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How Your Feelings Affect Your Habits
Have you ever noticed now your feelings can affect your daily habits? For example if you grew up in a home where your parents always argued, you may develop a fear of relationships. You may think it is perfectly normal for adults to constantly argue. Or, if you were surrounded by money issues as a child, then talking about finances can tend to make you feel fearful or angry. I’ve been working on cultivating good habits for as long as I can remember, with varying degrees of success. I really believe that good habits can provide a foundation for living your best life. A habit is just a set of…
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How to Rev Up Your Metabolism
There are many little things you can do during the day to increase your metabolism – from being more fidgety to ensuring that you stay hydrated. The following suggestions can help you rev up your metabolism, making it easier to lose weight and get healthy.
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Make Your Life Better Today
Take courage! Remember that every day, if only in some small way, you can make some part of your life better. -Norma Esler What will you do today to make your life better?
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Did You Make Your Bed Today?
“The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.” – Ogden Nash I was talking recently with a crazy-busy homeschooling mom of three that I know. Her young children keep her moving from dawn till dusk. Her home is full of fun and games and creativity. It’s the place where all the neighborhood kids, and even their parents, want to hang out. We got talking about habits. When I mentioned the habit of making your bed every morning…
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Steps to Confidence
Building confidence is a necessary exercise for many of us. If self-confidence does not come naturally, building it up takes deliberate, conscious effort. While no step-by-step program is perfect, following are some steps to confidence that may help. Goals Write them down. Make a list of your goals, long and short term, and then below each goal write the steps it will take to get there. For example, if one of your goals is to launch a website to earn money, your list might look like this: Launch Website a. Reserve domain b. Set up hosting c. Contact web designer and discuss layout d. Write a short ebook as a…
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Do the Things You Are Capable of Doing
It’s sad to see that so many talented people fail to get ahead in life. Often, they are held back by fear of failure, fear of not being good enough or, strangely, fear of success. Who knows why we let ourselves be limited in this way. We hesitate. We procrastinate. We make excuses that even we ourselves don’t believe. So we never step up, but rather, hold back and hide in the shadows. Instead, why not do the things you are capable of doing and find yourself on the road to success. Be an encourager! We all lose out when even one person is unable to live up to his…
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A Future You Can Believe In
When your self-esteem begins to rise, you realize you have options you never hoped for. Suddenly, your future isn’t bleak and depressing. It’s exciting and filled with new opportunities and experiences. You have a future you can believe in. Rather than dreading the future, you’re anticipating it. So, what’s next? How do you get from where you are today to that bright, shiny future that you’re looking forward to? It’s time to dream a dream. Start by dreaming. What is it that you really want to do? Try to think about what you’d like your life to look like if money and time weren’t factors. Would you take dance classes?…
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Conquer Negative Self Talk
Low self-esteem can cause negative self-talk. This can further lower your self-esteem causing a vicious cycle where you continually feel bad about yourself. The good news is that you can change the way you talk to and about yourself. When you conquer negative self-talk, your self-esteem will improve. You’ll gain more self-confidence and you’ll feel more optimistic about your life in general. If you’re ready to break the cycle of negativity, you need to understand these essential truths. Actions follow thoughts, so your thoughts are important. Your actions always begin with your thoughts. If you think that you’re destined to be overweight, then it doesn’t matter how many diet books…
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10 – Stick To It For Life – Make It A Habit
You have made the decision and created a goal. That is a great step in the right direction. Now it’s time to go from goal to something you can stick with for the rest of your life. In other words, it’s time to make that new behavior a habit. They say it takes 21 days to form a new habit. I like to think of it more like a shift in mindset and that can happen on day one, or it can take you much longer than 21 days to make that shift. What you need to do is accept that the new behavior is the new normal. Of course…
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09 – Double Your Chances Of Success – Find A Partner
How would you like to greatly increase your chances of sticking to and reaching your goals? Staying motivated and being accountable are certainly part of it, but by far the best way to make sure you keep going is to find an accountability partner. Think of this person as your “Partner in Crime”. You both have a similar goal and can work together to do whatever you need to do to get here. Maybe you already have a person like that in mind. If not, here are some ideas for finding your accountability buddy. Start by sharing with your circle of friends and loved ones what you’re planning to accomplish.…
