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December 16, 2013
Why Fearlessness Is More Important Than Confidence
We are our best selves when we are confident.
Some of the benefits of confidence are the ability to be yourself, possessing greater courage, speaking your mind, feeling good about yourself, staying calm despite unfavorable circumstances, and having greater appeal as a friend or a mate. But there is one thing that’s even stronger than confidence. Fearlessness.
Why Fearlessness Is So Powerful
Fearlessness and confidence are related. If you don’t fear anything, you will naturally be confident,...
December 2, 2013
How To Make Healthy Lifestyle Changes That Last Forever – The Ultimate Guide
“Its hard to wait around for something you know might never happen; but its harder to give up when you know its everything you want.” –Unknown
What good is exercising if you only do it for three weeks once per year?
What’s the point in thinking positively if you snap back to negativity the next day?
Temporary change just isn’t very useful. But if you can make a healthy lifestyle change last a lifetime, the value is unmeasurably high.
For the past six months, my personal growth rate has skyro...
November 22, 2013
How To Use Mini Habits To Break Free From The “I Hate My Job” Blues
Did you know that two of every three people in North America don’t like their job?Some go as far as to say, “I hate my job,” but stay in it to pay the bills.
According to data from a 2012 survey (pictured), just 35% of us are somewhat satisfied or satisfied with our jobs! Add to that all of the people who are unhappily unemployed, and things look even worse. In addition to this, the Deep Existence poll which asks, “What aspect of life are you LEAST pleased with right now?”, has 109 respon...
November 7, 2013
3 Ways Positivity Can Silently Kill Your Goals, Scientifically Backed
“Ha! You said positivity can kill goals. Huh? You were serious? W…what?”
A cheerful disposition can derail your goals if you’re not careful. To make sure it doesn’t happen to you, here are the three things to watch out for and what to do about them…
#1: Being Happier Makes You Think More Abstractly, But Concrete Goals Require Concrete Thinking
What’s the difference between a happy and unhappy person?
According to five experiments (by Professors Labroo and Patrick), a key difference between t...
October 30, 2013
Myth: Minimalists Hate Possessions
“Minimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of anything that distracts us from it.”
―Joshua Becker
Truth: minimalists lovetheir possessions more than most others.
It comes down to math. If you’re not one of the mega-billionaires, you have finite financial resources. Even millionaires have a limit of expensive “toys” to choose from. With your resources, the choice is simple – accumulate “stuff” in quantity or pursue fewer items of quality.
Minimalists...
October 24, 2013
How To Focus On One Task Without Second-Guessing Yourself (The Ultimate Guide)
These are life’s three focus levels. Nobody plans for cat vomit.
A stranger fooled me 20 years ago.
I was eight years old, walking down a Florida sidewalk on a clear, sunny day. Bingo! I saw a quarter on the ground. I reached down to pick it up, imagining the candy I could buy with it (I was eight), but my fingers were rendered ineffective by a gob of clear glue securing the quarter to the sidewalk.
Cue George Michael’s “sad walk.”
Similar to a coin glued to the sidewalk, focusing looks atta...
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