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 [SelfGrowth.com]  Self Improvement Newsletter Improve Your Life Today!  9/19/16 issue:  Are You Addicted & 10 Reasons for Unfulfillment Email for: {EMAIL} * Self Improvement and Personal Growth Weekly Newsletter * Issue #940, Week of September 19-20, 2016 Publisher: David Riklan - [] In this issue: -- Quotes of the Week -- Article: Are You Addicted? 6 Simple Signs the Say, "I am addicted." - By Sandra Lenington -- Article: The Top Ten Reasons the Majority of People Are Bored and Unfulfilled - By Dennis Simsek -- Book Review: Choose Yourself! - by James Altucher -- How to Advertise in the Self Improvement Newsletter -- How to Subscribe and Unsubscribe from this Newsletter ------------------------------------------------------------ *** Quotes of the Week *** ------------------------------------------------------------ "The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will." - Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970 "There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something." - Henry Ford, 1863-1947 "Dreams are the touchstones of our character." - Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862 ------------------------------------------------------------ *** ARTICLE: Are You Addicted? 6 Simple Signs the Say, "I am addicted." - By Sandra Lenington *** ------------------------------------------------------------ "Is it just a harmless habit, OR is it addiction? 6 Simple Signs that Say, "I am addicted." Listed below "The six sure signs of addiction" are the "official" diagnosis criteria for addiction that appear in the DSM. I LOVE playing with words and letters, so I like to call them the six C's: 1. Craving: Craving is an intense desire for a specific substance or behavior. There can be the sense that I NEED this specific food, or this specific drug in order to make my life manageable or to make me feel better. Examples could be a cigarette, cocaine, pot, gambling, chocolate, sex, or shopping. "I just need a drink to take the edge off," might be one example of the thinking that accompanies craving. 2. Compulsion: Compulsion is a mental obsession. A compulsion manifests when my thinking about an activity or substance occupies more and more of the day. I can recognize a compulsion by the amount of time I spend planning when, how, where and with whom I can get my next fix. In the end, the habit takes over more and more of my thinking and my life. I arrange all of my activities around the substance or the behavior. ** To read the full article, [go here.] ------------------------------------------------------------ *** ARTICLE: The Top Ten Reasons the Majority of People Are Bored and Unfulfilled - By Dennis Simsek *** ------------------------------------------------------------ Have you perfected the part of you that puts on a happy face for people so they don't realize how unhappy you are? Have you resigned yourself to the idea that, even though you want so much more in your life - better friendships, increased energy, time for yourself and your family - you will never feel completely fulfilled? You need to realize that, although you may feel like you have reached the point of 'no return' and have no will-power to follow through with anything, you actually haven't. You have the ability and the will to create the changes you want in your life and to start today. You are not alone in your struggle. Millions of people are trudging through their lives, tiredly going through the motions and not really experiencing the beauty of life. What is going on with our society that causes so many to feel lost, unfulfilled, and worthless? Let's look at a few reasons: 1. You feel lost and like you have nothing in your life to work towards - Do you have a project that you are currently working on that makes you want to jump out of bed in the morning? If not, you need to find one. Maybe think of the wonderful feeling you will have when you lose those extra pounds you have packed on, or finish that kitchen project you have been putting off. Maybe you have an idea for a side project at work that will bring in some extra income. Whatever it may be, you need to target something that you can do to make your days a bit more worthwhile - like the saying goes, 'If you aren't growing, you're dying'. 2. You watch too much television - One of the best things you can do for yourself is to get rid of your TV. It will give you time to read, research things that interest you online, and spend more time with your kids. When your work day is over, re-condition yourself to think about more options rather than mindlessly sitting in front of the TV. Engage in your life and get doing things you wouldn't normally do - no excuses. ** To read the full article, [go here.] ------------------------------------------------------------ *** BOOK REVIEW: Choose Yourself! - by James Altucher *** ------------------------------------------------------------ The world is changing. Markets have crashed. Jobs have disappeared. Industries have been disrupted and are being remade before our eyes. Everything we aspired to for "security," everything we thought was "safe," no longer is: College. Employment. Retirement. Government. It's all crumbling down. In every part of society, the middlemen are being pushed out of the picture. No longer is someone coming to hire you, to invest in your company, to sign you, to pick you. It's on you to make the most important decision in your life: Choose Yourself. New tools and economic forces have emerged to make it possible for individuals to create art, make millions of dollars and change the world without "help." More and more opportunities are rising out of the ashes of the broken system to generate real inward success (personal happiness and health) and outward success (fulfilling work and wealth). This book will teach you to do just that. With dozens of case studies, interviews and examples-including the author, investor and entrepreneur James Altucher's own heartbreaking and inspiring story-Choose Yourself illuminates your personal path to building a bright, new world out of the wreckage of the old. ***** The list price of this book is $10.33. 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