<ul><li>A vision board can also help you to increase understanding of what you want and how you want to get there.</li><li>Vision boards provide you with a daily visual reminder of your dreams and goals. </li><li> They can be big or small, public or private, but they are inherently personal in nature.</li><li>Vision boards will get you all fired up emotionally. .</li></ul>

Why To Make A Vision Board

Take a moment of self-reflection and figure out what’s most important to you, says Larry. Think about the one or two segments of your life you really want to change and focus on the words those sectors bring to mind. Then, decide if your vision board should represent short-term or long-term change.

consider what matters most to you.

It's time to hunt through your old stashes for visual representations of your goal. Or, you can always print images you see on Pinterest and Instagram.If you want to make improvements to your kitchen, for example, you can clip a picture of a home that inspires you. Or, perhaps you'd like to finally take a vacation day. In that case, find yourself a palm tree pic and some glue.Simply you can also use online images.

get out your magazines.

Think of your vision board as a living thing—rip things off, add things, or start from scratch if you're so inclined. And be open to variations of what you want to achieve. For example, if your goal is to go vegan, don't beat yourself up if you're more of a vegetarian after six months or so.

 don't be afraid to make updates...  

The trick is to make sure any words you use are short and the images you choose are vivid, attractive, and glossy, so your vision board regularly catches your eye

put your vision board,  somewhere you can see it.

Speak it into existence: Patel notes that one powerful way to use your board for manifesting is to look at it as you list the things you want to create in your life out loud.Leave some spaces open: By leaving a little open space on our board, you'll leave room for the things you want to attract.Let your board inspire action: As the law of attraction explains, simply visualizing your goal isn't enough—you need to take action too! Let the board serve as a reminder to take small steps toward your goals regularly.

How to use your vision board.

As time goes on and your goals evolve, your board will absolutely need the occasional refresher. How often you spruce yours up and how much you change about it is up to you. Perhaps you're craving a total revamp, or maybe you just want to swap out a few images and quotes or affirmations.Again, as with anything related to the law of attraction, you'll need to take action in achieving your goals. But with the help of your newly crafted vision board providing daily inspiration, you'll be one step closer to manifesting anything it is you're looking for.

 How often does it need to be updated?

This can consist of many things such as pictures, favorite quotes, memories/memorabilia, postcards or cards, and more.Here are some examplesYou alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anyone.To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.If a flower can flourish in the desert you can flourish anywhereI trust the universe to bring me everything in the right time.

Put Ideas On Your Board That Inspires You

You should never burden yourself.Free yourself from the burden of feeling the need to hold on to anything. Let go… you are a part of everything.It's okay<ul><li>To make mistakes</li><li>To have bad days</li><li>To be less than perfect</li><li>To be yourself</li><li>To do what's best for you.</li></ul>

Don't Burdern Yourself

Vision boards provide you with a daily visual reminder of your dreams and goals. The reason that vision boards work so great is because you visually see them every day. Visualization is one of the most popular and effective mind workouts that you can do.

A vision board is one of the best tools to help you achieve your goals and manifest your dreams. Here's how to make one and where to put it.

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How to Make a Vision Board That Actually Works

To be creative, in the most simplest sense, means to use one’s imagination to create something. When we speak of ‘creating something’ it is often thought as creating something new and original, something that has never been made, something truly mind boggling and innovative. While all this might be true in some instances, it is not true for all creatives out there. Most creative ideas are about making new connections between old ideas in order to creating something different.

What does it mean to be creative?

Creativity is about using old methods in newer ways to find solutions for problems or making things using new connections between old ideas.With the ever consistent change in reality, new and improvised creative ideas are more and more welcome and we tend to see a lot of these in mainstream media too. All those ‘gadgets’ and ‘hacks’ we see around us that are bound to make life easier are all a result of somebody’s creative thoughts.

It is often said that creative people are born as such and that it us something inherited. While it may hold true , there is a certain level of creativity that everyone is born with, it just needs the right push to come out fierce and strong. For each individual to show off their creative side all they need is the right guidance and the proper environment to raise that creativity to reach their true creative potential. Know that almost everybody’s hidden creative side can be pulled out to shine in it’s own unique ways and that creativity is different for all.

What do I need to be creative?

Scientifically speaking, there are a few cognitive skills that you’ll need to develop in order to have the most efficient creative thinking.<ul><li>The ability to generate new ideas – be it original or from combining old ideas to create something better.</li><li>The ability to retain things in memory and easily go back to things in memory. To reach back to stored or old information – at the right place and time.</li><li>The ability to interpret ideas from one’s own experiences and associations by being attentive and present in each moment.</li></ul>

<ul><li>with the everyday stresses and troubles of life creativity is like a gateway to mini paradise. A place where you can be away from your problems and create things that make you happy. It allows one to step away from existing train of thought, do something different and come back to the problem with a clear head.</li><li>creativity allows one to look within themselves – it provides a window to peek within ourselves and find out exactly what we want and don’t want in life. It’s the best way to learn ourselves and develop a better relationship with ourselves.</li></ul>

Why do I need to be creative? 

1) stop judging your own creative ideas. Give yourself the permission to do what you love and laugh off the mistakes you make along the way. 2) instead of simply brainstorming, thinking and planning your creative visions, actually make something! Put the fear of uncertainty behind you and get to work – create! 3) give yourself enough time to create something, but stick to a schedule. Letting yourself too much time for something will only lead to procrastination and delay. 4) churn out as many ideas as you can. It doesn’t matter if they’re good or bad – think of new things and don’t hesitate to put it out. Remember, the best ideas often hide between the most mediocre ones. 5) put your ideas out infront of people. It may feel daunting and scary to take that stand but showing your work infront of people holds you accountable for it and helps gain new perspective.

1) stop judging your own creative ideas. Give yourself the permission to do what you love and laugh off the mistakes you make along the way.2) instead of simply brainstorming, thinking and planning your creative visions, actually make something! Put the fear of uncertainty behind you and get to work – create!3) give yourself enough time to create something, but stick to a schedule. Letting yourself too much time for something will only lead to procrastination and delay.

How To Be Creative 

4) churn out as many ideas as you can. It doesn’t matter if they’re good or bad – think of new things and don’t hesitate to put it out. Remember, the best ideas often hide between the most mediocre ones.5) put your ideas out infront of people. It may feel daunting and scary to take that stand but showing your work infront of people holds you accountable for it and helps gain new perspective.

You won’t always get hit by a lightning bolt and get the Eureka moment that will lead to crazy breakthroughs. Sometimes inspiration won’t hit you in the most magnificent ways, instead, it can be something as small as a ladybug on a blade of grass. You need to be able to have a broad mindset and see things differently.

Inspiration 

Creativity is not something you can randomly pick up whenever you want and drop whenever you feel like. To excel at creativity and reaching to your level best, you need to be consistent. Creativity is about constantly coming up with new ideas, improvising and re- building things. To reach a “flow” state in creativity you will have to be consistent.

Getting In Flow

Creativity requires the best minds and the best of minds. While being a creative does mean that collaborating with the best minds around you is essential, allowing the best of your own mind to come forward is also of equal importance. Bringing out the best in you will require solitude and being alone with your own thoughts and ideas. Remember, the best creative minds tend to be introverts and spend their time with themselves while also valuing the response and ideas from the people around them.

Solo Or Team

“Creativity involves breaking out of expected patterns in order to look at things in a different way.”

Bending rules and going outside the box, seeing things in ways never seen before, looking within yourself and at the world around. Time to shine some light on creativity.. 

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On Creativity - Love.Peace.Happiness.

Most of us know that money isn’t the key to happiness.<ul><li>But how do you reach true happiness? </li><li>How do you build just enough wealth to stay happy? </li></ul>These are two different things.Money can help you enjoy a more luxurious lifestyle. But it’s not the same as happiness. It’s not the same as being truly fulfilled.Wealth has a lot to do with our social connections, sense of meaning and purpose, and opportunities to grow as human beings but it’s not enough for a meaningful, fulfilling, and happy life.

Of Happiness And Wealth

You can be wealthy and happy at the same time, but that requires a healthy dose of wisdom to understand the many factors that make life worth living outside of wealth.If you want to be happy, wealthy, and fulfilled in life, you need to understand and follow the basic principles of positive psychology — not just the principles of economics.

Not Just Economics

It’s senseless to have money as your goal as money has no intrinsic value — its value comes from what it can buy, and it can’t buy everything. It’s smarter to start with what you really want, which are your real goals, and then work back to what you need to attain them.

Wanting Money For Money's Sake

To build a meaningful and happy life, you can start from what makes you miserable and work your way up. Get to the bottom of your misery and do more of what brings out the best in you.<ul><li>Spend more time with the people who make you come alive. </li><li>Pursue things you deeply care about: work or projects that guarantee flow.</li></ul>Flow: a mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.

Wealth Is People And Freedom

“The more money you have, the happier you’ll be” is flawed logic.It’s also incredibly naive. Wealthy people, in particular, tend to be very focused on their possessions, which means they often have a very skewed view of the world.They can’t say their wealth entirely makes them happy. Many wealthy people are miserable.

The Impact of Money On Our Happiness

<ul><li> If you ask researchers from Princeton University who studied the impact of income on happiness, they will tell you that you need to earn at least $75,000 a year to be happy.</li><li>If you ask the average person in the street, the consensus is that you need to have a house, a car, and a reliable phone signal to be happy.</li><li>The consensus is that you need to have friends and family who love you and value your company to be happy.</li></ul>

Happiness Is Subjective

You also need to have a passion for your work to be happy — if you don’t find fulfilment at work, find something outside work that fills the happiness gap (a creative project or activity you enjoy or that relaxes you can help you find flow or creative pleasure).<ul><li>The pursuit of meaningful work, happiness, and wealth is deeply personal. What makes you happy may not guarantee life satisfaction for another.</li><li>Some people value family, others friends, and others work. Some prioritize their faith, others their hobbies, and others their personal development.</li></ul>

The Pursuit Of Happiness

Happiness is within everyone’s grasp: if only we can get back to basics and focus on our real and practical values and goals.Remember that most people are happiest when they are improving and doing the things that suit them naturally and help them advance.We frequently worry about where our next paycheck is going to come from. However, for many people, finances aren’t the top priority in their lives. That doesn’t mean that you can’t work hard and have a happy life.If you have a positive outlook on life, you can make friends and find happiness in even difficult situations.

Getting Happier Is Within Reach

The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.

<ul><li>Your happiness doesn’t depend solely on how much you accumulate. It helps but to a certain extent.</li><li> We need enough to cover our basic needs, and a rising salary can impact our wellbeing, but we also need to remember the positive effects of generosity and building relationships.</li><li>Find your income bar and commit to other things, activities, and experiences that bring out the best in you.</li></ul>

The Bottom Line

Poverty causes misery. Wealth isn’t the key to happiness. More money doesn’t equal more happiness. So what exactly makes life worth living? How happy are those who have more money than others? And…

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The Psychology of Wealth And Happiness: Lessons From Adam Smith And Ray Dalio

Conceal Your Intentions Don't showcase your entire game plan. Some things are best when kept secret. Keep working hard in silence and let the results stun the spectators.

Actions over arguments Strong and smart people do things to win. Weak and dumb people keep verbally abusing everyone all the time thinking that they are becoming stronger by putting others down. Your words don't mean horsesh!t if you don't back it up with actions.

People are selfish Yes. Everyone no matter how saintly they appear to be are selfish at the end of the day including you. And that's not a bad thing at all. But at the same time you need to be aware of this fact to make better decisions for yourself.

Never put too much trust in friends There's an old saying, "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." You might never know exactly how your friends truly feel. Keep friends for friendship but work with the experienced and qualified.

Make other people come to you This is a simple rule of life. The one who's in power never goes into someone else's territory. Lure others into your territory and you will have the upper hand.

Use absence to increase strength and honor The straightforward rule of supply and demand. The more the supply, the lesser will be its demand and vice versa. The more you are seen and heard of, The more they take you for granted. Create value through scarcity.

Always say less than necessary The famous Shakespeare quote, "Have more than you show Speak less than you know." You can never be too careful. Once your words exit your mouth you can never take them back. Keep them under control.

Never outshine the master As tempted as you might feel to zoom past your masters and show them that you became better than them... It's actually a mistake when it comes to power. Don't take your position for granted.

Understand yourself and those around you.

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11 laws of psychological power

Children who experienced often faced anxiety, as a result their body produce stress hormones.If this happens alot, these hormones become toxic for developing brain.

The Neglect Theory

Leads to:<ul><li>Lower IQ server</li><li>Delayed language development</li><li>Lack of creative thinking.</li></ul>Because our brain build connections with every new experiences and stimulation. If there are no rich experience, during the first year of life – the period in which the brain develops the fastest – children are not able to build foundation necessary for optimal future learning.They miss out for life.

1. Cognitive Neglect

Most often suffer from...<ul><li>Stunted growth</li><li>Some contradicted with HIV</li><li>Hepatitis B</li></ul>As a result of reusing medical supplies.

2. Physical Neglect 

Leads to...<ul><li>An excessive production of the stress hormones (known as adrenaline and cortisol), like poison for developing brain.</li><li>Distorted the understanding of physical love and relationships.</li><li>Done to trust nobody.</li><li>Dipression, insomnia and social anxiety.</li></ul>

3. Emotional Neglect 

If you experienced any form of neglect, try to intimidate the idea that " it was never your fault and maybe not even your parents fault either. "

How You Can Deal?

If you dealing with negligence, how you can consider yourself in that situation?, how you can deal with that form?

Children who experience physical, cognitive or emotional neglect, often face anxiety. As a result, their body produces stress hormones. If this happens a lot, these hormones become toxic for their developing brain, which then later can repress emotional and cognitive well-being for life. Non profit of Daniel Rucareanu: https://www.facebook.com/federeii/ TREATMENTS If a child is used to suppressing their emotions, because of neglect, it may be difficult to recognize and experience them in a healthy way. Therapists and mental health professionals can help both children and adults learn to identify, accept, and express their emotions in a healthful manner. These treatment options include: 1. Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT): CBT aims to explain to you what's going on inside your brain and how to cope with irrational feelings or fears. 2. The Hoffman Process: This 7-8 day's guided process, designed to bring participants back into their childhood to reconnect with their parents and make peace. 3. Family therapy: If a child is being emotionally neglected at home, family therapy can help both the parents and the child. 4. Parenting classes: Parents who neglect their child’s emotional needs could benefit from parenting classes. 5. Psychoanalysis: The aim of psychoanalysis therapy is to release repressed emotions and experiences, i.e., make the unconscious conscious. SUPPORT us to help raise awareness about neglected children and other important topics https://www.patreon.com/sprouts 🐦: DOWNLOAD video without ads and background music 🤫: https://sproutsschools.com/video-lessons/ SIGN UP to our mailing list and never miss a new video from us 🔔: http://eepurl.com/dNU4BQ SOURCES and teaching resources 🎓: https://sproutsschools.com/neglect-the-lives-of-the-forgotten-children/ VISIT our website : www.sproutsschools.com CONTRIBUTE by upvoting your favourite topic or suggesting new ones : https://sprouts.featureupvote.com/ THANKS to our patrons This video was made with the support of our Patrons: Johan Klassen, Angela, Wolfgang Vullhorst, Reynir Örn Bachmann Guðmundsson, Daniel Kapuschinsky, Jonathan Schwarz, Margaret Grace, Bob Wilkerson, Stephen, María, Raymond Fujioka, Hal Beltran, Susan Schuster, Deepak Kamlesh, Margaret Grace, Jonathan Schwarz, Shao Xiang, Denis Kraus, Judy Roland, Bettina Kind, Gatsby Dkdc, Enrique Arellano Farias, Vishruth Harithsa, Nancy Bueffler, Adam G, Tetiana Gerasymova, Raman Srivastava, Daniel Kramer, David Markham, Marq Short, Scripz, Muhammad Humayun, Ginger, Tsungren Yang, Esther Chiang, Badrah, Cedric Wang, Broke, Jeffrey Cassianna, Sergei Kukhariev, Andrea Basilio Rava, kritik bhimani, Don Bone, John Zhang, Mathis Nu and all the others.Thank you! To join them visit www.patreon.com/sprouts COLLABORATORS Script: Jonas Koblin and Wave Vasiksiri Artist: Pascal Gaggelli Voice: Matt Abbott Coloring: Nalin Editing: Peera Lertsukittipongsa Creative Design: Selina Bador Production: Bianka Proofreading: Susan Sound Design: Miguel Ojeda Special thanks to our follower Wave Vasiksiri for suggesting the topic and collaborating on this script. SOUNDTRACKS Toys Are Alive - Studio Le Bus Here Come The Raindrops - Reed Mathis DIG DEEPER with these top videos, games and resources: Learn about The Attachment Theory: How Childhood Affects Life. Our video on the topic is a great start. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjOowWxOXCg&t=2s Do the still face experience with a baby or learn about it on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apzXGEbZht0 SOURCES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_orphans https://www.ironcurtainproject.eu/en/stories/the-battle-of-ceausescus-children/ Zeanah, C. H. et al., 2005. Attachment in Institutionalized and Community Children in Romania. Society for Research in Child Development, Volume 76, pp. 1015-1028 Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, M. P. C. M. L. & Juffer, F., 2008. IQ of Children Growing Up in Children's Homes: A Meta-Analysis on IQ Delays in Orphanages. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Volume 54, pp. 341-366 https://www.ironcurtainproject.eu/en/stories/the-battle-of-ceausescus-children/; https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-12-28/half-million-kids-survived-romanias-slaughterhouses-souls-now-they-want-justice. Nelson, C.A., Zeanah, C.H., Fox, N.A., Marshall, P. J., Smyke, A.T., & Guthrie, D. (2007). Cognitive recovery in socially deprived young children: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project. Science, 318(5858), 1937-1940. PMID: 18096809 https://www.childpact.org/2015/05/06/the-former-institutionalised-children-of-romania-come-together-to-investigate-the-abuses-of-ceausescus-orphanages http://donellameadows.org/archives/ceausescus-longest-lasting-legacy-the-cohort-of-67 https://adoption.org/many-orphans-worldwide CHAPTERS 00:00 Neglect Theory 00:40 Daniel Rucareanu's story 01:33 Cognitive Neglect 02:29 Physical Neglect 03:10 Emotional Neglect 05:10 Ending

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Love & Relationships

Children who experience physical, cognitive or emotional neglect, often face anxiety. As a result, their body produces stress hormones. If this happens a lot, these hormones become toxic for their developing brain, which then later can repress emotional and cognitive well-being for life.

Non profit of Daniel Rucareanu: https://www.facebook.com/federeii/

TREATMENTS
If a child is used to suppressing their emotions, because of neglect, it may be difficult to recognize and experience them in a healthy way. Therapists and mental health professionals can help both children and adults learn to identify, accept, and express their emotions in a healthful manner. These treatment options include:
1. Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT): CBT aims to explain to you what's going on inside your brain and how to cope with irrational feelings or fears.
2. The Hoffman Process: This 7-8 day's guided process, designed to bring participants back into their childhood to reconnect with their parents and make peace. 
3. Family therapy: If a child is being emotionally neglected at home, family therapy can help both the parents and the child.
4. Parenting classes: Parents who neglect their child’s emotional needs could benefit from parenting classes.
5. Psychoanalysis: The aim of psychoanalysis therapy is to release repressed emotions and experiences, i.e., make the unconscious conscious.

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THANKS to our patrons 
This video was made with the support of our Patrons: Johan Klassen, Angela, 
Wolfgang Vullhorst, Reynir Örn Bachmann Guðmundsson, Daniel Kapuschinsky, 
Jonathan Schwarz, Margaret Grace, Bob Wilkerson, Stephen, María, Raymond Fujioka, Hal Beltran, Susan Schuster, Deepak Kamlesh, Margaret Grace, Jonathan Schwarz, Shao Xiang, Denis Kraus, Judy Roland, Bettina Kind, Gatsby Dkdc, Enrique Arellano Farias, Vishruth Harithsa, Nancy Bueffler, Adam G, Tetiana Gerasymova, Raman Srivastava, Daniel Kramer, David Markham, Marq Short, Scripz, Muhammad Humayun, Ginger, Tsungren Yang, Esther Chiang, Badrah, Cedric Wang, Broke, Jeffrey Cassianna, Sergei Kukhariev, Andrea Basilio Rava, kritik bhimani, Don Bone, John Zhang, Mathis Nu and all the others.Thank you! To join them visit www.patreon.com/sprouts 

COLLABORATORS
Script: Jonas Koblin and Wave Vasiksiri
Artist: Pascal Gaggelli
Voice: Matt Abbott
Coloring: Nalin
Editing: Peera Lertsukittipongsa
Creative Design: Selina Bador
Production: Bianka
Proofreading: Susan
Sound Design: Miguel Ojeda

Special thanks to our follower Wave Vasiksiri for suggesting the topic and collaborating on this script.

SOUNDTRACKS
Toys Are Alive - Studio Le Bus 
Here Come The Raindrops - Reed Mathis

DIG DEEPER with these top videos, games and resources:
Learn about The Attachment Theory: How Childhood Affects Life. Our video on the topic is a great start. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjOowWxOXCg&t=2s 
Do the still face experience with a baby or learn about it on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apzXGEbZht0

SOURCES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_orphans

https://www.ironcurtainproject.eu/en/stories/the-battle-of-ceausescus-children/

Zeanah, C. H. et al., 2005. Attachment in Institutionalized and Community Children in Romania. Society for Research in Child Development, Volume 76, pp. 1015-1028

Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, M. P. C. M. L. & Juffer, F., 2008. IQ of Children Growing Up in Children's Homes: A Meta-Analysis on IQ Delays in Orphanages. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Volume 54, pp. 341-366

https://www.ironcurtainproject.eu/en/stories/the-battle-of-ceausescus-children/; 

https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-12-28/half-million-kids-survived-romanias-slaughterhouses-souls-now-they-want-justice.

Nelson, C.A., Zeanah, C.H., Fox, N.A., Marshall, P. J., Smyke, A.T., & Guthrie, D. (2007). Cognitive recovery in socially deprived young children: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project. Science, 318(5858), 1937-1940. PMID: 18096809

https://www.childpact.org/2015/05/06/the-former-institutionalised-children-of-romania-come-together-to-investigate-the-abuses-of-ceausescus-orphanages

http://donellameadows.org/archives/ceausescus-longest-lasting-legacy-the-cohort-of-67

https://adoption.org/many-orphans-worldwide 


CHAPTERS
00:00 Neglect Theory
00:40 Daniel Rucareanu's story
01:33 Cognitive Neglect
02:29 Physical Neglect
03:10 Emotional Neglect
05:10 Ending

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Neglect & Trauma: The Lives of the Forgotten Children

We all have a natural quality called mindfulness. It’s available to us in every moment if we take the time to appreciate it. Practicing mindfulness is practicing the art of creating space for ourselves—space to think, space to breathe, space between ourselves and our reactions.

What Is Mindfulness 

<ol><li class="ql-align-justify">You don't need to buy anything </li><li class="ql-align-justify">It is impossible to quiet your mind</li><li class="ql-align-justify">You have to expect that your mind will wander. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Sometimes your judgy brain will try to take over. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">It’s all about returning your attention again and again to the present moment.  .</li></ol>

What You Need To Know Before Practicing Mindfulness 

While mindfulness might seem simple, it’s not necessarily all that easy. You have to make time every day to just keep doing it. Here are short steps to practice mindfulness

How Do You Practice Mindfulness

Find a place to sit where you can feel calm with no distractions.

Take A Seat

If you’re just beginning, it can help to choose a short time, such as 5 or 10 minutes.

Set a time limit.  

You can sit in a chair with your feet on the floor, you can sit loosely cross-legged, in lotus posture, you can kneel—all are fine. Just make sure you are stable and in a position you can stay in for a while.

Notice Your Body

Follow the sensation of your breath as it goes out and as it goes in.

Feel Your Breath 

Inevitably, your attention will leave the sensations of the breath and wander to other places. When you get around to noticing this—in a few seconds, a minute, five minutes—simply return your attention to the breath.

Notice When Your Mind Has Wandered

Don’t judge yourself or obsess over the content of the thoughts you find yourself lost in. Just come back.

Be Kind To Your Wandering Mind

Becoming more aware of where you are and what you’re doing, without becoming overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around you.

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How to Practice Mindfulness - Mindful

Once you know what you want to achieve, you can set <a href="https://hotmart.com/en/blog/affiliates/how-to-set-goals">goals </a>more efficiently. Having well-established goals and tracking their progress is one of the best ways to increase your self-motivation. When setting goals, it’s a good idea to make sure that they’re <a href="https://hotmart.com/en/blog/smart-goals">SMART goals </a>. This means setting specific and measurable goals that are attainable, realistic and time-bound. But setting goals is not enough, you also need to track them and celebrate your achievements.

Set A Goal

Free yourself from ideas that can be seen as self-destructive or insulting. Don’t overwhelm your mind with negative thinking that does nothing but bring you down. Here are some tips that can help you think positive :<ol><li>Look for your own strengths; </li><li>Use positive self-talk. Adopt more positive language in your inner monologue. For example, instead of “I messed up and made another mistake”, you can say “that’s okay, I’ll do better next time!”; </li><li>Keep in touch with people who motivate you and avoid those who bring you down; </li><li>Trust in your ability to perform the tasks that were given to you. </li></ol>

Change the focus of what you’re thinking. 

Nobody wants to make mistakes, but we all do. Mistakes happen whether we want them to or not. And that’s fine! Making mistakes is healthy.  As an inevitable part of life, what matters most is how we deal with mistakes. They can get you down or they can be an opportunity to learn and improve. They’re how we’re able to figure out different ways to perform our tasks more efficiently. Ultimately, mistakes help us grow as people.  But to grow, you need to learn from your mistakes and embrace them!

Don’t be afraid to make mistakes

Desire and initiative are two essential characteristics of self-motivation. You need to wish to be motivated again and you need to try to change when you’re thinking about giving up. Learning something every day is a great tool to be self-motivated whenever it is necessary. The more information and knowledge we have about a topic, the more <a href="https://hotmart.com/en/blog/online-authority">authority </a>, and self-confidence we have. This makes that we truly believe in our potential and what we’re doing.

Learn something every day.

Do you feel demotivated and with no energy on your day-to-day? Check this post to boost your self-motivation!

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Self-Motivation: What To Do When You’re Demotivated [TIPS]

Snap out of those headaches and calm down by focusing your mind and attention on what is now, right here at this moment.For example:<ul><li>Focusing on your breathing. </li><li>Focus on what is around you at this time. </li></ul>

Step 1: Be Here Now

The quickest and easiest way to do so is to focus it on appreciating what you do have.<ul><li>A warm home and a roof over your head.</li><li>Plenty of drinkable water.</li><li>Not having to go hungry.</li><li>Access to the internet.</li><li>Your friends and family.</li></ul>

Step 2: Appreciate What You Do Have

You can do that by asking yourself:What is one small step I can take right now to improve this situation?It may be to see what you can learn from what frustrates you and to try another path towards your goal.

Step 3: Focus On What You Can Do Right Now

What can I do to reduce the frustration caused by this trigger?Talk it out (instead of keeping it bottled up). Make note of your triggers and see what you can do about them. What triggers your frustration?

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How can you be productive each day? With the right attitude and the right environment, you’ll find that it’s easier than you think to be productive. Keep these five productivity tips in mind each day, and soon you’ll find yourself being productive more often than not!

5 Ways to be productive for the day

Make a list of things you want to accomplish and prioritize them. If there are things you don’t want to do, delete them or move them down on your list until you’re satisfied. This is probably your most important step in being productive.

1.Prioritize your task

Focus on one thing at a time. Don’t worry about everything you have to do in your head. Make a checklist and tick off one thing after you finish it. This will help reduce procrastination, which can be really dangerous when you need to finish tasks.

2.Break your task into pieces

One of our most harmful productivity killers is multitasking. We think we’re saving time by doing multiple things at once, but in reality, we’re distracting ourselves from getting much done at all. If you find yourself struggling to focus on one task or are spending too much time switching back and forth between tasks, try only working on one thing at a time and focus solely on that activity until it’s completed.

3.Avoid Multitasking

Your phone, computer, and TV are distractions. There’s a time and place for each of these devices, but they can take away from real productivity. If you’re working on something big and important, turn them off or at least put them away in another room so you don’t constantly look at them when you want to focus. Make your home or office as distraction-free as possible by throwing out unnecessary clutter.

4.Eliminate distractions


Every now and then you’re going to need a break. It can be hard to know when to take a break, but after five or six hours of solid work you should probably give yourself a five-minute breather. Take that time away from your desk, walk around and do some stretches, think about something other than work. After that five minutes is up, get back on it!

5.Take a break

5 ways to help you achieve your productivity.

How can you be productive each day? With the right attitude and the right environment, you’ll find that it’s easier than you think to be productive. Keep these five productivity tips in mind each day, and soon you’ll find yourself being productive more often than not! 1.Prioritize your task Make a list of things you…

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“If you can get 1 percent better each day You will end up 37 times better by the time you’re done, if you get worst 1% every single day end up reaching nearly 0" • Small habits compound over time, and they are barely visible at beginning. Only after time they build into a powerful system.1.Design a system that will get you to where you want to be :Goals are good to set direction. The system is what will get you there.2.Make the system motivate you and give you happiness :The feeling you get when you achieve a goal is only momentary. focus on the system instead, you will enjoy entire process.

The Surprising power of atomic habits

“The goal is not to run a marathon, the goal is to become a runner.”
Your actions define who you are. To change your identity

1.Decide the type of person you want to be.
2.Prove it to yourself with small wins.

Your habits shape your identity     

Habits exist in order to help us do repetitive things automatically. 
Problem phase
 • Cue - the cue triggers the brain to a certain behavior, like you walk into dark room.
 • Craving - this is the motivation behind the habit, like you want to be able to see
Solution phase
 • Response - this is the action to perform, like you flip the light switch.
 • Reward - it has two purposes - to satisfy us and to teach us, like you satisfy your craving to see.

All habits are based on four simple steps  

• Make it obvious
 • Make it attractive
 • Make it easy
 • Make it satisfying

How To Create A Good Habits  

• Make it invisible
 • Make it unattractive
 • Make it difficult
 • Make it unsatisfying

How To Break A Bad Habits  

If you want to make a habit a big part of your life, make the cue a big part of your environment. • It’s not easy to read a book if the bookshelf is in the corner, It’s not easy to practice guitar if the guitar is in the closet. Our environment is very important to following good habits. The secret to self-control • One of the most practical ways to eliminate a bad habit is to reduce exposure to the cue that causes it. • you can remove the cues from your life, and the habit will not be triggered.

Environment matters more

Changing your outcome -it is about what you get, Like losing weight and publishing book
Changing your process - It is about what you do, Changing your habits and system
Changing your Identity - It Is about what you believe, Build identity based habit

Layers Of Behaviour Change  

We are so focused on figuring out the best approach that we never get around to taking action.
Planning vs taking action
 • Motion makes you feel like you're getting things done. but really, you're just preparing to get something done.
 • Most of the time we're just so confused on figuring out the best Approach that we never get around to taking action.
 • Planning is good, but it don't produce reasult.

Walk slowly, but never backward  

• simple habits should take less than two minutes and be easy to do. So instead of reading a chapter, read a page.
 • Automate the entry habit, and you will automate the whole activity.

The two-minute rule  

“A habit needs to be enjoyable for it to last.”
What is instantly rewarded is done again. what instantly punished is ditched
 • To get a habit to stick You need to feel Instantly successful, even if in a small way

The cardinal rule of behavior change  

• We will instinctively Choose the path That requires least amount of Work.
 • When friction is reduced, habit become easier.

The Law Of Least Effort

• Do something you really like right before a difficult habit
 • Habit are attractive when we associate with positive feelings and Hard when we associate with negative feelings
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Enjoy hard habits  

The human brain naturally loves challenges. And for something to be challenging, it cannot be too easy or too difficult.
If it’s too easy, we get bored very fast. If it’s too difficult, we lose our motivation

The Goldilocks rule: how to stay motivated in your life and work

The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 4 million copies sold! Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field. Learn how to: • make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy); • overcome a lack of motivation and willpower; • design your environment to make success easier; • get back on track when you fall off course; ...and much more. Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.

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