The Cheapskate Guide: 50 Tips for Frugal Living | zen habits. Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter. Confession time: I’m a cheapskate. Some would say frugal, which sounds much more positive, but in reality I can be a real cheapskate. I am fairly frugal (though not always), but sometimes I take it too far: I have T-shirts with holes in them, I never buy new clothes, we’re shopping for a new couch because our current one has holes in it, and I ran my current pair of running shoes until the soles fell off.
However, I have gradually learned to be frugal in many ways that I would recommend to others. Why live frugally? All of which you might believe, but I believe I do have a life. So, if you’d like some tips on frugal living, here are just a few, from a cheapskate. Go with one car. —Read more about simple productivity, focus and getting great things done in my book, The Power of Less. 7 Ways to Enhance Focus, Creativity, Productivity and Performance. Back in my corporate lawyer days, there was one guy who everyone hated. Not because he was mean or underhanded or cut-throat.
He was actually quite nice and always willing to help. People hated him because he was good. Superstar good. While everyone else fretted and froze under the dizzying pace and pressure of the job, he seemed to always keep it together, to thrive and even come alive as the fire got hotter. He wasn’t an adrenaline junkie or cowboy. I used to wonder what he was doing differently. Because if it wasn’t genetic, if it was something that could be learned, I wanted to know. I never figured it out before I left the law.
Turns out, there are a handful of things most super-performers do different that underlie or, at least substantially accelerate their success. Time for Mindset Domination Strategy #2. Now, it’s time to add to our arsenal with strategy #2 - – Attentional Training I wonder when the last time you felt any of these was? How powerful is this practice? 70 Reminders to Help You Break Any Barrier | Learn This - StumbleUpon. I am pleased to introduce this guest article by a new friend John, the creator of HiLife2B, where he hopes to inspire people and to help them achieve their dreams. Follow him on Twitter: @janyasor 1. Believe that even the smallest compliment can save someone’s life 2.
Remember that one person can change an entire nation 3. Understand that kids are smarter than we make them out to be 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
Gratitude Index. The 26 Best Self-Improvement Posts Ever. Need a place to find the best self-improvement blog posts ever? One big list of inspiring geniuses? Well, here it is… my list of the best self-improvement posts ever: 1. – How to be Creative – Originally published in 2004 by Hugh Macleod at the Gaping Void. If you haven’t read it, you’re missing some of the best advice ever given freely over the internet. 2. – How to Make Money From Your Blog – If I had a dollar for every person who started blogging after reading this post… well… I could quit my job. 3. – Zen To Done (ZTD): The Ultimate Simple Productivity System – This is a post you can put to use to improve you life immediately. 4. – How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour (Plus: A Favor) – Tim Ferris describes in detail how you can learn the basics of new language quickly through a method he calls deconstruction. 5. – The Art of the Finish: How to Go From Busy to Accomplished – This post was written about three years ago on Scott H Young’s blog.
Even Happier: The 7 beliefs of the super happy people. Super happy people: there are so very few of them! I think I got to meet the first one when I was 20... You certainly don't see them on TV, and even if you were to, it wouldn't help much: you got to meet them to understand what they are about. You might be wondering if those happiness superheroes actually exist... Well, they do, and they are neither lottery winners, nor the products of genetic engineering! They are normal people, like you and I, who have learned some pretty important lessons. Trivial stuff, superficially, but enormously potent when you deeply believe it... 1-You are ok You are as you are, with all your limits, with all your faults, the good and the bad. 2-Your life is no accident Your life has a meaning: it might be humble, it might be great, it might be rational, or it might be totally weird!
3-You can choose the life you want You can enjoy what you have and change what you don’t like. 6-Your future is bright Things will turn out well. And what about you? Mark Twain&s Top 9 Tips for Living a Kick-Ass Life. “It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.” “Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.” “When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it’s a sure sign you’re getting old.” You may know Mark Twain for some of his very popular books like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
He was a writer and also a humorist, satirist and lecturer. Twain is known for his many – and often funny – quotes. Here are a few of my favourite tips from him. 1. “A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.” If you don’t approve of yourself, of your behaviour and actions then you’ll probably walk around most of the day with a sort of uncomfortable feeling. This can, in a related way, be a big obstacle in personal growth. What you may be bumping into there are success barriers.
Or if you make some headway in the direction you want to go you may start to sabotage for yourself. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 33 of Life's Most Powerful Lessons | Illuminated Mind - StumbleUpon. Have you ever had an epiphany? One of those “a-ha” moments where something just clicks for you? Maybe it’s something you’ve been struggling with for a long time, or maybe it was a piece of advice you learned from a friend. Whatever the source of our insight, it’s these moments that bring us to a deeper understanding of our world.
The better understanding we have of life, the more we live in the truth. Below are 33 of the most powerful lessons in my life. I encourage you to share yours with us by leaving a comment below. =) Read part two of this series: 33 of Life’s Most Powerful Lessons (pt. 2) photo by carf Share: Get everything you need to finally leave your job for good. The first few weeks of the Job Escape Kit has already produced some outcomes I’d never thought I’d see in my whole career.” ~ Nick Burk.
Start Your Day in 33 Different Ways - StumbleUpon. Mornings are underrated. I consider them fundamental for the whole diurnal experience. What you do in the very first moments of your morning will fundamentally and inexorably shape your entire day. Most of the time you spend your mornings by routinely performing some habits, on auto pilot. Hence, your days will routinely unfold towards you, the same way day after day, on auto pilot. Consciously inserting your intentions in these very first moments will have a huge effect. Taking charge of those moments it’s like activating some subtle, unconscious triggers which will ultimately determine your whole daily experience, exactly the way you want. Mornings are fundamental. Here are at least 33 ways in which you can transform your days by only spending 5 minutes every morning. 1. I love the morning stillness and the unspoken promise of something ready to start. 2.
And do nothing. 3. Point your mind to something you’re really grateful for and stay there. 4. Regardless of the current season. 5. Achievement Affirmation Quotes, How To Achieve Success: 10 POSITIIVE... Examples of Positive Affirmations. Positive affirmations can be used to reprogram your thought patterns and change the way you think and feel about things. They are short positive statements that can help you focus on goals, get rid of negative, self-defeating beliefs and program your subconscious mind. Here are some examples of positive affirmations related to various areas of personal development. I know, accept and am true to myself. I believe in, trust and have confidence in myself. I eat well, exercise regularly and get plenty of rest to enjoy good health. The above are examples of positive affirmations you can use. <div class="statcounter"> </div>
Positive Affirmation - Free Positive Affirmations from Power of Positivity. 7 Steps to Positive Self Talk. Most of us are in constant mental chatter. We talk to ourselves all day long and, unfortunately, this self talk is frequently negative. Often it is tainted with guilt about our past or anxiety about our future. This negativity can destroy any seed of hope that we may otherwise have in striving for our dreams. Our actions are inspired by our thoughts. The following are seven steps to positive self talk. The first step is one of awareness. Undoubtedly it will not be easy to make a switch if you have a long history or negative self talk. A common negative talk involves telling yourself “I can’t”. Anytime you catch yourself saying “I can’t…”, turn around and challenge your own claim with, “Why can’t I?” A great method that I have also found useful is to say “Cancel Cancel” each time I find myself saying something negative, whether in the mind or verbally. 2.
Affirmations are positive statements of a desired outcome or goal. 3. From now on, regularly do this exercise instead. 4. 5. 6. 7. 15 Styles of Distorted Thinking - StumbleUpon.
21 Habits of Happy People - Global One TV - StumbleUpon. Contributed by Cindy Holbrook “Happiness is a habit – cultivate it.” ~ Elbert Hubbar Happiness is one aspiration all people share. No one wants to be sad and depressed. We’ve all seen people who are always happy – even amidst agonizing life trials. I’m not saying happy people don’t feel grief, sorrow or sadness; they just don’t let it overtake their life. The following are 21 things happy people make a habit of doing: 1. Be thankful that you woke up alive each morning. 2. Surround yourself with happy, positive people who share your values and goals. 3. Accept others for who they are as well as where they are in life. 4. Keep up to date with the latest news regarding your career and hobbies. 5. Don’t wallow in self-pity. 6. Some statistics show that 80% of people dislike their jobs! 7. Take the time to see the beauty around you. 8.
Don’t take yourself – or life to seriously. 9. Holding a grudge will hurt no one but you. 10. Develop an attitude of gratitude. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Do Nothing for 2 Minutes - StumbleUpon. 10 Ways To Be Happy, On Purpose | PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self... - StumbleUpon. “He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness” ~Chinese Proverb I was at a Women’s Leadership Conference about a year ago and had an “ah-ha moment”. We were all introducing ourselves and asked to share a few things to help with the process. One question left me baffled and ultimately changed my life; “What do you do to make yourself happy?”.
At the time I honestly didn’t know. It’s not been an easy road, but it’s been the most fulfilling adventure I’ve ever been on and I feel that I should now share what I’ve learned with others. 1. “Today you are you, that is truer than true. How many times have we heard “no one will love you until you learn to love yourself” or “nobody knows you the way you do”? So get to know the right-now-real you, both the good and the bad, and own it. The good news is that if you don’t like certain aspects of yourself right now, you have it in your control to change that. 2.
“Open your eyes and look within. “You have brains in your head. 3. 4. 5. 6. Dale Carnegie&s Top 10 Tips for Improving Your Social Skills. Image by kalandrakas. “The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. “Who was Dale Carnegie?” He wrote a little book called “How to Win Friends and Influence People”.
Carnegie then continued to write more books and to create courses on how to interact with people, on how to make friends and on how to gain influence. In this article I’ll explore 10 of my favourite tips from Dale Carnegie. 1. “If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.” Emotions work backwards too. 2. “When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.” This is so key. The body language and the voice tonality is a bit like the rest of the iceberg, the great mass below the tip of the words we use. 3. “Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.” Now these things may not be easy to avoid all together. 4. 5. 6. 7. The 30 Most Satisfying Simple Pleasures Life Has to Offer.
The Jungle of Life | A journey toward your true peak. Good in Today. How To Build Self-Confidence. When I was in my late teens a friend of mine, an elite athlete, gave me the most profound, yet simple advice that changed the way I would view myself forever. He told me: "If you don't think very highly of yourself, you can't expect anyone else to think it of you. " Translation - It means that we alone are responsible for building self-confidence. We cannot depend upon, or wait for anyone else's approval. We must see ourselves as worthy and capable of achieving anything we choose to achieve. Ultimately, how we see ourselves is more important than how anyone else sees us. If we don't work at loving and accepting ourselves, nothing anyone else thinks matters.
In a similar vein, have you ever felt that you don't measure up to others overall? Consider that in an opinion poll done by Men's Health Magazine (1,000 American women ages 21 to 54 in two online polls) women rated traits relating to character and personality much higher than they scored those reflecting physical attractiveness. The Art of Living Well. Think about it - there is an art to everything and living well is no exception. Of any art, this would be the one to master since it encompasses all the others. The art of living well is to make your life an expression of who you are, what you believe, and your hopes, dreams and desires. Of course, to create your life as a work of art is an ongoing, evolving and creative endeavor.
And so it should be. The difference between living well and just living would be analogous to preparing a meal. When you're hungry you can just throw something together from whatever is handy without considering the nutritional value, taste, or visual appeal of the dish. Or, you can prepare a pleasing, nutritious, tasty meal that not only satisfies your visual and practical needs, but also makes it a joy to experience.
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