How busy is your mind? It has long been suggested that great people start by having a busy mind. Part of the challenge of a busy mind is sifting through the ideas that keep popping up.

It is always important to have a busy mind. When you don't have this you mind will start to wander, and often that is to places it should not go (places like the many problems that you have going on in your life). It is good to stop those problems from bothering you, as they tend to take you to dark places that you should not be visiting.

If the mind does not have time to ponder those dark issues it will more productive and we produce better results, thinking through the problems and challenges that you are working on. This is almost a daily challenge. Ever woken up at the small hours in the morning, haunted by those dark problems, then chances are you did not plant the seed of an idea for your mind to work through before you went into your sleep cycle.

I have had many sleepless nights (particularly during my troubled times) and when I analyse what happened it was certainly a case of allowing my fears to stand in the way of the new possibilities. We all make this mistake from time to time, yet the important thing is not to have it stand in your way, learn from last nights restlessness and tell yourself either positive thoughts or things you wish to achieve when you go to bed.

The point is we have to put the problems into some kind of perspective and maybe you have to realise that there are some you can do nothing at all about and some that really are someone else's problem and should be avoided at all costs.

What do you wish to achieve? This is a great question because it has the capability of making you think about the positive things you have going on in your life. We all have a tendency to get bogged down in out problems when we should spend more time thinking about the positives in out life.