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How to prioritize and simplify your life
The importance of rest and relaxation
The benefits of slowing down
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Abraham Lincoln
You are the one who can turn that frown upside down. No one else can do it for you. If you feel like trash right now because your dog bit you, you can make yourself feel great . But if you feel trashy a day after your dog bite, you might want to get checked for rabies…
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The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
Confucius
Any lesson on fear, anxiety, growth, and human evolution teaches you to expand your comfort zone. I like to use my feelings of discomfort as a flag of growth. Do the same. Know that by stepping outsi...
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Not what we have but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
Epicurus
Take a break, have fun. I don’t know how books can be written on this idea alone. I’ve said enough.
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Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
Oprah Winfrey
Move your focus out of the past to stop worry and out of the future to stop anxiety. With presence comes a calm collection of thoughts and feelings. Eckhart Tolle’s
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
Socrates
The self-help tip is also taught as being grateful for what you have. In every problem is an opportunity. When there is a crest, nearby is a peak. I doubt you can attribute that quote to me, bu...
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Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating… too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.
John Wooden
Simple and effective. It just makes sense that by modelling a person’s actions you become like them. The sel...
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You may delay, but time will not.
Benjamin Franklin
So procrastination is bad. Hmm, really? Bet you never heard that before. Set goals, create a to-do list, skip activities that add no value, then work on what matters to get what you want.
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If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it!
Jonathan Winters
When you step up in your life by taking responsibility for what you potentially influence, great things happen. You are responsible for sitting at home on your computer wallowing in self-pity. You are the reason for ...
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Always remember you’re unique, just like everyone else.
Alison Boulter
You are special. Sounds corny to me. I prefer to hear about pixies and unicorns. What I teach that you may find more helpful is to create self-to-self comparisons rather than self-to-other comparisons. This means c...
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Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
W. Clement Stone
Replace negative self-talk with chat that benefits you. Change “I can’t do this” to “I can do this”. Action then good feelings flow from empowering self-talk. I like Theodore Bryant’s take on positive self-talk in his boo...
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A third point to consider when taking in self-help is common knowledge often gets passed down generations because it has repeatedly benefited earlier generations. Then again, I could be wrong. It is possible we just believe the psychological equivalent of the world is flat.
Consider a fourt...
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Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.
Jonathan Swift
Visualization is a commonly recommended technique with positive self-talk. It is becoming increasingly popular in therapy as psychologists use imagery to not only work through problems, but change behavior. The b...
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Marcus Aurelius
If you want something, become what you want. Similarly, the law of attraction says we attract what we think about. Visualize your desired reality to bring it to fruition. The popular self-improvement tip has been around for centur...
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You now know what you’d remember from reading 158,000 self-help books. Should you never read one again?
Consider this: “People often say that motivation doesn’t last.” said the late motivational speaker Zig Ziglar. “Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.”
Not o...
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