SelfGrowth.com: 5 Tips on New Year's Resolutions & Cultivate Gratitude

 [SelfGrowth.com]  Self Improvement Newsletter Improve Your Life Today!  1/2/17 issue: SelfGrowth.com: 5 Tips on New Year's Resolutions & Cultivate Gratitude Email for: {EMAIL} * Self Improvement and Personal Growth Weekly Newsletter * Issue #949, Week of January 2-January 3, 2017 Publisher: David Riklan - [] In this issue: -- Quotes of the Week -- Article: 5 Tips on How to Keep New Year's Resolutions - by Darlene Lancer -- Article: Cultivate Gratitude for Greater Wellness - by Nancy Hearn -- Book Review: The New One Minute Manager -by Ken Blanchard and Spencer -- How to Advertise in the Self Improvement Newsletter -- How to Subscribe and Unsubscribe from this Newsletter ------------------------------------------------------------ *** Quotes of the Week *** ------------------------------------------------------------ If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. - The Dalai Lama, 1935-present If a man empties his purse into his head no one can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. - Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790 Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can. - Elsa Maxwell, 1883-1963 ------------------------------------------------------------ *** ARTICLE: 5 Tips on How to Keep New Year's Resolutions - by Darlene Lancer*** ------------------------------------------------------------ Why bother to make resolutions and then feel disappointed or guilty for breaking them? Do you get excited and resolve to change, but within days or weeks lose interest and can’t motivate yourself? Wonder why you get sidetracked by distractions or become easily discouraged when quick results aren’t forthcoming? The problem is threefold: Terminology. Goal setting is a process and that requires effort to reach your target; whereas a resolution is a decision or intention. It has to be more than a wish, but it’s only the first step in reaching a goal. There’s no implication that planning or effort is involved. It’s as if saying it makes it so. Naturally, it doesn’t. Change isn’t easy. Instead of making several New Year’s “resolutions,” make ONE you can keep, and it will give you confidence that you can do more. Motivation. Change requires work. To be motivated, your heart has to be in it. To realize your goals and resolutions, you must be inspired and really want to make the effort necessary to leave your comfort zone. Inspiration infuses you with energy and power. It stimulates your creativity, promises a better future, or connects you to a larger purpose. It fills you with positive emotions that overcome fear and inertia. Love mobilizes parents to work hard and protect their children, disregarding their own comfort and safety. For change to last, make sure your motive expresses your true self and fosters your highest good. Your goal must be congruent with your core beliefs. Resolutions to make changes for someone else’s approval, for monetary gain, or because you think you “should” are hard to sustain. ** To read the full article, [go here.] ------------------------------------------------------------ *** ARTICLE: Cultivate Gratitude for Greater Wellness - by Nancy Hearn *** ------------------------------------------------------------ As we enter the new year, you may be feeling a gamut of emotions from peace and happiness to distress and sadness. This year especially, many are struggling financially or simply feeling pessimistic about the economy. Others are struggling with health or relationship challenges. A Daily Resolution for Change Regardless of where you find yourself on the spectrum, being appreciative and thankful is a great way to start the new year and an opportunity to move toward greater wellness. When I am in need of healing or a change in my life, the first thing I try to remember to do is to focus on what I am truly grateful for. I think most of us have made New Year’s resolutions in the past with the intention of creating positive changes in our lives. Unfortunately, many of us have not followed through with those resolutions nor created lasting change in our lives. In my experience a far better solution for change is to cultivate a daily attitude of gratitude. If you don’t already have a gratitude journal, I recommend starting one and adding to it each and every day. Ideally, you already have a list of things you’re grateful for in your head and perhaps you have written some of those down. If you decide to keep a journal, remember that habits are usually formed within three to four weeks. With a bit of focus, gratitude tends to take on a life of its own. Over time you will find a more positive (and less stress-inducing) attitude will become more automatic. ** To read the full article, [go here.] ------------------------------------------------------------ *** BOOK REVIEW: Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers - by Tim Ferriss*** ------------------------------------------------------------ From the author: “For the last two years, I’ve interviewed more than 200 world-class performers for my podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. The guests range from super celebs (Jamie Foxx, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.) and athletes (icons of powerlifting, gymnastics, surfing, etc.) to legendary Special Operations commanders and black-market biochemists. For most of my guests, it’s the first time they’ve agreed to a two-to-three-hour interview. This unusual depth has helped make The Tim Ferriss Show the first business/interview podcast to pass 100 million downloads. “This book contains the distilled tools, tactics, and ‘inside baseball’ you won’t find anywhere else. It also includes new tips from past guests, and life lessons from new ‘guests’ you haven’t met. “What makes the show different is a relentless focus on actionable details. This is reflected in the questions. For example: What do these people do in the first sixty minutes of each morning? What do their workout routines look like, and why? What books have they gifted most to other people? What are the biggest wastes of time for novices in their field? What supplements do they take on a daily basis? “I don’t view myself as an interviewer. I view myself as an experimenter. If I can’t test something and replicate results in the messy reality of everyday life, I’m not interested. “Everything within these pages has been vetted, explored, and applied to my own life in some fashion. I’ve used dozens of the tactics and philosophies in high-stakes negotiations, high-risk environments, or large business dealings. The lessons have made me millions of dollars and saved me years of wasted effort and frustration. “I created this book, my ultimate notebook of high-leverage tools, for myself. It’s changed my life, and I hope the same for you.” The list price of this book is $28.00. 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