“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” Winston Churchill “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” Anais Nin One of the most common questions people ask me via email is how to become more of an optimist. So this week I'd simply like to share three habits that can help you to get started with that. I use these myself just about every day to stay optimistic in … [Read more...]
20 Small Ways to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
“Get out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.” Brian Tracy I’m a big fan of doing the unusual thing. Sometimes in big ways. Often in small and daily ways to mix things up. Why? Because this habit is a simple and relatively easy way to: Get out of your comfort zone. And if you change your perspective on yourself from someone who sticks to the old and comfortable … [Read more...]
Go Easy on Yourself: 4 Tips to Help You Do What Matters in a Self-Kind Way
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” Buddha “People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it.” Edith Schaeffer One common way to get things done, to achieve and to motivate yourself is to be kind of hard on yourself. To set very high standards for yourself that you want to stick to every time. Now, … [Read more...]
How to Take Action: 12 Habits that Turn Dreams into Reality
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Don't wait. The time will never be just right.” Napoleon Hill What makes dreams into reality? I believe that perhaps the most important – and an often ignored – thing is simply taking action. I used to be really bad at it when I was younger. Back then I usually got stuck. I got stuck in my dreams about what I wanted to do. I … [Read more...]
12 Powerful Ways to Reduce and Calm Your Anxiety
Today I want to share 12 tips that have been really useful for me to calm my anxiety in everyday life. Because if you’re anything like me you have been there many times. You’re sitting in a waiting room. Or just waiting somewhere. Soon it will begin. Your leg is starting to shake nervously. Your hands are starting to sweat and maybe your mouth feels a bit dry. Your thoughts are becoming jumbled, it is hard to focus and to think as clearly as you … [Read more...]
10 Things to Do on Days When You Just Want to Give Up
“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” Harriet Beecher Stowe Some days are light and filled with inspiration. Some days are simply routine. And on some days you may think to yourself: “I give up”. You may feel like just giving up on… Your new … [Read more...]
3 Things You Need to Stop Doing to Get Started
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” George Eliot Getting started with doing what you deep down want to do in life can be hard. No matter if what you want is to start exercising, create your own business on the side, write a book, see other parts of the world, improve your relationship with yourself or something entirely else. But often we make getting started a lot harder than it needs to be by standing in our own way. So in … [Read more...]
How to Change Your Life in Just 2 Minutes a Day: 10 Quick Habits
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” Lao Tzu “The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult.” Madame Marie du Deffand Making a positive change in your life does not have to be about making a huge leap. But I believe that belief is one of those things that hold people back from improving their life and world. A simpler way that more often results in actual action being taken and new habits being … [Read more...]
How to Overcome Fear: 6 Powerful Strategies You Can Start Using Today
“When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Fear. It’s so easy to get stuck in it. To let it hold you back. I have been there many times in my life. The fear has, for example, held me back from: Trying new things. It has held me back from … [Read more...]
How to Stop Being Pessimistic: 10 Positive Thinking Tips
One of the most powerful habits that I’ve picked up in the past 10+ years is to stop being pessimistic and to think in a more optimistic and constructive way instead. It makes life feel lighter and not so burdensome. It opens up new paths towards where you want to go and it helps you to more easily overcome setbacks (and often get something good out of them). You’ll feel less worried and sorry for yourself and more motivated to keep taking … [Read more...]
6 Questions to Help You Simplify and Focus on What Truly Matters This Fall
“Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week’s value out of a year while another man gets a full year’s value out of a week.” Charles Richards There are many important things in life. Your family and friends. A hobby perhaps. Working out and staying healthy. The most important relationship in your life. And reading, learning and growing as a person. But finding the time for … [Read more...]
5 ways to get BACK on TRACK
Do you feel a little off since the holidays? Here are 5 holiday CHEER ups, getting back on track is not as hard as you think! 1)Today is the first day to do it right. It's midday, it's after lunch even, but you can still start over, get back on track. Maybe you had that Christmas strudel for breakfast or yet another holiday party last night. You can "reset" at anytime. Drink a big glass of water and leave the past, in the PAST. Today is day one. … [Read more...]
3 Powerful Steps to Stop Self-Doubt from Holding You Back in Life
Self-doubt can be a troubling and persuasive voice that holds you back. It holds you back from seizing your opportunities. It makes getting started or finishing things harder than they need to be. Sure, it can sometimes be useful as it helps you to soberly see your current limitations or simply recognize a half-baked or bad idea. But mostly, it holds you back in life. So how can you get around that, how can you overcome those times of self-doubt … [Read more...]
How to Overcome Nervousness: 7 Simple Habits
“Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” Benjamin Franklin “If I don’t train enough, of course I’m nervous.“ Haile Gebrselassie It starts with just a little tremble within. Then a pressure builds up. A hand or foot starts to fidget. Your palms become moist and you start to feel not quite like yourself anymore. The inner calmness you felt has flown out the window. Nervousness is back, like … [Read more...]
Go Easy on Yourself
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” Buddha “People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it.” Edith Schaeffer One common way to get things done, to achieve and to motivate yourself is to be kind of hard on yourself. To set very high standards for yourself that you want to stick to every time. Now, … [Read more...]
10 Things to Remember When Your Whole Day (or Month) Seems to Go Wrong
“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” Harriet Beecher Stowe “If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.” E. Joseph Cossman Some days everything seems to just go wrong. And sometimes it is not just days we’re talking about. … [Read more...]
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The Power of Breathing: 7 Helpful Ways to Use It in Your Daily Life
“Smile, breathe and go slowly.” Thich Nhat Hanh “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” Marcus Aurelius One of things we may often take for granted in life is the simple act of breathing. Sure, we know that without it we would not live. But it is one of those things that happen unconsciously, automatically as we go about our lives. That’s all that’s to … [Read more...]
