Self-Improvement Archives

Racial Categorization: People Aren’t Categories

What does “racial categorization” mean? Is it possible to fight the brain’s urge to categorize? What methods can you use to stop stereotypes from forming? Racial categorization is when you see a person of another race as a representative of that race, rather than as an individual. This inclination to categorize people comes from the brain’s need to sort information. However, this doesn’t mean that there aren’t ways to fight this urge to form stereotypes. Here is the psychology behind racial categorization and how to prevent it.

How to Tap Into Your Intuition: 3 Proven Techniques

What do you do when confronted with a major life challenge? Do you seek help from external sources (e.g. consult friends and family)? Or are you the kind of person who relies solely on internal input? When confronted with a challenge, many people know how to seek outside help. But few know how to access their inner wisdom or intuition. You can learn how to tap into your intuition to help you make decisions. In this article, you’ll learn how to tap into your intuition.

Just Believe in Yourself: 5 Tips With Examples

Do you think you can influence your life outcomes with your thoughts? Would you say that you just believe in yourself and your capabilities? Science has shown that what happens in our lives tends to follow what we think will happen, or what we’ve been conditioned to think will happen. So, to achieve what you want in life, just believe in yourself, believe it will happen, believe you can do it, and don’t be deterred by conventional wisdom that says otherwise. In this article, you’ll learn techniques to change your thinking and achieve success.

Don’t Make Assumption: Seek and Face the Truth

Do you feel like you tend to rush to conclusions too soon? Why is it important to hold yourself off making premature assumptions about the events in your life? It’s common to make up “stories” about a situation or experience to help us interpret it rather than asking questions to learn the truth. Often, our stories are negative, and they affect how we choose to act. In this article, you’ll learn to ask questions to determine what’s going on rather than letting your negative stories affect your emotions and guide your actions.

How to create a “Never Binge Again” Food Plan

Want to know how to make a Never Binge Again food plan? How can this food plan help you say no to the inner pig in your head that wants to binge? In the book Never Eat Again, Glenn Livingston shares a food plan that will help you fight your binge eating urges. His food plan consists of always, nevers, unrestricted, and conditionals. He also provides tips and advice to keep your diet on track. Here is the Never Binge Again food plan from Glenn Livingston.

How to Increase Your Income: 5 Actionable Strategies

Do you want to make more money without piling on overtime? What is the best way to increase your income? To build your wealth, you can either spend less of your earnings or earn more. Earning more is better because it allows you to save money for retirement while not having to forgo things you want to buy in the present. This article offers some suggestions for how to increase your income.

Being a Lifelong Learner: 4 Strategies to Learn More

Do you consider yourself a lifelong learner? Do you always look for opportunities to learn new skills and add to your knowledge repository? How can being a lifelong learner propel you further on your quest to success? Having achieved a certain level of success, many people become complacent; they stop learning and developing themselves further. Yet being a lifelong learner is key to adapting to changing times, and generally, living a life full of wonder and curiosity. There are four strategies to adopt the lifelong learner mentality.

How to Finish What You Start: The Declutter Approach

Do you often start something but struggle to see it through to completion? Is your mind constantly boggled with all the unfinished projects pending on your to-do list? How can you learn how to finish what you start? Finishing projects and decluttering your life can give you a sense of accomplishment and the confidence to move forward with your goals. To rid yourself of incomplete tasks, consider doing a decluttering ritual—this will help make space in your mind to start afresh. Read more to find out the importance of these tasks and how to finish what you start.

7 Exercises for Becoming Indistractable

Are you trying to become indistractable? How can these exercises from Insidstactable help you to focus on what’s really important in life? In his book Insdistractable, Nir Eyal teaches readers how to focus on their goals and stop getting distracted by external triggers. Eyal says that distractions start internally, which is why you need to start driving your life instead of letting its distractions drive you. Keep reading for exercises on becoming indistractable that you can apply to your own life.

Conscious Spending: 4 Tips to Get You Started

Would you say you are a responsible spender? Do you tend to live above, below, or just in line with your means? How can you get better at conscious spending? It’s common to think that being successful means living a lavish lifestyle and not having to think about what you spend money on. Though living the lifestyle you want while investing and growing your wealth is an admirable goal, it’s still important to learn how to consciously spend money. Keep reading for tips on developing a conscious spending mindset.