At the beginning of a new year, we prepare to become our better selves. Here's how you can begin the process with tech.
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There is no shortage of preachers when it comes to having goals. Self-help books and audio and video and live seminars abound with goal-setting and goal-achievement as a central tenet of their teaching. 
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February 18, 7:13 AM
(From the article): Setting goals without knowing your purpose is a fruitless and unfulfilling business. Focusing on goals rather than purpose is epidemic in this world, and ignoring purpose altogether is quite common. So if goals stand in the way of the fulfillment of your purpose, they have to go, and they can go as they are not required. Delete the scoop?
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“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.” Eleanor Roosevelt Happiness must not always come from big things and events. It can come from smaller, daily habits too. So today I’d simply like to take a look at 3 quick tips and habits that help me to live a happier life. Pick one and see how it works for you. Help someone. Helping someone out is one of simplest but also one of the most powerful things one can do to live a happy life. How can you help someone out? By giving them value in some form. Such forms could be:... Read more: http://bit.ly/HLrttI Via Martin Gysler Delete the scoop?
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“The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.” “Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.” “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” Back in 2009 I wrote an article with some great quotes from Mark Twain – lecturer, satirist, humorist and author of classic books like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – and it became a favorite for me and many readers. A sequel to Mark Twain’s Top 9 Tips for Living a Kick-Ass Life has been in my ideas folder for some time. But today I have completed it. I hope you’ll find the result, these 7 essential tips from Mark Twain inspiring and helpful. Read more: http://bit.ly/ABTAZo Via Martin Gysler Delete the scoop?
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The truth is that many of us don't apply ourselves enough to achieve the positive life changes to which we aspire. Why? Why is it that we so often fail to successfully make the changes we really want?
Over the years, I've lectured to tens of thousands of people on the subject of improving their quality of life. One of the main points I make is that an essential element of having more of the life you want is dedicating at least some time each day to clearing and quieting your mind. After describing the practical, physiological, emotional, mental, and of course spiritual benefits of taking even just a few minutes a day to meditate or relax deeply, it's clear that most people are genuinely inspired to do it. Unfortunately, only a small percentage of people ever act on their inspiration. But these would-be meditators are not alone. Read more: http://huff.to/M0jduJ Via Martin Gysler Delete the scoop?
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”Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough.” Confucius
One of my biggest problems used to be that I thought too much. I overthought any little problem until it became a bigger and scarier thing in my mind. I overthought positive things until they didn’t seem to be that positive anymore. I overanalyzed and deconstructed things until the happiness that comes from just being in a moment and enjoying it fell apart. This locked me into analysis paralysis. Little action was taken. Opportunities were rarely used. Life stood still and felt confining. And when I took action I tended to overanalyze things. That lead to more nervousness, second-guessing and me performing worse when I was doing whatever I was doing. Read more: http://bit.ly/zUqkRJ Via Martin Gysler Delete the scoop?
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