our website, in our materials, and in the work we do with people, we refer to a set of three principles as a way of talking about the inside-out paradigm or orientation to life. Let me explain what these … Continue reading
Where Irritation REALLY Comes From – Woken Up by the Family Dog – Part 1
A few weeks ago, I was woken up early on a weekend by our dog, which left me irritated, and thus providing me with an excellent everyday example of how life plays out for people. In these next few paragraphs, … Continue reading
An Innovative Vision to Reduce Healthcare Costs
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The Real Source of Stress and are we really ‘stuck with it’?
Stress is an intriguing subject. It is the most prevalent psychological ailment. In this 40 minute presentation George Pransky offers a compelling logic that will change the way that you think about the presence of stress in your life. What … Continue reading
The Joy of Accessing New Thinking
At times, all of us feel stuck. We feel in a stuck place in a relationship. We feel stuck on a problem. We feel stuck in our lives. The reason we feel stuck is because we are having thinking that … Continue reading
Two Essential Learning Points
There are many ways of talking about the Three Principles of Mind, Consciousness, and Thought as taught by Sydney Banks. Learning the simple logic of how these Principles work to create our feeling and experience is a practical and impactful … Continue reading
Our Consultants’ Favorite CDs
George Pransky Ego “I particularly like the ones that challenge the current thinking, particularly the current thinking that’s been current for a long time! Here are the CD’s that are most controversial in this regard: Ego, Investment v. Involvement, Relationship … Continue reading
Education or Therapy?
Pransky and Associates is an educational institute. We teach people the fundamental principles that underlie and generate the full range of human experience. We do not do therapy. We do not diagnose or label people. We do not see people … Continue reading
Our Work with Business
Our Philosophy Every day in the working world, people use their minds in incredible ways. Marketing committees play off of each other’s ideas, sales people remain enthusiastic despite rejection, company presidents stay calm amid the panic of a recession. At … Continue reading
Our Philosophy on Relationships
Our Philosophy It may not always look this way, but as social creatures, people are inherently capable of getting along with those around them. We all have times when we “play well with others,” yet we have moments when we … Continue reading
Our Work with Individuals
Our Philosophy When it comes right down to it, we all have the capacity to enjoy, to appreciate, to take life in, if even for a few fleeting moments. We all have the capacity to be productive, constructive, and engaged … Continue reading
