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Your reminder to slow down

04/12/2019 /

Are you breathing?

When was the last time you got up from your chair to take a break?

Is your mind feeling clouded and cluttered?

Chances are you might be moving too fast. Not physically I mean, but in your thoughts. We are bombarded with so many stimuli in the modern-world, we often don’t even have time to process them.

Which is why today, I invite you to take a rest. It can take whatever form you wish. Just make sure to leave space for your thoughts to settle and for your self to recover. You will gain so much value from it.

Read more about the importance of rest: Slow is not Static

 

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11/09/2019 /

Do you consider yourself to be a confident person? Do you trust your abilities? Do you even know what those abilities are? Having self confidence is probably one of the most important aspects of your personality you can develop on your journey of self development.

Lack of self confidence is often the origin of anxiety and preoccupations when we are faced with everyday challenges, whether they may be big or small.
It stops us from building meaningful relationships, from truly pursuing our dreams, from speaking our mind, from taking risks, in essence from being ourselves. That is why it is so important, not only for our professional life, but also for our private life, to find those tools and strategies that might help us in building self confidence and finding our place in this world.

Marcus Aurelius offers us 10 tips to build our  self confidence:

  1. Focus on building your character
  2. Practice Self-Acceptance
  3. Focus on your thoughts
  4. Make a plan and stop thinking
  5. Keep your word
  6. Take ownership of your actions
  7. Don’t speak too much about yourself
  8. Remind yourself of death
  9. Ignore the naysayers
  10. Have an evening confidence ritual

Be sure to watch the full video from Philosophies for Life for an in-depth explanation of each of these points and to be inspired by this great man!

Learning the Growth Mindset

03/10/2018 /

Ever heard of mindset? This word is becoming more and more common in the modern world because experts in many fields such as sports, parenting, business, school and relationships are becoming aware of the importance of mindset in facing life’s challenges. In her insightful book “Mindset: The new psychology of Success”, Carol Dweck talks about the difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset through real-life examples and then gives us the tools to apply a growth mindset in all aspects of our lives. Basically, people with a fixed mindset believe that you either have it or you don’t: natural talent is the only possible way to succeed. On the other hand, people with a growth mindset believe that their talents can be developed (through hard work, successful strategies and input from others).
Many studies have shown that having a fixed mindset can help us to reach our goals and to do so with greater ease and enjoyment: we can actually appreciate the process of learning, regardless of the outcome.

Be sure to check out Dr. Dweck’s book, it is sure to give you a new perspective on how to go about life and how to interact with others, whether they be your children or you colleagues.

https://hbr.org/2016/01/what-having-a-growth-mindset-actually-means

 

 

Changing Mindsets

06/02/2014 /

Which ‘mindset’ do you possess? ‘Mindset’ is a simple idea discovered by Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck in decades of research on achievement and success, a simple idea that makes all the difference.mindset_2

According to Carol Dweck everyone has either a fixed mindset or a growth mindset. A fixed mindset is one in which you view your talents and abilities as ‘fixed’. In other words, you are who you are, your intelligence and talents are fixed, and your fate is to go through life avoiding challenge and failure. A growth mindset, on the other hand, is one in which you view life as a series of challenges and opportunities for improving and you see yourself as fluid, as a work in progress.

The good news is that mindsets are not ‘set’ and we can cultivate a growth mindset to achieve success and happiness. At any time, we can learn to open our mind to develop our ability to learn new things across a broad range of skills. The more we learn, the more our brain grows and can learn more easily.

In this TEDx talk Eduardo Briceno, co-Founder and CEO of Mindset Works, explains the principles.

How to prepare your mind for lifelong success

05/12/2013 /

David Schnurman, a passionate entrepreneur, in his post on Business Insider writes that if you have the right mindset and a positive attitude, there is no outside force that can stop you in your journey to success.

He suggests five resources to help you along that journey:
1. Inspirational YouTube Videos.
2. The Success Principles, by Jack Canfield.
3. The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne.
4. Regular Journaling.
5. Listen to Tony Robbins

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