Personal development

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How to Build Healthy Motivation

Our motivation systems are partially laid out by genetics, but they’re also shaped by experiences. High levels of stress and a dearth of positive relationships with adults can affect how children’s brains respond to different tasks. Caring adults can help students develop the motivation systems that will serve

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5 ways to learn something new everyday

When we were children, we had the urge to gain some new useful knowledge every day. We have participated in the tests at school, participated in extra-curricular activities, and joined gatherings during our school years. Here are 5 ways to learn something new every day and keep learning new things

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4 Ways We Disrupt the Cycle of Generosity

Gratitude, witnessing prosocial acts, and helping others contribute to the well-being of givers and receivers. Emotions fuel the giving-receiving cycle that is central to the functioning of human communities. There are four ways that people impede the giving-receiving process, as well as how to avoid them. Failure to Actually Ask

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5 Ways You Sabotage Your Own Happiness

Happiness is more than just feeling good. There’s actually a wide range of benefits of being happy. These benefits include making us healthier, strengthening relationships, and increasing productivity. Being happy also encourages us to make more positive contributions to society. Here are five common culprits that are blocking your

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Mourning and the 5 Stages of Grief

Mourning is an intimate and unique experience for each of us. There are at least five emotions associated with grief. The five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. There’s no order to them and they serve as a reference instead of a guide on how

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5 Timeless Strategies for Building Self-Discipline

Self-discipline is about leaning into resistance. Taking action in spite of how you feel. Living a life by design, not by default. But most importantly, it’s acting in accordance with your thoughts—not your feelings. Here are five practical strategies that will help you build your discipline, step by

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What Is Cognitive Kindness?

Cognitive kindness is a generosity of spirit toward others’ minds and one’s own mind that proceeds from a fundamental valuing of our individual and collective cognitive abilities. Cognitive kindness honours our abilities to reason and understand, to imagine and create, to dream and design. The Illusion of Transparency * Studies

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7 Little Things That Can Tell You A Lot About Someone

One of the best life skills is the ability to accurately gauge a person’s character and personality. It’ll help you find stronger relationships and avoid much pain and frustration. Here are seven methods that will help you tremendously — either they are the sign that leads to a long,

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4 Tips to Help You Accept & Embrace Change

Change is an opportunity for you to experience something new and to grow and evolve as a person. When you welcome and embrace change, you open yourself up and allow yourself to cooperate with the natural evolution of existence on earth. Event + Response = Outcome * It is your response to any

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How to think about pleasure

Pleasure, in and of itself, is ‘lower’ than the real heavy hitters, such as truth, wisdom, and God, those hallowed founts of authentic happiness. It is a common notion, even in our own day, that pleasure is in some sense a distraction from happiness – or that it doesn’t lead

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3 simple habits that can protect your brain from cognitive decline

Even in your fifties, activities like learning a new language or musical instrument, taking part in aerobic exercise, and developing meaningful social relationships can do wonders for your brain. We can come up with a three-point plan to encourage “resilient aging” by activating neurogenesis in the brain. Get your heart

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How to Speak So People Really Listen: The Straight-Talking Guide to Communicating with Influence and Impact – Paul McGee

This book is an engaging and practical guide that helps readers learn how to communicate more effectively. It covers a range of topics, such as understanding the psychology of communication, building rapport, creating influence, and dealing with difficult conversations. The book also provides tips and strategies for developing more effective

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Six Ways To Overcome Nervousness

Nervousness does matter. It often leads us to use what researchers term “powerless” language, which is effectively the opposite of being clear, articulate and succinct. Here are six ways to overcome your nervousness gremlin and put your best foot forward. Listen to the gremlin, then talk back * Make a note

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The Hidden Power of Boredom

Being bored is actually a very good thing for us. While most people are chasing ways to keep their brains stimulated, we can level up our lives by doing the opposite: learning to unplug, slow down, and embrace boredom. What is Boredom? * Boredom stems from a situation where none of

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How Goals Increase Your Sense of Purpose

Purpose is our anchor that keeps us from wavering back and forth. Without a specific purpose, there is nothing to pursue. Instead, purpose points us toward the road to fulfilling our heart’s desire. When our goals are achieved, we feel a sense of fulfilment. That’s an advantage of

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Set yourself free by developing a growth mindset toward anxiety

The psychologist Carol Dweck’s research has shown that those with a growth mindset – who believe that intelligence is malleable, and skills can be developed – will respond more favourably in challenging situations. Exposure Therapy * In exposure therapy, individuals are asked to gradually confront the situations or memories that bring up

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6 Strategies for Gaining Perspective

If you find yourself barely able to come up for air during a busy week, some perspective can help you get a better handle on your to-do list. By putting a particular detail in its broader context, you can shed unnecessary worries and see opportunities you might otherwise miss. Here

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5 Ways to Deal With the Family Bully

71% of family bullying targets reported struggling with stress; 70% indicated that depression and anxiety were a concern; and 55% reported a loss in confidence. If you are being bullied by a family member, there are steps you can take to end the behaviour or protect yourself from its effects.

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Daniel Goleman’s Theory on Emotional Intelligence

Emotional intelligence is, whether we like it or not, the real key to being happy. If we don’t know how to read our own emotions (and other people’s emotions), if we are strangers to our own hearts and lack social awareness that allows us to connect, manage fear,

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Present Bias: Why it’s so hard to give a damn about our Future Selves

The “Present Bias” describes our tendency to choose a smaller, immediate reward over a larger reward in the future. Present bias leads us to consistently optimize for our current enjoyment, forever putting off the harder things that set our future selves up for success, such as eating healthier, saving more,

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How to Become a Master at Talking to Strangers

Entrepreneurs must become experts at connecting with anyone — and with a few simple strategies, you can. Small Talk * Small talk is the opener for a better conversation. It’s a way to get comfortable with one another and cast around for something you want to talk about * It’s structured

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5 Reasons We Enjoy Being Scared

Fear refers to an emotion or feeling induced by perceived danger or threat of danger, which yields a physiological change that, subsequently, evokes a behavioural response. But why do so many people like to be scared — in other words, to feel fear? The Safety Net When we get scared, our

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4 Types of Stress and How to Overcome It

There are four types of stress: chronic stress, acute stress, episodic acute stress, and emotional stress. It’s helpful to know which kind of stress you’re personally dealing with so you know which relaxation techniques can help you reduce your stress levels. Episodic Acute Stress * Individuals who tend to

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3 must-have soft skills for the hybrid workplace

In the World Economic Forum’s 2020 Future of Jobs Report, the survey authors designate over a dozen key skills which they call the “top skills” employees need for future success in the workplace. Among these skills are a number of soft skills. These less outward-facing skills are important to

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3 tips we still need to handle communication overload

If you’re feeling burned out in your virtual meetings, chances are your colleagues, team, and bosses are feeling it, too. Here are a few tips to help. Take time back * If you accomplish everything you need to before the scheduled time is over, the leader of the meeting says,