Challenge: Use the 5:1 Rule And Focus On The Positive

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Many of us are set to focus on negative things much more than positive things. We can talk for hours about something bad that happened to us or someone else but only a few minutes about something positive. It’s no wonder that we feel so bad all the time! When we consciously focus on negative …

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9 Ways To Make Your Birthday Great… No Matter What Happens

9 Ways To Make Your Birthday Great No Matter What Happens

Does your birthday often make you burst into tears? You are not alone. Whether it’s because everything always goes wrong on your birthday or because you don’t like getting another year older, birthdays can be miserable days without the right planning and mindset. 9 Things You Should Do For Your Birthday To Make Sure It’s …

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Bored With Life? Top 4 Reasons Why And 2 Things You Can Do

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If you are bored with life, then you may feel out of place amongst your peers. With so much entertainment and so many options at our fingertips, it’s hard to believe that anyone could get bored with life. But it doesn’t happen because the entertainment is boring or the options aren’t interesting. We get bored …

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36 Great Things in Life that Money Can’t Buy

Things in Life that Money Can’t Buy

The best things in life that you will ever encounter or experience are free. There are certain things in life where friends, family, and good memories are much more valuable than any currency. Money may give you material things but these are only temporary. From happiness to honesty, these are some of life’s best gifts …

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9 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Choose to be Happy All the Time

You Shouldn't Choose to be Happy All the Time

A lot has been said about always being happy and choosing to be happy. Though there is nothing wrong with being happy, forcing yourself to always be happy might produce results that are contrary to what you want to achieve. Setting your mind to think that you should always be happy even in situations that …

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8 Simple Ways To Enjoy Life

Simple Ways To Enjoy Life

Life can be very overwhelming, especially as we grow older, acquire more obligations, and face more complex realities of the world. The weight of it all can even drive some of us to become physically and emotionally fatigued. However, despite how tiring and complex things can get, we must continue to seek beauty and joy …

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Get Addicted To Things That Affect You In A Positive Way

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When you think of positive addiction, you probably just hear the word ‘addiction’, which has a very negative tone to it. I have had many negative addictions in my life, as I’m sure many of you have. Negative addictions can be: Smoking Gambling Drugs Overeating Eating too little Not exercising enough Dating chaotic people But …

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10 Alan Watts Quotes That May Help You Stop Struggling With Life

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Alan Watts talked about human existence in a way that was poetic and easy to understand. If you are struggling with something in life, there is probably one of these Alan Watts quotes that can help you see things differently and help you handle your suffering, if not end it. Following are some Alan Watts …

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9 Mark Matousek Quotes About The Story We Tell Ourselves And Living Authentically

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Mark Matousek is all about transforming your life by telling the truth. When he was younger, he left a life that everyone would love to have for one that he knew he needed to have. Now, he’s helping other people discover their truths. When it comes to the story you tell yourself, he can help …

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These 5 Quotes About Living In Solitude Make It Really Appealing To Someone Like Me

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A friend of mine has a cabin in a harbor where most of the houses have fallen in the water or been abandoned. Her cabin is the only one still operational in the harbor. Because of that, it is a peaceful place of solitude that I only get to spend a week at every few …

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Affirmation: I Have A Right To Be Happy

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Have you heard about the happiest person in the world? Well, that’s what some media outlets called him when they found out he surpassed some other participants in a study in the happiness level. His name is Matthieu Ricard and he is a funny, kind, and compassionate monk. In a TED talk he did, he talks about …

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100 Simple Ways to Make Your Life Happier

Simple Ways to Make Your Life Happier
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Some people believe that success is what can make them the happiest. Some are willing to let go of their dreams just to be with their loved ones, and that is enough to make them happy. There are those who measure their happiness by the material things they possess—and some would call them shallow. However, happiness is a personal choice. It is subjective and relative. Meaning, it all depends on your values and mindset.

If you think you have been unhappy for quite some time, and it seems like you have forgotten how to find happiness, then I suggest you read these 100 simple ways that can make your life happier. These are grouped into categories. Let us start from the most superficial down to the most spiritual. One, five, or all of them could be effective on you.

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6 Habits For Healthier Arguments To Improve Your Relationships And Productivity

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The way you handle arguments in your relationships is very important to your productivity. Fighting can drain you, distract you, and keep you from doing the things you want to do. This is especially true of your romantic relationship. Fighting with the person who you spend the most time with, share big decisions with, and …

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Productivity Tip #16 – Learn To Practice Forgiveness

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Here is another unconventional, but really important, productivity tip. Practice forgiveness and do it often. It’s a great way to make yourself more productive in many different ways. You Can’t Be Fully Productive Without Forgiveness Shit happens. People do stupid things. You do stupid things! It’s never going to change. That’s why forgiveness is so …

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Productivity Tip #12: Reward Yourself For Being So Productive

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Being productive is a reward in itself. You feel good about yourself at the end of the day when you have finished important tasks. But, sometimes a carrot at the end of the stick can help motivate you to push through some tasks that you really have no desire or motivation to do. And, sometimes …

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Productivity Tip #8: Create Emotional Reasons Why You Need To Do What You Do

Reasons Why You Need To Do What You Do

This is a powerful productivity tip. We talked about getting clear on what you want to do in life, but you also need to develop the reasons why you want to do what you want to do. You can want something badly, but if you don’t have clear and emotional reasons why you want it, …

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10 Tweets That Outline A No-Brainer Way To Happiness

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Interested in what other people think is a no-brainer way to happiness? On February 27th, the official No-Brainer Day, people were making the hashtag NoBrainerWayToHappinessIs a trend. Following are some of the top tweets and why they are so true! 1. Get Rid Of Facebook #NoBrainerWayToHappinessIs deactivating Facebook — craig onetweetwonder (@craigflynn1) February 27, 2018 …

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Don’t Give Up On Being A Good Person: 5 Quotes To Help You Maintain Your Goodness

Don't Give Up On Being A Good Person: 5 Quotes To Help You Maintain Your Goodness

With all the bad people around us, why should we keep being good? Why should we be kind, thoughtful, and compassionate when other people aren’t? Why should we pray for other people when they don’t give a crap about what happens to us? Why should we try to help create a better world when other …

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One Reason You Should Always Focus On What Matters Most In Life To YOU

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The past few days have been hard for me. I had a person trying to influence my life in a very negative way. He was threatening me legally. And even though there was no real validity behind what he was saying, he was very convincing and I grew terrified of what this guy was going …

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