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TOOL: Week of November 26, 2018 — LET GO

The GOGI Tool LET GO gives anyone the power to move beyond the past, and even helps them move gracefully away from heated situations in the present. Surprisingly, LET GO even works for the emotions attached to future expectations. How can one GOGI tool be such a handy helper for past, present, and future? For the answer, let's look at the KEY WORDS for this tool. The key words for LET GO are: HAND/SQUASH/TOSS. HAND/SQUASH/TOSS came about when GOGI students were trying - very diligently - [...]

By |2018-11-26T11:48:37-07:00November 26th, 2018|GOGI's Blog, TOOLS|Comments Off on TOOL: Week of November 26, 2018 — LET GO
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TOOL: Week of November 19, 2018 — CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY

The GOGI Tool CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY is different than the act of claiming responsibility. The act of claiming responsibility is most often used for coming to terms with actions of the past, like claiming responsibility for a past deed, or an action that may have caused harm to others. Claiming responsibility for the impact our actions have on the world around us is an element of insight development. As a tool, CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY has very little to do with the past. CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY is actually about our [...]

By |2018-11-19T00:33:21-07:00November 19th, 2018|GOGI's Blog, TOOLS|Comments Off on TOOL: Week of November 19, 2018 — CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY
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TOOL: Week of November 12, 2018 — POSITIVE ACTIONS

POSITIVE ACTIONS was added to the GOGI Toolbox during the two year period when the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department permitted the first ever GOGI Campus. In this 24 bed jail housing module, which was also as the former housing unit for movie actor Robert Downey Jr. and Paris Hilton (not housed there at the same time, obviously), the GOGI Campus was home to a total of 350 women who came into and left out of the housing as their court cases dictated. At GOGI Campus [...]

By |2018-11-12T10:07:07-07:00November 12th, 2018|GOGI's Blog, TOOLS|Comments Off on TOOL: Week of November 12, 2018 — POSITIVE ACTIONS
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Tool: Week of November 5, 2018 — POSITIVE WORDS

Image Credit: Art is a gift to GOGI from GOGI student KEITH ERICKSON On a recent site visit to Salinas Valley State Prison in California a GOGI student stated that his favorite tool was POSITIVE WORDS. He told us a story about his youth. He was subjected to a lot of negative comments. He was told he was stupid, no good, a problem, unwanted. He was told he was destined for prison and that he would never change. This experience for him gave him [...]

By |2018-11-05T09:00:23-07:00November 5th, 2018|GOGI's Blog, TOOLS|Comments Off on Tool: Week of November 5, 2018 — POSITIVE WORDS
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Tool: Week of October 22, 2018 — POSITIVE THOUGHTS

Part of THE THREE P's, POSITIVE THOUGHTS belongs to the Section of Tools called TOOLS OF CHOICE. In this Section of Tools, POSITIVE THOUGHTS, POSITIVE WORDS and POSITIVE ACTIONS enables the GOGI student to create possibilities where some people say there are none. While the three tools in this section are linked, it is through POSITIVE THOUGHTS that the creation of your life becomes very interesting. POSITIVE THOUGHTS creates space in your mind for possibilities you might not otherwise consider if you are simply focused on [...]

By |2018-10-22T09:05:42-07:00October 22nd, 2018|GOGI's Blog, TOOLS|Comments Off on Tool: Week of October 22, 2018 — POSITIVE THOUGHTS
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TOOL: Week of October 15, 2018 — FIVE SECOND LIGHTSWITCH

Your key is to FLIP THE SWITCH and claim your right to be in command of your mind's and your body's activities. It can be YOUR choice to make a weak or a strong decision when you put to use your FIVE SECOND LIGHTSWITCH.

By |2018-10-15T13:04:52-07:00October 15th, 2018|GOGI's Blog, TOOLS|Comments Off on TOOL: Week of October 15, 2018 — FIVE SECOND LIGHTSWITCH
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TOOL: Week of October 8, 2018 — BELLY BREATHING

BELLY BREATHING is one of those tools that frequently creates the illusion of GOGI being too simple to actually work at changing anything in a persons life.  But it is often the most simple adjustments we make in our lives which generates the most profound momentum in our desired direction. When we truly master BELLY BREATHING there is no decision beyond our awareness, each of our decisions become consciously created and the inherent ownership we have in the decisions is inevitable. When this tool was added [...]

By |2018-10-09T10:34:46-07:00October 9th, 2018|GOGI's Blog, TOOLS|Comments Off on TOOL: Week of October 8, 2018 — BELLY BREATHING
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TOOL: Week of October 1, 2018 — BOSS OF MY BRAIN

It was sitting on the tile floor of the chapel at FCI Terminal Island in San Pedro, California where the first GOGI student uttered the words BOSS OF MY BRAIN. Actually, what he said was something like, "You mean you are telling me that I am the boss of my brain?" This concept struck a cord with him, as if it was a new concept that he was able to maintain control of the activities going on between his two ears.

By |2018-10-01T12:09:06-07:00October 1st, 2018|GOGI's Blog, TOOLS|Comments Off on TOOL: Week of October 1, 2018 — BOSS OF MY BRAIN
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TOOL: Week of September 24, 2018 — ULTIMATE FREEDOM

As the GOGI Toolbox became a complete set of tools, the question that eventually emerged was "why?" Why make positive decisions? Why overcome addictions? Why grow past gang mentality? In nearly every GOGI student's journey there becomes something that tugs strongly at the heart and occupies the thoughts. Invariably, as GOGI student begin to gain insight into their abilities to create a better life and build competencies in the use of the GOGI Tools there emerges an urgency to help others. For most GOGI students it [...]

By |2018-09-24T10:39:38-07:00September 24th, 2018|GOGI's Blog, TOOLS|Comments Off on TOOL: Week of September 24, 2018 — ULTIMATE FREEDOM
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TOOL: Week of September 17, 2018 — REALITY CHECK

REALITY CHECK was added as a GOGI Tool when GOGI students discovered that simply learning the GOGI Tools and practicing them within the safe confines of a jail or prison did not necessarily mean that when they had earned their physical freedom they were perfectly applying their tools for a perfectly reconstructed life on the outside. Actually, it was quite the contrary.  Practicing the GOGI tools in a setting of detention or incarceration is very different from putting the tools to use out in the free [...]

By |2018-09-17T10:00:50-07:00September 17th, 2018|GOGI's Blog, TOOLS|Comments Off on TOOL: Week of September 17, 2018 — REALITY CHECK
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