14 Quick Strategies to Get and Keep Yourself Motivated

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14 Quick Strategies to Get and Keep Yourself Motivated

1. Condition your mind.

Train yourself to think positive thoughts while avoiding negative thoughts.

2. Condition your body.

It takes physical energy to take action. Get your food and exercise budget in place and follow it like a business plan.

3. Avoid negative people.

They drain your energy and waste your time, so hanging with them is like shooting yourself in the foot.

4. Seek out the similarly motivated.

Their positive energy will rub off on you and you can imitate their success strategies.

5. Have goals–but remain flexible.

No plan should be cast in concrete, lest it become more important than achieving the goal.

6. Act with a higher purpose.

Any activity or action that doesn’t serve your higher goal is wasted effort–and should be avoided.

7. Take responsibility for your own results.

If you blame (or credit) luck…

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It’s Not What You Take Away but What You Add

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It’s not what you take away but what you add to life that matters 

1. Add Appreciation

Add appreciation for what is beautiful in life. See symmetry in flowers. Hear the friendliness in a hello. Taste the nuance of a well prepared meal. Appreciate the beauty around you and  beauty will begin to find you.

2. Add Gratitude 

Add gratitude for the life you have: the people who accept you for who you are, the car that got you to your job, the clothes you have to keep you warm. Add gratitude and happiness will begin to find you.

3. Add Friendliness 

Add warm eye contact and a smile for random people you see. Add a kind favor for someone in need. Add a greeting when least expected. Add friendliness and friendly people will begin to find you.

Once you add enough positivity to your life there will be no more room for…

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The Eight Splendid Truths of Happiness

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The Eight Splendid Truths of Happiness

First Splendid Truth
To be happier, you have to think about feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right, in an atmosphere of growth.

Second Splendid Truth
One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy;
One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.

Third Splendid Truth
The days are long, but the years are short. (Click here to see my one-minute movie; of everything I’ve written about happiness, I think this video resonates most with people.)

Fourth Splendid Truth
You’re not happy unless you think you’re happy.
(Many argue the opposite case. John Stuart Mill, for example, wrote, “Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.” I disagree.)

Fifth Splendid Truth
I can build a happy life only on the foundation of my own nature.

Sixth Splendid…

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