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How to stop feeling overwhelmed continually

Feeling overwhelmed makes up part of most (if not all) people’s life. As a person in the corporate world, job stress may be responsible for most of your feeling overwhelmed. This could also lead to relationship stress, which in turn adds to your feeling overwhelmed. Farmers especially those in a developing country may feel overwhelmed [...]

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How to criticize and not be hated for it

Dale Carnegie wrote in his book How To Win Friends And Influence People that to criticize and not be hated for it, you should “call attention to people’s mistakes indirectly.” One striking point for me is his advice on the use of “and” instead of “but” between your positive statement about the person who make [...]

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Goal setting drawbacks

What are the downsides of goal setting you should know for yourself, your organisation, your colleagues? Here are a few I’ve learned: Goal setting may cause inattentional blindness Inattentional blindness, also known as perceptual blindness, refers to the circumstances where you fail to notice some stimulus that is in plain sight. This stimulus is usually unexpected but [...]

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Guiding Principles for Improved Life Quality – Part 2

I revealed two guiding principles for improved life quality: 20% of what we do bring 80% of the results; and being present is key to life. In this post you will discover two more life principles that have improved my life spiritually. Love what you do The inner purpose of all human beings is to [...]

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Guiding principles for Improved Life Quality – Part 1

Throughout life we adopt countless principles in a hope to improve our life quality. Some get dropped off the list as you go about life; others added to it. In my thirties I have found several basic life principles that have changed my life for the better. They could improve yours, too. To begin with [...]

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The right mindset for goal achieving

The right mindset for goal achieving

If you have learned of the rule in goal setting, know what the “right goal” is, decide on the number of goals you should set at a time, choose between written goals and unwritten goals, and grasped the basic concept for goal evaluation, you have done your homework. Congratulations! With all these done carefully, you [...]

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Basic concept for goal evaluation

Goal setting is a process. How to achieve it is an experiment in which you have taken action steps, evaluate your progress and readjust if necessary. Evaluation of your progress keeps you honest about efforts. A goal you first thought would align with your highest values may turn out to be not exciting and inspiring [...]

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Goal setting: Written v. unwritten goals

Written goals v. unwritten goals

Written goals or unwritten goals? Whichever you choose, it’s important that you have a clear mind and that your goals are aligned with your highest values if you don’t want to feel unsatisfied despite all the hard work. To have a clear mind mindful mediation helps and so does getting things out of your head, brain-vomiting onto [...]

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How many goals should I have?

The number of goals you should have is not that important, especially if you have the “right goal” that inspires you – one well defined to bring clarity to your mind or Mind Like Water state. Having only one goal or several should depend on two considerations. Any goal should be ambitious enough for you to unlock [...]

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SMART goal setting

Here’s how you can set the “right goal”

58% surveyed in Goal-Free Living by Stephen Shapiro say they are consciously sacrificing today’s happiness in the belief that achieving their goals will bring fulfillment. Unfortunately, 41% say each goal achieved brings little, if any, satisfaction despite all the hard work. That’s how the word “right goal” came into play. The wrong goal gets in the way [...]

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One golden rule in goal setting

One golden rule in goal setting

Approximately 80 percent of people never set goals although most believe that goal setting is important to attain better in life, according to Douglas Vermeeren, an international speaker and best-selling author on goal setting and human performance. Of 20 percent that does set goals, 70 percent fail to meet the goals they have set. The [...]

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Julian Treasure’s ways to listen better

We spend 60% of our time listening but retain only 25% of what we hear and this may put ourselves and even our world at risk of falling into a dangerous slippery slope leading to misunderstanding, to chaos, to war, according to sound expert Julian Treasure in his TED Talk in July. He shares 5 ways [...]

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