Congratulations. You tried but you didn’t achieve your ultimate goal. Guess what? It’s okay. In fact, it’s impressive. You got out there and did a lot of things outside of your comfort zone. Your bravery and dedication are truly enough to get through the fact that you had a setback.
The truth is, if you work hard in life and push through, overcome challenges, solve problems, and learn new things, you’re going to have major setbacks ... Read more
Self-confidence is “a feeling of trust in one’s abilities, qualities, and judgment.” This means that you know that you can do what you say you can do, you like who you are, and you trust yourself to make good choices and decisions. If you want to be self-confident, it’s imperative that you work on your self-image.
1. Take Care of Your Grooming – Good grooming is a big confidence booster. If you make an ... Read more
Throughout your life, you’ll encounter many transitions such as going through childhood, becoming an adult, parenthood, and so forth. You may also experience transitions like buying a home, having an unfortunate accident, and changing jobs. Whatever transitions life brings, you can thrive through them all, if you know how.
Understand the Value of Now
You’ve heard that being mindful and present is essential. However, life sometimes distracts you from the here and now. Learn how to focus ... Read more
If you have a habit of beating yourself up, you are lacking self-compassion. The truth is if you would not say the words to someone you care about, you shouldn’t let your inner voice to say them to you. Instead, work toward developing acceptance of yourself and others.
Avoid Negative Self-Talk
Don’t allow yourself to speak negatively to or about yourself. It’s okay to accept responsibility, which is quite different from derogative statements. “I messed up because ... Read more
One of the best ways to succeed in life is to develop good habits. A habit will overcome any type of roadblocks, need for willpower and motivation, or other issues that prevent success.
Step #1: Choose the Habit You Want to Cultivate
When you are ready to develop new healthy habits, it’s best to focus on one habit at a time. Working on more than one causes more stress. By replacing one habit at a time, you’re ... Read more
If you’ve ever heard of the law of attraction, you know that it’s about manifesting your desires. To manifest is an action that you take to make something come into your life so that you remember it’s there. For example, when you bake a cake, a cake will manifest or appear, once you have made it.
Get Clear on Your Definition of a Good Life
Have you ever started a project without knowing what the result is ... Read more
People who have charisma are self-confident, upbeat, and while they are good persuaders, they’re not arrogant or self-centered. They make people want to be around them, and they’re good at getting people behind their causes. It’s a compelling ability that can genuinely change your life, and thankfully, you can learn to be more charismatic.
Be Fully Present in the Now
One trait that charismatic leaders possess is the ability to be fully mindful and present at all ... Read more
Building relationships that work takes effort, planning, and an understanding of communication. If you want to build a healthy working relationship that you can trust, you need to develop and maintain good communication skills.
Know Who You Are
Everything you do starts with you. If you don’t know what your own values are or what’s important to you, it will be hard to make good choices in life. Define your values and morals so that when you ... Read more
Becoming more productive at home and work requires planning, scheduling, and paying close attention to the impact of the actions you take. After all, productivity is not about being busy, it’s about getting stuff done.
1. Track Your Time – Before you set up a new schedule for increased productivity, it’s essential that you figure out where you’re wasting your time first. Start keeping track of the activities you do, including the time it ... Read more
A proactive person makes things happen. If you want to make things happen instead of waiting around for them to happen to you, there are ways to ensure that you become more proactive. You’ll need to engage in planning, understand what you want, and know the steps it takes to go over it without giving up.
Know How to Plan Properly
Planning involves more than just making a list of your goals. It’s about making a list ... Read more
Your body language may not be something you’ve given much thought about. However, your level of success can often be traced back to the unconscious. You do things unconsciously every day, such as wiggling your foot when you sit down or fidgeting in your seat. These actions reveal what you really think and how you feel.
Lack of Eye Contact
In most western cultures, if people avoid eye contact it feels as if they’re hiding something or ... Read more
No matter what you want to accomplish, success doesn't happen without putting forth a lot of effort. But even then, it may not come as easily as you think and that can be frustrating. It can cause you to want to quit. But quitting is not the right answer.
If you’ve been working hard but not getting the results you want, it's time to reevaluate. By taking the time to review your goals, your plan and ... Read more
To understand how stoicism can be a key to a happy life, you first need to understand what stoicism is. Stoicism is a philosophy of life developed by Hellenistic Greeks and represents a particular way of looking at the problems of the world.
Along with that is a philosophy that explains that you only have real control over yourself and that once you accept this as fact, you will be much happier.
To better understand stoicism, it’s ... Read more
Self-discipline is something many people lack but everyone should strive to have more of. One who is self-disciplined often has a life full of success, happiness, and satisfaction. Not to mention, they’re likely to have more money and better health.
Being self-disciplined doesn’t mean you never have fun It just means that you know the steps you need to take to reach your goals and you’re committed to doing them, even when you prefer not to.
So, ... Read more
Creativity can be found in all aspects of life. It can inspire you to cook a new type of cuisine, allow you to author a novel, or enable you to simply do your work every day. Creativity isn't limited to only artists or a musician. Everyone has the ability to be creative. When you want to be more creative, try the following ways to boost creativity anytime.
Listen to music: Take a ten-minute break to listen ... Read more
Your subconscious mind controls your thoughts and many of your actions. It stores the information you have acquired and allows you to retrieve it when you need it. When you live a mindful life, you know your conscious mind is in control of your subconscious mind, and therefore you can train your subconscious mind to improve your life.
• Know That You Have the Power to Change – With few exceptions, you can change ... Read more
Procrastination is defined as the action of delaying or postponing something. Sometimes that means being late, sometimes it means being on time but not doing a very good job. Usually, when someone is procrastinating, they’ll find every excuse not to do what needs to be done, often busying themselves with other activities to avoid guilt.
1. Get Organized – Sometimes, people put things off simply because they’re overwhelmed, and everything just seems like too ... Read more
Visualization means creating a mental image of something. It's taking the time to thoroughly think through a goal so you can experience the feelings of success before you even take the step. Some people can visualize these outcomes perfectly in their mind, but others use tools like vision boards to help them truly see success.
There are so many benefits to using visualization in your life, let's look at a few.
More Likely to Succeed
Studies show ... Read more
Every person is unique, having different values and goals. That's why each person should have their own definition of success. My definition of success may not work for you and vice versa. Defining success for yourself gives you a customized goal to shoot for. The following exercises will help you determine what success means to you.
Use a Vision Board
One way to figure out what success means to you is to create a vision board depicting ... Read more
One way to become more influential is to study what influential people do regularly. This will ensure that you can work on learning the skills necessary to become more prominent to the people in your life.
1. They Care About Other People – Not only do influential people know how to show that they care about people, but they do care. After all, they know that the more connections they have, the more they ... Read more
To be more accountable in your life, it’s essential to understand what being accountable really means. When you are “accountable” it means that you have responsibility for something and you admit it whether it’s a success, a mistake, or an out and out failure. If you want to become more accountable, which will make you a more trustworthy person who seems more authentic, try out these 10 ways to be more accountable.
1. Set ... Read more
It is true that due to genetics, some people are more optimistic than others. However, did you know that you can learn to become more optimistic? If you are committed to being more optimistic, try these 8 ways to become more optimistic.
1. Practice Positivity – If you tend to first thing negatively try to turn your thoughts around by actively pursuing positive thoughts. If a negative thought comes to your mind, turn it ... Read more
Being productive is a skill that many successful people value. The reason is that when you are productive, you get more done, make more money, and still experience freedom in your life. One way to accomplish more is to get better at goal setting.
• Goals Provide Focus – When you set goals properly using SMART goal setting practices, you will end up being very focused on the results that you want to see. ... Read more
The very first thing you need to do if you want to be more assertive in your life is to understand what assertive is and what it isn’t. Being assertive does not mean that you are aggressive. You don’t have to be rude to be assertive. To be more assertive simply means that you stand up for yourself, speak up at the time that it’s needed, and respect the rights of others.
Prepare and Practice
Whenever you ... Read more
If you struggle to reach optimum performance mentally, physically, and emotionally, it could be your attitude is getting in the way. Studies show a positive correlation between having a positive attitude and performing optimally. In fact, multiple studies back the idea that a positive attitude directly affects performance in a good way while a negative attitude lowers your performance in all ways.
A positive attitude manifests in many ways. It encourages constructive thinking and gives ... Read more
