4 Ways to Find Yourself Edit Article Waking Your ConsciousConquering Your WorldChanging Your PerspectiveSettling In for Good Edited by Dorothy V., Lisa Brooks, Alan J, Harold R and 128 others "To find yourself first learn about yourself" Finding the real you is an enlightening experience. You become self-sufficient and do things for yourself, for once. Ad Steps Part 1 of 4: Waking Your Conscious 1Create your own life timeline. Part 2 of 4: Conquering Your World 1Immerse yourself in solitude. Part 3 of 4: Changing Your Perspective 1Let go of the need to be loved by all. Part 4 of 4: Settling In for Good 1Act upon your newly discovered knowledge. Tips
22 Habits of Unhappy People Comments Crushing the Impostor Syndrome - Cyclone Life Hey friends. You look really good today. Nice shirt. So, the other day, someone I work with (a genius, I might add) told me that they didn’t actually know anything about their job. I laughed it off and said they knew so much more than I did, they didn’t need to worry at all. What the heck. They are lying. Or are they? This is a phenomenon called the Impostor Syndrome. Have you ever thought that? Impostor syndrome is a real thing. “I have written eleven books, but each time I think, ‘Uh oh, they’re going to find out now. Sometimes in classes and at work, I feel like I’m the only one who’s struggling. “The beauty of the impostor syndrome is you vacillate between extreme egomania and a complete feeling of: ‘I’m a fraud! Students don’t just feel this. “You think, ‘Why would anyone want to see me again in a movie? One day a couple of months ago at my internship, I wrote this fairly simple application for my team that would make one of their projects run more smoothly. Be confident.
Heading Out on Your Own: 31 Life Skills in 31 Days — Series Wrap-Up Happy September first! Yesterday we completed the series we ran every day last month: Heading Out on Your Own: 31 Basic Life Skills in 31 Days. The goal of the series was simple: to help young men heading out on their own for the first time learn some of the very basic life skills they would need to succeed at living independently. To this end, each day last month we published one article on a variety of basic life skills from personal finance to home-ec know-how. While we couldn’t have possibly covered every single skill a young man will need to know to successfully live on his own, I really believe we covered nearly all of the important essentials. If you missed any of the days during the series, or would like to go back and revisit them, here are links to all 31 articles: Day 1: Develop a Self-Reliant Mentality Day 2: How to Do Laundry Day 3: How to Open and Manage a Checking Account Day 4: Keep a Regular Grooming and Hygiene Routine Day 5: Create a Weekly Attack Plan Gone Fishin’!
Start doing what you love, at least on the side ~ Remember what you love to do and then do it. At least on the side. The years are passing by and waiting for nobody. ~ The following post applies to anything you have passion for, such as your hobbies, inventions, and so forth. Now imagine you’re working at a 9-5 job. So what are your passions? Brainstorm Your Dreams Brainstorm all the dreams you have buried deep down inside. You’re Bound To be Successful If You Keep At It Ever notice that people who have been doing something for 20-30 years, are pretty much Gods at what they do? If you’re doing what you love to do, given enough time, not only will you get pretty effin’ good at it but you’re pretty much guaranteed to have made a name for yourself and could make a living doing what you love. Start Doing What You Love, AT LEAST ON THE SIDE! You don’t need to quit your job and make drastic life changes. In the beginning you’re going to be doing nothing but researching: Researching what your options are. Conclusion?
7 Limiting Beliefs of Unhappy People Your beliefs shape your life. Trust me, I know that life can be hard. Really, really hard. But how you see the world is ultimately responsible for whether you are overall a happy person, or whether you end up feeling bitter and unhappy most days. Negative beliefs act like a filter. The good news is, once you recognize negative beliefs in yourself, they begin to lose their power over you. And like a ray of sunlight peeking through dark clouds, your inner capacity for joy will begin peeking through, brightening up your life once again. Here are the most common negative beliefs that can limit your potential for happiness: 1. If you tend to see the world as either black or white, you are setting yourself up for disappointment. No one is always good (or bad). Inside every person, including you and me, are good thoughts and bad thoughts, things we are proud of having done and things we wish we could change. Another person may act out of love at home but feel bitter when she is at work. 2. 3. Why? 4.
40 websites that will make you cleverer right now The indexed web contains an incredible 14 billion pages. But only a tiny fraction help you improve your brain power. Here are 40 of the best. whizzpast.com – Learn about our awe inspiring past all in one wonderful place. khanacademy.org – Watch thousands of micro-lectures on topics ranging from history and medicine to chemistry and computer science. freerice.com – Help end world hunger by correctly answering multiple-choice quizzes on a wide variety of subjects. artofmanliness.com – Blog/site dedicated to all things manly, great for learning life skills and good insights. unplugthetv.com – Randomly selects an educational video for you to watch. coursera.org – An educational site that works with universities to get their courses on the Internet, free for you to use. mentalfloss.com – Interesting articles guaranteed to make you smile and get you thinking. feelgoodwardrobe.com – Find out how the world of fashion really works and what you can do to combat it. lifehacker.com – Learn to hack life!
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. 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 2. If you take it out, put it back.If you open it, close it.If you throw it down, pick it up.If you take it off, hang it up. 3. A burnt light bulb that needs to be changed.A button that’s missing on your favorite shirt.The fact that every time you open your top kitchen cabinet all of the plastic food containers fall out. Happiness 4. 5. 6. How many times do you beat yourself up during the day? 7. Learning/Personal Development 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
Need Some Motivation Right Now? Read This IMMEDIATELY — Think Traffic If you’re in desperate need of some motivation, we’re going to fix that problem, right here, right now. Prepare yourself. WARNING: I’m going to swear and yell a little in this post. Desperate times call for desperate measures. You said you needed motivation. If this isn’t the kind of motivation you need, leave now. Alright. Here goes. Do you want some motherfucking motivation right now? I SAID, do you want some MOTHERFUCKING MOTIVATION RIGHT NOW? Do you want to get some seriously useful shit done today? Do you want to get off your ass and start producing instead of wallowing in despair, depression, self pity, fear, doubt or whatever is holding you back? Are you sick of not getting anything done? Let’s DO THIS. The point of this exercise is to give you motivation to do something right now. Follow the steps below carefully. 1. The world doesn’t care. And if you’re feeling depressed or down, stop feeling sorry for yourself while you’re at it. We all face obstacles. Did you catch that? Period. 2. 3. 4.
5 Brain Hacks That Give You Mind-Blowing Powers Sure, you could improve yourself the normal way, with hard work and years of slow, incremental progress. Or you could use some of your body's built-in cheat codes and just hack your way to awesometown. These hacks come with various degrees of difficulty, but no risk or potential for injury. And actual scientists say that all of them work. #5. Thinkstock Images/Comstock/Getty Images The human brain sucks at remembering lists. That's weird, because there are other things in life we have no problem with. Digital Vision. The Hack: You're able to find your way around because a whole lot of your mental horsepower is devoted to spatial memory -- learning the layout of your environment. Here's how it works: You pick a familiar place that you know well and can imagine without much problem -- the inside of your house, the layout of your neighborhood, whatever. Comstock/Comstock/Getty Images"Shit, that reminds me, I'm out of chloroform." Comstock/Comstock/Getty Images"Two. #4. 1. #3. Quick!