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Most people don’t need motivation to start on a new goal. People buy workout DVDs, they join a gym, they start taking business classes, they start working on a new habit but they soon lose steam and stop. People have a general sense of what’s good for them, but they struggle with sustaining their motivation to see their goals realized. And, contrary to what you may think, you don’t always need motivation hacks to kick start your motivational levels. Sometimes these things are not enough. What you need is a strategy of action. Read on. 1. How to Motivate Yourself?…

Getting up in the morning and feeling excited to take on the day is a feeling we all want to have in our lives. Most people, however, don’t experience this excitement beyond the first month of starting a new habit, a new business, or any new endeavor. They get distracted quickly and within a relatively short period of time they’re off track. All the work that went into sticking to a new diet is now gone. The hours of planning and the cooking and the selection of healthy food just got thrown out of the window. You’ve lapsed back into…

Ever since The Secret was published, people of all walks of life have used the Law of Attraction (LoA) with mixed results. Some swear by it, while some swear at it. The Law of Attraction is premised on the idea that the energy, thoughts, and beliefs we carry; the so-called “vibrations,” tend to be self-fulfilling. We bring into our lives the people and events that match the vibrational frequency that we put out into the universe.  And the more we focus on these thoughts and beliefs, the more likely it is for the universe to respond to us. Simply put,…

Boredom is state in which one experiences a pervasive lack of interest in certain activities. It can be momentary or it can be experienced on a more frequent basis. If you’re following a strict routine that doesn’t allow you much flexibility, if you’re not inspired by your work, and if you’re not getting better at what you do, then you will most likely experience boredom. This is the kind of temporary boredom that can be fixed with a few lifestyle modifications. However, if you’re bored on a more frequent basis and you find yourself trying to keep yourself distracted just…

Recognizing that you need to change and attempting to do so is hard. Recognizing that others need to change and attempting to help them do so is even harder. But people have the false perception that change should be easy. This belief can be attributed to the media, Hollywood, and other processes of social conditioning. And if you leave these beliefs unquestioned, you’re doomed to see the world in imaginary and unrealistic ways. Whether people want to admit it or not, many are convinced by the impressions they’ve formed as a result of what they see and hear on TV…