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Posted - 01/06/2016 : 06:57:13
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Individuals can hold the mindset that stress is either debilitating (bad for your health and performance) or enhancing (motivating and performance-boosting). The truth is that stress is both; it can cause athletes to crumble under pressure and lead CEOs to have heart attacks, but it can also sharpen focus and critical thinking, giving athletes, CEOs and the rest of us the attention and adrenaline to succeed in high-pressure situations. According to Crum’s work, instead of the mere presence of stress, it is our mindset about stress – whether or not we perceive it as a help or a hindrance – that contributes most to health, performance and psychological outcomes.
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Posted - 01/06/2016 : 09:27:33
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The Danger of the Word ‘Deserve’
Believing that you “deserve” something for your efforts (or “just because”) is deeply ingrained in the scarcity mindset.
It’s all about having a perspective that there is only one pie, you have a small slice of it, and you should have a bigger slice of it for some reason or another. That inherently makes it very hard to be happy for the success of others, because that means less success for you, so you’re rather uninterested in helping others celebrate or reach their success.
On the other hand, part of the abundance mindset is a sense that you already have “enough.” You are secure in who you are and having more stuff isn’t going to change that. Sure, it might be okay to have something new and different, but you certainly don’t deserve it.
Believing that you deserve something more than what you already have implies that you’re overlooking many of the things that you already have and are taking them for granted in your life.
The truth is that most of us are already rewarded beyond our wildest dreams for the things we have achieved in life. The average American lives in a state of perpetual pleasure and affluence that King Solomon would have been deeply jealous of. We have homes and devices and access to amazing nutritional foods and time to spend on leisure of our own choosing.
For the vast majority of Americans, life is amazing compared to anything that has existed before in the world. The work of our lives has earned us things that would leave pretty much anyone in human history stunned at the incredibly affluent lives that we have. To believe that you deserve more is incredibly arrogant.
The truth is that believing that we deserve anything is the opposite of a healthy personal finance or even a life perspective.
For starters, it takes away the sense of wonder and gratefulness for the amazing bounty that life gives us. Each of us already has so much, far more than almost anyone else in human history.
We have access to libraries of information at our fingertips. We have infinite amazingly nutritional foods available at our convenience for incredibly low costs. We have more leisure opportunities than can even be counted or considered. We have tools for staying in easy touch with loved ones on the other side of the country or the world, people we would likely never see again even 100 years ago.
There are more books, more films, more experiences than we can ever fill the free time in our lives with. Almost every job in the world is safer and less demanding physically than almost anything that has existed before in human history. We have devices that provide incredible abilities in our home with just the touch of a button or a flick of the wrist, from coffee machines to refrigerators.
We have so much, and simply saying that we “deserve” more undercuts all of that. It says that all of that bounty isn’t good enough.
It also takes the focus away from the abundance we do have and focuses instead on scarcity, the things we don’t have.
Believing that you “deserve” something for your efforts (or “just because”) is deeply ingrained in the scarcity mindset. It’s all about having a perspective that there is only one pie, you have a small slice of it, and you should have a bigger slice of it for some reason or another. That inherently makes it very hard to be happy for the success of others, because that means less success for you, so you’re rather uninterested in helping others celebrate or reach their success.
On the other hand, part of the abundance mindset is a sense that you already have “enough.” You are secure in who you are and having more stuff isn’t going to change that. Sure, it might be okay to have something new and different, but you certainly don’t deserve it.
In the end, whenever you catch yourself thinking or saying that you deserve something, stop yourself. You already have an abundant life, filled with so many good things. Do you really deserve more?
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Posted - 01/14/2016 : 11:21:02
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5 timeless philosophy tips for a happy, successful life
Questions to ask yourself when facing adversity:
- What is the worst that could happen?
- Practice the "as if" principle. When angry, force a smile and soften your voice - as if you weren't angry. Acting calm helps you to become calm. Forcing yourself to smile - as if you were happy - increases happiness.
- Increase self-control by practicing self-denial periodically. Briefly denying yourself something keeps you from taking it for granted. Thereafter, when you do treat yourself, you will appreciate the luxury even more.
- Live in the present to increase happiness. Don't keep regretting the past, or worrying about the future. Worrying about things that are not under your control is a waste of energy.
- It's okay to stumble. Constant self-criticism is correlated to low self-control, and low motivation. In contrast, self-compassion (being consistently in support of yourself) is correlated to high self-control, and high motivation. Self-compassion allows us to learn from our mistakes, and to learn that no one is immune from failure. So, when you suffer a personal failing, forgive yourself and move on.
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