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How Your Mind Works

Personal Growth / 26 May, 2020 / Leave a Comment

The rules of your psyche

  • Your mind wants to turn towards what is familiar and avoid what’s unfamiliar
  • Your mind is hardwired to move towards pleasure and move away from pain
  • Whatever you focus on, you will get more of
  • First you make your beliefs, then your beliefs make you
  • Your mind does what it thinks is in your best interest
  • Our strongest unconscious force is that we must act in a way that matches our thinking
  • Your thoughts are a set of “rules” that your mind and body try to make your reality

your action plan

  1. If you want to succeed you have to make what is familiar unfamiliar and vice versa
  2. Communicate clearly with your mind to get what you want
  3. All your feelings come down to the pictures you make in your head and the words you say to yourself

From a talk by Therapist & Behavioural Expert Marisa Peer

Usefulness Over Happiness

Personal Growth / 26 May, 2020 / Leave a Comment

A few beautiful ways to be useful today

  • Help your boss with something that’s not your responsibility
  • Take your mother to a spa
  • Create a collage with pictures (not a digital one) for your spouse
  • Write an article about the stuff you learned in life
  • Help the pregnant lady who also has a 2-year old with her stroller
  • Call a friend and ask if you can help with something
  • Build a standing desk

“The Purpose Of Life Is Not Happiness: It’s Usefulness” – Article by Darius Foroux on medium.com.

The Ultimate Sunday Action Plan For Fulfillment And Relaxation

Personal Growth / 26 May, 2020 / Leave a Comment
  1. Feel gratitude for another week of life.
  2. Celebrate what you did.
  3. Reflect on what you learned.
  4. Prepare healthy snacks (nuts, cut veggies, boiled eggs).
  5. Look ahead to what’s next (any birthdays, meetings or events)?
  6. Block out time for top priorities (including your workouts).
  7. Set your Monday agenda & To-Dos.
  8. Tidy up (electronically & physically).
  9. Relax and recharge.

By Marie Forleo

3 Healthy Lifestyle Hacks

Health / 26 May, 2020 / Leave a Comment

1. Healthy breakfast

  • Whole foods only: Little carbs, lots of protein (e.g. nuts, quark or eggs) and high in natural fats
  • Always have the same breakfast every day; have all ingredients at home at all times
  • Prep your breakfast ingredients the night before

2. Grounding

  • Walk barefoot if you can/dare
  • Spend time in Nature for at least 10 minutes every day
  • Get out of the building as much as you can (sit outside for your lunch break, walk to the grocery store)
  • Connect to earth’s natural elements (build a fire, have plants in your home. spend time by a water source or fountain)

3. Digital Detox

  • Turn WiFi off at night
  • Avoid all screens for the first and last hour of your day
  • Keep mobile devices far away from your body (set them in a different room while working, use headset for phone calls)
  • Track your digital device usage (e.g. Screentime on iPhone, Digital Wellbeing for Android or Moment)
  • plan activities that don’t leave room for digital engagement (e.g. fitness/yoga class or bike riding)