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Never Give Out Personal or Financial Information On a Call You Did Not Initiate

May 6, 2021 Leave a Comment

It happens often, and it seems like common sense. But, how often have you been called by your loan company, or your phone company, or your insurance company, or internet company, and that call has started with something like:

“Hello, this is Sandra from Comcast calling about your account. Before going any further, for your security, please verify the last four digits of your social security number.”

This Is Your Brain On Reading

May 5, 2021 Leave a Comment

Reading puts your brain to work.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to your body.

It gives us freedom to roam the expanse of space, time, history, and offer a deeper view of ideas, concepts, emotions, and body of knowledge.

Roberto Bolaño says, “Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people’s ideas, like listening to music, like looking at the view, like taking a walk on the beach.”

Do yourself a favor and take mixed signals as a no

May 4, 2021 Leave a Comment

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(photo: @qimmanifester)

If a person is interested in you romantically, they will MAKE TIME to reply to your texts (as if that’s so hard to do). If they can’t meet you on a certain day for a date, they will tell you the soonest possible alternative date and confirm it with you. They will call you back that day if they miss your call.

Putting Off Hard Conversations Does Not Make Them Easier

May 3, 2021 Leave a Comment

Every hard conversation you put off is a pebble in your shoe. Each day is a painful step that you tell yourself “Not yet, I can’t stop and deal with this right now. It’s too much trouble or pain to face this, I’ll get to it later.” How many pebbles are in your shoe now? How many times throughout your day do you wince as you feel the pebble and dread dealing with it? How heavy is that emotional burden?

Top 8 Attitudes For People Who Plan To Stay Poor

April 30, 2021 Leave a Comment

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1. “The wealthy are just lucky.”

So they keep waiting to get lucky. And somehow never do. Sure the wealthy got some lucky breaks. But they also learned to recognize them and what to do when they popped up. Because lucky breaks, like the morning dew, evaporate fast.

What Would You Do If Someone Treated You The Way You Treat Yourself?

April 29, 2021 Leave a Comment

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This question can solve your challenges with laziness and self-sabotage.

Take a minute to consider the following:

1) How do you speak to yourself?
2) How do you speak about yourself to others?
3) How do you treat yourself when you do something right?
4) How do you treat yourself when you do something wrong or incorrect?
5) How do attempt to control your behaviours/habits?

The Definitive Guide to Male Anxiety Disorders

April 28, 2021 Leave a Comment

Anxiety is commonly reported as a women’s issue, with even very recent research studies suggesting that women are twice as likely to suffer from anxiety as men.

However in recent years there seems to be increased discussion about male anxiety and several high profile men including Johnny Depp and Captain America star, Chris Evans, have admitted in interviews that they suffer from anxiety disorders.

You Can’t Hate Yourself Into Being A Better You

April 27, 2021 Leave a Comment

I thought if I did enough self improvement I would be happy. I thought that losing the weight, learning to beat procrastination, and practicing happiness affirmations would make me a content human being.

But my self love was conditional. I felt good when I made progress on my goals. It was great when I applied what I learned. But there are always setbacks.

And when you love yourself conditionally those setbacks are cause for brutal self evisceration.

How To Become The Best Version Of Yourself

April 26, 2021 Leave a Comment

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1) Love yourself

You deserve the best. You should strive for your potential – the most fulfilled version of yourself – and that potential is virtually limitless. This is the single most important mindset to adopt, as it serves as a foundation for literally everything else. It’s not a case of arrogance or entitlement, but in the sense that you would want the best for a family member of SO that you deeply love.

What Is Self Discipline And How To Build More Of It

April 23, 2021 Leave a Comment

Self-discipline means that you do the things that you know are right or beneficial, even if they’re difficult. But what does that really mean? What does that actually look like?

People often associate self-discipline with diet and exercise, but it goes beyond that. Yes, staying active and eating clean in our current culture takes discipline, but being a self-disciplined person goes way beyond that.