When I was young, I did some tremendous dumb stuff and often enough, I learned through these experiences. Like drinking boiling hot tea, biking on thin iced rivers and more. And what I have learned from this is that pain is often a very effective teacher. It taught me that; “The worse the pain is, […]
As the name suggested, Habit tracking is a simple and yet powerful way to measure whether you did the habit or not. It confronts you with evidence and keeps you honest to yourself. And according to the book Atomic Habits, tracking your habits leverages multiple laws of behavior change. It makes a behavior more obvious,
A salesman starts his day with two jars. One empty and one filled with 120 paperclips. Throughout his day he makes many sales calls and immediately after every call, he would move one paperclip to the other jar until the empty jar is filled with all the paperclips. Then he would start again. Why? Because
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Frédéric Bastiat, a French economist, once said ‘It almost always happens that when the immediate consequence is favorable, the later consequences are disastrous, and vice versa’. What he meant is that almost all good things that happen in the present have bad consequences in the future. And all the hard things that you don’t want
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Did you know that a habit can be completed within just a few seconds? Yes, you heard me. A habit can be completed in seconds and seconds can become minutes and minutes become hours. You don’t have to start big. You can start by taking small steps. Just look at it as a game. You
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Have a firm handshake. Look people in the eye. Sing in the shower. Own a great stereo system. If in a fight, hit hard and hit first. Keep secrets. Never give up on anybody. Always accept an outstretched hand. Be brave. Even if you’re not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference. Whistle.
It is quite frustrating that we are tempted to procrastinate until the last moment. It usually happens in highschool. You received an assignment and you will wait until the last week before the deadline. Frustrating as it is, you still attempt to finish it within the week. So, how can we avoid the temptation of
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Everything is effortless in today’s age. If you don’t want to go to the grocery store, you can get it delivered to you. If you don’t want to walk, you can use the car. If you don’t want to use the stairs, you can use the elevator. This simple and yet powerful law can be
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A group of photography students were divided into 2 groups. Group 1 had to take as many pictures as possible and their grades will be decided based on the amount of photos the students have taken. Group 2 had to take the perfect shot and their grades will be decided based on one picture. As
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Introduction One of the most powerful ways to change your habit is through changing your identity. And there are strategies that help you shift your identity and your mindset. One of these strategies is described in ‘Allens carr’s easy way to stop smoking’. And in this blog, you will understand where cravings come from and
