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Category Archives: Life Hacks
Don’t Take Anything Personally
The second agreement Don Miguel Ruiz covers in The Four Agreements is “Don’t Take Anything Personally”. Like the other agreements, this one is simple to explain, difficult to practice, and powerful in its effects. Ruiz says that whatever someone else … Continue reading
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Tagged Don Miguel Ruiz, Don't Take Anything Personally, mindset, peace, personal freedom, The Four Agreements, thinking
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The Benefits of Stretching
I’ve long been interested in physical fitness. I enjoy lifting weights, playing sports, running for short distances (mostly during sports), juggling, dancing, and so on. However, one area of fitness that I’ve mostly neglected is stretching. Although I’d heard people … Continue reading
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Tagged athletics, flexibility, Life Hacks, mobility, Presence, relaxation, stretching, The Art of Manliness, The Benefits of Stretching
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Review of Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Have you ever wondered why some people are so skilled at selling, organizing, or otherwise getting those around them to agree with them? Robert Cialdini, a social psychologist, had those same questions and spent much of his career studying the … Continue reading
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Tagged influence, persuasion, Review of Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Robert Cialdini, unwanted influence, weapons of influence
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Nervous Habits and How to Deal with Them
How are you breathing right now? Are you taking short, shallow breaths or are you breathing more slowly and deeply? Do your shoulders feel relaxed or are they tensed and pulled up toward your ears? If you’re not using your … Continue reading
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Tagged breath, distress, habits, nervous habits, Nervous Habits and How to Deal with Them, Presence, relaxation, stress, stretching, tension
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Learning Like a Wise Man
There’s a saying that says, “A smart man learns from his mistakes; a wise man learns from the mistakes of others.” While the saying focuses specifically on mistakes, it could work just as well if it focused on life lessons … Continue reading
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Tagged books, failures, learning, Learning Like a Wise Man, mistakes, progress, reading, smart man, wise man
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How I Handle Criticism
Unless you live alone and never interact with anyone else, you’re going to face criticism at some point in your life. Sometimes it’ll be intended to help and other times it’ll be intended to hurt. In either case, it’s important … Continue reading
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Tagged criticism, Don't Take Anything Personally, How I Handle Criticism, Life Hacks, Presence, relax
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Review of How to Have Confidence and Power in Dealing with People
Some of you may remember my review of How to Win Friends and Influence People. If so, then this review will feel like a walk down memory lane. That book is very similar to How to Have Confidence and Power … Continue reading
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Tagged Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Les Giblin, persuasion, Review of How to Have Confidence and Power in Dealing with People, Robert Cialdini
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Changing Times
Routines are comfortable. They are familiar, predictable, reassuring, and they allow you to act automatically and with little thought. The more you can act on habit, the more energy, both physical and mental, you can reserve for other tasks. Most … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged change, Changing Times, comfort, communication, discovery, exploration, familiarity, habits, routines, travel
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The Magic of Thinking Big: Getting Your Mind to Work for You
Your mindset affects everything you do, so having the right mindset is essential for accomplishing your goals. The Magic of Thinking Big contains a lot of great life hacks and this excerpt is one of the best. It shows you … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, Life Hacks, mindset, The Magic of Thinking Big, The Magic of Thinking Big: Getting Your Mind to Work for You, thoughts
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Failure and Mistakes
In anything worth doing, there is no success without failure. Everybody who’s excelled in some area spent a lot of time making mistakes on their way up. Despite this, many people are afraid of making mistakes. A mistake isn’t the end … Continue reading
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