Take an evening and go to bed by 9pm. Stop getting more things done. Turn off the entertainment (tv, phone, etc). Just go get yourself to bed and have a great nights sleep. You’ll feel great in the morning: Refreshed and pleased with your self discipline.
This one thing will win you more friends, interviews, promotions, sales and romantic relationships than just about anything else you could think of.
Smiling is fun, contagious, exciting, uplifting and joyful. Is hard not to smile if someone smiles at you. So if you train yourself to be the first to smile, you’ll get people smiling back.
Since our body state helps inform our mental state, if your body is holding a smile, you are more likely to be happy inside too.
So remember to smile, all the time, every day. Not just in photos.
Look what you have achieved so far in life! You’ve mastered walking, socialising, some sports, learning, reading, eating, toilet time, tests, exams, paying bills, earning an income, holding a job, dealing with stress and travelling somewhere new.
Of course, you’ve managed to do all sorts of other things too! And just because others have done it, doesn’t reduce the validity that you did it too.
You are an amazing group of cells doing quite exceptional, though sometimes mundane, things. Things a giraffe ? couldn’t even imagine doing. So well done!
Now everything else is quite simple. So go make it happen. I believe in you and you should too!
Sometimes it’s better to just leave the room. If someone is doing or saying something that deprives you of joy, creates unnecessary stress or bothers you in some way, there are times it is better to keep quiet and head for the exit.
Ideally people would learn from the mistakes and experience of others. However, there are times when people think they know better and can’t be told otherwise.
And sometimes the conversation just isn’t your cup of tea. They don’t all have to be pleasing to you. Not all teas appeal in the same way. Some people don’t even enjoy tea.
So next time you feel the emotion rising up, and the discomfort becoming too much, just exit stage left. That’s all folks.
It takes a little more time but pays dividends. If you’re running behind schedule, let them know. If new relevant news is found, update the other parties.
Knowledge is power. Keeping it makes you more powerful. Sharing it makes everyone more powerful and effective.
More solutions are considered when more people have the information. A greater solution can appear from more minds working on the problem or with updated information.
Seek a better world for all, not just you or your desired few.
Use all of your resources. Call a friend. Use an app. Open your mind to the impossible and the things you may not have considered. How else could you attack the situation? What would a super spy do? What would a super hero do in this situation?
Keep pressing forward quickly and you will find a very good, or much better, solution.
Just don’t give up. A good solution is out there. Find it.
We have a strange fascination / avoidance thing going on with The End. Many people find it hard to accept that they, or others, will reach The End.
Once you accept that it is a natural, and inevitable, part of life, you can be more free.
This is also a reminder to treat people like it’s their last day on Earth. Because it could be.
Same for you. It could be your last day. Make sure you have tied up those loose ends, made the calls, given the hugs and had some fun. At some point it will no longer be possible.
Pump up your self talk. Be more confident. You’re better than you think you are!
Every now and then we need a few minutes or hours to recharge our mind, body and soul. Be sure to plan them in and take them. Doing absolutely nothing can be quite therapeutic.
