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JULY 21, 2022
The mantras I had become used to—especially those that came in the form of encouragement from others admiring my physical prowess—started to sound empty. If you endeavor to make a change in your physical form, you have that opportunity every day, no matter what happened the day before. I was having trouble believing them myself.
Success
JANUARY 21, 2023
More often than not, you quickly distract yourself from the discomfort with some form of momentary pleasure. But as Robert Greene explains in his book Mastery , you can learn to love this internal resistance. Your goal is to learn how to accomplish hard things without continuously distracting yourself.
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Success
MARCH 22, 2023
Challenge yourself to learn two new things. It doesn’t have to be complicated, just something to get you started and form new acquaintances. I despise small talk, but I love to connect with new people and learn about them because there is always something interesting to glean. Learn their story. Try some small talk.
Success
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
It really does feel like a form of dependency. I learned that technology swallows a huge portion of time that I used to spend doing things I love, such as reading and doing puzzles. This article appeared in the May 2016 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. It helps entrepreneurs avoid startup disaster. It’s 12:01 a.m.
Success
JANUARY 4, 2023
Going along to get along sounds like a restful approach to your interactions, but in reality, learning how to stand up for yourself—to ask for what you want, say no when necessary and insist on due respect—is much more effective for facing the world with confidence. Assertion is a skill that can be learned like any other.
Success
JANUARY 23, 2023
Leaky creatives have to learn tricks to harness their observational inspiration without being inundated by it. Specifically, “recognition and social rewards” can have a positive effect on intrinsic motivation and creativity, allowing both forms of motivation to work in tandem. Are you collaborative? You, too, contain multitudes.
Success
MARCH 31, 2023
And with the achievement of each mini-goal, you receive reinforcement and motivation in the form of positive feedback. Learning from others’ successes and setbacks will inevitably improve production of any kind. This article was published in February 2016 and has been updated. Using this method, the goal becomes manageable.
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