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* Self Improvement and Personal Growth Weekly Newsletter *
Issue #879, Week of July 13-14, 2015
Publisher: David Riklan - http://www.SelfGrowth.com
In this issue:
-- Quotes of the Week
-- Article:Motivational Tool: Mental Snapshots - Find Out What Is Missing -by Camille Scielzi
-- Article: Are You Making These 4 Mistakes? - By Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
-- Book Review: The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It - by David Niven
-- How to Subscribe and Unsubscribe from this Newsletter
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*** Quotes of the Week ***
------------------------------------------------------------ Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again. - Henry Ford Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. -Helen Keller. Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit. - Napoleon Hill ------------------------------------------------------------
Article: Motivational Tool: Mental Snapshots - Find Out What Is Missing -by Camille Scielzi
------------------------------------------------------------ What are Mental Snapshots?
Mental snapshots are a simple, wonderful self reflective motivational exercise to see which areas of life are going really well and areas where things are just not where you want them to be. Completing the exercise will show you a portrait of your life right now-- a mini self biography. During this exercise you will identify areas of life that are important to you and create an ideal picture of the life you want to live now. As part of this process you will find the area of life you feel something is missing. That missing piece is causing some type of unease and once it is identified, you can eliminate it. From that freedom, you will be motivated to take new actions to bring the missing pieces back into your life for greater fullfiment. Create the Ideal Snapshot
Before we can identify what is not present, we need to know what could be in the picture. The first step is to write down a detailed, specific master listing of what you want to see in each snapshot. In other words, what do you want to have in your life? ** To read the full article, go here. ------------------------------------------------------------
ARTICLE: Are You Making These 4 Mistakes? - By Margaret Paul, Ph.D. ***
------------------------------------------------------------ I, like many of you, was brought up and programmed to believe in a number of ideas that have turned out to be untrue. These false beliefs led me to make various life and relationship mistakes. I didn't like making mistakes any more than you do, but it is from my mistakes that I've learned so much. In this article, I'm going to discuss the 4 major mistakes that I used to make and that so many of my counseling clients make before working with me. Self-Judgment
I used to judge and shame myself unmercifully, although mostly unconsciously. Until I started to pay attention to my anxiety, stress, and insecurity, I never realized how much I judged and shamed myself. From my parents, who constantly judged themselves and me, I learned to believe that judgment was a motivator. "If I judge myself, then I will do better. If I accept myself, I will get lazy and not do what I have to do." "If I judge myself, I can get myself to do it 'right' and then others will love and accept me." "If I judge myself, I can have control over others' not judging me." These were just a few of the false beliefs I had about self-judgment. ** To read the full article, go here. ------------------------------------------------------------
*** BOOK REVIEW: The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It - by David Niven ***
------------------------------------------------------------ Scientists and academics have spent entire careers investigating what makes people happy. But hidden in obscure scholarly journals and reports, their research is all too often inaccessible to ordinary people. Now the bestselling author of the 100 Simple Secrets series distills the scientific findings of over a thousand of the most important studies on happiness into easy-to-digest nuggets of advice. Each of the hundred practices is illustrated with a clear example and illuminated by a straightforward explanation of the science behind it to show you how to transform a ho-hum existence into a full and happy life. Believe in yourself: Across all ages, and all groups, a solid belief in one's own abilities increases life satisfaction by about 40 percent, and makes us happier both in our home lives and in our work lives. Turn off your TV: Watching too much TV can triple our hunger for more possessions, while reducing our personal contentment by about 5 percent for every hour a day we watch.
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