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June 15 - September 23, 2021
taking just a moment to express gratitude in the morning can have an amazing impact on the rest of your day.
As it turned out, the big secret to increasing alpha waves was just one thing. And we spent seven full days focusing on it. Forgiveness.
The people behind the program discovered holding onto grudges and anger is the single biggest factor suppressing alpha waves. So it was critical for us to be able to release every last bit of that out of our systems.
every time I did a round of forgiveness, my alpha waves spiked.
for anyone who’s looking to master Blissipline, forgiveness is key.
forgiveness, like happiness, is a trainable skill.
I have found it well worth the time and effort needed to release anger and hurt from my heart.
everyone who has ever entered our lives, even those who have hurt us, are nothing more than messengers to teach us an important lesson.
focus on the person who wronged you. What pain or anguish could they have gone through in their life that made them do what they did?
Remember that hurt people, hurt people.
I don’t know the reality of his history, and I don’t need to know it, but it was helpful for me to imagine him in a situation where I could feel compassion for him rather than just anger.
you don’t have to ask the other person to forgive you. You just have to forgive them.
“Forgiveness into love” does not mean to simply let go (in my case, to drop the charges against the man with the police). You still need to protect yourself and take action if need be. Criminal acts, especially, need to be reported to authorities.
UNFUCKWITHABLE: When you’re truly at peace and in touch with yourself. Nothing anyone says or does bothers you and no negativity can touch you.
When you learn to truly forgive, you become unfuckwithable.
To be happy, make others happy.
Giving is a natural segue from gratitude.
Gratitude fills us with positive feelings and energy for life. When our cup is full, we have the capacity to give to others.
study found that people who practiced gratitude w...
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Giving happiness to others is hugely powerful, lifts up both giver and receiver, and it’s easy, because happiness is contagious.
I believe that the only currency that truly matters in an uncertain world is the kindness and generosity passed from one human being to another.
The vast majority of employees polled said they actually enjoyed the act of giving more than the act of receiving their gifts.
those who answered yes to the statement: “My supervisor, or someone at work, seems to care about me as a person” were found to be more productive, contributed more to profits, and were significantly more likely to stay with their company long term.
Giving is a powerful system for bringing bliss into your life.
Be merciless with your kindness.
You can be surrounded by pain. You can be empathetic and feel for others, but ultimately the discipline of bliss allows you to help spread more bliss in the world.
begin with happiness in the now and use it as a fuel
Live Blissipline and share it, and it will take root and grow.
Make Sure That the Goals We’re Chasing Will Really Lead to Long-Term Happiness
Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.
Dreams, visions, aspirations, goals—call them what you will—these are essential to an extraordinary life. I call them forward momentum. When life doesn’t hold meaning for us, it’s like living in the desert, parched for water.
Every extraordinary mind I’ve ever met—including those mentioned in this book—dreams boldly and unapologetically.
Forget the money, because if you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend your life completely wasting your time. You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living—that is, to go on doing things you don’t like doing. Which is stupid. Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way.
Often people confuse means goals with end goals.
The difference between a means goal and an end goal is one of the lessons that I wish more people could learn earlier in life. End goals are the beautiful, exciting rewards of being human on planet Earth. End goals are about experiencing love, traveling around the world being truly happy, contributing to the planet because doing so gives you meaning, and learning a new skill for the pure joy of it. End goals speak to your soul. They bring you joy in and of themselves, not because they confer any outward label, standard, or value attached by society. Nor are end goals undertaken for the purpose
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when means goals become your focus, you miss the point.
“A good goal should scare you a little and excite you a lot.” Scary and exciting are two beautiful feelings that good end goals often bring out.
Scary is a good thing because it means you’re pushing your boundaries—that’s how you take steps toward the extraordinary. Excitement signifies that your goal is genuinely close to your heart—not something you’re doing...
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When most of your friends are your business partners or employees and you dislike your work, friendships suffer, too.
Something interesting happens when you give your mind a clear vision.
your mind will find a way to bring it to you.
the human mind, driven by an exciting vision, can be an amazing force for change.
End goals help you step off the treadmill of the ordinary and get on a trajectory toward the extraordinary.
don’t choose a career, lest you end up in a mind-numbing occupation. Nor should you just declare that you want to be an entrepreneur—lest you turn into a stressed out, bored one. Instead, think of your end goals and let your career or creation find you.
Means goals don’t stand alone but are stepping-stones to something else.
Does your goal have a “so” attached?
Many means goals are cleverly concealed Brules.
have consistent opportunities to learn and grow,
END GOALS ARE ABOUT FOLLOWING YOUR HEART. Time flies when you’re pursuing them. You may work hard toward these goals, but you feel it’s worth it. They remind you of how fantastic it is to be human. When you’re working on an end goal, it doesn’t feel like “work.” You could be doing it for hours on end, but it genuinely makes you happy or gives you meaning. You don’t need to step away to get “recharged.” Working on the end goal itself recharges you—it doesn’t drain you.
they are not end goals UNLESS you’re happy AS you’re pursuing them—in
