There’s always tomorrow – except when there’s not.
Why do we constantly put off things that we know we should do? What does it take to motivate ourselves to follow through on these activities?
One big part of the answer is identifying activities that we tend to procrastinate on.
It’s not hard to make a decision that impacts your life. Even small and simple changes can make a big difference if you make them where they really count.
Here is an experiment you can try in changing one small habit in your daily routine. The goal is to try it out successfully for one full week, then re-evaluate whether you would like to continue the habit change in the future.
A source of much conflict in today’s relationships is our inability to see things from another person’s viewpoint.
However, by practicing a technique called “perspective-taking,” we can learn how to better resolve these social conflicts. And by doing this, we can start building stronger relationships in our lives.
Often we go through awkward phases throughout our self-improvement.
An aspiring baseball player doesn’t think or feel like a baseball player the first time he steps up to the plate.
His body is not yet familiar with the mechanics. His stance is awkward. His swing is awkward. He doesn’t exactly understand all the rules of the game.
A couple days ago I asked people on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Tumblr, and LinkedIn to choose one mantra for the new year. Here are some of the responses I got.
Feel free to share your own mantra in the comment section below. I’ll add my favorites to this post.