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Competitive Mindset: Stay on Top of Your Game

How do you tap into your competitive spirit? More importantly, how do you stay on top of your competitive game when circumstances aren’t in your favor? In competitive enterprises, you’ll meet plenty of adversity on your path, so it’s crucial to learn how to use the negatives as opportunities for growth. To not let your competitive spirit wane in the face of adversity, stay on top of your game by always seeking growth opportunities, even in negative situations. Here’s how to stay on top of your game and maintain a competitive mindset no matter what.

How to Create a Bullet Journal Progress Tracker

Do you want to reach new goals this year? Are you keeping track of your progress? How can bullet journaling help? If you want to reach a new goal or create better habits, you should record your progress in a bullet journal. Making a bullet journal progress tracker can help keep you motivated and help keep you on track when you do your monthly reviews. Here’s how to keep a bullet journal progress tracker.

How to Keep a Bullet Journal Gratitude Log

How do you use the gratitude log bullet journal? How often and what should you write? In his book The Bullet Journal Method, Ryder Carroll suggests two ways a bullet journal can help you cultivate gratitude. The first way is to celebrate when you complete a task, and the second is to keep a daily log of things you’re grateful for. Here’s how you can systematize your gratitude practice with a bullet journal.

How to Get in the Zone of High Performance

Have you ever been “in the zone”? Is there a way to enter the performance state on demand? In his book, The Art of Learning, American chess player and tai chi champion Joshua Waitzkin explains how to get in the zone and activate peak performance states. The key, he says, is to use “triggers.” Think of this trigger as an on/off switch that instantly activates your competitive spirit. Here’s how to use triggers to enter the zone of high performance.

Bullet Journal Exercises for Discovering Your Purpose

How can bullet journaling help you find meaning in life? What bullet journal exercises can you do that will get you excited about the future? In his book The Bullet Journal Method, Ryder Carroll suggests two exercises for finding meaning and fulfillment in life: the visualization exercise and the obituary exercise. These exercises will help you move forward in a way that makes you feel more fulfilled. Here’s how bullet journaling can help you in your search for meaning and purpose in life.

How to Gain Clarity: Try Bullet Journaling

Do you feel like you lack clarity and direction in life? Why are you doing what you’re doing? Many people run on autopilot which leads them to believe that life is meaningless. In his book The Bullet Journal Method, Ryder Carroll explains how to gain clarity on why you’re doing what you’re doing. Here’s how you can use your Bullet Journal to gain clarity and purpose in life.

External Reality & Success: Why You Might Be Anxious

On what do you base your success? Is your quest for success making you fearful and anxious? Many people measure success in terms of how much they achieve or accumulate. According to best-selling author and world-renowned well-being practitioner Deepak Chopra, this definition of success—based on external reality—limits you and keeps you trapped in a cycle of achievement and accumulation that creates more anxiety than success. Here’s why an external focus creates a constant state of anxiety.

How to Boost Productivity: The Bullet Journal Solution

Do you want to know how to maximize your time? How can using the Bullet Journal Method help you? If you feel like time is your enemy and you just don’t have enough hours in the day, you should try bullet journaling. This may sound like an odd and counterintuitive solution at first, but bullet journaling can help you become more productive and organized so you can focus your time on what matters. Here are some Bullet Journal productivity tips from Ryder Carroll.

Embrace Your Imperfections With Bullet Journaling

Do you hold yourself to unrealistic expectations? Do you beat yourself up when you can’t reach your goals? To combat self-loathing, you must embrace your imperfections. One method to do that is through Bullet Journaling. Bullet Journaling can help you reflect on the progress you’ve made and to set new, realistic goals for self-improvement. Here’s how Bullet Journaling can help you embrace your imperfections.

What Is Quality Information—and How Can You Find It?

What is quality information? How can you be more intentional about the quality of the information you consume? We’re bombarded with information and stimuli. The information you allow into your brain impacts your creativity and, ultimately, your productivity. You can increase the quality of information you take in by asking yourself five particular questions before you consume any information. Read more to learn how to find higher-quality information.