Hannah Aster, Author at Shortform Books

5 Tips for How to Be More Mindful in Your Daily Life

Want to know how to be more mindful in your everyday life? How can being more mindful help you to regain control of your life? Mindfulness is important because when you are mindful and present in your daily life, you gain more control and consequently, feel happier and more fulfilled. However, remaining mindful in a world full of distractions can prove to be difficult. Thankfully, the list below provides tips on how to remain mindful from Robin Sharma’s book Who Will Cry When You Die?. Continue reading below for tips on mindfulness.

How Opportunity Costs Affect Decision-Making

What is an opportunity cost? How do opportunity costs affect decision-making? An opportunity cost is when you need to consider all options to put a decision into context. This affects your ability to make a decision, because it means you need to make a trade-off in order to make a decision. People don’t like making trade-offs, because they lead to three psychological blocks: indecision, emotional stress, and excessive justification. Continue reading to learn about opportunity costs, decision-making, and how to work through indecision.

How to Boost Your Self-Esteem if You’re Codependent

Do you suffer from codependency traits? What steps can you take to nurture your confidence? If you have a codependent personality, then you likely suffer from self-esteem issues as well. In her book Codependent No More, Melody Beattie provides advice for codependents to boost their self-esteem and explains why they may be lacking confidence in the first place. Here’s how to boost self-esteem.

The 3 Major Personal Life Choices We All Must Make

What are the biggest personal life choices that everybody must make? In what ways does expanded choice affect these decisions? In his book The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz explains that there are three major personal choices that we all must make in life: relationships, religion, and identity. Schwartz says that these already difficult decisions are complicated by the fact that people today have more options than ever. Here’s an overview of Schwartz’s discussion on personal life choices.

Who Will Cry When You Die: Review and Background

Is Robin Sharma’s Who Will Cry When You Die? worth reading? How was the book received by the critics and what are its strengths and weaknesses? In Who Will Cry When You Die?, self-help guru Robin Sharma wants to know if you’ll feel happy with the life you’ve led when you’re on your deathbed. If you think you might have end-of-life regrets, Sharma provides a collection of pithy life lessons and advice to help you seize control of your life and turn it into one you’ll look back on fondly. Continue reading for our Who Will Cry When You Die?

How to Be Satisfied With Life: The 3 Keys to Happiness

Do you feel dissatisfied with your life? Do you often have to do things you don’t like? In his book Think Like a Monk, former monk Jay Shetty says that we all have to do activities that we don’t enjoy in life. Instead of letting this bring you down, Shetty says to reframe how you look at everything you do and to see how they align with your values, what you can gain from them, and analyze why you may not like a certain task. Here is Shetty’s advice on how to be satisfied with life no matter what you’re

Manage Your Expectations to Avoid Disappointment

Have you heard the phrase “Expect the worst, but hope for the best”? Why shouldn’t you set your expectations too high? Why does having more options set your expectations higher? In the book The Paradox of Choice, author Barry Schwartz posits that having more choices sets your reference points, and thus your expectations, higher. He says that it’s important to manage your expectations so you’re not always disappointed by outcomes. Here’s a brief overview of Schwartz’s take on managing your expectations.

How to Process Emotions: 4 Tips for Well-Being

Do you struggle with how to process emotions? How can properly processing your emotions help you overcome codependent tendencies? Many codependent people tend to repress their emotions, because feeling numb is better than feeling pain. However, not processing your emotions can lead to a multitude of issues, including worsening your codependency issues. In order to gain back your self-esteem and work towards becoming more independent, you need to learn how to process your emotions. Here are four tips for processing your feelings.

Complex Decisions: Life’s Biggest Choices

In a life full of choices, what are some of the most complex decisions to make? What makes these decisions more difficult than others? Complex decisions are ones that have a great impact on your life, such as which insurance to choose, which college to attend, or which job will make you the happiest. Although the outcomes of these decisions are intangible, they are some of the biggest choices you’ll ever have to make. Let’s take a look at some of the complex decisions you’ll likely have to face.

Robin Sharma: How to Live Every Day to the Fullest

What does it mean to live every day to the fullest? Is it possible to live a full life without taking any risks? People often throw around the phrase “live your life to the fullest” as if it’s something straightforward and simple, but it’s easier said than done. In his book Who Will Cry When You Die?, Robin Sharma makes this advice actionable by providing five tips on how to make each day count. Here is Sharma’s advice on how to live life to the fullest.