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How to find inspiration in everyday life
How to stay motivated
How to cultivate a positive mindset
Implementation intentions
It involves developing if-then strategies for things that may not go as well as hoped as you work to achieve your goals.
With these in place, you’re ready to “improvise” — in quotes because you’ve actually planned out your response in advance — as need be and keep moving forward.
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Mental contrasting
It involves attaching positive thinking to realistic goals.
This approach also connects positive thinking to a realistic assessment of one’s possibilities, an awareness of obstacles is inevitable, and that leads to a second aspect of successful mental contrasting.
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Mental attainment
There is a correlation between positive thinking and ineffective performance, because expectations of a successful outcome demonstrably relaxes a person so much that they lack the energy to achieve the desired outcome.
When you pretend you’ve achieved something you want, the brain th...
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The WOOP method
It stands for Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan and is a practical system to help you turn wishful thinking into reality.
Write down your wish, outcome, obstacle, and plan to make it concrete.
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Implementation intentions
Create a planned “if-then”response every time you’re either triggered or tempted to do something you don’t want to do.
This can lead to better goal attainment, as well as help in habit and behavior modification.
If you want to make a change
- Find out what motivates you and use it to your advantage. If you are not motivated to reach your goal, then nothing else matters because you won’t finish.
- Make goals and meet them. Monthly goals to make sure you are on track to meet your main goal, a...
Tactical breathing
Is a technique to use when you feel yourself having a fight-or-flight response. It involves all your breathing muscles–from chest to belly.
- Place your right hand on your belly, pushing out with a big exhale. Then breathe in through your nostrils, slowly drawing the breath...
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