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Have you ever been stressed with so many things in your head that you dont know

what to do or where to start?

You feel like youre juggling so many things that youre constantly worried that
youre going to drop something?

You see, the thing with our minds is that were only able to focus on one, two, three,
four things. After that our brain crashes. We cant think of everything else because
these four things have basically constipated our minds.

Thats where the Brain Dump comes in -- where we get rid of everything thats in our
minds and flush it out onto paper.

The following activity is called a Brain Dump, that ultimately leads to a Brain Breeze.

At the end of this section, Im going to give you some prompts so that you can take
whats in your mind and put it all down on paper. Prompt after prompt, youre going
to find more and more things that were hiding down in the dusty corners of our
minds will come out so you can see it on paper.

Then in Part 2, Im going to show you what to do once youve gotten things out of
your mind.

To explain what Im talking about when I say brain constipation, I want to give you
this analogy:

This one time, I didnt throw out the garbage for over two weeks. It was sitting out
three weeks
in the sun for when I finally said, Well now I have to take action. Its
been so long now, the garbage must really stink.

I went out to the garbage and I had to deal with this trash that had been piling up
and sweltering in the heat for three weeks.

I lifted up the the lid of the trash bin, looked inside and I said, Subhanallah! How did so
many maggots and bugs get created from inside that trash bin?! It was so nasty! it was
so gross! I didnt want to smell it so I just threw it down there before some crocodile
comes jumping out at me!

I wished I could just throw away the whole trash bin along with the trash. But how
do you throw out a trash bin? You cant. Theyre just going to take the trash and
give you back the bin.

You see, youve gotta dump the trash out. Thats what I did. I dumped the trash out.

Now once the trash gets dumped out, is the trash bin clean?

The answer is no, its still dirty. Its still got maggots and this slimy goo around the
side.

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The next step is you need to detoxify it, you need to get some hot water and rinse
out the bin. Then, after its been detoxified then you can get some nice baby
powder and sprinkle it on this rubbish bin.

Your life is exactly like this.

Do you know why?

Because there are so many things clogging it up, that it becomes like a big pile of
trash thats really icky to deal with. You cant do what you really want to do because
youre dealing with this huge mess.

Youve got all these things on your plate and you need to get it off of your mind.

Have you ever met people who, when youre talking to them, they seem like theyre
in Mars? Their brain is just somewhere else and while youre talking to them,
theyre staring off to the side? They start checking their phone and theyre like Oh
yeah you were saying something?.

People go through life like that. I dont want you to be like that.

The way to not be like that is to dump everything off your mind and clear it out.

When I first did this activity, it was so liberating. I dumped everything out of my
head. Just dumped it and dumped it and by the end of it, I had 16 pagesworth of
just stuff. Just stuff floating around in my head.

Now after I had dumped it out, I just stepped back and I felt this breeze go from ear
to ear. No, that doesnt mean I dont have a brain. I felt this breeze like, Wow, I
feel liberated from all this stuff in my mind!

Its such an amazing experience.

The number one excuse people have is: I dont have time.

In BringIt! were doing this activity from the beginning so that you can get a whole
list of things that need your action and attention. So in the 4-Day BringIt! Challenge,
you can take action on the things youre going to be dumping.

Then later on, in each day of the 4-Day BringIt! Challenge, when we do the
visualization, I also want you to take action on your dreams and the places you want
to go, visualizing the future so you can take action on it in this 4-Day BringIt!
Challenge.

If you havent registered already, heres the link to register:


www.BringItChallenge.com

And in sha Allah, tomorrow, youll be getting an email with Part 2 of this series.

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Instructions: Print out the following, and use each item as a trigger to remind you of
all the things on your mind. Make sure you dump everything out of your mind onto
paper, or a word document. When you are done, you should have about 2-8 pages of
Stuff. When you cannot think of anything else, you should feel a welcome and
relaxing breeze in your mind. Enjoy it.

Professional
Projects started, not completed Financial
Cash flow
Projects that need to be started Statistics
Budgets
Commitments/promises to others Forecasts/projections
Boss/partners Balance sheet
Colleagues
Subordinates Planning/organizing
Other people in organization Formal planning (goals, targets)
Outside people Current projects (next stages)
Customers Upcoming projects
Other organizations Business marketing plans
Professionals
Organizational initiatives
Communications to make/get Upcoming events
Internal/external Meetings
Initiate or respond to: Presentations
Phone calls Organizational structuring
Voice-mail Changes in facilities
Email Installation of new
Faxes systems/equipment
Letters Travel
Texts
Banks
Other writing to finish/submit Receivables
Reports Payables
Evaluations/reviews Petty cash
Proposals
Articles Marketing
Promotional materials Promotion
Manuals/instructions Sales
Rewrites and edits Customer service

Meetings that need to be set/requested Supplies


Office/site
Who needs to know about what Office organization
decisions? Furniture
Decorations
Significant read/review

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Systems
Phone
Computers
Office equipment
Other equipment
Utilities
Filing
Storage
Inventories

Waiting for...
Information
Delegated tasks/projects
Completions critical to projects
Replies to:
Letters
Emails
Calls
Proposals
Requisitions
Petty cash
Insurance
Ordered items
Items being repaired
Tickets
Decisions of others

Professional development
Training/seminars
Things to learn
Things to look up
Skills to practice/learn especially re:
Computers
Video training
Graphic design
Resumes

Outside education

Research need to find out about

Professional wardrobe

What else?...

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Personal

Projects started, not completed Research & Development things to do


Places to go
Projects that need to be started People to meet/invite
Local attractions
Commitments/promises to others
Spouse Administration
Children Financial
Family Bills
Friends Banks Investments Loans
Professionals Taxes
Borrowed items Insurance
Legal affairs
Projects: other organizations Filing
Service
Civic Waiting for ...
Volunteer Mail order
Repair
Communications to make/get : Reimbursements
Loaned items
Family Medical data
Friends RSVPs
Professional
Initiate or respond to: Home/household
Phone calls Landlords
Letters Property ownership
Cards Legal
Social media Real estate
Zoning
Upcoming events Taxes
Special occasions Builders/contractor
Anniversaries Heating/air-conditioning
Zakah due Plumbing
Weddings Electricity
Holidays Roofing
Graduations Landscape
Travel Driveway
Halaqahs Walls/floors/ceilings
AlMaghrib seminars Decoration
Weekend trips Furniture
Vacations Utilities
Dinner invitations Appliances
Community events Lightbulbs/wiring
Sporting events Kitchen things
Washer/dryer/vacuum
Areas to organize/clean

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Computers
Software
Hardware
Connections
Email/internet
TV
DVD
CDs/tapes
Cameras/film
Phones
Answering machine
Sports equipment
Closets/clothes
Garage/storage
Vehicle repair/maintenance
Tools
Luggage
Pets

Health care
Doctors
Dentists
Specialists

Hobbies Books/cds/mp3s

Errands
Hardware store
Drugstore
Market
Bank
Cleaner
Stationery

Community
Neighborhood
Schools
Local government

Civic issues

What else?...

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