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* Self Improvement and Personal Growth Weekly Newsletter *
Issue #862, Week of March 16-17, 2015
Publisher: David Riklan - http://www.SelfGrowth.com
In this issue:
-- Quotes of the Week
-- Recommended Resource of the Week
-- Article: Time Management Strategies Quiz: Are You Productive or Are You Just Busy? - By Kathryn Mckinnon
-- Article: Facebook Affairs - By Joe Beam
-- Book Review: The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It - By Kelly McGonigal, PhD
-- How to Subscribe and Unsubscribe from this Newsletter
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*** Quotes of the Week ***
------------------------------------------------------------ I believe that true identity is found in creative activity springing from within. It is found when one loses oneself. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1906-2001
A gentleman can withstand hardships; it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet. - Confucius, 551 BC-479 BC
Much we learn only to forget it again; to stand by the goal, we must traverse all the way to it. - Friedrich Rückert, 1788-1866
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*** Recommended Resource of the Week ***
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Don't let problem people get you down, get in your way or get on your nerves! Some people are annoying. That's just a fact. It's time we stopped the agonizing and got these people out of our way.
With frank discussion and clever, practical advice, bestselling author Gill Hasson, shares simple moves that make these people less of a problem. Learn to control your reactions, choose your battles, and calmly navigate emotionally charged situations.
http://www.selfgrowth.com/go/difficultpeople.html | |
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*** Article: Time Management Strategies Quiz: Are You Productive or Are You Just Busy? - By Kathryn Mckinnon ***
------------------------------------------------------------ Are we really being productive with our time, or are we just keeping busy to pass the time?
Though it may not always seem so, how we fill our time and how we spend our time is our choice.
Answer "True" or "False" to the following questions in this time management strategies quiz to discover if you're caught up in the "I'm too-busy" cycle...
** To read the full article, go here.
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*** Article: Facebook Affairs - By Joe Beam ***
------------------------------------------------------------ Yesterday I talked with another wife emotionally involved with an old boyfriend she bumped into online on Facebook. No surprise there. Every month couples enroll in our workshop for marriages in crisis because one of them -- usually the wife -- had an affair with someone found on one of the social networking sites.
How should a person make sure that s/he never crosses the line on a social networking site, or any other site?
** To read the full article, go here.
Don't let problem people get you down, get in your way or get on your nerves! Some people are annoying. That's just a fact. It's time we stopped the agonizing and got these people out of our way.
With frank discussion and clever, practical advice, bestselling author Gill Hasson, shares simple moves that make these people less of a problem. Learn to control your reactions, choose your battles, and calmly navigate emotionally charged situations.
http://www.selfgrowth.com/go/difficultpeople.html | |
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*** Book Review: The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It - By Kelly McGonigal, PhD ***
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Informed by the latest research and combining cutting-edge insights from psychology, economics, neuroscience, and medicine, The Willpower Instinct explains exactly what willpower is, how it works, and why it matters. For example, readers will learn: - Willpower is a mind-body response, not a virtue. It is a biological function that can be improved through mindfulness, exercise, nutrition, and sleep.
- Willpower is not an unlimited resource. Too much self-control can actually be bad for your health.
- Temptation and stress hijack the brain's systems of self-control, but the brain can be trained for greater willpower
- Guilt and shame over your setbacks lead to giving in again, but self-forgiveness and self-compassion boost self-control.
- Giving up control is sometimes the only way to gain self-control.
- Willpower failures are contagious--you can catch the desire to overspend or overeat from your friends--but you can also catch self-control from the right role models.
In the groundbreaking tradition of Getting Things Done, The Willpower Instinct combines life-changing prescriptive advice and complementary exercises to help readers with goals ranging from losing weight to more patient parenting, less procrastination, better health, and greater productivity at work.
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The list price of this book is $17.00. To purchase it from Amazon.com at a price of $11.23, a 34% discount, go here.
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