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Cultivating self-awareness and self-reflection
Prioritizing and setting boundaries for self-care
Practicing mindfulness and presence
Drifting aimlessly without a goal
74% of people in America don't like what they're doing because they just follow aimlessly, drifting around. Then they fill the first job opening they can get but their work is a chore and not a joy.
Only a quarter of people really enjoy what they're doing in life.
When you have a goal, everything becomes easy. You will do what it takes to reach that goal. Visualising your goal and going after it makes it fun.
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Have a vision
The first rule of success is to have a vision. Without a goal, you will drift around and never get anywhere.
When Arnold Schwarzenegger was 11 years old, he walked past a store and saw a magazine with Reg Park on the cover. Reg Park was then a three-time Mr Universe. Arnold knew this wa...
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Don't listen to the naysayers
Nelson Mandela once said that everything is impossible until someone does it.
If you have naysayers who say what you want to do is impossible, show them that you can do it. Maybe it's never been done before, but that is fine. Put in the hard work and don't listen to the naysayers.
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A Routine Life
If all joy is sucked out of an activity, it becomes a boring, monotonous robotic job that many of us are stuck with, or have experienced in the past.
A routine life where all activities, belief systems and responses are automated becomes a dead life. If one is doing a job ...
Thinking of happines as an endpoint
Happiness isn't a goal you can simply reach and be done with. It is a constant pursuit that requires continual nurturing and sustenance.
One study found that people who tend to value happiness most also tended to feel the least satisfied with their lives. Essentially, happiness becomes such...
A story does 2 powerful things to persuade
- It removes direct confrontation: you’re laying out a scenario for people to follow
- It forces the listener to take part in the story: they will place themselves in the story and see themselves doing what the successful person in the story did. ...
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