Money, Change, and Relationships – Five Boosts 11/3/20

Five Easy Ways to Make Your Life Better for 11/3/20

6 Strategies to Never Lose a Job and Have Rapid Career Growth

(Steven Ray Marks | Self Helping Yourself | 1925 words)

You can quickly get promotions, and avoid ever getting laid off, with these tactics:

• Fill a vital function, and do a good job of it
• Bring in or save more money than you cost the company
• Be a rockstar at something
• Be the one who understands how things work
• Be someone people are happy to work with
• Be a beast who does a massive amount of work

None of these are gimmicks. Ultimately, they come down to adding value to the company. But most of these are strategies that anyone can do with a concerted effort.

7 Cognitive Biases That Make Us Suck at Time-Management

(Becky Kane | Ambition & Balance by Doist | 4175 words)

Humans are irrational in many ways, but being aware of these can help us overcome them.

This is a long article, but well worth reading, as it suggests solutions to some of the most common mistakes we make in how we spend our time:

• We focus on urgent but unimportant tasks, instead of the tasks that would yield greater rewards.
• We can’t stop thinking about all the things we need to get done.
• We underestimate how long it will take to do things.
• The sunk cost fallacy
• We overvalue the present and undervalue the future.
• We get bogged down in complexities instead of taking action.
• We pursue things that we think will improve our lives, but don’t make us happier.

How to Create a Budget

(The Millennial Money Woman | 4550 words)

A simple, step-by-step process for:

• Understanding where your money is going
• Getting your spending under control
• Creating a plan for your future finances

6 Times When It’s Okay to Call it Quits and Start Over

(January Nelson | Thought Catalog | 500 words)

Your life path isn’t set in stone, and it’s okay to change directions. Some signs you should consider doing so are:

• You realize you’ve been making yourself miserable
• You realize this isn’t want you wanted
• The only reason you haven’t changed directions is that you feel like you aren’t allowed to
• You spend every day in tears

As someone who walked away from a successful and lucrative Accounting/Finance career because it made me unhappy, this article really resonated with me.

23 of the Best Relationship Goals to Nurture Intimacy

(Barrie Davenport | Live Bold & Bloom | 6000 words)

It’s important to maintain intimacy in a long term relationship.

These are some excellent tips for making sure that a close, loving, intimate relationship lasts for a lifetime, including:

• Prioritize each other
• Communicate with kindness
• Plan for fun together
• Perform regular acts of thoughtfulness
• Have daily connection time

Bonus Boost

25 “Healthy” Foods that are Making You Fat

(Steven Ray Marks | Self Helping Yourself | 2325 words)

There are a lot of foods that are generally thought of as healthy, but contain far more calories than people realize.

It’s easy for people to think they’re doing everything right when it comes to healthy eating, but fail to lose weight because they’re eating way too much of these.

These foods may not be bad for you. But they need to be eaten in moderation, like every other food.

Examples include:

• Fruit juice
• Nuts
• Restaurant salads
• Avocados
• Whole grain rice

Self Helping Yourself Tweet of the Week

Would you rather hate people for holding views you find abhorrent

Or treat them with kindness, respect, and benevolence

And have them change their minds?

— SelfHelpingYourself.com Self-Improvement Made Easy (@YourselfHelping) October 27, 2020

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