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How can practicing gratitude in your life strengthen your power and faith? What are some things you can be doing to show the universe that you are grateful? Practicing gratitude leads to an endless cycle of good feelings. It puts you at a high frequency which puts you in a powerful position to attract more good things. Keep reading to learn how practicing gratitude can improve your life.
What are behavior cues? What role do environmental behavior cues play in habit formation? Behavior cues are the stimuli in the external environment that prompt or “cue” a behavior. However, external objects in and of themselves are not cues alone. It is your relationship with the object—the context by which you understand the object—is the trigger. Keep reading to learn about the role of behavior cues in habit formation.
Do you feel like you’re not living the life you want? Do you want to rewrite your story and create a reality that you desire? What you choose to focus on becomes your reality. If you stop focusing on negative, self-limiting stories that frame your reality, you’d realize that you can rewrite your story. Keep reading for tips on how you can rewrite you story.
Do you want to attract more good things into your life? How can practicing giving and receiving improve both your mental and physical health? Giving is one of our greatest joys as well as being a fearless and powerful action. Giving and receiving are both full of gratitude and surrendering to the flow and, over time, these acts can help raise your frequency. Keep reading to learn how practicing giving and receiving can improve your life.
What is a habit scorecard? How can keeping a score of your habits help you realize what’s driving them? A habit scorecard is an account of all your current habits—both positive and negative. The purpose of creating a habit scorecard is to create awareness of your current habits and understand the cues that trigger them. Here is how to create a habit scorecard and start building awareness of your habits.
Do you find yourself making excuses for why you can’t achieve your goals? Do you find it easier to procrastinate than to put energy into making your dreams come true? Procrastination is an easy form of self-sabotage; there’s no shortage of fun things you can do to procrastinate. However, when you go for it instead of finding excuses, you can change your life. Keep reading for tips on how not to procrastinate.
Do you want to be more productive and successful? How can Brian Tracy’s 7 steps for success help you achieve your goals? There are 7 steps for success and achieving goals: determine your goals, write them down, list the steps, turn the list into a plan, set a deadline, act on the plan, do something every day to further your goal. If you follow the 7 steps for success then you will see extraordinary results. Keep reading for the 7 steps for success from Eat That Frog,
Do you want to know what the six lessons from The Last Lecture are? How can you implement them into your own life? Randy Pausch used his Last Lecture to recount lessons he had learned or taught throughout his life. The Last Lecture lessons include: the value of honest feedback, people before material things, humility, rising to the occasion, breaking down brick walls, and accepting reality. Keep reading to learn about the six The Last Lecture lessons.
Do you struggle with feelings of shame? How can you build shame resilience? Shame resilience is the ability to recognize when you’re experiencing shame and move away from it towards empathy. It helps you thrive in a culture where shame is rampant. Read about the problems with internalizing shame and how to move beyond it by developing shame resilience.
What does it take to form a habit? What are the stages of habit formation? According to personal development speaker James Clear, small steps and consistency are all you need to form a habit. When you practice a small behavior consistently, your brain “likes” it more and more, encoding it deeper into your neurocircuitry. Here is how to form a habit, according to James Clear.