Personal Growth

Habits To Stop Right Now

Personal Growth / 26 May, 2020 / Leave a Comment

1. perfection

Stop waiting for perfection. Take Action (only practice makes “perfect”).

2. Doubt

Stop doubting yourself: Say “Yes” to your dreams (you learn as you go).

3. Procrastination

Stop procrastinating: Don’t sabotage yourself (if you need motivation you might not be doing the right thing).

More here: https://zimplyzen.com/toxic-habits

Humility

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Humility is radical honesty from a position of others-centeredness (compared to being self-centered). It’s the ability to see yourself with complete clarity from a detached outside position. Humility, therefore, means seeing both your weaknesses and your strengths clearly and unobstructed.

How Your Mind Works

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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.