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Webfail - Fail Bilder und Fail Videos. Vladstudio. 20 Things That Mentally Strong People Don't Do. I often write about the things I believe we all should be doing, trying or experimenting with in order to maximize our success and happiness.

20 Things That Mentally Strong People Don't Do

However, it’s not always the things we do that make the biggest difference in our lives; it’s often the things we avoid doing that have the biggest effect. As human beings, we have a strong aversion to not doing; we feel that in order to produce results, there must be an initial action. However, because we are almost always doing something, piling on more and more often has a negative effect, rather than a positive one. Among the mentally strong, there are several actions that are avoided in order to produce the greatest benefit in the shortest period of time. These actions are those that the mentally strong avoid, and that we should consider adapting as our own: 1. Mentally strong individuals focus on the present moment and on the near future. 30 Life-Enhancing Things You Can Do in 30 Minutes or Less.

Many of us attempt to measure our happiness based on the duration of certain favorable experiences in our lives.

30 Life-Enhancing Things You Can Do in 30 Minutes or Less

The longer a favorable experience lasts, the happier we think we’ll be. But the truth is, life is simply a string of small, independent moments that are always changing. Thus, a few minutes well spent here and there can make a big difference in what we get out of life in the long-term. Here are 30 things you can do in 30 minutes or less that will have a positive emotional effect on you and those closest to you. And yes, I realize some of these suggestions may lead to activities and projects that will likely take longer than 30 minutes to complete; but they still take far less than 30 minutes to start.

What simple life-enhancing activities do you participate in on a regular basis? Photo by: Rachel Sian Related 30 Ways to Save 30 Minutes a Day. 75 Ways To Stay Unhappy Forever. Dale Carnegie once said, “It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy.

75 Ways To Stay Unhappy Forever

It’s what you think about.” I don’t think anyone could say it any better than that. I’ve watched so many friends search tirelessly for happiness by changing jobs, moving to new cities, pursuing intimate relationships, and tweaking all sorts of other external factors in their lives. And guess what? Prof. Heinsohn zur Krise. Prof.

Prof. Heinsohn zur Krise

Dr. Dr. Gunnar Heinsohn ist einer der grössten, fundiertesten und kreativsten wissenschaftlichen Denker. Er ist regelmässiger Gastreferent an der Malik Academy, und u. a. auch Wirtschaftsexperte in unserem Master-Programm und überdies hinaus auch Gastautor des monatlichen Malik Letters. Zusammen mit seinem Kollegen Otto Steiger hat Prof. Einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit wurde Prof. Heinsohn wurde 1943 in Polen geboren und studierte an der Freien Universität Berlin Soziologie, Geschichte, Psychologie, Ökonomie und Religionswissenschaften. Gunnar Heinsohn und Otto Steiger schufen Schlüsselwerke wie Eigentum, Zins und Geld: Ungelöste Rätsel der Wirtschaftswissenschaft (1996, 9.

Heinsohn ist Autor von über 900 Publikationen, Mitherausgeber des Magazins "Zeitensprünge" und schreibt für grosse internationale Zeitungen. » Heinsohn: "Roma Quadrata" How to Help a Friend Fight Depression. Depression is debilitating.

How to Help a Friend Fight Depression

When I am caught in its spiral of judgment-clouding twisted logic there is often little I am able to do for myself. I know I’m hard to love when I’m depressed, but if you are the rare friend who is committed to staying with me through the pain, consider these seven ways you can help me. 1. Don’t Judge. You will feel frustrated with me. But please don’t judge me. Pray that your heart would be full of grace toward me. 2. I know God is good. And I know it is good to be reminded of these things, but please tread carefully.

Kind of Normal. Human Body. The 13 Best Psychology and Philosophy Books of 2013. By Maria Popova How to think like Sherlock Holmes, make better mistakes, master the pace of productivity, find fulfilling work, stay sane, and more.

The 13 Best Psychology and Philosophy Books of 2013

After the best biographies, memoirs, and history books of 2013, the season’s subjective selection of best-of reading lists continue with the most stimulating psychology and philosophy books published this year. (Catch up on the 2012 roundup here and 2011’s here.) “How we spend our days,” Annie Dillard wrote in her timelessly beautiful meditation on presence over productivity, “is, of course, how we spend our lives.” And nowhere do we fail at the art of presence most miserably and most tragically than in urban life — in the city, high on the cult of productivity, where we float past each other, past the buildings and trees and the little boy in the purple pants, past life itself, cut off from the breathing of the world by iPhone earbuds and solipsism. Right now, you are missing the vast majority of what is happening around you. Online Portfolio for Creative Professionals. The 31 Most Pleasurable Things That Have Ever Happened.