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Begin With A Single Step
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. - Lao Tzu
Be Yourself In The World
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be Who You Are
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. - Bernard M. Baruch
Be Hopeful Not Fearful
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due. - William Ralph Inge
Be Content With What You Have
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. - Lao Tzu
Be Careful What You Do
Be careful of what you do, 'cause the lie becomes the truth. - Michael Jackson
Be Brave Enough To Say Goodbye
If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello. - Paul Coelho
Adjust To Improve The Situation
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. - William Arthur Ward
Adjust The Action Steps
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. - Confucius
Respect People Outside Groups
People may often do inconsiderate things when they are in groups, and people who strongly affiliate with one group of people may naturally want to harm outsiders who are not in that group.
- When people get together in groups, unusual things can happen — both good and bad.
- Groups create important social institutions that an individual could not achieve alone, but there can be a darker side to such alliances:
- Belonging to a group makes people more likely to harm others outside the group.
- In a study that recently went online in the journal NeuroImage, the researchers measured brain activity in a part of the brain involved in thinking about oneself.
- They found that in some people, this activity was reduced when the subjects participated in a competition as part of a group, compared with when they competed as individuals.
- Those people were more likely to harm their competitors than people who did not exhibit this decreased brain activity.
Wait For It And Appreciate It
We used to wait for it, now we're screaming sing the chorus again. - Arcade Fire
I used to write
I used to write letters, I used to sign my name
I used to sleep at night
Before the flashing light settled deep in my brainNow our lives are changing fast
Hope that something pure can lastWe used to wait for it
Now we're screaming sing the chorus again
Find Peace Of Mind
Are you looking for peace of mind? You won't find it in your status line. - Allen Stone
Are you looking for peace of mind?
You won't find it in your status line
What are you trying to prove?
Whose mountain are you trying to move?Are you looking for security?
Validation or identity?
You won't find it in things
The more you got, oh, the less you seeWhatever keeps you occupied
Whatever gives you contact high
Whatever keeps you busy, baby
Will never make you satisfied
Embrace Your Own Place
I'm always left of center and that's right where I belong. I'm the random minor note you hear in major songs. - Janelle Monae
Sometimes a mystery, sometimes I'm free
Depending on my mood or my attitude
Sometimes I wanna roll or stay at home
Walking contradiction, guess I’m factual and fictionA little crazy, little sexy, little cool
Little rough around the edges but I keep it smooth
I'm always left of center and that's right where I belong
I'm the random minor note you hear in major songs
Serve Humanity Not Money
Superman never made any money, savin' the world from Solomon Grundy. And sometimes I despair the world will never see another man like him. - Crash Test Dummies
Hey Bob, Supe had a straight job
Even though he could have smashed through any bank in the United States,
Well he had the strength, but he would notSuperman never made any money
For saving the world from Solomon Grundy
And sometimes I despair the world will never see another man like him- Crash Test Dummies
Appreciate How Everything Is Now
Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot. - Joni Mitchell
They took all the trees
Put 'em in a tree museum
Then they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'emDon't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
Dream The World's A Team
Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one. And I believe it could be, some day it's going to come. - Cat Stevens
Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be, some day it's going to come
Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again
Now I've been smiling lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun
Choose To Be Happy
Choose to be happy with your current situation and life, as research has shown happiness may come down to your attitude and perception, not our faulty estimation of what we think we want, even big changes like getting a dream job, goal, partner, or money.
- Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we'll be miserable if we don't get what we want.
- Our "psychological immune system" lets us feel truly happy even when things don't go as planned.
Take Hourly Breaks To Refocus
Take a quick break every hour to evaluate what you have done and refocus on what you should do next.
- STEP 2 (1 minute every hour) Refocus.
- Set your watch, phone, or computer to ring every hour.
- When it rings, take a deep breath, look at your list and ask yourself if you spent your last hour productively.
- Then look at your calendar and deliberately recommit to how you are going to use the next hour.
- Manage your day hour by hour.
- Don’t let the hours manage you.
An 18 minute plan for managing your day - Harvard Business Review
Turn Problems Into Challenges
Turn your problems into challenges or goals that you can overcome or accomplish in order to be happier and improve your life.
- Happy people will see problems as challenges, as opportunities to explore new ways of doing things, expressing their gratitude for them, understanding that underneath them all lay many opportunities that will allow them to expand and to grow.
15 Powerful things happy people do differently - Purpose Fairy