The Thinking Dominant

Growth Through Mental Exercise

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Archive for the 'Internal Thoughts' Category

Development Plan of Action

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

In the previous post we pulled together a list of activities, behaviors and characteristics that we have as dominants. In this list we identified (hopefully) which ones we’d like to develop further. The next step is setting up a plan of action to strengthen these characteristics. Analyzing moderate steps to the ultimate goal will help [...]

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Proverbial Brick Wall

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

You’ve come to a time in your Dominant development where you feel that you have nothing else to expand on and your abilities are as developed as you can get them. Where do you go from here? Do you concede that you just can’t do any more within the extent of your mind or emotions?
Not [...]

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Dealing With Anger

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

How do you express your disappointment with your partner? Has it ever led to anger?
How do you deal with your anger?
Whether it is directed or a result of something within your relationship or if it is outside forces, how do you release that anger?

I’m a talker. Others are silent introspective. I know still others that [...]

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Pain Giver

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

I read an interesting post the other day about the administration of pain and the sadistic dominant’s desire to inflict pain on the submissive. His exact question is: “Does a dominant want to hurt his submissive?” I was going to include my thoughts here for a moment, but I find that I don’t want to [...]

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Honesty

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

It is almost a universal knowledge that dominants expect their submissives to be honest with them. There is a real push to have complete openness and honesty in a BDSM relationship. There is no doubt that an open mind and heart can help make sure that all people in the relationship are getting what they [...]

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Dominant Resolutions

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

A New Year’s Resolution is a commitment that an individual makes to a project or a habit, often a lifestyle change that is generally interpreted as advantageous. The name comes from the fact that these commitments normally go into effect on New Year’s Day and remain until the set goal has been achieved, although many [...]

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Quick Thoughts

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Why do I want to own a slave?
What do I bring to the table? What do I want out of it?
So, what can I offer property?
What do I want out of Ownership?

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True to Whom?

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

There are 2 different sects out there; those that believe there is a trueness to themselves and what they do and those that believe that trueness is a state of mind.
Those that believe they are practicing true D/s and BDSM almost always say that what they do is right and if you deviate even a [...]

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Dom Doubts

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

The following excerpt and link to article is about doubts that plague dominants at one time or another. I have found it very important to be aware of my doubts and to overcome them; to harness that energy and use it for positive reinforcement that way I do is exactly right.
Experienced tops seem so smooth [...]

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