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How To Become More Intelligent (According to Einstein)
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Parent-child relationships
One of the most fundamental components of making a positive change in your life is developing a healthy relationship with your parents — whether they are alive or not.
Suppressed emotions and trauma lead people to unhealthy and addictive cycles.
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The relationship with your body
Does your body control you, or do you control your body? For most people, the body is completely in control.
One of the most basic and well-tested methods for regaining control of your mind and body is through fasting: from foods, from technology or from routine environments.
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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Nelson Mandela
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Information and predictions
Our brains assimilate information for the purpose of prediction.
Being able to predict how our behavior will lead to outcomes is one of the most important goals of our brains. And prediction errors are exactly what you want to experience more of if you want a lifetime of growth.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Dan Sullivan
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Measure the gain
... instead of the gap. It is a far more powerful process.
It’s very important that you take time to examine and measure where you are from where you’ve been. When you do this, there are a host of psychological benefits: enormous amounts of gratitude and appreciation into your life.
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Intelligence is applied understanding
It’s far more powerful than base knowledge. There are lots of people who have information in their heads.
But wisdom and intelligence is the proper application of knowledge.
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New Year Resolutions that Stick
Whether it is a resolution to lose weight, to do more exercise, or to consume less sugar, we all have encountered hardships trying to stick with them.
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One Thing At A Time
Making resolutions requires no effort, but if we decide to suddenly shift towards improving too many of our behaviors at once, it can backfire.
Focus on one thing that you want to change, at a time, and commit to it.
What You Can Control
You may not be able to change the external circumstances, stressful situations, or work environment. What you can do is control how you react to negative forces and stressful situations.
For example: If you get unhealthy food at your home, you can control how or when you eat it.
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A CHAOTIC Way To Lead in CHAOS
The CHAOTIC Leadership Model is a set of principles that enable us to perform despite the chaos around us. The acronym stands for:
- Control what you can
- Honesty with yourself ...
Control What You Can
Chaos and uncertainty make us want to shut down and become disengaged.
The idea of staying calm and focusing on what you can control keeps us engaged and aimed towards a possible solution.
Act, Don't React
Acting or responding to a situation is always better than mindless reaction, which itself leads to further chaos.
Taking action, even if it is a small asserting of control, keeps us moving forward.
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Defining your career
If you focus exclusively on improving your skills and your impact on your organiz...
Treat your manager as a coach
A good manager’s job is to help you and the rest of your team get better results. So it would be logical that she should be invested in your career. When you do better, then by extension, she does better.
Hence, your manager should be on your side, who wants you to succeed, and who is willing to spend a good deal of time and energy to help you do that.
See yourself succeeding
There is research that shows if you can create a clear visualization of yourself achieving the outcome you want, you prime yourself to act in a way that is consistent with what you imagine.