Five Easy Ways to Make Your Life Better for 7/19/20
Accepting Your Memory is Unreliable Will Make You Happier
(Self Helping Yourself | Steven Ray Marks)
Humans have unreliable memories. Since you’re a human, that means you shouldn’t have confidence in your own memories. But realizing this can make you much happier, by increasing your willingness to compromise, forgive, and grow as a person.
Take Back Five Minutes of Your Day With the 5-Minute Challenge
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Pick one thing to do for five minutes a day. Set a timer, and don’t allow any distractions, and don’t stop early. You’ll be amazed how much you get done in those five minutes, and how many ideas you come up with for whatever it is you’re doing.
I’m a huge fan of Josh Spector, and I highly recommend his For The Interested newsletter.
How to Overcome Perfectionism: 6 Powerful Habits
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Perfectionism holds you back, by preventing you from ever completing things. To stop it:
1. Go for “good enough.”
2. Realize you hurt yourself and those around you by buying into myths of perfection.
3. Accept you’re human, like everyone else.
4. Compare yourself to yourself.
5. Do what you think is the right thing.
6. Shape an environment of human standards.
Related: Perfectionism Paralysis Can Be Beaten By Half-Assing It
The Surprising Benefits of Unconditional Positive Regard
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Unconditional Positive Regard is when you offer someone support, empathy, and compassion, and refrain from judgment, even when they’ve done something wrong. It still acknowledges any sort of bad behavior, but makes clear that we care about the person even if we don’t approve of the behavior. You might say something like “You must feel awful,” or “We all make mistakes.”
Adopting this attitude toward those you’re trying to train, those you care about, and yourself will result in more happiness and better performance.
67 Mood Enhancing Gratitude Affirmations
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Practicing gratitude, especially through a gratitude journal, is one of the easiest ways to increase your happiness. But many people who are unhappy or depressed struggle finding things to be grateful for. Here are 67 suggestions to help you.
Self Helping Yourself Tweet of the Week
Being kind and polite to people, whether or not they “deserve it,” will only make you happier and your life better.
It will make the world a little bit better as well.
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