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* Self Improvement and Personal Growth Weekly Newsletter *
Issue #878, Week of July 6-7, 2015
Publisher: David Riklan - http://www.SelfGrowth.com
In this issue:
-- Quotes of the Week
-- Article: How to Stop Putting it Off - Say Goodbye to Procrastination For Good - By Isi Dixon
-- Article: 3 Things You Hopefully Didn't Know About Positive Emotions - By Warren Davies
-- Book Review: All I Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten- by Robert Fulghum
-- How to Subscribe and Unsubscribe from this Newsletter
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*** Quotes of the Week ***
------------------------------------------------------------ When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. - Alexander Graham Bell It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best you will very often get it. - W. Somerset Maugham My goal is simple. It is complete understanding of the universe, why it as it is and why it exists as all. - Stephen Hawking ------------------------------------------------------------
How to Stop Putting it Off - Say Goodbye to Procrastination For Good - By Isi Dixon
------------------------------------------------------------ Procrastination - probably the number one cause for people to be disorganized, for not achieving what they want, for not being the best they could be. What people don't realize, however, is you only need the right tools to conquer it. Let's brush away the reasons why you might be procrastinating and we will basically leave you with no excuse to simply get on with it. "I haven't got the time right now." This is the most popular excuse for procrastinators. The thing is you are probably right. You have not got the whole block of time it takes to tackle the spare room, or the whole of the ironing pile, or the complete reorganization of the kitchen. But you have got 10 minutes, or maybe even 20 or 30. And that is all it takes to make a start. Start by sorting through one box, ironing 10 or 20 items, tackling one single drawer. And if you do that every day, you will realize that you are making slow but steady progress. If you find yourself still procrastinating, then there must be other, deeper rooted reasons behind that. These possible other reasons fall into two categories, ones concerning the project itself, the others your personality style. First, let's look at the project itself. The project might be perceived as: 1. Threatening
2. Too difficult
3. Boring
4. Impossible to finish
5. Waste of time ** To read the full article, go here. ------------------------------------------------------------
3 Things You Hopefully Didn't Know About Positive Emotions - By Warren Davies ***
------------------------------------------------------------ In case you hadn't heard, there's a new-ish field within psychology, called positive psychology, which is very relevant to self growth. The premise of the field is that throughout the history of psychology, far too much emphasis has been placed on mental illness and disorder, and getting people from a "minus 5 to a zero." The aim of positive psychology is to look more deeply into the factors that cause people and groups to thrive - getting people from "zero to plus 5". One of the main areas of interest then, is positive emotions. This is a term I don't particularly like, because all emotions are 'positive' in the sense that they serve an adaptive function - but you know what I'm talking about; the emotions that are, for most people, more pleasant to experience. Here are a few findings from this line of research into positive emotions, which you hopefully didn't know before. Positive emotions undo the effects of negative emotions
Negative' emotions (again a term I don't like), prepare the body for a certain type of action. ** To read the full article, go here. ------------------------------------------------------------
*** BOOK REVIEW: All I Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten- by Robert Fulghum ***
------------------------------------------------------------ Over twenty-five years ago, Robert Fulghum published a simple credo—a credo that became the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Now, seven million copies later, Fulghum returns to the book that was embraced around the world. He has written a new preface and twenty-five essays, which add even more potency to a common, though no less relevant, piece of wisdom: that the most basic aspects of life bear its most important opportunities. Here Fulghum engages us with musings on life, death, love, pain, joy, sorrow, and the best chicken-fried steak in the continental U.S.A. The little seed in the Styrofoam cup offers a reminder about our own mortality and the delicate nature of life . . . a spider who catches (and loses) a full-grown woman in its web one fine morning teaches us about surviving catastrophe . . . the love story of Jean-Francois Pilatre and his hot air balloon reminds us to be brave and unafraid to "fly" . . . life lessons hidden in the laundry pile . . . magical qualities found in a box of crayons . . . hide-and-seek vs. sardines—and how these games relate to the nature of God. All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten is brimming with the very stuff of life and the significance found in the smallest details. In the years that have passed since the first publication of this book that touched so many with its simple, profound wisdom, Robert Fulghum has had some time to ponder, to reevaluate, and to reconsider. And here are those fresh thoughts on classic topics, right alongside the wonderful new essays. Perhaps in today's chaotic, more challenging world, these essays on life will resonate even deeper—as readers discover how universal insights can be found in ordinary events.
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