Tuesday, May 30
Monday, May 29
Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Commencement Address | Harvard Commencement 2017
Today I want to talk about 'Purpose'.
~6:00
Sunday, May 28
Daily Mindfulness For a Better You: Dr. Julie Hanks
Practice Daily Mindfulness
Mindfulness
Paying attention intentionally.
Breathing
Breathe In -> Hold -> Breathe Out -> Hold
Calms you.
Centres you.
RAIN Mindfulness
R: Recognize when a strong emotion is present
A: Allow or Acknowledge Your Experience
I: Investigate Body, Feelings, & Mind
N: Non-identify with Your Experience
What you're experiencing is not you. It's an experience.
Noticing it non-judgementally.
It's just our instinct to start criticizing our experience. I shouldn't be feeling that. I shouldn't be thinking that.
Just go, hmm. Be curious.
Hmm. Just be.
To help yourself live in the present moment.
Friday, May 26
Thursday, May 25
How to find meaning when reality hits you | Manisha Koirala | TED Talks
1. Health.
2. Relationship with Family, Close Friends.
3. Work, as an artist.
4. Service, Contribution, in whatever capacity I can.
I found:
1. This life is a gift.
This body is a gift.
People who cross our path, they are a gift.
2. The importance of introspection.
We can't be living somebody else's idea of life.
We need to introspect.
We need to discover what it is that motivates us, compels to live a great life, so everyday we can live with clarity and passion.
3. No matter how we want to be prepared, there is always a surprize.
We can make a worse situation of our life into a narrative of triumph.
The wisdom and the courage is all within us.
Wednesday, May 24
Build Your Faith To Achieve Your Dreams : Terri
If you want to see change in your life, change something you do daily.
-John Maxwell
The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.
Faith is contagious.
1. Build your Faith.
Push play.
Faith comes by hearing.
There is power in the Word of God.
Your faith is gonna grow.
Your gonna start to get a vision for your life.
2. Get a clear vision for your life.
God has given you two types of sight, physical sight and spiritual sight.
Physical sight, that's what everybody sees.
Spiritual sight is what only you see.
Vision is the ability to see further than your eyes can look.
Take the time to write that vision.
Write the vision, make it plain.
-Habakkuk 2:2
If you a dream in your heart, don't just think it, ink it.
Write your goals.
3. Declare your vision out loud.
Declare your vision out loud.
-2 Corinthians 4:13
80% of our self-talk is negative.
As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.
-Proverbs 23:7
What you think about, you bring about.
We serve a God who gives life to the dead and He speaks of non-existent things as if they exist.
-Romans 4:17
Thank you God, .......
Whatever you are believing for, don't just think it, start speaking it out of your mouth.
It's not enough to see something, you have to speak it.
-T D Jakes
Every time you speak it out, you believe it in a stronger way.
-Joyce Meyer
The angels harken on to the voice of your command.
-Psalm 103:20
Tuesday, May 23
How to Get to Bed on Time and Stop Losing Sleep - Thomas Frank
1:58
Establish a bedtime.
3:11
If you get up at a specific time, go to bed at your pre-planned bedtime.
When you stick to this and you do it for a while it actually becomes a habit and your body responds in kind.
~3:38
Wind-Down Ritual
eg. Journaling, Brushing teeth, ...
1. Have an alarm for it.
2. Track your progress.
(Journal / Excel / App)
- Stop interneting.
5:25 to 6:00
Friday, May 19
Why You Should Evaluate How You're Spending Your Mental Energy : Developer Tea
https://spec.fm/podcasts/developer-tea/62564
Awareness
Once a month, spend 30 minutes thinking about the state of your career.
- How are you investing in your career?
- How are you spending your time at work?
- Who are you spending your time with in your professional life?
Chess moves, thinking multiple moves ahead.
How much growth and how much decisive ability would you be able to cultivate, if once a month you think few steps ahead, once a month you invest 30 minutes into actively managing the way you're spending your professional energy?
Awareness
Once a month, spend 30 minutes thinking about the state of your career.
- How are you investing in your career?
- How are you spending your time at work?
- Who are you spending your time with in your professional life?
Chess moves, thinking multiple moves ahead.
How much growth and how much decisive ability would you be able to cultivate, if once a month you think few steps ahead, once a month you invest 30 minutes into actively managing the way you're spending your professional energy?
Wednesday, May 17
Tuesday, May 16
Mindfulness: I Am Not My Thoughts - Counselor Carl
I have a body, personality, feelings, and thoughts. But I am more.
I am the part of me that can observe my hands, legs, eyes, body, personality, feelings, and thoughts.
I can observe everything.
I am consciousness.
I am awareness.
I am mindfulness.
Monday, May 15
Sunday, May 14
Saturday, May 13
How You Can Accelerate Your Progress : Terri
4:05
Commit to think.
Think about your future. Think about yourself.
Going somewhere by yourself with a pen and paper and just sit there.
"Thinking preceeds achievement."
-John Maxwell
6:15
I schedule time to think.
In fact, I reserve one day a week on my calendar just to think.
-Peter Daniels
What could happen in your life, if you just, thought about your future?
9:05
This is between you and God.
Commit to think.
You're gonna accelerate your progress, if you apply this principle.
Friday, May 12
Code Without Fear : Developer Tea
https://spec.fm/podcasts/developer-tea/19437
1. Test coverage, your major test coverage should be for the most important paths that users of your application travel.
The most robust part of your test coverage suite needs to be for the most important paths that users of your application travel.
2. Create code that invites change and minimises side effects.
3. Never introduce vigilante code.
Code that only one person understands.
4. Accept the fact that bugs come with the territory of writing new code.
It needs to tested. It needs to be verified.
1. Test coverage, your major test coverage should be for the most important paths that users of your application travel.
The most robust part of your test coverage suite needs to be for the most important paths that users of your application travel.
2. Create code that invites change and minimises side effects.
3. Never introduce vigilante code.
Code that only one person understands.
4. Accept the fact that bugs come with the territory of writing new code.
It needs to tested. It needs to be verified.
What's Your Brand? : Terri
- Tall & Slender
- Software Engineer
- Daughter, Sister, Spouse, Friend
- Dance
- Books
- Teacher
- Woman Empowerment & Gender Equality
Thursday, May 11
Wednesday, May 10
Tuesday, May 9
Have JOY - Evan Carmichael
George Lucas
Arianna Huffington
Jack Canfield
1. Does it make your heart sing?
2. Ask other people?
Trial?
3. Trust yourself.
John Travolta
Chris Guillebeau
-Joy
-Money
-Flow
Neil Strauss
Kelly Slater
Lindsey Stirling
Reed Hastings
Joyce Meyer
Sunday, May 7
Mark Zuckerberg's FACEBOOK Story - Evan Carmichael
1. Deliver Value.
3. Start Small.
5. Believe in your mission.
7. Be Determined.
The 24-hour Challenge : Terri
Success Habits of Dream Achievers: Expressing Gratitude
The greatest expression of faith: Praise & Thanksgiving
Start praising God for what you are believing for.
Key #1: Praise God first thing in the morning.
Key #2: Take a Praise-Pause.
Key #3: Praise enthusiastically.
The Power of Right Associations : Terri
One of the most important keys to success: Choosing the right associations.
Keep the right company.
1:25 to 2:00
You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with.
-Jim Rohn
You spend time with them when you listen to their CDs, read a book from someone you admire, you respect, you are investing time in that association, that relationship.
The grace on this ministry is the gift for discipline to achieve your goals.
Choose your associations wisely.
1. Terri Savelle Foy
2. Julie Hanks
3. Gaur Gopal Das
4. Louise Hay
5. Brene Brown
Friday, May 5
Amazing Articles - Software Development
I. Coding / Programming / Development
1. Learning to Code: When It Gets Dark [<3]
Steven Pressfield has famously dubbed this force “Resistance” in his book The War of Art.
Every day you code is the day you’ve won.
Trust me, you are smart enough. Believe that you are, and don’t let the thoughts of “I am not good enough” slip in. They are destructive in their nature.
Fifteen to thirty minutes of learning each day is better than 10 hours of learning over the weekend. You will remember more — and learn faster — if you come back to it every day, than if you try to remember what you did a week ago.
Make a clear-cut, “bright-line” rule that you will code for at least 30 minutes a day. If you can do more, do it. But once you’ve done your 30 minutes, give yourself the permission to feel accomplished for the day.
2. Good Software Developers
3. How I Became a Better Programmer
Every time you take a step toward expertise, no matter how small, it is still a step.
Because software development requires a lot of critical thinking, it can be exhausting, even for the seasoned practitioners.
Practice, practice, and practice. Practice makes perfect.
9. How to Become an Android Developer
II. Learning / Educative
1. Learning to Code: When It Gets Dark [<3]
Steven Pressfield has famously dubbed this force “Resistance” in his book The War of Art.
Every day you code is the day you’ve won.
Trust me, you are smart enough. Believe that you are, and don’t let the thoughts of “I am not good enough” slip in. They are destructive in their nature.
Fifteen to thirty minutes of learning each day is better than 10 hours of learning over the weekend. You will remember more — and learn faster — if you come back to it every day, than if you try to remember what you did a week ago.
Make a clear-cut, “bright-line” rule that you will code for at least 30 minutes a day. If you can do more, do it. But once you’ve done your 30 minutes, give yourself the permission to feel accomplished for the day.
2. Good Software Developers
3. How I Became a Better Programmer
5. How I learned to develop Android apps in less than a year
6. What Employers Are Looking for in a Junior Android Dev
7. Finding Time to Become a Better Developer
Deeply learning the fundamentals will 10x your learning efficiency. Always focus on improving fundamentals above all else.
6. What Employers Are Looking for in a Junior Android Dev
7. Finding Time to Become a Better Developer
Deeply learning the fundamentals will 10x your learning efficiency. Always focus on improving fundamentals above all else.
Because software development requires a lot of critical thinking, it can be exhausting, even for the seasoned practitioners.
Practice, practice, and practice. Practice makes perfect.
9. How to Become an Android Developer
II. Learning / Educative
1. Keeping Data When the User Rotates the Device
2. Top 7 algorithms and data structures every programmer should know about
We will see what they do and where they are used with simple examples. This list is prepared to keep in mind their use in competitive programming and current development practices.
3. 10 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know about String
III. Resources
1. Resources every Android developer must know
2. Top 7 algorithms and data structures every programmer should know about
We will see what they do and where they are used with simple examples. This list is prepared to keep in mind their use in competitive programming and current development practices.
3. 10 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know about String
III. Resources
1. Resources every Android developer must know
3. App Dev Wiki
IV. Misc.
1. How to Maintain Your Habits When Life Gets Problematic
It’s accepting that life will — and does — happen. So you need to know in advance what you’re going to do when you’re hit by situations outside your control.
You’re right. Your contingency plan won’t replace your original intention but it WILL keep you connected to it.
When we check in with our work, even just for five minutes, our Inner Critic backs down and our much more useful Critical Faculty comes into play.
V. Inspiration
1. Exclusive: Peeyush, CTO, Flipkart on Technology, India and Big Billion Day Sale
2. The amazing success story of Flipkart's CTO
3. I'm Amod Malviya, former CTO, Flipkart . Ask me anything!
VI. Organizations
1. India Funding Roundup: The 25 Highest Funded Tech Startups of 2015
2. INDIA 100 – Top startups with gravity-defying momentum in 2015
IV. Misc.
1. How to Maintain Your Habits When Life Gets Problematic
It’s accepting that life will — and does — happen. So you need to know in advance what you’re going to do when you’re hit by situations outside your control.
You’re right. Your contingency plan won’t replace your original intention but it WILL keep you connected to it.
When we check in with our work, even just for five minutes, our Inner Critic backs down and our much more useful Critical Faculty comes into play.
V. Inspiration
1. Exclusive: Peeyush, CTO, Flipkart on Technology, India and Big Billion Day Sale
2. The amazing success story of Flipkart's CTO
3. I'm Amod Malviya, former CTO, Flipkart . Ask me anything!
VI. Organizations
1. India Funding Roundup: The 25 Highest Funded Tech Startups of 2015
2. INDIA 100 – Top startups with gravity-defying momentum in 2015
Amazing Articles
I. Healing (Self-Care)
1. 15 Signs You're Working Too Much and Burning Out
3. 9 Tips to Recover From an Emotionally Challenging Situation
4. 10 Relaxation Techniques That Zap Stress Fast
5. RISE WITH THE SUN: BENEFITS OF WAKING UP EARLY [<3]
It’s important to understand that Ayurveda argues that the behaviors and choices we make during our daily lives is what strengthens or weakens our health, as well as our mood throughout the day. In Sanskrit, this is called one’s Dinacharya – your daily routine.
6. Super Fruits: An Ayurvedic View on Fruits
7. Pitta Dosha
8. Emotional health and the sadhaka pitta
9. Basics of Personal Energy Management
II. Self-Awareness (Growth)
2. 10 THOUGHTS TO REMOVE FROM YOUR MIND
It’s time to think more optimistically, focus on learning and growth, and look for opportunity instead of problems.
Start paying attention to your thinking.
3. How Emotionally Self-Aware Are You?
5. Being with Your Imperfections
One of the most powerful ways to get to know yourself is through journaling.
Journaling is one way to get quiet,” she said.
Journal writing has no rules, Grason said. Just set a timer and start writing. Don’t stop until your timer rings.
9. Why You Can't Stand To Be Alone -- And How To Learn To Love It
To remedy this, you must retrain the mind by developing habits and hobbies that can consume your attention, inspire your creativity and spark your imagination, Rosenberg says.
Knowing that there are people out there that love you whom you can call will solve your feelings in one of two ways: You’ll actually call them, or you'll just know that you can call them and that will make you feel better.
There is great value in being alone. And handling it well is a beautiful thing.
At the very least, it’s a useful life skill.
You’re a valuable person, and you don’t need the approval of anyone else for that to be true.
In a world that’s often filled with noise, you’ve been given quiet. This is a time to reaffirm the path that your life is on.
Being alone and happy doesn’t mean sequestering yourself from the world. It means being confident enough to know that you can surround yourself with people, but not depend on them for your own happiness.
III. Life
1. 9 Signs You’re Successful—Even If It Doesn’t Feel Like It
Even if your family is not perfect, they're probably the ones who are there for you when you need them. Remember to express gratitude for them daily.
You are the only one who knows what’s best for you. Allow yourself to be open to endless possibilities.
They wished they had made self-care more of a priority.
Take some time to get crystal clear on what you are passionate about. You can then begin looking for work that speaks to these passions.
I’ve developed healthy routines and rituals that have fostered my personal and spiritual growth.
4. 6 KEYS TO LIVING YOUR LIFE YOUR WAY
You are responsible for your own life – no one else. If you want to be happy and you’re not, you need to do the changing.
Dream about it, write about it, visualise it – and most of all feel it; feel what it would be like to live your life this way.
It was about small steps: reading and researching to work out what I wanted to do, industry investigation, job searching, working out a budget, revamping my CV, applying for jobs (and getting plenty of rejections), going for interviews, thinking about where I wanted to live, taking trips up to check out areas…the list goes on.
IV. Creativity (Dreams)
1. WRITING MAKES PHOTOGRAPHERS MORE CREATIVE — 5 EASY TIPS
V. Relationships (Love)
1. 10 Ways To Make You Closer To Your Family
Your family being close is a decision that you, the leader, has to make.
Be the leader your family needs and deserves!
2. 7 Habits of Highly Happy Marriages
3. How to Bring Your Family Closer Together
VI. Inspiration
1. This Woman Hopes To Become The First Female Double Amputee To Run A Marathon
1. 15 Signs You're Working Too Much and Burning Out
If you begin dreading calls with clients, it’s a sign that something is out of balance.
Look for ways to delegate your to-do’s and make R&R part of your routine.
2. How to Deal With Burnout and Stay Motivated [<3]
Without this preparation, it is very easy to give up and lose hope before we can cross the finish line.
Without a strong physical foundation, you run a very high risk of burning out.
Whatever your belief systems are, it helps to know that you are supported by a Higher Power and to lead a spiritual life.
One of my favorite quotes on this topic is by Brene Brown, where she says, “No matter how much I get done, or is left undone, at the end of the day, I’m enough.”
Look for ways to delegate your to-do’s and make R&R part of your routine.
2. How to Deal With Burnout and Stay Motivated [<3]
Without this preparation, it is very easy to give up and lose hope before we can cross the finish line.
Without a strong physical foundation, you run a very high risk of burning out.
Whatever your belief systems are, it helps to know that you are supported by a Higher Power and to lead a spiritual life.
One of my favorite quotes on this topic is by Brene Brown, where she says, “No matter how much I get done, or is left undone, at the end of the day, I’m enough.”
3. 9 Tips to Recover From an Emotionally Challenging Situation
4. 10 Relaxation Techniques That Zap Stress Fast
5. RISE WITH THE SUN: BENEFITS OF WAKING UP EARLY [<3]
It’s important to understand that Ayurveda argues that the behaviors and choices we make during our daily lives is what strengthens or weakens our health, as well as our mood throughout the day. In Sanskrit, this is called one’s Dinacharya – your daily routine.
6. Super Fruits: An Ayurvedic View on Fruits
7. Pitta Dosha
8. Emotional health and the sadhaka pitta
9. Basics of Personal Energy Management
II. Self-Awareness (Growth)
1. HOW TO GROW DURING THE DOWNTIMES
It often times takes something really disappointing, something really drastic to get us out of our comfort zone and onto a real journey through life.
Everyone experiences obstacles in some form or fashion. It’s simply a part of life.
You are more than enough.
It often times takes something really disappointing, something really drastic to get us out of our comfort zone and onto a real journey through life.
Everyone experiences obstacles in some form or fashion. It’s simply a part of life.
You are more than enough.
2. 10 THOUGHTS TO REMOVE FROM YOUR MIND
It’s time to think more optimistically, focus on learning and growth, and look for opportunity instead of problems.
Start paying attention to your thinking.
3. How Emotionally Self-Aware Are You?
Emotional self-awareness is the ability to recognize and understand your emotions and how they impact your behavior.
This designer’s situation shows that without being able to recognize your feelings, you can’t control them.
It is something that takes attention and practice to develop, and then daily attention to maintain, just like mindfulness.
This designer’s situation shows that without being able to recognize your feelings, you can’t control them.
It is something that takes attention and practice to develop, and then daily attention to maintain, just like mindfulness.
4. Are You Aware of Your Self-Defeating Habits?
The practice of mindfulness opens up the mental space that allows us to see our self-defeating habits as such rather than having them control what we say and do – and how we say it and do it – again and again and again.
Again, once we have that mental skill in our inner toolkit, then we can start tracking the triggers for those habits, recognize them as they begin, and change course to a better response.
The practice of mindfulness opens up the mental space that allows us to see our self-defeating habits as such rather than having them control what we say and do – and how we say it and do it – again and again and again.
Again, once we have that mental skill in our inner toolkit, then we can start tracking the triggers for those habits, recognize them as they begin, and change course to a better response.
6. HOW PRACTICING INTEGRITY BRINGS FREEDOM
7. 3 Ways to Curb Approval-Seeking Behavior
Often the place where unconditional love is lacking most significantly, is within us.
What if we let go of our conditions, and just loved and accepted ourselves and others exactly the way we and they are right now?
Here are three things you can do to loosen the grip of approval seeking.
7. 3 Ways to Curb Approval-Seeking Behavior
Often the place where unconditional love is lacking most significantly, is within us.
What if we let go of our conditions, and just loved and accepted ourselves and others exactly the way we and they are right now?
Here are three things you can do to loosen the grip of approval seeking.
Give yourself that which you are seeking, which in most cases is love and acceptance.
As we do this important internal work, it’s essential that we’re gentle, kind and compassionate with ourselves.
As we do this important internal work, it’s essential that we’re gentle, kind and compassionate with ourselves.
Journaling is one way to get quiet,” she said.
Journal writing has no rules, Grason said. Just set a timer and start writing. Don’t stop until your timer rings.
9. Why You Can't Stand To Be Alone -- And How To Learn To Love It
To remedy this, you must retrain the mind by developing habits and hobbies that can consume your attention, inspire your creativity and spark your imagination, Rosenberg says.
Knowing that there are people out there that love you whom you can call will solve your feelings in one of two ways: You’ll actually call them, or you'll just know that you can call them and that will make you feel better.
At the very least, it’s a useful life skill.
You’re a valuable person, and you don’t need the approval of anyone else for that to be true.
In a world that’s often filled with noise, you’ve been given quiet. This is a time to reaffirm the path that your life is on.
Being alone and happy doesn’t mean sequestering yourself from the world. It means being confident enough to know that you can surround yourself with people, but not depend on them for your own happiness.
III. Life
Real success is about who you are and how far you’ve come.
You know you’ve made it when you understand that other people’s opinions are just that—opinions.
You are the only one who knows what’s best for you. Allow yourself to be open to endless possibilities.
They wished they had made self-care more of a priority.
Take some time to get crystal clear on what you are passionate about. You can then begin looking for work that speaks to these passions.
You are responsible for your own life – no one else. If you want to be happy and you’re not, you need to do the changing.
Dream about it, write about it, visualise it – and most of all feel it; feel what it would be like to live your life this way.
It was about small steps: reading and researching to work out what I wanted to do, industry investigation, job searching, working out a budget, revamping my CV, applying for jobs (and getting plenty of rejections), going for interviews, thinking about where I wanted to live, taking trips up to check out areas…the list goes on.
IV. Creativity (Dreams)
Turns out journaling is a powerful tool that not only unsticks the blocked Creator but also increases happiness.
Any “artist” — be you painter, screenwriter or photographer — will benefit from getting the “juices flowing.”
But the other benefit of regular journaling, it turns out, is an elevated mood.
2. Personal Projects
3. 3 REASONS WE DON’T LIKE OUR JOBS
Any “artist” — be you painter, screenwriter or photographer — will benefit from getting the “juices flowing.”
But the other benefit of regular journaling, it turns out, is an elevated mood.
2. Personal Projects
3. 3 REASONS WE DON’T LIKE OUR JOBS
1. 10 Ways To Make You Closer To Your Family
In a demanding, distracting, and over-stimulating world, our personal and family values help us keep focused on things that are truly important and meaningful to us.
You must be intentional with your schedule and make time for the important things. You need to communicate to your partner and children so they can control their schedule as well.Your family being close is a decision that you, the leader, has to make.
Be the leader your family needs and deserves!
2. 7 Habits of Highly Happy Marriages
Having little conversations every day, makes it much easier to have big conversations when those moments come.
Think of marriage like a marathon, it’s long, you will get tired, and you need the water of motivation to keep you going. Laughing together and keeping that spark of flirtatious love alive will add a little joy to every day – even the hard ones.
With a little ingenuity and persistence, it is possible to have quality family time. Be patient and take it one day at a time. It will be worth it in the end.
4. 20 Things To Remember If You Love An Introvert
5. 5 Tips to Increase Your Assertiveness
6. 7 Must-Read Books That Will Help You Better Your Relationships
5. 5 Tips to Increase Your Assertiveness
6. 7 Must-Read Books That Will Help You Better Your Relationships
1. This Woman Hopes To Become The First Female Double Amputee To Run A Marathon
Thursday, May 4
Tiny Buddha : tinybuddha.com
I. Healing (Self-Care)
1. You Deserve to Chill: How to Create Space to Heal and De-stress
2. We All Need Alone Time: Do You Allow Yourself to Recharge? [<3]
What I am saying is that we should minimize our need for external validation so that we can find time to recuperate from the many stressors we experience on a daily basis.See your alone time as an opportunity to take good care of yourself. The most common excuse for not taking care of ourselves is that we don’t have enough time. Combine this with your alone time and you will!
Learning to be happy alone is not about becoming a hermit; in fact, properly applied, it will help you appreciate the time you spend socializing even more.
3. 8 Simple Ways to De-Stress and Rejuvenate When You Can’t Take a Vacation
You are your own most valuable asset, and no matter how important another task is, if you don’t dedicate some time to yourself, you’ll burn out.
4. 3 Tips For Letting Go Of Control and Relaxing Into The Flow
2. On Creating Positive Energy for Positive Change
You experience and create all kinds of different energies that affect how you feel and what you accomplish throughout your day.
It doesn’t matter if you are moving fast or slow, only that you keep moving! And the best way to ensure that you continue to do that is to cherish each step along the way.
7. How to Let Go of the Need for Approval to Start Thriving
“Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, being nothing.” ~Aristotle
This is something you can, and dare I say, must change if you want to be happy in your life and successful in your business or chosen work.
9. 3 Principles for Accepting Yourself and Being Authentically Happy
“Happiness is really a deep harmonious inner satisfaction and approval.” ~Francis Wilshire
I want to share with you three of the most important principles that I’ve learned about authentic happiness.
1. 5 Limiting Beliefs That Sabotage Your Dreams
Most of the time, the only things holding you back are your limiting beliefs.
If that sounds like infinity to you, just ask yourself: “Would you rather get there late? Or would you rather not arrive at all?”
You are right; you might fail. But here’s what you must ask yourself: Are you completely happy with your life right now? In your twilight years, when you look back, will you regret not trying hard enough?
What small steps will you take today to make your dreams come true?
2. Discovering Happiness through Purpose in 3 Natural Steps
Our focus on ‘success,’ as society calls it, blurs our more important intangibles of life—our relationships and experiences.
1. You Deserve to Chill: How to Create Space to Heal and De-stress
The next step was realizing that in order to make my healing a priority, I needed one very important thing: respite.
You are cordially invited to heal from past and present hurts.2. We All Need Alone Time: Do You Allow Yourself to Recharge? [<3]
What I am saying is that we should minimize our need for external validation so that we can find time to recuperate from the many stressors we experience on a daily basis.See your alone time as an opportunity to take good care of yourself. The most common excuse for not taking care of ourselves is that we don’t have enough time. Combine this with your alone time and you will!
Learning to be happy alone is not about becoming a hermit; in fact, properly applied, it will help you appreciate the time you spend socializing even more.
3. 8 Simple Ways to De-Stress and Rejuvenate When You Can’t Take a Vacation
You are your own most valuable asset, and no matter how important another task is, if you don’t dedicate some time to yourself, you’ll burn out.
4. 3 Tips For Letting Go Of Control and Relaxing Into The Flow
Here are three ways I’ve learned to trust and let go of trying so hard to control.
Stepping away. Taking time to enjoy life will only inspire and rejuvenate your energy for your work.
Stop looking around so much. I want what I want, not what they have.
Stop looking around so much. I want what I want, not what they have.
Listen to your body. Oftentimes, we ignore those signals and choose to follow what everybody else is telling us to do instead.
II. Self-Understanding (Growth)
One day I came across a picture of myself at five years old. I looked at that sweet little girl and realized no parent would allow someone to treat her the way I was treating myself—or allow her to do the things I was letting myself get away with.
Listen to the ways you speak to yourself, the way you feed yourself, your hygiene and sleep habits. Which of your habits and behaviors would you not allow your (inner) child to do?
In every moment, we are taking action that either moves us toward or away from the person we want to be and the life we want to have.
Be infinitely patient with yourself, as you would be with a child. If you slip up once, instead of throwing everything out the window, have a conversation with yourself.
6. Stop Pushing Yourself: 10 Crucial Steps to Avoid Burnout
It is not admirable to push yourself when your body and mind beg you to stop.
Fear of rejection is also self-rejection; stop worrying about others’ opinions.
Trust someone close with your feelings and challenges.
Listen to your body and do all you can to be kind to yourself.
7. The Healing Power of Self-Care in a World of Chronic Stress and Anxiety
Self-care is an active and conscious choice to engage in activities that nourish us and help us maintain an optimal level of overall health.
6. Stop Pushing Yourself: 10 Crucial Steps to Avoid Burnout
It is not admirable to push yourself when your body and mind beg you to stop.
Fear of rejection is also self-rejection; stop worrying about others’ opinions.
Trust someone close with your feelings and challenges.
Listen to your body and do all you can to be kind to yourself.
7. The Healing Power of Self-Care in a World of Chronic Stress and Anxiety
Self-care is an active and conscious choice to engage in activities that nourish us and help us maintain an optimal level of overall health.
It is an act of love to honor where you are right now.
You must first honor where you are and the journey that brought you here. Our general outlook on life is a mixture of genetics and experience. Some reactions are very deeply engrained and will take a concentrated effort over time to change.2. On Creating Positive Energy for Positive Change
You experience and create all kinds of different energies that affect how you feel and what you accomplish throughout your day.
If you were 100 percent certain that you could be or do anything you wanted and not fail, do you know the answer?
4. When Happiness Feels Like a Struggle, No Matter What You Do
Inevitably, when something’s not quite right, I can identify a value that needs more love—pronto!—and create an action item from that deep source of wisdom.
5. Growing Pains: When Becoming Something New Feels Scary
When we’re taking on something new, we don’t have to get it right every time. As a matter of fact, we can give ourselves permission not to.
Whatever you are working towards, and however far you still have to go, I encourage you to take the time to truly bask in everything you have achieved thus far.
This work is hard but necessary in order to really understanding yourself on a deeper level.
We have to start by focusing on who we are at our core, on our being; only then can we begin to figure out what we should be doing to fully realize this beautiful person, to let the stars that are already in us shine brightly.
How well do you know your personal value system?Inevitably, when something’s not quite right, I can identify a value that needs more love—pronto!—and create an action item from that deep source of wisdom.
5. Growing Pains: When Becoming Something New Feels Scary
When we’re taking on something new, we don’t have to get it right every time. As a matter of fact, we can give ourselves permission not to.
Failing to acknowledge how far I’ve come robs me of a lot of joy and a lot of pride. I may not have everything figured out in my new business, but I’ve come a long way from where I was a year ago.
It doesn’t matter if you are moving fast or slow, only that you keep moving! And the best way to ensure that you continue to do that is to cherish each step along the way.
7. How to Let Go of the Need for Approval to Start Thriving
“Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, being nothing.” ~Aristotle
This is something you can, and dare I say, must change if you want to be happy in your life and successful in your business or chosen work.
Below are a handful of strategies to help you get to “D”—the place where you no longer need others’ approval, as you have a sound sense of self-acceptance and you make choices from this place.
“When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.” ~Honore de Balzac
9. 3 Principles for Accepting Yourself and Being Authentically Happy
“Happiness is really a deep harmonious inner satisfaction and approval.” ~Francis Wilshire
III. Life
1. 5 Lessons on Living a Long, Healthy Life, from a 90-Year-Old
IV. Dreams (Purpose, Creativity)
1. 5 Lessons on Living a Long, Healthy Life, from a 90-Year-Old
1. 5 Limiting Beliefs That Sabotage Your Dreams
Most of the time, the only things holding you back are your limiting beliefs.
If that sounds like infinity to you, just ask yourself: “Would you rather get there late? Or would you rather not arrive at all?”
You are right; you might fail. But here’s what you must ask yourself: Are you completely happy with your life right now? In your twilight years, when you look back, will you regret not trying hard enough?
What small steps will you take today to make your dreams come true?
2. Discovering Happiness through Purpose in 3 Natural Steps
Our focus on ‘success,’ as society calls it, blurs our more important intangibles of life—our relationships and experiences.
To confidently begin the journey, you must better know the traveler—you.
No two of us are the same and no two of us will have the same path and impact on the world.
When you know what you’re looking for, they’ll start to appear.
It may be in the form of a new friend, career, volunteer position, or random adventure.
Once you’ve found your path, the superficial destination the world defaults to becomes unimportant.
Comparison disappears and all of a sudden it’s the travel itself that becomes meaningful.
You’re there today and you’ll be there tomorrow.
That’s happiness.
I admit I was skeptical that fifteen minutes would be enough to accomplish much, and I couldn’t imagine that such a short amount of time would even begin to satisfy my hungry inner artist.
But it didn’t just make a difference for my art life. This experiment had effects that rippled out into the rest of my life, too.
No wonder we resist! It feels so much safer not to try at all.
No two of us are the same and no two of us will have the same path and impact on the world.
When you know what you’re looking for, they’ll start to appear.
It may be in the form of a new friend, career, volunteer position, or random adventure.
Once you’ve found your path, the superficial destination the world defaults to becomes unimportant.
Comparison disappears and all of a sudden it’s the travel itself that becomes meaningful.
You’re there today and you’ll be there tomorrow.
That’s happiness.
But it didn’t just make a difference for my art life. This experiment had effects that rippled out into the rest of my life, too.
No wonder we resist! It feels so much safer not to try at all.
It won’t happen overnight, but my fifteen minutes a day commitment to my art showed me that baby steps, over time, will take you further than you ever imagined.
4. 10 Tips to Nurture Your Creative Life: Making Time and Space
Still, all that unused creativity made me feel like I had no purpose in life—looking around I saw dried up, brown grass. What I should have been tending to, lay fallow and ignored.
It isn’t selfish to honor your creative self; it’s self-care.
Start small, start with what you have.The grass doesn’t get green from the occasional heavy watering. It gets green from regular tending.
5. How to Reclaim Your Energy So You Can Follow Your Dreams
There’s always somewhere to go and something to do.
The list is endless and exhausting. It’s no wonder we have nothing left in the tank for a better life. It’s all we can do to maintain the life we have.
Worry. Fear. Regret. Anger. They’re all “pin in the balloon” energy busters.
Fortunately, there’s hope. Lots of hope. We just need to learn how to get our energy back.
When talking about yourself (or to yourself), use only positive, energizing, and life-affirming words.
6. Why We Find It Hard to Do Things That Are Good for Us
And out of all those reasons came the realization: the resistance is on my side; sometimes it’s just misguided.
Trusting a process—especially a slow process that might not contain any obvious light-bulb moments and requires time and patience—is difficult.
I can’t think of any major changes that happened day-to-day, but when I look back on a few years ago, the difference is enormous.
When we’ve been doing something for a certain amount of time, we can build up expectations around our “performance.”
We expect those emotions on the “negative” end of the spectrum to disappear.
An important part of my journey is learning to accept that those things might never change, and to have respect for my resistance and the many ways it is trying to protect me.
4. 10 Tips to Nurture Your Creative Life: Making Time and Space
Still, all that unused creativity made me feel like I had no purpose in life—looking around I saw dried up, brown grass. What I should have been tending to, lay fallow and ignored.
It isn’t selfish to honor your creative self; it’s self-care.
Start small, start with what you have.The grass doesn’t get green from the occasional heavy watering. It gets green from regular tending.
5. How to Reclaim Your Energy So You Can Follow Your Dreams
There’s always somewhere to go and something to do.
The list is endless and exhausting. It’s no wonder we have nothing left in the tank for a better life. It’s all we can do to maintain the life we have.
Worry. Fear. Regret. Anger. They’re all “pin in the balloon” energy busters.
Fortunately, there’s hope. Lots of hope. We just need to learn how to get our energy back.
When talking about yourself (or to yourself), use only positive, energizing, and life-affirming words.
6. Why We Find It Hard to Do Things That Are Good for Us
And out of all those reasons came the realization: the resistance is on my side; sometimes it’s just misguided.
Trusting a process—especially a slow process that might not contain any obvious light-bulb moments and requires time and patience—is difficult.
I can’t think of any major changes that happened day-to-day, but when I look back on a few years ago, the difference is enormous.
When we’ve been doing something for a certain amount of time, we can build up expectations around our “performance.”
We expect those emotions on the “negative” end of the spectrum to disappear.
An important part of my journey is learning to accept that those things might never change, and to have respect for my resistance and the many ways it is trying to protect me.
When we have respect for ourselves, with patience and compassion, we can handle anything—especially resistance.
V. Relationships (Healthy Boundaries, Social)
V. Relationships (Healthy Boundaries, Social)
1. How to Help Others Without Compromising Yourself
2. How to Love More and Hurt Less in Relationships
The place where we should hang out is in the being. Being allows us to show up as our authentic selves. When we show up as humans being, something magical happens.
As humans being, we are constantly growing and discovering new passions and experiences.
3. When Relationships Change: Growing Together, Not Apart
No one wants to feel annoyed, hurt, angry, or sad. But if we feel that way, we must accept. Otherwise we suppress and miss an opportunity for self-growth.
2. How to Love More and Hurt Less in Relationships
The place where we should hang out is in the being. Being allows us to show up as our authentic selves. When we show up as humans being, something magical happens.
As humans being, we are constantly growing and discovering new passions and experiences.
3. When Relationships Change: Growing Together, Not Apart
No one wants to feel annoyed, hurt, angry, or sad. But if we feel that way, we must accept. Otherwise we suppress and miss an opportunity for self-growth.
Code Kata - A Practice Arena for Becoming a Better Programmer : Developer Tea
https://spec.fm/podcasts/developer-tea/6877
The goal of Kata is not to solve a problem, it is to create a better programmer.
To give you a practice arena.
To turn you into a better problem solver.
Learning is an exploratory practice.
The goal of Kata is not to solve a problem, it is to create a better programmer.
To give you a practice arena.
To turn you into a better problem solver.
Learning is an exploratory practice.
The Key To Long Term Success, Every Time : Terri
I would say in three words it's, 'To Be Glued'.
In other words, you must have stickability.
I had to learn to be glued until it succeeds.
What is it in your life, you need to get glued to?
Its not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, its what we do consistently.
-Tony Robbins
Consistent action brings consistent results.
If you wanna be successful, you have to stick with it.
Charles Schulz (peanuts comic strip)
If you want to get results, you have to stay dedicated for an extended period of time, to build momentum, and get the results you want.
Make a decision, you're gonna stick with it.
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