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60 Small Ways to Improve Your Life in the Next 100 Days. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to make drastic changes in order to notice an improvement in the quality of your life.

60 Small Ways to Improve Your Life in the Next 100 Days

At the same time, you don’t need to wait a long time in order to see the measurable results that come from taking positive action. All you have to do is take small steps, and take them consistently, for a period of 100 days. Below you’ll find 60 small ways to improve all areas of your life in the next 100 days. Home 1. Day 1: Declutter MagazinesDay 2: Declutter DVD’sDay 3: Declutter booksDay 4: Declutter kitchen appliances. 75 questions to ask yourself.

An old proverb says, “He that cannot ask cannot live.”

75 questions to ask yourself

If you want answers you have to ask questions. These are 75 questions you should ask yourself and try to answer. You can ask yourself these questions right now and over the course of your life. 1. 100 Tips About Life, People, and Happiness. The Cab Ride I’ll Never Forget. “Great moments often catch us unawares….”

The Cab Ride I’ll Never Forget

By Kent Nerburn There was a time in my life twenty years ago when I was driving a cab for a living. It was a cowboy’s life, a gambler’s life, a life for someone who wanted no boss, constant movement and the thrill of a dice roll every time a new passenger got into the cab. What I didn’t count on when I took the job was that it was also a ministry. Because I drove the night shift, my cab became a rolling confessional. We were like strangers on a train, the passengers and I, hurtling through the night, revealing intimacies we would never have dreamed of sharing during the brighter light of day.

And none of those lives touched me more than that of a woman I picked up late on a warm August night. I was responding to a call from a small brick fourplex in a quiet part of town. When I arrived at the address, the building was dark except for a single light in a ground-floor window. Find Your Happy Place.

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15 Ways to Live, and Not Merely Exist. Post written by: Marc Chernoff Email As Jack London once said, “The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.”

15 Ways to Live, and Not Merely Exist

Far too often we travel through life on autopilot, going through the motions, accepting what is, and having every day pass like the one before it. Everything seems relatively normal and comfortable, except that constant twitch in the back of your mind that’s saying, “It’s time to make some changes.” Here are 15 simple suggestions for those who want to break free from the mold and truly live more of their life – to experience it and enjoy it to the fullest, instead of settling for a mere existence. Appreciate the great people and things in your life. – Sometimes we don’t notice the things others do for us until they stop doing them. Photo by: Toni Blay If you enjoyed this article, check out our new best-selling book. Change Your Life.

60 Small Ways to Improve Your Life in the Next 100 Days. This column will change your life. 40 Tips for a Better Life. Reading tips from the Internet, I got this useful list where I personally follow some of it to help me sort of improve my day to day life.

40 Tips for a Better Life

Read through it and just follow the things you want to believe. Remember, each person has his/her own needs/wants/beliefs. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, ‘My purpose is to __________ today.’Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.Play more games and read more books than you did in 2007.Make time to practice meditation, and prayer.

10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It. “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise” – Ben Franklin, famously “Put no trust in the benefits to accrue from early rising, as set forth by the infatuated Franklin …” – Mark Twain By Leo Babauta Recently, reader Rob asked me about my habit of waking at 4:30 a.m. each day, and asked me to write about the health benefits of rising early, which I thought was an excellent question.

10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It

Unfortunately, there are none, that I know of. However, there are a ton of other great benefits. Now, let me first say that if you are a night owl, and that works for you, I think that’s great. Greet the day. Personal Development. How to instantly improve your life. 42 Practical Ways To Improve Yourself. Are you someone who likes to grow?

42 Practical Ways To Improve Yourself

Do you constantly seek to improve yourself and become better? If you do, then we have something in common. I’m very passionate about personal growth. It was just 4 years ago when I discovered my passion for growing and helping others grow. At that time, I was 22 and in my final year of university. SEE ALSO: How to Better Yourself One Day at a Time After 1.5 years of actively pursuing growth and helping others to grow through my personal development blog, I realize there is never an end to the journey of self improvement. How to dramatically improve your eye contact skills. Eye contact: The most important communication tool Is your eye contact aggressive, is it soft, is it inviting, do you love with your eyes?

How to dramatically improve your eye contact skills

Eye contact is a very tricky art to master but vital to effective communication. How can you make it better? Eye contact provides social information to the person you are listening to and talking to. Too much eye contact and you could be seen as aggressive, too little eye contact and you can be seen as having no interest in the person speaking. I realised the importance of eye contact when I was counseling people face to face. Physiological signs of eye contact Street traders know the importance of the eyes when using their selling skills to keep their potential buyers interested.

Also when you are interested in someone sexually your pupils will dilate and you hold the person’s gaze a little longer than normal. New Year's Resolutions on 43 Things. 50 Ways To Start Fresh. Defeat. Boredom. 100 Tips to Improve Your Life.