Resding books written in other eras can help tu know thoughts, ideas, culture and costums of people who lived at that time.They are often hidden in romances, like Austen's novels, or other genres, which make the reading more pleasant even for young people.

Why Reading Classic Books?

-improve your vocabulary and fluency of speech-open your mind-more concentration-give new ideas or solutions for problems-make you think about yourself and life I decide to explain an example of meaning taking one of the most popular classic American book: Moby Dick by Herman Melville.

Benefits Of Reading💪🏻

Humans spend their entire life running towards obsessions, perfection, something is not available to them because ther are simply...human. And finally they get destroyed by this "unreachable" that has a different meaning for every man. Like captain Achab, who died because of the big white whale, Moby Dick, his only purpose since the ship left Nuntacket's harbour. He obsessively follow the whale to have his revenge (Moby Dick ate his leg during a previous hant), and he spent his entire life thinking about his revenge without living a real and full life.

The Meaning Behind Moby Dick

-The white whale swam in front of his eyes like the obsessive incarnation of all those forces of evil by which certain profound men feel themselves being bitten into their very depths. -But when we pursue those distant mysteries that we dream of, or torment ourselves in pursuit of that demonic ghost which sooner or later swims past all human hearts, when we thus hunt round this globe, those things bring us inside sterile labyrinths, or they leave us halfway, at the bottom.

Here Are Some Phrases That Excited Me😊

-the pirates immediately turn away, because they are evil scoundrels on both sides, and they don't like to see their own mutual scoundrel too much. (This remind me the projection by Carl G. Just I wrote about a few days ago, it was my first publication)

Reading is the only addiction that doesn't hurt, and it's the best cure for the soul.

Moby Dick, H. MelvilleThe old man and the sea, E. Hemingway To the lighthouse, V. WoolfOrlando,V. Woolf1984, G. OrwellPride & Prejudice, J. AustenUno,Nessuno e Centomila, L. PirandelloIl fu Mattia Pascal, L. PirandelloWuthering Heights, E. BrontëJane Eyre, C. Brontë

Here Are Some Of My Favourite Books🫂

"All that can be done is for each one of us to invent our own ideal library of our classics." --from Why Read the Classics? Classics, according to Italo Calvino, are not only works of enduring cultural value, but also something much more personal: talismans, touchstones, books through which we understand our world and ourselves. In Why Read the Classics?, Calvino shares over thirty of his classics in essays of warmth, humor, and striking insight. He ranges from Homer to Jorge Luis Borges, from the Persian folklorist Nezami to Charles Dickens. Whether tracing the links between Ovid's Metamorphoses and Alain Robbe-Grillet's objectivity, discovering the origins of science fiction in the writings of Cyrano de Bergerac, or convincing us that the Italian novelist Carlo Emilio Gadda's works are like artichokes, Calvino offers a new perspective on beloved favorites and introduces us to hidden gems. "This book serves as a welcome reminder that the great works are great because they can mean so much to readers, and Calvino is a most knowledgeable guide to all the best destinations." --San Francisco Chronicle

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Small Smart Choices + Consistency + Time = RADICAL DIFFERENCE

If you were given a choice between taking $3 million in cash this very instant and a single penny that doubles in value every day for 31 days,which would you choose?Now, calculate independently and see the “magic” of compounding pennies.

Magic Penny

<ol><li>Larry didn’t change his routine, he did like he was doing always.</li><li>Scott started making some small, seemingly inconsequential, positive changes like reading 10 pages of a good book per day, 20 minutes of podcasts, cutting 125 calories from his diet every day, and walking a couple of extra steps daily. No big deal of bravery or grand effort was done. Doable? Yeah.</li><li>Brad, makes some poor choices, he bought a big screen TV, so he can watch more of his favorite programs, tried out new recipes on the food channel, and installed a bar in his room which added a few drinks per week. Nothing crazy, Right?</li></ol>

3 Friends, 3 Habits

At the end of 5-10 months, we can’t see any noticeable changes in any of their lives. They continued whatever they were doing.But at about month 25, we start seeing really measurable, visible differences.After 31 months or 940 days, When a detailed examination was done<ol><li>Brad got fatty because he ate 125 calories more than Scott, so he gained 33.5 pounds weight. Now he weighs 67 pounds more than Scott.</li><li>Scott besides being slim, light & active, gained great pieces of knowledge from books and podcasts. He got good raise and got promoted. His marriage is thriving.</li><li>Larry is pretty much same as he wa<warningtag>s.</warningtag></li></ol>

Short Term & Long Term Results

To understand this, we can put only 1 bad habit of Brad under the microscope—eating rich food more frequently—to know how the compound effect can work in a negative way and can create a ripple effect that impacts the whole life.<ul><li>As we already know, he makes recipes that he learned from TV, he makes some great desserts, and the family loves that, so he makes more of that and takes some extra share from that sweet.</li><li>This extra food makes him sluggish at night and wakes up a little groggy, which makes him cranky. This crankiness and sleep deprivation impacts his work performance, so gets insulted.</li></ul>

Ripple Effect

<ul><li>As he gets discouraging feedback from his boss, his energy level is way down, his commute seems longer and more stressful than ever. All this makes him reach for more comfort food (stress has a way of doing that).</li><li>So, he is now less likely to walk with his wife, like he used to. She misses their time together.</li><li>Now with fewer shared activities with his wife and an absence of fresh air and exercise, Brad is not getting the endorphin release, that can make him feel upbeat and enthusiastic.</li><li>Because he is not happy, he starts finding fault with himself & others, stop complimenting his wife like bef<warningtag>ore</warningtag></li></ul>

Ripple Effect Continued

<ul><li>Brad’s own self-esteem goes down, he started escaping from reality and starts losing himself in late-night TV shows.</li><li>His wife starts to complain, then becomes needy. When that doesn’t work, she emotionally withdraws to protect herself. She’s lonely. She spends more time with her girlfriends to fulfill her need for companionship. Men start flirting with her, which makes her feel desirable again. She would never cheat, but Brad feels that something’s wrong.</li><li>Instead of seeing that his poor choices and behaviors are the base of all these problems, he finds fault with his wife. Relationship is now ❌.</li></ul>

Ripple Effect Results

The most challenging aspect of the Compound Effect is that we have to keep working away for a while, consistently and efficiently, before we can begin to see the payoff. Our parents & grandparents knew this, they didn’t spend their money & time binge-watching, buying unusable stuff to get thinner, etc.Wealth tends to skip a generation.Why, because overwhelming abundance often leads to a lackadaisical mentality, which brings a sedentary lifestyle. Children of the wealthy are more susceptible. They weren’t the ones who developed the discipline and character to create wealth in the first place.

Psychology Of Wealth

Understanding the compound effect will rid you of “instant-results” expectations.Promise yourself that you’re going to let go once and for all of your lottery-winner expectations because, let’s face it, you only hear stories about the one winner, not the millions of losers. That person you see jumping up and down in front of the Vegas slot machine or at the Santa Anita horse track doesn’t reveal the hundreds of times that same person lost. If we go back to our mathematical chance of a positive result, again, we have a rounding error of zero—as in, you have about zero chance of winning.

Microwave Mentality 

Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, says that if we gave lottery losers every thirty seconds on TV to announce not, “I won!” but “I lost,” it would take almost nine years to get through the losers of a single drawing!Don’t try to fool yourself into believing that a mega-successful athlete didn’t live through regular bone-crushing drills and thousands of hours of practice. He got up early to practice—and kept practicing long after all others had stopped. He faced the frustration of the failure, loneliness, hard work, and disappointment it took to become No. 1.

Winner’s Work

We all come into this world the same: naked, scared, and ignorant. After that grand entrance, the life we end up with is simply an accumulation of all the choices we make. Our choices can be our best friend or our worst enemy. They can deliver us to our goals or send us orbiting into a galaxy far, far away.Think about it. Everything in your life exists because you first made a choice about something. Choices are at the root of every one of your results. Each choice starts a behavior that over time becomes a habit.Either you choose any habit or if you don’t, you get another option automatically

Choices

Ask yourself regularly- “How many of my behaviors have I not ‘voted on’? What am I doing that I didn’t consciously choose to do, yet continue to do every day?”

-Mosquito does. It means our very small, negligible choices every day affects us more than the big ones.e.g. you inhale a soda and bag of potato chips and suddenly realize only after you polished off the last chip that you blew an entire day of healthy eating—and you weren’t even hungry. You get caught up and lose two hours watching mindless TV—scratch that, let’s give you some credit and make it an educational documentary—before realizing you spaced on preparing for an important presentation to land a valuable client.You have allowed yourself to make a choice without thinking.CHOOSE WISELY.

Elephants Don’t Bite-

We are all self-made humans, but only the successful take credit for it.In a seminar author attended, speaker asked, “What percentage of shared responsibility do you have in making a relationship work?”People blurted and yelled different answers like 50-50, 80-20, 49-51 etc etc.The speaker turned to the easel and wrote 100-0 on the paper and said “You have to be willing to give 100 percent with zero expectation of receiving anything in return.”When you don’t take 100% responsibility, you opt for finger-pointing, victimhood, blaming, and expecting someone else/government to solve your problems.

Owning 100% 

You alone are responsible for what you do, don’t do, or how you respond to what’s done to you.

Preparation (personal growth, skills, knowledge, expertise, relationships, resources) + Attitude (belief/mindset) + Opportunity (a good thing coming your way) + Action (doing something about it) = Luck.

Complete Formula For Being Lucky

For being aware of your choices, you have to Track every action that relates to the area of your life you want to improve.<ul><li>If you want to get out of your debt, you need to start tracking every penny you spend out of your pocket.</li><li>If you want to lose some extra weight, you need to start tracking every single thing you put in your mouth.</li><li>If you want to train for an athletic event, you need to track every step you take, every workout you do.</li></ul>Simply carry a notepad and a writing instrument or just phone, and that's all. But do this without fail, no excuses, no exceptions. Think Big Bro is watching you.

Secret Weapon

This process forces you to be conscious of each of your decisions.Jim Rohn says, “What’s simple to do is also simple not to do”.Magic is not the complexity of the task, but it’s in doing the simple things repeatedly and long enough to ignite the miracle of the Compound Effect.

Advantages Of Tracking

Keeping an expense log just for 2 months makes you aware of your habits. You create a completely new set of choices and disciplines around spending.Since awareness and positive behaviors compound, you find yourself more proactive with money in general, you try to find areas like where to invest, save for retirement, and also find where it's a clear waste to spend money.A horse wins by a nose but gets 10 times the prize money. Was he 10 times faster? Not at all. Those extra laps, extra efforts and a little better-disciplined nutrition his jockey provided him have made the results a bit better.

Money Trap

Or savings tree.<ul><li>Prepare your own food instead of spending money outside.</li><li>Cancel some extra subscriptions.</li><li>Spend every penny consciously (needs vs wants).</li><li>Don’t buy anything on EMIs. Go for full payment.</li><li>Follow the 50-30-20 Rule- Spend 50% of your monthly income on your needs, 30% on Hobbies and entertainment, and save or invest the last 20% for the future.</li></ul>In his book Focal Point, Brian Tracy gave a simple success formula.<ul><li>Improve yourself or your earnings by 1/10 of 1% each work day. After a week, improvement goes to 1/2%, equalling 2% each month and 26% each year, and gets double in 2.9 years.</li></ul>

Grow Your Money Tree

Why are we so irrationally enslaved by so many bad habits? Because our need for Immediate gratification can turn us into the most reactive, nonthinking animals around.<ul><li>If you took a bite of a Big Mac and immediately fell due to heart attack, you might not go back for second bite.</li><li>If your next puff of cigarette turn your face into a 90 year old person’s face, chances are you’ll pass on the cigarette.</li><li>If the first piece of cake instantly put 50 pounds, saying “no thanks” to dessert would be the true piece of cake.</li></ul>The slightest adjustments to your daily routines can dramatically alter the results.

Instant Gratification Trap

It's not so much, that you want to take out of your life, instead, add some beneficial options in advance. For example, Don't think (“I can’t eat a hamburger, chocolate, or dairy”). But Add your Healthy option so there is no place for the worse. (e.g., “Today I’m going to have a salad, steamed vegetables and fresh figs”).Fill your focus and belly with what you can have, so you no longer have attention or hunger for what you can’t.<ul><li>Choose a hobby instead of binge-watching.</li><li>Choose to play with your kids than be a couch potato.</li><li>Choose your own ADD IN rather than the choices your inactivity gives you</li></ul>

ADD IN Principle

Find a Peak Performance Partner (PPP), he/she can be your success buddy in your paths of different aspects of life. Give personal appreciation for their performance and get praise for your achievements too.

Personalise

I found that Compounding is vital across various aspects of life i.e. finance, education, health, skills, productivity, personal development, emotional well-being and relationships. In essence, compounding serves as a foundational principle that magnifies progress, allowing gradual, sustained efforts to yield remarkable results across diverse life domains.

The New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, based on the principle that little, everyday decisions will either take you to the life you desire or to disaster by default. No gimmicks. No Hyperbole. No Magic Bullet. The Compound Effect is a distillation of the fundamental principles that have guided the most phenomenal achievements in business, relationships, and beyond. This easy-to-use, step-by-step operating system allows you to multiply your success, chart your progress, and achieve any desire. If you're serious about living an extraordinary life, use the power of The Compound Effect to create the success you want. You will find strategies including: <ul><li>How to win--every time! The No. 1 strategy to achieve any goal and triumph over any competitor, even if they're smarter, more talented or more experienced.</li><li>Eradicating your bad habits (some you might be unaware of!) that are derailing your progress.</li><li>The real, lasting keys to motivation--how to get yourself to do things you don't feel like doing.</li><li>Capturing the elusive, awesome force of momentum. Catch this, and you'll be unstoppable.</li><li>The acceleration secrets of superachievers. Do they have an unfair advantage? Yes they do, and now you can too! </li></ul>

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Darren Hardy is an American author, keynote speaker, advisor, and former publisher of SUCCESS magazine. Hardy is a New York Times best-selling author, who wrote The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster, Living Your Best Year Ever and The Compound Effect. 

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The Compound Effect

"No matter how much effort people put in, they can't do the things they don't enjoy."

This is the first phase when you are new to learning a new skill. It's important to remember that you are like a kid who is learning something new. If it's too hard or boring, then you might lose interest and stop doing it.

Kid Phase

After doing the task for some time, you enter the teen phase where you start to feel more confident and want to show off your skills. You might also want to make it a permanent part of your life if it helps you climb the social ladder. But even if it doesn't, you will still do it until you get what the kid wants. In this phase, due to a sense of logic and calmness, you will be able to handle a few things which oppose dopamine. Now, it's okay if the task would be a little bit harder, boring, frustrating or little long.

Teen Phase

After doing it for a long time, you enter the adult phase where you have gained enough experience and knowledge to balance the dopamine and the things that oppose it.

Adult Phase

This is the final phase where the skill has become a permanent part of your life and you don't care if it's fun or boring. You just do it.

Old Phase

Skills which can't balance the dopamine VS resistance ratio can never be learnt with perfection. Brain will resist or love the task depending upon how much it enjoys doing it. But slowly & steadily, the ratio will fade away by removing and adding cues & cravings throughout the four phases.

Conclusion

A brainstorming session after watching a few documentaries, podcasts, movies & reading self help books led to these ideas

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The Four Phases Of Learning: From Kid To Old

Building mental toughness is a state of mind that enables you to face and overcome challenges and adversities that come into your life.

Mental Toughness

If you want to build a tough mind, you need to practice self-discipline. Discipline is the most important trait in self-development. When you have a disciplined mind, all great things will fall into place.
Start by building a habit and be consistent in doing that habit.

Discipline Is The Key

Change your mindset about struggles in life. Embrace adversities as opportunities for growth and developing a strong mind, much like accepting a gift.

Embracing Adversities

Setting realistic goals in your life will improve your mind's ability to take action and work towards achieving those goals. Don't give up until you achieve your goals. Along the way, you will encounter challenges and setbacks that will shape your mind to be mentally tough.

Set Realistic Goals

You have the power over your mind, not outside events. realize this, and you'll find strength.

Being a mentally tough person can help you achieve great things in life

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How to Build Mental Toughness

Self-abandonment begins in childhood. Its likely that your parents or other influential adults didn't meet your emotional and/or physical needs in childhood they abandoned you emotionally or physically — causing you to feel unworthy and unlovable.
As adults, we tend to repeat these types of patterns from childhood because they're familiar; we repeatedly choose partners and friends who mistreat, take advantage of, or don't support us. And we do the same to ourselves. We don't know how to be there for ourselves because no one was truly there for us as children.

Unmasking Self-Abandonment: Tracing Its Origins

Notice how many of these examples of self-abandonment ring true for you.
<ul>
<li>Not trusting your instincts</li>
<li>People-pleasing</li>
<li>Hiding parts of yourself</li>
<li>Perfectionism</li>
<li>Self-criticism and judgment</li>
<li>Not honoring your needs</li>
<li>Suppressing your feelings</li>
<li>Not acting according to your values</li>
<li>Codependent relationships</li>
<li>Not speaking up for yourself</li>
</ul>

Breaking the Cycle: Escaping the Chains of Self-Abandonment

Self-abandonment is a self-destructive pattern that can contribute to anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and unfulfilling relationships. Abandoning yourself may have been a necessity during childhood, but it isn't helpful anymore. So, let's look at how you can begin to trust and value yourself.

Embracing Your True Self: Overcoming Self-Abandonment

Everyone has feelings and needs. You may not have been allowed to express them as a child (or even in some of your adult relationships), but you can now be a safe haven for your own feelings and needs. If you listen, your feelings will tell you what you need and when you meet your needs, you'll be happier and healthier.The objective is to stay present with your difficult feelings, rather than to abandon yourself when you feel overwhelmed. Meditation is another tool that can help you cultivate acceptance of and tolerance for your feelings.

Allow yourself to have feelings and needs.

Try not to hide parts of yourself out of fear of disapproval or judgment. Not everyone is going to like you and that's okay. Don't shrink or change to please others. Express who you are through your work, creative pursuits, your hairstyle and clothes, your hobbies, interests, and passion projects. If you feel out of touch with your true self, commit some time to rediscover what you like and what matters to you.

Allow yourself to be creative, quirky, and uniquely you.

Everyone deserves care and comfort when they are suffering. Often, we're great at doing this for others, but we minimize our own struggles and fail to love ourselves when we need it the most.Most of us werent taught about the importance of self-compassion as children, so we need to teach ourselves these skills as adults. And if your parents didn't show you compassion, this may feel quite foreign. It will get easier and more comfortable with practice.

Treat yourself with compassion

Another important aspect of self-love and trust is advocating for yourself. I know it can be scary to assert yourself and set boundaries. Most of us are afraid of offending or angering people and afraid that well be abandoned if we do. But the alternative — letting others walk all over you — is self-abandonment. Its saying, Other peoples needs and wants matter more than mine. And I will accept disrespect, invalidation, and blame because I dont think Im worthy of anything better. Clearly, this isn't the foundation of a healthy relationship with anyone.

Stand up for yourself

How will you start to show up for yourself? Will you listen to what your body and feelings are telling you? Will you prioritize self-care? Will you do what feels right for you even if others disapprove? Will you comfort yourself when you're having a hard time? Will you set boundaries without feeling guilty? It doesn't matter where you begin, just take one small step today to value yourself.

Start Now

Do you have a hard time trusting yourself? Do you hide parts of yourself your feelings, beliefs, and ideas in 

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Why We Abandon Ourselves and How to Stop

“Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered”

Marcus Aurelius:

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Marcus Aurelius

The issue I have seen is that over the years I have all of these notes that have served a single purpose, but now they sit on a shelf never to see the light of day again. What if there was a method that not only saved them for easy access, but also allowed you to quickly reference them and even build on them in a separate thought,

The Problem With Note Taking 

Imagine sitting in physics class and your teacher gives you one of the thousands of formulas used in the class. Now imagine being able to have them searchable, but also being able to connect them to other thoughts later on resulting in you recycling things you learned before rather than having to relearn it. This is how bsidian works.

Obsidian: The Note Taking Platform That Makes Connections

This is a simple concept where you link two ideas that share a common point. If you were to do this with a pen and paper you would either need quantum post-it tabs connecting multiple notebooks or a lot of string. Similar to the classic pin and string board used to find connections in old crime movies, obsidian looks for reference links you place in your notes to draw connections between 2 or even multiple sets of points together.

Bi-directional Linking

Say you are consolidating a lit of tasks at work and you need updates or have questions regarding certain tasks. You can use obsidian as a running log for those tasks, as well as give each task its own note to reference so to not clutter the updates page. Simply link the task itself, and take your notes under the link.This becomes useful when you begin closing out tasks, but still want quick access to them later for reference.

Other Implications 

One popular option for how to use Obsidian is based on the "Zettelkasten" method or note box in German. Wikipedia summarizes this as "consists of small items of information stored on paper slips or cards that may be linked to each other through subject headings or other metadata such as numbers and tags" which is ideal as you can do this easily as the software offers tag search, as well as easy to use metadata options.

Where To Start?

If this is something that has your interest, there are resources out there on YouTube and free-floating on the web that are likely a much better teacher on the subject than I am. I am simply here to relay the knowledge passed to me for allow others to make the same connections I have

Where To Learn More

It has been said that writing something down solves more than half of the problem. It has also been said that taking notes improves overall knowledge retention. I take notes on every idea I read on DeepStash. Here is how I do it.

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Taking Smarter Notes

Toxic people are those whose behaviors make us feel worse than them. They judge everything with strong opinions, take away our energy, and often leave us feeling uncomfortable.🥵

Toxic People

Complaining people
Narcissistic and manipulative people
Dramatic ones
Angry people 😡

Toxic People To Avoid

Some people can't go long without complaining about something or someone. While everyone complains sometimes, it's important to find a solution for the problem. Often, the real problem is within our minds, not outside. If you spend too much time complaining, it's because you see yourself as a victim, not as the person who can change your situation.

Complaining People😩

When we have to deal with people who complain too much, our energy drops quickly. We try to help them or understand their situation, or it's because we are near a low-mood person. But the truth is that only they can change the situation.
Our way of seeing and dealing with the world reflects our internal world.

Everyone has narcissistic traits, which are part of being human. However, some people consistently manifest these traits in each "friendship" and relationship. These people have very low self-esteem but act like they're better than anyone else. It's a mental disorder, and while I'm not a psychologist, you can research online for the main traits and causes of this disorder.

Narcissistic People🥸

<ul>
<li>The person lacks empathy and acts/reacts as if they're better than everyone.</li>
<li>They seek admiration and compliments, becoming annoyed if they don't receive enough attention.</li>
<li>They have very low self-esteem and get angry or annoyed when discussing something they don't want to reveal.</li>
<li>Being around these people makes you feel stupid or blamed.</li>
<li>Even in a "good" relationship, you might occasionally sense some of these feelings, but they become very noticeable if the relationship is toxic. </li>
</ul>
(Remember that difficult moments don't necessarily indicate a toxic personality; someone might be reacting due to a sensitive situation.)

General 🚩 to Pay Attention To:

They ask for favors and get angry or annoyed if you don't meet their needs. This is a typical trait of narcissistic personality, and some people only engage with you to ask for favors. They don't give anything in return and don't care about you; they focus solely on their needs and problems.

Manipulative Ones

Dramatic people see themselves as the main victim of every situation. Everything goes wrong, they suffer, and nobody helps them. Even the smallest things can become tragedies. 
They view the world negatively and believe their lives are terrible, assuming they can't change anything.

Dramatic People

They can't control their anger and often yell at others because they struggle to control themselves. If they hurt you whenever they're angry, they are toxic individuals. Psychology shows a link between constant anger and depression, as well as how chronic anger can lead to hypertension, heart issues, and liver problems. These people need professional help, but they often fail to recognize it.

Angry People😡

It's important to know when a relationship is going to be unhealthy. Here are some interesting informations about people to avoid in your life.

How do you take control of your own life, happiness and health when you dont know where to begin? Anna shares with you her own personal experience, from a life with many health and mental well being setbacks from severe depression, suicidal episodes, and chronic fatigue, all brought on by toxic exposure and an unhappy childhood. This guide will give you deeply inspiring tips to take charge of your health and of those around you. From the way we parent and educate our children, how we need to improve our relationships with one another, what you eat and drink, how we can heal and detox ourselves naturally, finding our own happiness and higher purpose as well as appreciating nature and using the healing powers of the Sun. You will find out how you can make a great impact for yourself and your loved ones by making simple choices, as well as having a new respect for the Earth. Anna shares logical and powerful advice on where we are going wrong in the world with our health and happiness and how we can fix it.

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Toxic World, Toxic People

<ul><li>Happiness has received much study over the years. </li><li>Experts have proposed different theories regarding the sources of happiness. </li><li>Recent research suggests that biology plays a significant role in one's level of happiness. </li> </ul>

Happiness - Keynotes

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">In his 1926 Understanding Ourselves: The Fine Art of Happiness , for example, Harold Dearden, a physician, showed how individuals could become happier through an acquaintance with the principles of modern psychology. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Since it was the <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/basics/neuroscience">nervous system </a>that regulated both physical and psychical well-being, Dearden maintained in the scientific parlance of the times, one’s level of happiness could be managed through inner fortitude and the power of reason. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Fears and worries, as well as harmful habits, instincts, impulses, and obsessions, could be eliminated by learning “the fine art of happiness”. </li></ul>

Happiness Can Be Managed 

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Louis Berg also believed that people could follow certain principles to increase one’s chances to be happy in life. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Pursuing good “mental hygiene” was analogous to pursuing good physical health, he, like many in the medical field at the time, thought, with the former heavily reliant on maintaining a positive attitude and developing what was termed a “balanced” personality.</li></ul>

Certain Principles To Increase One’s Chances To Be Happy In Life

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Proponents of mental hygiene - the movement founded by Clifford W. Beers in the early 20th century - argued that happiness was largely a result of how individuals related to society. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">“Social consciousness is the core of adjustment and happiness,” Berg stated in his 1933 textbook The Human Personality, with extroverts far more likely to be happy than those who shield away from interaction with others.</li></ul>

Happiness Is A Result Of How Individuals Relate To Society 

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">R.M. MacIver argued in his 1955 The Pursuit of Happiness: A <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/basics/philosophy">Philosophy</a> for Modern Living, with only living in the “momentary now” leading to the type of happiness that so many were seeking. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Anticipating the kind of thinking in the field that was a few decades away - notably the concept of “flow” - MacIver recognized that time tended to stand still or disappear when one was truly happy, with only the present able to offer that level of transcendence.</li></ul>

Time Stand Still Or Disappear When One Is Truly Happy

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Equally impressive, McIver was keenly aware of the individualization of happiness, i.e., that it was a different experience for everyone, this too making him ahead of his time. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">“Happiness is the resonance of the whole being as it moves towards that which fulfills it,” MacIver poetically wrote, nicely boiling down the abstract concept into “the harmony within you.”</li></ul>

Happiness Is Different For Everyone 

Happiness is the resonance of the whole being as it moves towards that which fulfills it.

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">By the 1980s, however, advances in <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/basics/genetics">genetics</a> were making psychologists rethink the dynamics of happiness. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Unhappiness had a strong genetic component while happiness did not, according to a study led by Edward Diener of the University of Illinois, implying that the former (unhappiness) was mostly a function of nature and the other (happiness) mostly of nurture.</li></ul>

Relation Between Happiness And Genetics

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The research also suggested that happiness and unhappiness were thus not, as logic dictated, opposite or inverse emotions; rather, the two appeared to operate independently.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Ridding oneself of some unhappiness in life therefore did not mean that one would become any happier, a counterintuitive notion that threw a monkey wrench into much of the out-with-the-bad, in-with-the-good brand of <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/basics/self-help">self-help</a> being cast about at the time. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">The good news was that, at least according to this research, happiness was not genetically preordained, and could thus be achieved by those who were determined to find it.</li></ul>

Happiness And Unhappiness Operate Independently 

It is interesting how experts viewed happiness. Reading this article on the psychology of happiness gives me a different light on what happiness 'is' and 'could be'.

The history of happiness studies has been an interesting one.

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