Supercharge Your Self-Confidence

Supercharge Your Self-Confidence: Avoid These 5 Sneaky Habits!

Confidence is much like the wind. It wields immense power and can sweep you away at a moment’s notice, yet it can fall flat in an instant. Its speed and ferocity change day by day and can alter the way you live your life in small and dramatic ways.

For instance, one day you may feel flat, only for a wave of confidence to wash through and propel you forward into a previously unanticipated state of being. Then there’s the gentle breeze – a stable confidence that continually nudges you in the right direction.

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Habit Stacking 101: A Beginner's Guide to Building Powerful Habits

Habit Stacking 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Building Powerful Habits

Most people have regular routines and habits they do each day. And most of the time, we do them without thinking too much about it. Things like getting out of bed in the morning and having coffee, brushing our teeth, and getting dressed are common habits we do without a lot of preplanning.

Habits are established by consistently connecting neural pathways in our brains that create strong bonds. According to research at Oxford University, the average adult has 41% fewer neurons than the average newborn baby. So why aren’t babies smarter than adults?

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How to Change Your Bad Habits

How to Change Your Bad Habits

Do you have a bad habit or two? Most people do. While good habits can be helpful, and make it easier to live happy, healthy lives, bad habits can make things more difficult to achieve our goals, and to be the people we want to be.

So if you have a bad habit that’s creating problems for you, it should be easy to just stop doing it, right? Well, no. As most people would agree, it’s not that easy. Stopping a bad habit can be nearly impossible depending on how deeply rooted or physically addictive that habit may be. But turning it into a better habit, could be the trick to making the change.

So how do you change a bad habit into a good habit?

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7 Smart Habits to Boost Mental Clarity

7 Smart Habits to Boost Mental Clarity

A common meme online says, “My brain is like an internet browser. I have 19 tabs open, 3 are frozen, and I have no idea where the music is coming from!” Sound familiar? With so many things to do and think about these days, you may well find yourself lost in brain fog, and wondering what to do about it.

Returning to a state of Mental Clarity can take time. But utilizing some strategies for reducing stress and reorganizing your thinking may help.

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7 Habits Of Unsuccessful People You Don’t Want To Copy

7 Habits Of Unsuccessful People You Don’t Want To Copy

What is success and how do you achieve it? Perhaps one of humanity’s most deep-rooted searches, ‘success’ is the ultimate power card available to each of us. In the search for true self-pride, we humans will push our minds and bodies to their limits. Perhaps that’s why you’re here.

To be successful, you must surely focus on what to do, right? Knowing what to avoid can be just as, if not more helpful. If you don’t know the habits of a typical unsuccessful person, then seeds of unwanted behaviours may grow without you realising. Cutting them out at the root before they’ve had a chance to prosper is a good start.

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The Life-Changing Power of a Daily Walking Habit

The Life-Changing Power of a Daily Walking Habit

Go to any city or town anywhere in the world and you’ll find people walking around. Only you know where you’re going, but do you know what’s happening to your body and mind when you walk around? Chances are you don’t, at least not to the fullest extent.

Of course, there’s a difference between walking to a destination and just going for a daily walk. You’re more likely to feel the benefits if you’re not looking at a watch every two minutes. Even so, the physical and mental advantages are there.

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7 Micro-Habits That Will Completely Change Your Life in a Year

7 Micro-Habits That Will Completely Change Your Life in a Year

For many people, every New Year comes with the New Year’s Resolution. These usually take the shape of fairly life-changing goals, such as finding a new job or finally getting ripped for the summer.

However, such a mindset is destined for failure.

Sure, it’s a good idea to have overarching goals. They provide a sense of focus and a general direction to head towards. But it isn’t sustainable. Think about it, if you woke up every day telling yourself “I need to find a job”, the enormity of it all will weigh heavy. You can’t just find the perfect role with the click of your fingers. If anything, a constant reminder of your overarching goal will weigh you down.

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5 Habits You Should Avoid to Become Highly Productive

5 Habits You Should Avoid to Become Highly Productive

Highly productive people have certain habits that other people don’t. What are they doing that sets them apart? How are they getting so much done, and achieving their goals? We all want to be successful, but what are we doing wrong?

Here are a few habits you really need to avoid, if you want to get on track with being highly productive.

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How to Develop a Reading Habit

How to Develop a Reading Habit

What was the name of the last book you read? Can’t remember? Well maybe it’s time to build a new reading habit! You may think you don’t have time to read. Or maybe you haven’t enjoyed reading much in the past.

Author J.K. Rowling suggests,

“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.”

Finding a book that interests you can make all the difference in the world. And books aren’t the only reading material. There are all kinds of magazines, booklets, newspapers, and ebooks. You can read a paper book or get an ipad to hold your book collection. Whatever works best for you is just fine! The main thing is to start reading!

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