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We all want to be productive but sometimes we find ourselves procrastinating and wasting our time without intention. I interviewed many people who are known for their productivity and also interviewed some of the procrastinators I know and as a I result I discovered 7 points that could you become more productive , here they are:
Broken hearted? Don’t worry, here 10 things that you can do in order to recover in few days: 1) Kill uncertainty: People usually accept death faster than they accept breakups because when it comes to death people are 100 percent sure that the dead person cant return back once again, in short what hates the most is the uncertainty not the breakup itself.
I was always wondering why are some people determined to reach their goals and why are others always helpless. What was confusing me even more is that the same person who was once motivated to reach his goals can suddenly turn into a helpless person who don’t know what to do in order to get what he wants. I kept asking different people and collecting information until I came up with the most important differences between the two states, the state of being motivated to reach your goals and the sate of being helpless. Here is what I found:r
Each and every person living on this planet has certain unmet needs. A poor man might need more money, an ambitious man might need more success while a lonely man might need more friends. Whether you know your goals or whether you don’t have any idea about them this won’t mean that you don’t have important unmet needs. Learning how to find and reach your goals could be the best thing that you could ever do to yourself in order to live a happier life. In this post I will tell you how to find out your goals and how to reach them. How to find out your goalsr
One of the main reasons popular advice such as repeat affirmations or do something new rarely help people feel good on the long term is that they focus on momentary improvement rather than focusing on root causes. If you want to feel happy on the long term then you should deal with the root causes lying deep down in your mind. Here are 6 reasons why you might be feeling bad now along with advice on how to deal with them:
Relationships Addiction Suppose that you got used to drink three cans of coke each day, what will happen if one day you suddenly stopped drinking coke? Most likely you will feel that there is something missing and most likely you will be eager to drink your daily coke. That happened because you formed a habit of taking a certain amount of caffeine and sugar, and as soon as you stopped you felt like wanting to get the amount of sugar and caffeine that you were used to get everyday. You may be thinking what does that have to do with relationships?
succeed still most people get patience incorrectly as they perceive it as some kind of helplessness. Contrary to common beliefs patience can make you more powerful provided that you understand it correctly and do it the right way. In this post I am going to tell you about 5 ways that can make you patient and powerful:
One of the most powerful ways to build self confidence is to maintain a self confidence journal. Here are few facts to consider: 1) Self confidence is no more than a set of beliefs 2) Beliefs are strengthened by repetition 3) People with low confidence filter out all compliments they get so their confidence is never increased How can a self confidence journal help you build confidence? Based on the previous facts we can conclude that if many events happened that proved to you that you are worthy your self confidence will increase.
How many times have you heard someone say “because everybody is doing it” when you ask him/her a certain question? It’s the most popular answer among teenagers; their excuse in doing something is that everyone is doing it and so it can't be wrong, right? Are They Happy? Well, what’s really funny is that if you take a look at the people you're referring to, and actually saw how they're living their lives, you'd find that it isn't really wise to follow their lead.
are you haunted by a bad habit? Do you have a habit that has been haunting you since years? Do you suffer from an inner self conflict, because you were unable to quit that habit? Do you feel pain each time you repeat doing that habit again? Have you tried every possible method to quit smoking or over-eating, yet failed? Do you think that you can’t? how to break your bad habits Most of us have suffered from a certain habit through our lives, whether this habit was lying or letting go of our rights, wasting time or over eating,Smoking,internet addiction ,or even
Why do you compare yourself to that guy standing over there and feel inferior while you totally ignore that other guy on your right? Why do you feel comfortable when being with certain people and feel completely uncomfortable in the company of others? Why do certain people make you feel inferior while others never trigger your comparison habit? The answer to these questions lies in a distant place that is called your past. Your past and how it affects you these daysr
Everyday millions of people try to become more confident by acquiring fame, power, money and popularity but in the end most of them never make any progress and end up feeling the same. Most of those people were told to repeat affirmations, think positively or to believe in themselves but in the end they find themselves feelings worse after doing these advice. The reason most people fail to become confident is that they spend their lives trying to build self confidence the wrong way while in fact there is only one way to do it correctly.
These days job dissatisfaction is one of the most common problems among people. Many people are either dissatisfied with their jobs, hate the tasks they do or even find it boring. Just ask 10 people on a Sunday night how they feel and you will discover that the majority of them are feeling really bad because they will have to work the next morning. Yes we all love to have fun and to wake up late but the reason many people hate Mondays is not that they want to rest but it’s because they hate what they are going to do on Monday.r
Everyone wants to become more confident but for some reason most people waste their efforts in incorrect directions and as a result they never manage to increase their self confidence levels. The main difference between those who manage to build self confidence and those who waste their time trying stuff that will never work is the incorrect understanding of how self confidence is built. In this post I will tell you about 5 powerful tips that can help you become really confident and I will also explain why each method works. Here is how to become really confident
Usually a person decides to break a bad habit after he gets a positive charge of motivation which lets him try to change his bad habit immediately. Thinking that will power and persistence is all what’s needed to break the habit the person tries to use them both to stop the habit but he ends up confused when suddenly and out of nowhere certain situations trigger his desire to return back to the bad habit.
Everyone wants to be successful in life but only a small percentage of people manage to become successful, why is that? Is it because people don’t work hard? No, some people work really hard and they never reach what they want Is it because they didn’t try? No, lots of people tried to succeed and failed So what is the secret to success? And how can you become successful even if you face lots of obstacles in your daily life?
you might be thinking that you are already aware of the importance of self confidence but actually self confidence has an effect on some aspects of your life that you might have never thought of, for example:
Its Calling You Help me… I am in pain… I am dying in here… I can’t handle it anymore… Do anything……you are the only one who can…. It’s crying and calling you for help. But why you? Because you are the only one who can help, because these ...
With all of these books around talking about affirmations psychologist became curious to know whether they work or not. They brought lots of people who have various degrees of self confidence then told them to repeat positive statements about their self confidence such as “I am confident” and “I am worthy” What was found is that confident people felt more confident after the experiment while those who lacked confidence felt even worse.
Always feeling guilty I am sure you are aware of the feelings of guilt that comes when you do something that you didn’t want to do, but do you know that you could be feeling guilty for your whole life for something that you are not even aware of?? Feelings of guilt arise as soon as you do something that violates your values; your mind sends you such feelings in order to notify you that your values are in danger , if you managed to respond to such messages by stopping such violation the guilt feelings will disappear.
Controlling anger The following is a very practical list that will help you control your anger instead of letting it control you. Note that any single technique will be effective in dealing with anger but knowing all of them will let you select whichever suits you. It will be much helpful to read first about the reasons that can make someone get angry before you continue reading about the anger management techniques. The anger management methods are: * Controlling your self talk: your self talk are the words and phrases that you use while you're thinking.
In the journey to build self confidence lots of people waste their time and effort trying to impress everyone around them in order to become worthy The problem with this approach is that: • The person assumes that he is worthless unless otherwise proven • The person feels worthless whenever he encounters someone new to him • The person loses his identity as he tries to please everyone So how can self confidence be built?? Self confidence is nothing more than a set of beliefs that YOU have about YOURSELFr
One minute you're confident and the next you're feeling inferior One day Sam was walking down the street, on his way to his work. On the pavement, he saw a man in torn clothes. To himself, Sam thought: ' That's a very poor man; he can't afford to even buy new clothes instead of those torn ones'.
All people have goals that they want to reach even the ones who don’t move towards them. I kept searching for reasons that motivate people to reach their goals and ones that prevent others from reaching them and I found one interesting thing. People who write their goals are more likely to achieve them than those who don’t write them down. In this post I will tell you about the benefits of writing your goals instead of keeping them in your mind. Here are 5 reasons you must write down your goals:r
We all want to be productive but sometimes we find ourselves procrastinating and wasting our time without intention. I interviewed many people who are known for their productivity and also interviewed some of the procrastinators I know and as a I result I discovered 7 points that could you become more productive , here they are:
We all have goals that we want to achieve and big dreams that we want to fulfill. Almost everyone who has announced his goals and dreams started facing criticism, rejection and comments that have the purpose of putting him down. The problem with such comments is that they sometimes come from close people and people you trust and thus you might find it hard not to believe them. After all according to subconscious mind programming the repetition of any statement by a trusted source will certainly turn it into a strong belief.r
Hatred explainedr Hatred is nothing more than an emotion you experience when your subconscious mind wants to keep you away from something that might harm your well being. Lets suppose that you had low ability to manage stress and that your job always forced you to work under stress, after some time your subconscious mind will realize that working on that job makes you stressed and because stress is not good for you the subconscious mind will think of a solution to reduce that stress.
I Can Never Forget About Him I can never forget about him… He was the only one I ever loved that much… I will never love someone else as I loved him… I can never imagine myself being with someone else… Do these phrases sound familiar?
Why do we panic when we approach new people and why do feel anxious around strangers? I am sure that you wanted more than once to speak to a stranger or to approach someone yet felt anxious and afraid. Most of us want to be outgoing and outspoken but sometimes we fail to maintain our confident state as soon as we encounter someone. You might be wondering why you sometimes speak with confidence with some people and feel afraid while approaching others.
Good boy Lots of parents mistakenly try to control their children’s behavior using the "Good boy approach". If the child did what was asked from him he becomes a super hero and a good boy and if he did something else the controlling parent responds with anger, threatening or with the removal of the good boy label.
Everyone wants to be successful in life but only a small percentage of people manage to become successful, why is that? Is it because people don’t work hard? No, some people work really hard and they never reach what they want Is it because they didn’t try? No, lots of people tried to succeed and failed So what is the secret to success? And how can you become successful even if you face lots of obstacles in your daily life?
Have you ever tried to turn your TV on then found that the button was not working? In such a case there seems to be some kind of short circuit that prevents the button from operating the TV. Thankfully Living without TV for few days wouldn’t be a big problem but what if one of your own buttons was not working?? What If you were trying to listen to motivating music to gain some energy but you find that whatever effort you put you remain down and unmotivated?
Were you dumped by your girlfriend/boyfriend? Asked someone out but was turned down? Told someone that you love him/her and the answer was "although you are an interesting person, you're just not the one for me"? Self-confidence and Being Dumped What most people do when they are dumped is that they start to search for a logical explanation or a reason for what happened.
Opposing beliefs can prevent the subconscious mind from accepting a certain belief. For example knowing that you such at math will prevent you from convincing your subconscious mind that you are good at math unless you provide new proofs (like good grades for example) Repetition is one of the most powerful weapons that can be used to program the mind. It was found that if ideas were repeated enough times they can turn into beliefs provided that you don’t have opposing beliefs.
Why Do We Fall In Love? you were walking down the street ,nothing was unusual and then suddenly she came out from a nearby shop and it happened that you fell in love with her at the first sight,Huhh!!
Subconscious Wounds Everyone doesn’t like his company because of his sarcastic way in expressing his opinion. Everybody avoids him not to get a burst of his anger or to get hurt by his words. This is the opinion people have about him, that he is someone that they should avoid. But when we look inside him we aren’t going to find that evil person but instead we will find a wounded helpless person. Long ago he started a relationship with a girl but things ended up so fast and he was dumped by her.
The new year is approaching and we all have goals and resolutions that we which to make true but do you know that most people forget about their new year resolutions weeks or even days after the beginning of the new year? In order to prevent this problem from happening you I am going to tell you about 5 surefire methods to help you stick to your new year resolutions:
Why doesn't diet always work? Why do people start diets yet fail to lose weight? And why do people give up before having the ideal body shape they are after? There are lots of reasons behind the failure of any diet, below are some of them: * People reach a state where they cant take it anymore and they cant even hear the word "diet" * People feel that they are preventing themselves from doing what they like as if they are in a jail * People feel that they are abnormal compared to their friends who don't diet * People incorrectly associate they extra weight with their food intake
Why do some people hate their jobs? Why do we sometimes hate to do a certain task? Why do we sometimes hate to travel by car and prefer the train? Why do we hate doing certain things? This article will provide the with answers to all of these questions in addition to giving you the reason behind hating to do any task in the world.
I Am not Motivated Because I Can’t A friend of mine told me once that he could never quit smoking because cigarettes were in his blood (he didn’t mean nicotine, just that he was deeply dependant on cigarettes and could not imagine living without them). If that’s the same way you feel, ask yourself one question: "What is the one thing that I want most in my life?". Now imagine meeting a wizard that could make your wish come true only if you quit smoking. Would you be able to quit then?
Goals that weren’t Achieved It feels real bad when you open your drawer and find lots of papers that carry your old unmet goals that you forgot about them. Sometimes an unmet goal can even depress you if it was conce ing something very important to you.
You Are not Your Emotions Does your self confidence decrease when you feel lonely or depressed? Do you feel that you are worthless when in a bad mood? If your answers were yes, then your problem is considering that you are your emotions. Self-confidence and Emotions The main element that causes lack of self-confidence is having your self-worth dependent on an exte al factor like having a nice girl friend or having a good job.
He is everything to me, life without him is pointlessr I want nothing except being beside himr But now he is gone and my life is meaninglessr Desperate Girl The problem with making someone everything in your life is that when you lose him you will find yourself having nothing. One of the major signs of unhealthy relationships is making your partner the center of the world and ignoring all of the other things that you used to do before knowing him. Some people start to lose contact with their old friends as soon as they get into a relationship.
Why??? He is depressed since years but he doesn’t know the reason behind it, sometimes he finds himself sad without knowing why and sometimes his mood swings with no apparent reason. He is not that successful or that happy and he blames the government and luck for it. But there is an inner voice inside him telling him that he doing the wrong thing, it’s telling him that he has lost his way and it’s telling him that he is fighting the wrong enemy.
Success Momentum I want you now to decide that you are going to clean up your room, but instead of doing all the work today just decide that you will put only 5 items in place each day. What you will notice is that, as soon as you put the fifth item in place you will find yourself eager to put the sixth item too then the sixth may lead to the seventh and so on until you find the whole room cleaned in one day!! But what is happening? Why can’t you give up cleaning although you didn’t have a motive to start few minutes ago?
Do you know that one of the biggest factors that affect your self confidence negatively are the negative comments and rejections you face?? People always judge others on continues basis and this affects the self confidence of the person being judged on both the short and the long term. So if rejections, negative judgments and criticism can harm your self confidence then how can you prevent them from affecting you? You will be able to do that once you know why people judge others. Why people judge others:
Skill and the Shoelace Have you ever paid attention to what you do during the process of tying a shoelace?
Can we Go there? An experiment was done by some researchers; they brought some yellow and red fish then placed them in a rectangular fish bowl. The fish bowl was divided into two parts by a vertical rectangular glass plate so that the red fish could not mix with yellow ones. The fish were left for sometime then afterwards the glass plate was removed. Surprisingly even after the glass plate was removed red fish didn’t cross the border to the other side nor did the yellow fish cross it either. So what happened?
Do you know that one of the biggest factors that affect your self confidence negatively are the negative comments and rejections you face?? People always judge others on continues basis and this affects the self confidence of the person being judged on both the short and the long term. So if rejections, negative judgments and criticism can harm your self confidence then how can you prevent them from affecting you? You will be able to do that once you know why people judge others. Why people judge others:
Different Emotions and Lack of Self-confidence How did it feel the last time you were criticized, rejected or dumped? Mostly anyone would feel bad on going through any of the previous situations. A normal reaction, one that many people have, is to do their best to find out what was wrong with them.