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Category Archives: Self-Improvement
The Power of Loving-Kindness
Tim Ferriss has a big book called Tools of Titans in which he interviews over 100 extremely successful people to learn the things that work for them. This excerpt was written by Chade-Meng Tan, an expert in mindfulness, among many … Continue reading
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Tagged Chade-Meng Tan, loving-kindness, mindfulness, The Power of Loving-Kindness, Tim Ferriss
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Don’t Make Assumptions
Time to revisit The Four Agreements. This time, we’re looking at the third agreement: “Don’t Make Assumptions”. Don Miguel Ruiz talks about how easy it is to make assumptions and how real they appear to be, even when they’re completely … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged asking questions, assumptions, communication, Don Miguel Ruiz, Don't Make Assumptions, hypocrisy, The Four Agreements
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Combating Jealousy
Although I try to avoid it, I find myself getting jealous once in a while. Jealous at those with more time and money to do the things they love, jealous of people who are further down the road of self-improvement … Continue reading
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Tagged Charisma on Command, Combating Jealousy, Don't Make Assumptions, Don't Take Anything Personally, jealousy, Life Hacks, Presence, Rescripting, space between stimulus and response, Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Four Agreements, The Power of Now
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Knowing When to Move On
It’s in my nature to fix things. That’s why I spend so much time trying to help people with their problems and working on self-improvement. I do the same with the places I frequent as well. Wherever I go, if … Continue reading
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Tagged appreciation, fixing things, help, improvements, Knowing When to Move On, leaving, moving on, self-improvement, systems, walking away
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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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