» Top 20 Motivation Hacks – #1. OK, here it is!
After about two weeks of waiting to get to the No. 1 spot, the best of the Top 20 Motivation Hacks … A number of people have commented that I must be dedicated to achieve some of the goals I’m going for: exercise, frugality, organization, healthy eating, etc. Well, I don’t believe in someone being naturally “dedicated” … it’s all a matter of motivation. You can achieve anything if you motivate yourself enough. NOTE: This series is coming to an end, and tomorrow I will do a roundup of all 20 Motivation Hacks.
Motivation Hack #1: Always think positive. I cannot stress this motivation technique highly enough. I know: this sounds like so much motivational public speaker mumbo jumbo. Let me use running as an example. Monitor your thoughts. Positive thinking can be amazingly powerful. » Relationships are easy. Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Corey Allan of Simple Marriage.
Relationships are easy. You may have read or heard the opposite, that relationships are hard work. I used to believe that was true. Not anymore. I understand that making time for someone else or giving up some of the things you love or getting your own way create some struggles in life – but once again, relationships are easy. Perhaps what people who believe relationships are hard work are actually referring to the difficulty of interacting and living with an immature, childish human. Why would it be hard work to be in relationship with a mature, caring grown up? Here’s a couple of other questions to ponder: Why is it that we are sometimes nicer to strangers than we are to loved ones?
Shouldn’t marriage and relationships lighten our load, not add to our burden? Perhaps the problem is that many times we get bogged down in a lot of the unnecessary parts of relationships and lose focus on the essential parts. Feeling Stuck? 100 Ways to Change Your Life. Wise Bread Picks You've got 20 minutes to change your life in 100 ways.
Go. This is the premise of an exercise I tried once, when I was feeling stuck in life. I wasn't sure what was amiss, but the routine I had fallen into was not satisfying the inner voice in me that insisted there was something else out there for me. (See also: Change Your Life With Storytelling) After trying (forcefully) to understand what was going on, reading self-help books, filling out aptitude tests, and working with business and life coaches, I was given a suggestion that became a catalyst for some pretty big personal changes. Here is how you can change your life in 20 minutes, step by step: Clear all distractions.
Something happens after about 10 or 15 minutes if you employ the exercise to its full potential. Ding! Leave the list alone for a day. The point of this exercise is not to create a giant and outlandish "to-do" list that never gets ticked off. Personal Development. » How to Have the Best Year of Your Life (without Setting a Single Goal) Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Jeff Goins of Goins, Writer.
This new year, do something different: stop setting goals. If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results, then making resolutions for another year is a sure-fire way to drive yourself crazy. I did it for years, and it got me nothing. Resolutions are pipe dreams, and goals are a waste of time. They are designed to trick you into believing all you need to change your life is a plan. But plans don’t work. So how do you change your life? The Pointlessness of Plans Most good things happen without a plan: friendships, falling in love, finding a job, and so on. This was how I was able to get into shape, launch a blog, train for a half-marathon, get a book deal, and keep my day job this year — while loving every minute of it. Most productivity systems focus on beginning with the “end in mind” and setting goals to get there.