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Friday, July 12, 2019
10 Tricks to Make New Habits Stick
Wouldn’t it be nice to have everything run on autopilot? Chores, exercise, eating healthy and getting your work done just happening automatically. Unless they manage to invent robot servants, all your work isn’t going to disappear overnight. But if you program behaviors as new habits you can take out the struggle.
1. Commit to Thirty Days – Three to four weeks is all the time you need to make a habit automatic. If you can make it through the initial conditioning phase, it becomes much easier to sustain.
2. Make it Daily – Consistency is critical if you want to make a habit stick. If you want to start exercising, go to the gym every day for your first thirty days. Going a couple times a week will make it harder to form the habit.
3. Start Simple – Don’t try to completely change your life in one day. It is easy to get over-motivated and take on too much. If you wanted to study two hours a day, first make the habit to go for thirty minutes and build on that.
4. Remind Yourself – Around two weeks into your commitment it can be easy to forget. Place reminders to execute your habit each day or you might miss a few days.
5. Replace Lost Needs – If you are giving up something in your habit, make sure you are adequately replacing any needs you’ve lost. If watching television gave you a way to relax, you could take up meditation or reading as a way to replace that same need.
6. Use “But” – A prominent habit changing therapist once told me this great technique for changing bad thought patterns. When you start to think negative thoughts, use the word “but” to interrupt it. “I’m no good at this, but, if I work at it I might get better later.”
7. Associate With Role Models – Spend more time with people who model the habits you want to mirror. A recent study found that having an obese friend indicated you were more likely to become fat.
8. Run it as an Experiment – Withhold judgment until after a month has past and use it as an experiment in behavior. Experiments can’t fail, they just have different results so it will give you a different perspective on changing your habit.
9. Write it Down – A piece of paper with a resolution on it isn’t that important. Writing that resolution is. Writing makes your ideas more clear and focuses you on your end result.
10. Do it For Yourself – Don’t worry about all the things you “should” have as habits. Instead tool your habits towards your goals and the things that motivate you. Weak guilt and empty resolutions aren’t enough.
1. Commit to Thirty Days – Three to four weeks is all the time you need to make a habit automatic. If you can make it through the initial conditioning phase, it becomes much easier to sustain.
2. Make it Daily – Consistency is critical if you want to make a habit stick. If you want to start exercising, go to the gym every day for your first thirty days. Going a couple times a week will make it harder to form the habit.
3. Start Simple – Don’t try to completely change your life in one day. It is easy to get over-motivated and take on too much. If you wanted to study two hours a day, first make the habit to go for thirty minutes and build on that.
4. Remind Yourself – Around two weeks into your commitment it can be easy to forget. Place reminders to execute your habit each day or you might miss a few days.
5. Replace Lost Needs – If you are giving up something in your habit, make sure you are adequately replacing any needs you’ve lost. If watching television gave you a way to relax, you could take up meditation or reading as a way to replace that same need.
6. Use “But” – A prominent habit changing therapist once told me this great technique for changing bad thought patterns. When you start to think negative thoughts, use the word “but” to interrupt it. “I’m no good at this, but, if I work at it I might get better later.”
7. Associate With Role Models – Spend more time with people who model the habits you want to mirror. A recent study found that having an obese friend indicated you were more likely to become fat.
8. Run it as an Experiment – Withhold judgment until after a month has past and use it as an experiment in behavior. Experiments can’t fail, they just have different results so it will give you a different perspective on changing your habit.
9. Write it Down – A piece of paper with a resolution on it isn’t that important. Writing that resolution is. Writing makes your ideas more clear and focuses you on your end result.
10. Do it For Yourself – Don’t worry about all the things you “should” have as habits. Instead tool your habits towards your goals and the things that motivate you. Weak guilt and empty resolutions aren’t enough.
Monday, June 17, 2019
How To Communicate With People
Communicating is easy for some people. They just seem to have a natural flair for conversation. They listen well and have a strong sense of confidence, or even a charisma, that endears them to others.
But how do the rest of us learn how to communicate with others?
Let's start by exploring seven easy-to-follow steps.
Confidence
Good people skills start with confidence. When you have confidence, it shows. It attracts others to you like a magnet, because on some level, your self-confident attitude shows that you’re worth other people’s time and effort to get to know.
The first rule of effective communication is looking a person directly in the eyes. People who lack confidence tend to avoid eye contact. And avoiding eye contact shows disinterest – or in a worst-case scenario, dishonesty.
When two people make eye contact, effective communication is possible. It also lends credibility to what you say.
Show Interest
Showing interest in them helps the other person feel more at ease and boosts his or her confidence. It also creates a situation where the other person feels obligated to reciprocate. Talking about themselves for a while tends to make people want to return the favor by asking you a question and then listening as you speak. But remember to keep your end of the conversation short if you want it to continue.
Listen Twice, Speak Once
Stay focused, absorb the information given, and find a way to follow up with a question relevant to the subject the other person is discussing. After all, they’re offering you information, so it’s rude not to show an interest in it by failing to ask a follow-up question – even if it’s as simple as, “So how did you feel when that happened?”
Take an active interest in what this person is interested in. If it's a subject you know nothing about, use that to your advantage – to find out more about the subject.
Admit it’s not a familiar topic. Would she mind telling you more about it? People love to share what they know and nothing increases confidence more than sharing a subject close to your heart.
Take a Risk
True self-worth is synonymous with confidence. That means that a person doesn’t alter their feelings of self-worth in the face of other people’s reactions. Still, some people are afraid to take a chance because they fear rejection, and rejection can make some people feel inferior.
In reality, rejection does not change one's self-worth. You are still the same person, as valuable and important as you were before you entered the conversation.
Friday, June 14, 2019
Joel Osteen - Designed to Withstand
At times it may feel like the storm around you is going to overwhelm you, like you are unequipped to face what lies ahead of you? In this message, be encouraged that God has designed you to withstand whatever might be surrounding you. Your circumstances are not a surprise to God, you are equipped with everything you need through Jesus!
Thursday, June 13, 2019
How to Interest People Right Away
Want to learn more about how to interest people right when you meet them? You have come to the right place, so keep on reading! This will teach you about the key strategies to get them hooked on you from the start, you will be irresistible!
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Get Started.. from the Start! Once you meet them, grab their attention. Don't do the usual introduction while introducing yourself. Don't stick with the usual, "Hey, I'm Joe, what's your name?" Go with the unique type, such as, "Hey I'm Joe, I bet your thrilled to meet me.." and put your arm out for them to shake your hand. If you think that is too selfish, you might want to go to something else like, "Hey, I'm Joe, I hope you're as happy to meet me as I am to meet you," then offer your hand and shake hands, while you are shaking hands, consider saying something like, "I hope I am unforgettable!" Be unforgettable and exciting. Take a risk!
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Get to Know Them Better. Now you have met them and have done the big introduction. Get to know them better! If you are with that person during this time, have fun, don't be shy, and be upbeat! Tell them lots and lots of things about yourself and ask them even more about themselves, they will start to love being with you!
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The second time you get to see this same person (or any person), act like you have known them forever. This is not saying give them a hug when you see them, but consider shaking hands and saying something like, "Hey, we've met, fantastic to see you again." or even something more partying.
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See this Person on a Regular Basis. If you know this person like you know your parents, then you will probably see them on a regular basis. Each and every time gradually get more and more friendly. The third time around, you may want to even give this person a friendly hug. They will (of course) hug you back.
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If you still don't have the courage to do all of this, (or any of this) think of it this way. If you guys end up knowing each other for a year or even more than that, you will clearly become great best friends or great family friends. Once this happens, you will eventually tell many people how you met. Think about this. If the other person tells how you guys met, you will be not only a funny person, but told as one! Don't let this chance slip away because you could regret it for years!
The Big Secret of Dealing With People
THERE IS ONLY one way under high heaven to get
anybody to do anything. Did you ever stop to think of that? Yes, just one
way. And that is by making the other person want to do it. Remember, there is no
other way. The only way I can get
you to do anything is by giving you what you want.
What do you want? Sigmund Freud said that
everything you and I do springs from two motives: the sex urge and the desire to be great.
John Dewey, one of
America’s most profound philosophers, phrased it a bit differently. Dr.
phrase: ‘the desire to
be important.’ It is significant. You are going to hear a lot about it in this book.
What do you want? Not
many things, but the few things that you do wish, you crave with an
insistence that will
not be denied. Some of the things most people want include:
1 Health and the
preservation of life.
2 Food.
3 Sleep.
4 Money and the things money
will buy.
5 Life in the
hereafter.
6 Sexual gratification.
7 The well-being of our
children.
8 A feeling of
importance.
Lincoln once began a
letter saying: ‘Everybody likes a compliment.’ William James said: ‘The deepest principle in
human nature is the craving to be appreciated.’ He didn’t speak, mind you, of
the‘wish’ or the ‘desire’
or the ‘longing’ to be appreciated. He said the ‘craving’ to be appreciated. People sometimes became
invalids in order to win sympathy and attention, and get a feeling of importance. For
example, take Mrs. McKinley. She got a feeling of importance by forcing her husband, the President
of the United States, to neglect important affairs of state while he reclined
on the bed beside her for
hours at a time, his arm about her, soothing her to sleep. She fed her gnawing desire for attention by
insisting that he remain with her while she was having her teeth fixed, and
once created a stormy scene
when he had to leave her alone with the dentist while he kept an appointment.
with John Hay, his
secretary of state.
The writer Mary Roberts
Rinehart once told me of a bright, vigorous young woman who became an invalid in order to
get a feeling of importance. ‘One day,’ said Mrs. Rinehart, ‘this woman had been obliged to face
something, her age perhaps. The lonely years were stretching ahead and there was little left for her to anticipate.
Paul Harvey, in one of
his radio broadcasts, ‘The Rest of the Story,’ told how showing sincere appreciation can change
a person’s life. He reported that years ago a teacher in Detroit asked Stevie Morris to help her find
a mouse that was lost in the classroom. You see, she appreciated the fact that nature had given Stevie
something no one else in the room had. Nature had given Stevie a remarkable
pair of ears to
compensate for his blind eyes. But this was really the first time Stevie had
been shown
appreciation for those
talented ears. Now, years later, he says that this act of appreciation was the beginning of a new
life. You see, from that time on he developed his gift of hearing and went on
to become, under the stage
name of Stevie Wonder, one of the great pop singers and songwriters of the seventies.
Without success, Pam
tried various ways to motivate this person. She noticed that occasionally he did a particularly good
piece of work. She made a point to praise him for it in front of the other people. Each day the
job he did all around got better, and pretty soon he started doing all his work efficiently. Now he
does an excellent job and other people give him appreciation and recognition. Honest appreciation got
results where criticism and ridicule failed. Hurting people not only
does not change them, it is never called for. There is an old saying that I have cut out and pasted
on my mirror where I cannot help but see it every day: I shall pass this way
but once; any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human
being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way
again.
Emerson said: ‘Every
man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him.’ If that was true of
Emerson, isn’t it likely to be a thousand times more true of you and me? Let’s cease thinking of our
accomplishments, our wants. Let’s try to figure out the other person’s good points. Then forget
flattery. Give honest, sincere appreciation. Be ‘hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise,’ and people will cherish your words and treasure them and repeat them over a lifetime – repeat them
years after you have forgotten them.
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