One of the most powerful mindset shifts that I have made was to start thinking of my future-self as though he was a separate person, who is also my best friend. It might sound a bit odd to imagine ourselves as separate entities through time, but…
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Did you know that your choice of words can alter how you perceive your problems. We have a tendency to use words that make it harder to solve our problems, rather than easier. It is mostly because our subconscious misunderstands the words…
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In a couple of my recent blogs I mentioned how eliminating my to-do list helped me become more productive and happy . Having a long to-do list had caused me to be unhappy because it felt as if I was always playing catch up and could never move…
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In the last week of 2019 I read an article that asked “What is one goal, that achieved, would make 2020 the best year of your life?” I spent the remaining days of the year thinking about what that goal could be, the only answer that kept…
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I used to be a master procrastinator; I could put tasks off for weeks, if not months, and not just tasks I didn’t want to do, but things I enjoyed as well. When I was a teenager my hobby was miniature war-gaming, I remember one time being amazed…
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Are You the Hero of Your Life. If someone was to write the story of your life would a reader think of you as the hero or a supporting character. Since you live your life from your own point of view it might be easy to assume that you would play…
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One of the easiest ways to make good habits stick is by altering your environment in a way that makes them more conducive, or by making the old bad habit they are trying to replace harder. This is one of the reasons why people can lose so much…
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One of the first steps I had to take in my journey to recover from perfectionism was to realize that perfection is not actually possible. Humans are problem seekers; we actively search for them, and then try to fix them, fixing problems is one of…
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A popular piece of advice when it comes to fitness is to make your workouts fun so you stick to them. A common topic on forums for personal trainers is how to make workouts as fun as possible for clients. And while gamifying your workouts might…
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An essential factor in successful change is confidence, or really to achieve anything. You have to believe that your goal is possible for you to achieve, or you won’t do the work and quit when it starts getting tough. Why would you waste all…
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