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Quote reblogged from DyscomfytureMake a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty.Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild (via zenfreckles) (via constantflux) (via strangestofinventions) (via katherineanneausten) (via phantasmag0riaa)
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- Memorize something everyday. Not only will this leave your brain sharp and your memory functioning, you will also have a huge library of quotes to bust out at any moment. Poetry, sayings and philosophies are your best options.
- Constantly try to reduce your attachment to possessions. Those who are heavy set with material desires will have a lot of trouble when their things are taken away from them or lost. Possessions do end up owning you, not the other way around. Become a person of minimal needs and you will be much more content.
- Develop an endless curiosity about this world. Become an explorer and view the world as your jungle. Stop and observe all of the little things as completely unique events. Try new things. Get out of your comfort zone and try to experience as many different environments and sensations as possible. This world has so much to offer, so why not take advantage of it?
- Remember people’s names so that they feel appreciated and for your own future benefit when you want something from that person. To do this, say their name back to them when they introduce themselves. Then repeat the name in your head a number of times until you are sure you have it. Continue to use their name in conversation as much as possible to remove any chance of forgetting it. If you’re still having trouble, make up a rhyme about their name: “Dan the Man” or “Natalie flatters me.”
- Get fit! It’s ridiculous to think that we have one body, one sole means of functioning, and people are too lazy to take care of themselves. Fit bodies lead to better health, confidence and more success with the opposite sex. I’d say those are 3 very good reasons to get in shape.
- Learn to focus only on the present. The past is unchangeable so it is futile to reflect on it unless you are making sure you do not repeat past mistakes. The future is but a result of your actions today. So learn from the past to do better in the present so that you can succeed in the future.
Read the rest HERE (highexistence.com/life-secrets-and-tips)
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Post reblogged from Stars In The Gutter
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E’s - Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Play more games.
6. Read more books than you did in 2009.
7. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
8. Sleep for 7 hours.
9. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
10. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
11. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
12. Don’t over do. Keep your limits.
13. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
14. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.
15. Dream more while you are awake.
16. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
17. Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
18. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.
19. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
20. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
21. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
22. Smile and laugh more.
23. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
Society:
24. Call your family often.
25. Each day give something good to others.
26. Forgive everyone for everything.
27. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
28. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
31. Do the right thing!
32. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
33. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
35. The best is yet to come.
36. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.^this. im printing this for my door so i can remind myself of all these things.
(Source: felishatolentino)
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1. Listen more than you talk.
2. If you notice yourself getting bored with what you’re saying, stop talking. Acknowledge the situation. Smile. Move on.
3. Know a few historical anecdotes. Like this one: To enhance creativity, surrealist painter Salvador Dalí recommended afternoon naps lasting less than a second. He would lie in his chair, arms outstretched, holding a metal key in his left hand. As he drifted off to sleep, his grip would relax and the key would fall, clanging onto a plate he’d set beneath it and waking him up.
4. But realize that no one likes the guy who knows something about everything.
5. Let people talk over you. Don’t think of it as being rude; think of it as an assist.
6. If someone does interrupt you, wait to be prompted before continuing your story. It’s a good sign that someone cared in the first place.
7. Drawn-out pauses are the best time for personal non sequiturs. People would rather listen to you talk about yourself than nothing.
8. With people you don’t know, limit stories to the last five minutes of your life — the turnout, the Scotch selection, the homeless man you mistakenly took for a valet.
9. Never mention your blog.
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Post reblogged from -Just be spLendid-
“1. Be Impeccable With Your Word
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
2. Don’t Take Anything Personally
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.
3. Don’t Make Assumptions
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
4. Always Do Your Best
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.”
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With a small amount of initial discipline, you can create a new habit that requires little effort to maintain. Here are some tips for creating new habits and making them stick:
1. Commit to Thirty Days – Three to four weeks is all the time you need to make a habit automatic. If you can make it through the initial conditioning phase, it becomes much easier to sustain. A month is a good block of time to commit to a change since it easily fits in your calendar.
2. Make it Daily – Consistency is critical if you want to make a habit stick. If you want to start exercising, go to the gym every day for your first thirty days. Going a couple times a week will make it harder to form the habit. Activities you do once every few days are trickier to lock in as habits.3. Start Simple – Don’t try to completely change your life in one day. It is easy to get over-motivated and take on too much. If you wanted to study two hours a day, first make the habit to go for thirty minutes and build on that.
4. Remind Yourself – Around two weeks into your commitment it can be easy to forget. Place reminders to execute your habit each day or you might miss a few days. If you miss time it defeats the purpose of setting a habit to begin with.
5. Stay Consistent – The more consistent your habit the easier it will be to stick. If you want to start exercising, try going at the same time, to the same place for your thirty days. When cues like time of day, place and circumstances are the same in each case it is easier to stick.
6. Get a Buddy – Find someone who will go along with you and keep you motivated if you feel like quitting.
7. Form a Trigger – A trigger is a ritual you use right before executing your habit. If you wanted to wake up earlier, this could mean waking up in exactly the same way each morning. If you wanted to quit smoking you could practice snapping your fingers each time you felt the urge to pick up a cigarette.
8. Replace Lost Needs - If you are giving up something in your habit, make sure you are adequately replacing any needs you’ve lost. If watching television gave you a way to relax, you could take up meditation or reading as a way to replace that same need.
9. Be Imperfect – Don’t expect all your attempts to change habits to be successful immediately. It took me four independent tries before I started exercising regularly. Now I love it. Try your best, but expect a few bumps along the way.
10. Use “But” – A prominent habit changing therapist once told me this great technique for changing bad thought patterns. When you start to think negative thoughts, use the word “but” to interrupt it. “I’m no good at this, but, if I work at it I might get better later.”
11. Remove Temptation - Restructure your environment so it won’t tempt you in the first thirty days. Remove junk food from your house, cancel your cable subscription, throw out the cigarettes so you won’t need to struggle with willpower later.
12. Associate With Role Models - Spend more time with people who model the habits you want to mirror. A recent study found that having an obese friend indicated you were more likely to become fat. You become what you spend time around.
13. Run it as an Experiment - Withhold judgment until after a month has past and use it as an experiment in behavior. Experiments can’t fail, they just have different results so it will give you a different perspective on changing your habit.
14. Swish - A technique from NLP. Visualize yourself performing the bad habit. Next visualize yourself pushing aside the bad habit and performing an alternative. Finally, end that sequence with an image of yourself in a highly positive state. See yourself picking up the cigarette, see yourself putting it down and snapping your fingers, finally visualize yourself running and breathing free. Do it a few times until you automatically go through the pattern before executing the old habit.
15. Write it Down – A piece of paper with a resolution on it isn’t that important. Writing that resolution is. Writing makes your ideas more clear and focuses you on your end result.
16. Know the Benefits - Familiarize yourself with the benefits of making a change. Get books that show the benefits of regular exercise. Notice any changes in energy levels after you take on a new diet.
17. Know the Pain – You should also be aware of the consequences. Exposing yourself to realistic information about the downsides of not making a change will give you added motivation.
18. Do it For Yourself - Don’t worry about all the things you “should” have as habits. Instead tool your habits towards your goals and the things that motivate you. Weak guilt and empty resolutions aren’t enough.
(Source: getfitordie)
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Get out there and make those health and fitness goals happen! <3 xoxox I’m in such an optimistic mood today lol … not that that is rare! =)
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- Write down your goals.
- Create a fitness action plan.
- Devise a desirable reward.
- Set a completion date.
- Enter a competition.
- Enter a competition amongst your friends.
- Plaster motivational quotes all over your house.
- Write “Every Day is a New Battle” on your bathroom mirror.
- Post your favorite fitness role model on your refrigerator.
- Post your favorite fat picture on your refrigerator.
- Type “Your Character is your Destiny” on your screen saver.
- Type “Get off your Fat Butt” on your screen saver.
- Practice core strength by using a stability ball for a chair.
- Rollover and do some crunches in-between emails on your stability ball chair.
- Buy a nice wardrobe that will fit you in two months.
- Donate all your fat clothes to Salvation Army.
- Moderate your strict eating with a fat meal once a week.
- When eating your fat meal, look at the body type of other people who eat fat meals daily.
- Buy some fitness magazines.
- Read some “how to” fitness articles.
- Join a fitness web blog.
- Read transformation stories.
- Pray and thank God for the amount of weight you’ve already lost.
- Make a supportive fitness group.
- Hang around fit friends.
- Surround yourself with people and things that promote a healthy lifestyle.
- Find a running partner.
- Inspire your own partner to run with you.
- Create fitness goals with your partner.
- Make a workout and diet log.
- Personalize your journal by adding inspirational quotes and pictures.
- Document your progress: weight, body fat, and blood pressure.
- Attend a bodybuilding/fitness show.
- Talk to competitors and pros that live for fitness.
- Ask your role models what motivates them.
- Take a chance and email your role model off their web site.
- Take a supplement for physical gains as well as a mental ‘placebo’ effect.
- Drink some coffee.
- Drink more coffee.
- Date someone more fit than you.
- Date someone who inspires you.
- Date someone you want to look really good naked for.
- Shave your body so you can see all your muscles.
- Tan your body so you can see all the lines and contours of your muscles.
- Tan your body at the beach so that people with really nice bodies can inspire you.
- Hire a trainer.
- Become a trainer.
- Humble a trainer by knowing more stuff than him/her.
- Look like a trainer.
- Buy new athletic shoes.
- Buy a new workout outfit.
- Buy clean, new, and comfortable socks.
- Wear really bright colors to the gym.
- Take a group exercise class.
- Take a spinning class for really intense cardio.
- Take Yoga or Pilates class for variety and core strength.
- Drink an energy drink.
- Plan a vacation where you have to wear a swimsuit.
- Read Lance Armstrong’s biography.
- Envision your workout during your warm-up.
- Focus on the workout, one set at a time.
- Beat yourself up with weights for even getting de-motivated.
- Conquer your negative thoughts by pushing your body into painful consciousness.
- Experiment on how much you can make yourself sweat.
- Make it a goal to be the fittest person in the weight room - or any room for that matter.
- Test your max on pushups and pullups.
- Post the Krispy Kreme’s calendar on your wall.
- Post Monica Brant’s calendar on your wall.
- Watch Ronnie Coleman videos.
- Read articles by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Buy a home exercise bike or treadmill.
- Become the inspiration amongst your friends.
- Help someone who is very overweight or wants to gain muscle.
- Visit my web site: http://www.mariakang.com/.
- Place your alarm clock across your bedroom so that you have to get up to turn it off in the morning.
- Place your athletic shoes right next to your alarm clock.
- Place a quote right next to your alarm clock that says: “Today you are closer to the person you were meant to become.”
- Alarm your cell phone to give you daily reminders to eat, work out, and give gratitude.
- Volunteer your time with people who don’t have full function of their bodies.
- Volunteer your passion for fitness at a YMCA.
- Look up new, healthy recipes to cook.
- Search for new, healthy restaurants to eat at.
- Observe the body type of the people at restaurants you shouldn’t eat at.
- Read one of Mike Mahler’s Aggressive Strength Training Articles on Bodybuilding.com.
- Learn a new exercise technique like Kettlebell training.
- Turn off your TV and run.
- Buy a new MP3 player or iPod and put some high energy workout songs on it.
- Buy new workout devices like a heart rate monitor or pedometer.
- Work out at a different gym.
- Work out at a different time of day.
- Work out using all new exercises.
- Vary your cardio by incorporating High Intensity Training.
- Say a prayer for power right before you train.
- Say a prayer for performance right before your set.
- Say a prayer for pain during your set.
- Say a prayer for persistence after your set.
- Say a prayer for positive action after you train.
- Action After You Train.
- Read articles on Bodybuilding.com.
- Shop for supplements, videos, and books on Bodybuilding.com.
- Get passionate enough to write an article for Bodybuilding.com. You know what motivates you. Quit reading and make it happen.
I found this great list of things you can do to motivate yourself.
And yeah, I use some of those strategies as well! ☺Check it out… experiment, try out different strategies and see what works best for you! ;)
