tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93942542011-08-29T17:11:45.134-07:00Are you interested in Self Improvement and Personal Development? Do you want to make positive changes in your life? We offer useful hints and tips about the many aspects of Self Improvement to help you to help yourself to a better life! You can also claim a copy of Napoleon Hill's classic 'Think and Grow Rich' for FREE!Self Improvement Tipsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394254.post-47659965939385962132008-04-16T09:16:00.000-07:002008-04-16T09:17:02.255-07:00

Self Improvement Tip of the Day: What Will you Do Next?Thinking about and identifying the things you’re putting up with that you don’t want in your life can be one of the greatest of all motivators – depending on what you do next.You can then either decide you are going to keep putting up with things as they are, and keep getting the same results; or you can decide that you’re just not going to

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Only You Can Do It!We all really need to takes some time to think about what we truly want from our lives, as we’re unlikely to find happiness if we haven’t determined what happiness means for us. No one else can do this for us - we are all different, and we really must be pursuing our own definition of happiness. If you’ve unsure about the best way to go about

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Clarity Can Make all the DifferenceSadly, all too many people look as they get older and are disappointed with how their life has turned out. Some people have tried setting goals and had little success and found the whole process frustrating and disappointing and have decided goals setting is not for them.Many people may never have really thought much about goal

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Are You Doing This?All personal development experts agree that setting goals and making plans for their achievement are essential ingredients for success. There is also plenty of evidence that people who set goals and write them down are dramatically more likely to achieve success than those who never follow this practice.There also as many different ways people

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Taking Stock Most successful people will from time to time stop and take stock of the direction their life is heading and think about how and where they want their lives to head next. This can take many different forms. Many successful people will have detailed written monthly, yearly, 5 yearly, ten yearly or even longer plans they are constantly working on,

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: The Law of ReciprocityThe Law of Reciprocity states that when you give something to another person you can expect to receive something back in one form or another, and that people will feel obliged to reciprocate for gifts or actions received. However, we all gain so much more from giving freely and generously of ourselves with no expectation of anything in

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: The Giver Usually Gets More Than the Receiver In the giving of gifts, it is very often the giver who gets more pleasure than the receiver. And some of the very best gifts are intangible and cost nothing.These are gifts like strength, courage, service, value, love, listening, vision, purpose, belief, education, friendship, forgiveness, faith and our time.These are

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: More Great Reasons For Giving Spirituality and Karma are also very good reasons for giving selflessly. You’ve probably heard of the term ‘the kindness of strangers’. In today’s fast paced world it’s all too easy to be cynical and to expect nothing from other people, least of all strangers. However, most of us will at some time have done something to help someone

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: It’s About Give and Take The giving and receiving of favours is one of the fundamentals of human relationships. Some people may not even be aware they are keeping track of favours given and received, but the information will still be stored unconsciously at a subconscious level, even if they aren’t naturally inclined to try to call in any favours. Other people

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: The Joy Of Giving Christmas is traditionally the time of year that people think about giving gifts to loved ones, friends and colleagues. Generally at Christmas time gifts are given on a reciprocal basis, which simply mean that gifts are given with the expectation of receiving a gift in return. This is a simple example of the Law of Reciprocity. The Law of

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: How to Get Into the Flow of Success - You Can Create the Right ConditionsWhatever it is you want to achieve, when you are in a highly focused state you can get incredible results. And with some thought and planning, you can create the conditions that will help to make it happen both more easily and more often. When you get into ‘flow’ you become totally immersed

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: How to Get Into the Flow of Success - Work from a List Some of us feel we know what we need to do and so don’t bother to write things down. Few things will inhibit your progress or prevent you from getting in ‘flow’ more than the feeling of being overwhelmed, or that you have so much to do that you don’t know where to start. The simple act of writing down

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: How to Get Into the Flow of Success - Rearrange Your Work PlaceIf you work in an open plan office, do whatever you can to eliminate, or at the very least, minimize distractions from other people. Try to rearrange your working space so other people distract you less. You could try changing the position of your desk or other furniture, or perhaps use plants or

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: How to Get Into the Flow of Success - Don’t be a Slave to Emails and Phones There are many other ways we can allow ourselves to be distracted. It’s hard to imagine how we ever got by before emails, but is it really necessary to have your programme open all day and stop whatever you’re doing every time you hear the arrival of a new email? This is on one of the

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: How to Get Into the Flow of Success - Clear the ClutterEliminate clutter from your workspace. If you have an untidy desk and office space you are not only likely to waste time looking for things you need, but you are also giving yourself ready made distractions that will most likely slow down your work rate and reduce your chances of getting into ‘flow’. Some

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: How to Get Into the Flow of Success - Get ComfortableMake your working environment as comfortable and as efficient as possible. This doesn’t mean you should replace you chair with an armchair and get so relaxed that you could easily fall asleep. It means arranging your workspace so that you have easy access to everything you need and you don’t waste time looking

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: How To Get Into the Flow of SuccessBeing in ‘flow’ or in ‘the zone’ are terms commonly used to describe those times when everything is going just right for us. We all know how good it feels when we can’t seem to put a foot wrong, but when this happens, is it just luck and beyond our control? Or can our actions and behavior allow us to enter this state whenever we

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: ARE YOU ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES?According to the surveys conducted by Csikszentmihalyi, there is no apparent correlation between intelligence and experiencing flow, although intelligence can be reflected in the activities that bring about flow state for different people.Research also shows that 15% of people say they have never experienced ‘flow’, 15-20% say they

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: IT CAN BE EASIER SAID THAN DONE!It can be difficult to achieve these conditions, particularly if you work in a busy office environment. There will usually be interaction with your boss and co workers. And of course there’ll be phone calls and emails to deal with, which you’ll also have to deal with even if you work on your own, or at home. These all keep you from

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: THE IDEAL ‘FLOW’ CONDITIONSPressure inevitably affect our ability to concentrate. Ideally you should be under enough pressure to fully engage your attention, but not enough to inhibit your performance.How you feel about your ability to successfully complete any task affects how well you can focus. If you have doubts, negative thought are likely to creep in which,

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: GETTING INTO THE FLOW OF SUCCESS (continued)Wikipedia describes ‘Flow’ as “The mental state of operation in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing, characterized by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity. Many other terms and idioms exist for this mental state: to be on the ball, in the

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: GETTING INTO THE FLOW OF SUCCESS I’m sure we’ve all experienced occasions when everything is just going our way and we can’t seem to do anything wrong. All obstacles disappear and you get results and achieve things you’ve rarely achieved before. This may be in some sporting or athletic endeavour, or something in your professional or personal life. Sometimes when

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Purpose Brings Fulfillment and HappinessIf you’ve already taken the time to establish your values, or know yourself very well, you should have no difficulty coming up with thoughts and answers.Some of these are big questions, and if you haven’t really thought about them before, this may take some time because you may have to really put some thought into it and

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: What’s Most Important To You?How would you rank the following in order of importance: Family Career Financial security Health and fitness Happiness and peace of mind Friends/community/interaction with people Spirituality and/or faithHow do you think other people would describe you? Are you happy with how you think they would describe you?How would you like to be

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Changes, Accomplishments and GoalsWhat things would you like to change about your life that would make your life better? You may find this works better if you think about this for different parts of your life, like family, work, your own personality traits, your relationships with other people, your health and fitness.What have you accomplished in your life so has

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Establishing Your PurposeBut what if you don’t know what your purpose is? How do you find out what will get you passionate and make your life fulfilling and rewarding?You could try asking yourself and taking your time to really think about some of these questions:What makes you tick? What do you like doing? What gets you excited about doing this? What do you

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Purpose, Passion and EnthusiasmIf you’re one of those people lucky enough to be making your living doing something you love, you really are in the best position of all. That means you’ve found your true purpose and you’ll automatically be passionate about what you do. When you are in this position you’ll be highly productive and you’ll be making a valuable

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: FINDING YOUR PURPOSE From time to time we probably all think about some of the big questions, like who we are and why we are here, what we really should be doing with our lives, and what we should be contributing to the world.Most of these thoughts relate to the common human need to question or to try to understand what our true purpose is in life. Have you ever

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: What Works For You?But you don’t need to be trying to change the world or influence anyone else to be fulfilling a worthwhile purpose. For example, changing yourself and developing and growing as a person, or providing long term security for your family, are noble purposes and excellent motivators. And you will be making a contribution. Other people have bigger

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Self Improvement Quote of the Day: Selfless Reasons Are Great Motivators (continued)Another example of selfless motivation is Father Dave Smith, the rector of a tough inner city parish in Sydney, as well as being a boxer, martial arts expert and internet marketer. He is the only Australian in Holy Orders to have ever boxed professionally to raise money to keep his ministry going so he could

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Selfless Reasons Are Great MotivatorsMotivation can be at its strongest and most powerful for people who are driven are driven by altruistic reasons.I know of two good examples in the area of internet marketing. Dr Mani Sivasubramanian is a pediatric Heart Surgeon in India and a successful internet marketer in his spare time. The main purpose of his online

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Is Money A Good Motivator?Many people are driven by the desire for money, although money for the sake of it is rarely a great motivator. The reasons for wanting money can make an enormous difference to how motivated anyone will be to put in the necessary effort. For example, a father who needs money for a life-saving operation for his child will certainly be more

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Are You One Of The Lucky Ones?Some people know from a very early age how they want to spend their lives. Picasso, Michelangelo or Mozart didn’t even have to think about their purpose in life, it was just obvious what they had to do with themselves. And it certainly not only people in the field of the arts. Some people know from an early age that they want to be a

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Are You Living On Purpose?There’s one thing that can make a massive difference to our success in anything, and probably everything, we ever undertake, and that is Purpose.Anyone who has a strong, clear purpose for their actions, and compelling reasons why they want to achieve something, will have no difficulty being passionate about what they do. Nor are they

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: The ‘P’ Words of Success - Putting It All Together Enjoying a happy, successful and fulfilling life is something anyone can achieve if they are prepared to put in the effort required. However, you can be sure you will meet obstacles and encounter challenges along the way. It’s certainly well worth thinking about and taking some simple steps that can make the

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: The ‘P’ Words of Success - Develop Passion!Whatever you are trying to achieve in life, you will certainly be more effective and have greater success and enjoy yourself more if you are passionate about what you are working towards. If your reasons for what you want to achieve are important enough you should automatically be passionate and have no problem keeping

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: The ‘P’ Words of Success - Be Prepared The old Boy Scout motto is one we would all do well to remember. Expect the unexpected. One thing we can be sure of is that things rarely go according to plan. We need to have backup systems and fall back plans in place to avoid unnecessary wasted time, money and effort. Put systems in place that will make you more efficient

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: The ‘P’ Words of Success - Have PatienceThings now move faster than at any time in history and they’re only going to keep getting faster and faster. We live in a time where things change and move at a rate that would have been inconceivable to previous generations. It can often be hard enough for us to deal with! However, one thing that I don’t think has really

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: The ‘P’ Words of Success - Persistence and Perseverance Success is something that rarely happens without a lot of effort. If things come too easily we rarely value them. You’ve only got to think about spoiled children who get whatever they want and never really appreciate things because they take them for granted and just expect more. We usually have to work

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: The ‘P’ Words of Success - Don’t ProcrastinateWhen you know you should be doing something don’t bury you head in the sand and try to ignore it and hope that it will go away. The old cliché ‘a stitch in time saves nine’ is very true. Anything you put off only gets harder and harder the longer you leave it. Even a small task can build in our minds up to the point

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: The ‘P’ Words of Success - Make PlansYou wouldn’t build a house without written plans, so why shouldn’t you plan your life?We all should decide what we want to achieve in our lives, and write down our plans for how we will reach our goals, and break our plans down into manageable chunks, stages and time frames. You can plan what you want to achieve in the next

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Lessons Learned the Hard WayLast week I had a computer disaster. It stopped working, and nothing could get it started. Many hours on the phone with the help desk did nothing, except conclude that my hard drive was beyond repair and had to be replaced. They would replace it under warranty but this didn’t cover recovering any of my files which may have been lost

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Whatever You Believe, You Are RightOvercoming conditioned beliefs can improve our lives enormously and it can be done. Just being aware of the impact negative beliefs can have on us is an important step. The most important thing about beliefs is that whatever you believe about yourself, you are almost certainly right. If you believe deep down that you can't do

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Negative ConditioningI have a friend who I consider to be one of the best and most naturally talented writers I've ever read, who makes his living almost exclusively from his writing abilities. He's an excellent all round communicator. I was amazed to recently learn that for much of his life he believed he was a hopeless writer and would go out of his way to

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Our Parents Influence UsSome people have highly protective parents who from an early age sheltered them from the outside world and made most of their plans and decisions for them. Perhaps they sometimes rebelled and followed a course against the will of their parents and things didn't work out, or they may have been caught and punished. People who come from these

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Would You Believe It! Have you ever seen elephants tethered by a thin rope attached to a small peg and wondered how something the elephants could easily break free of manages to hold them? This is because when they are just calves they had a strong rope or chain attached to a large peg that they have no chance of escaping from. Whenever they try to move beyond the length of the chain or break

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Work Out What You Really WantMany people spend more time planning their vacations than they ever spend planning their lives. We should all take the time to work out what we most want our lives to be like, then set goals, make plans and take action. When you do this, it makes no difference where you are now or what happened in the past. You'll have direction and

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Overcome Fear of FailureThe biggest thing that stops people from taking risks or even trying anything new is fear of failure. Some people are paralysed by the thought of rejection and terrified of hearing the word 'no'. Comfort zones can be very hard places to escape from. Risk taking requires moving out of your comfort zone and there are no guarantees of success.

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: You Can Minimise RiskThere is a big difference between blind risk and calculated risk. Research can take a lot of the fear out of risk taking. If we take the time to look into and weigh up the relevant facts, we can turn blind risk into calculated risk. You also have to know the costs involved in any action you are considering taking, be they time or financial

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: We Grow By Taking RisksLife is full of risks. When we are children it's a risk to stop lying around and learning to crawl. Learning to walk is an even bigger risk. What about your first day at school, or the when you tried out for your first sports team, or went on your first date? There's no doubt its all scary stuff – at least at the time. But kids are very

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Risk and Change Can Be ScaryBut what about risk taking in our daily lives? I think most of us aren't great at taking risks. This is because many of us are quite comfortable with our lives, even if we aren't necessarily happy with where we are. It's a natural human trait to be adverse to change. Most of us like, or at least feel comfortable with, what is most

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Is It Worth The Risk? How much of a gambler are you? I'm not talking about how much time or money you spend following the horses, or the bets you may have on you favourite football team every week. What I'm talking about here is how you tend to think about risk and taking chances generally. Some people love taking risks and the thrill of venturing into the unknown

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Don’t Be a Prisoner of your Past Some people become so entrenched in the past that it prevents them from ever making any real progress and experiencing the things they want from life. They can't help thinking back and it stops them from moving forward. Past setbacks can stop us from trying new things due to fear. We don't make plans or take risks because don't

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: How Our Past Can Help Us Our life experiences can be one of the greatest of all motivators. Determination to improve their lives and overcome their past drives many people to great success and rewarding, happy lives. However, for some people, their past can be the greatest obstacles to a happy and successful life, often even without them being aware of it. We

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Successful People Know Where They Are GoingBut how do successful people respond to the question of how their lives will be in ten years? Most successful people will be able to answer this question without even having to think about it. Because they've already spent time thinking about and planning where they want to be. They've worked out what's most important to

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: One of the Most Important Questions to Ask YourselfHave you ever stopped and asked yourself this question:How will my life be ten years from now? Depending on your age now, ten years may seem like a long way off, perhaps even too far off to think about. For others it certainly won't. Particularly if you fall into the latter camp, you may find it useful to try it

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Small Changes Can Make A Big DifferenceThere's an ever increasing number of people shunning newspapers and TV news due to it being so depressing. It's often been said that no news is good news. Let's face it, how much of the news that is printed or broadcast is negative? Sadly, most of it. It's difficult to remain positive in such an onslaught of negativity, so

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Who Is Influencing You?Most of us know someone, or even a number of people, who are naturally negative. There's certainly no shortage of people proud to call themselves cynics, who seem to enjoy being critical and looking for the worst in everything. Some of these peoples can be entertaining and can even be fun to spend some time with. In my experience, this is

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: A Positive Outlook Will Increase Your EnergyYou'll automatically have more energy if you maintain a positive outlook and confidently expect the best at all time. You get what you think about and if you keep thinking about what you don't want all, you're doing is making it happen. Thinking about what you do want, focusing on it and believing it will happen is the

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Try Not to Lose Your Temper Highly successful people tend to be more in control of their emotions. They are generally more relaxed, and stay quite calm in most circumstances. They don't allow themselves to get upset about little, or even big things. Try not to take things personally, or let yourself get involved in arguments or other people's problems. Try to

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: What You Eat Affects Your Energy Levels What we eat has a big impact on how much energy we have. Digestion takes up huge amounts of physical energy. Eating a healthier diet, particularly more lighter foods and more fruit, vegetables and whole grain products will give you more energy, as you'll need much less energy for digestion. You'll also feel much better

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Exercise Boosts EnergyPhysical activity can be one of the best ways to boost your energy. Going outside and getting some fresh air, or doing some stretching will also help. A long walk, a bike ride or a workout at the gym will usually make you feel more energised, even if you started out tired. Many of us don't get any where near enough exercise. Fitting more

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: What Works For You?Do whatever you like doing that helps to unwind and relax you and keep your mind off work. Different things work for different people so it's important to determine what works best for you. Watching TV or reading a book will do it for some people, whilst meditation or yoga will work for others. Some people will need to do something that may not

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: There's a Million Ways to RelaxThere are countless things you can do to relax and clear your mind.Play a sport, go to a movie, or even veg out in front of the TV. Taking up a new hobby or rediscovering an old one can be an excellent way to relax and relieve stress.Even doing things around the house or gardening is good. Apparently some people even like doing

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Take A Break! Regular breaks from work are another must. Weekends, vacations and holidays when we do no work at all can make a huge difference and go a long way to ensuring we are at our most productive and energetic when we are working. Take time out to relax and rest. Take at least 1 or 2 full days off each week when you do none of your normal work. During this

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: We All Need Enough Sleep and Rest Getting enough sleep is essential. We all need a certain amount of sleep to rejuvenate ourselves and replace the energy we have used each day. For most of us, this varies between six and nine hours per night, although some people can get by on considerably less, and others need a lot more. We also need time at the end of the

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Important and Exciting Goals Energise UsHaving goals and feeling driven to work towards things that are important to you can be one of the best ways to feel energised. When you are inspired by things that matter to you, your motivation will be strong and you'll usually have plenty of energy to take the actions that will move you closer to your goals. If your

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: There's Many Ways To Increase Your Energy LevelsWe all know that lack of energy and being tired are facts of life for all too many of us. Most of us aren't now involved in much manual work, but we still need rest and relaxation to let us recharge our mental and emotional batteries. Otherwise, we won't be able to perform effectively, let alone have enough energy to

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: You Can Have More EnergyBeing at your best mentally depends on being at your best emotionally. Keeping calm, not letting things bother you, and maintaining a positive mental outlook can make a huge difference to your emotional state, which will boost your mental energy. So will ensuring you get enough sleep, taking time to relax and taking regular breaks where you

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Negative EnergyOne common setback to success is burning up energy in destructive ways. Although most of us don't now engage in much hard physical work, many of us waste huge amounts of emotional energy. This can take many forms. It could be something a common as having a generally negative outlook on life. There are many other examples, such as being over

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: The Energy We Use MostThe other type of energy is mental energy. As many of us now work in knowledge based roles, we use a lot of this type of energy on a daily basis. This is the energy of creativity, decision making, writing, reading, learning new information and much more. Most of us now rely on our mental energy to survive. How effectively we use our mental

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Negative Emotions Sap Our EnergyUnsurprisingly, negative emotions have the opposite effect. If you are feeling angry, upset or depressed, for example, you'll find your energy levels depleted and your resistance weak. You'll probably experience frustration and if you feel this way for extended periods, you'll eventually burn out altogether. If you can maximise

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Emotional EnergyEmotional energy is the energy that allows us to experience happiness, joy, love, excitement and many other emotions, both good and bad. This is the energy that gives us our enthusiasm and our love of life, and allows us to have fun. Many of our actions are driven, in varying degrees, by our emotional energy.Our emotions can have a great impact on

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Physical EnergyPhysical energy is the most basic type of energy. This is the energy that's used in manual labour. People who are involved in this kind of work usually need to eat substantial quantities of food just to sustain themselves. In many cases, at the end of each day they will have little energy left over for anything more than relaxing and sleeping so

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: What Can We Do To Get More Energy? Getting enough sleep, relaxing and taking time off when you don't work at all, are the most obvious essentials to maintaining energy levels. It will also help if we understand the different types of energy we use in our lives.There is more than one type of energy. The main types of energy are physical, emotional and mental.

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: How To Increase Your Energy LevelsWe all lead such hectic lives that being constantly tired or lacking energy can seem almost normal for many people. Just getting by can take up most of our energy, leaving little left to use to work towards our goals or building our ideal life.It seems that most successful people have high energy levels. There may be exceptions,

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Reading Is Still One Of The Greatest PastimesThere are now so many think vying for our attention that it can be easy to forget how much we can gain by reading. Reading is one of the oldest and still one of the greatest of all pastimes. It can educate us, entertain us and transport us to other places. It can help to reduce stress and relax us - and ensure we remain

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: The Classics Still WorkThe wisdom contained in pioneering works such as Napoleon Hill's 'Think and Grow Rich' and James Allen's 'As A Man Thinketh' and Wallace D. Wattles 'The Science of Getting Rich'are just as valid today as when they were first published decades ago. (Both of these and many more are included in the outstanding collection of books I've put

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: It's Easier Than Ever to Get Hold of Great BooksBooks were traditionally the way that most people discovered the life changing potential of a commitment personal development and self growth. Most of the classic works of personal development are now also available as e-books, as are many of the modern greats and bestsellers. E-books are one of the easiest, most

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Reading And Self GrowthSome people consider life a continuous quest for education and self growth, whilst others want to improve their lives but may not be sure how to start. In either case there are many excellent books available, written by experts in personal development and maximising human potential. These are the books that are specifically about success

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Learn From People Who've Been ThereWhatever you want to achieve in life it's almost certain that someone will have already done something very similar, if not identical. What's more, someone will almost certainly have written about what they had to do and the steps they had to take to achieve their goals. You can save yourself weeks, months, even years of hard

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: We Also Need To Know How Whilst reading about highly successful people, or people who've done exceptional things, shows us there are no limits to what is possible, they usually don't get into the nitty gritty details and explain how we too can do exceptional things or become highly successful. These stories are highly inspirational and It's fantastic to know that

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Inspirational ReadingReading biographies of high achievers is an excellent aid to motivation. They could be about world leaders and statesmen, businessmen, sport stars or people in the entertainment world. Most successful people had to overcome many obstacles to achieve success. There are also many stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things that can be

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Leaders Are ReadersEach day in the U.S., people spend an average 4 hours watching TV, 3 hours listening to the radio and 14 minutes reading magazines.It is very often the case that if you enter the home of a successful man, you will be impressed by the size of their library. However, if you enter the home of a man who is just about getting by, or having trouble

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Learning and EarningResearch has shown that people's earnings are in direct proportion to the size of their vocabularies.The CEO of a U.S fortune 500 company will usually earn well over 500 times more than the average employee. This means that the average employee has to work for more than a year and a half to earn what the CEO earns in one day!The average U.S.

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Some Scary Statistics Here are some interesting statistics about reading from the United States: 1/3 of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives. Over 40% of college graduates never read another book after college Around 80% of families did not buy or read a book in the last year Almost 3/4 of adults have not been in a bookstore in

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: We Need To Stay Up To DateApart from the great enjoyment and many other benefits that come from reading, reading is essential for our own economic security. We need to keep our knowledge and skills up to date to remain employable in today's highly competitive business environment. The current rate of information growth is little short of staggering. Ongoing

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: The Best Mental ExerciseReading stimulates your emotions, good books can make you laugh out loud or cry: they can terrify or embarrass you; they can also challenge you beliefs and make you appreciate viewpoint you may never have considered.In the same way that physical exercise and activity is essential to maintain a fit and healthy body, we need to exercise our

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: The Best Mental ExerciseReading stimulates your emotions, good books can make you laugh out loud or cry: they can terrify or embarrass you; they can also challenge you beliefs and make you appreciate viewpoint you may never have considered.In the same way that physical exercise and activity is essential to maintain a fit and healthy body, we need to exercise our

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Reading has many BenefitsReading is one of the best forms of relaxation and escapism. You can be transported to other countries, to other times in history, to completely different worlds. The very act of reading and focusing on the reading material can be calming, relaxing and reassuring. It reduces stress and takes you away from your everyday concerns and worries

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Reading and Self Improvement We all have to deal with so much information and so many different forms of media today that it’s easy to forget how much can be gained from reading. Good books can do many things - give us insights into the lives of others; educate us and increase our knowledge; expand our minds; entertain and amuse us; inspire and move us; enrich

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Empathy Builds TrustMost of us aren't lucky enough to be born with highly developed empathy for others. Many people never even think about it, but most of us do respond positively to someone who seems to be genuinely interested in us and understands how we feel. Anyone who makes the effort to try to understand others better will improve their communication skills

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Offer Encouragement and SupportAlways try to encourage others, particularly those people who are quite and lack confidence, and always give genuine praise and recognition when it's due. A few well chosen words can do wonders for confidence and self esteem and make people feel they are making a worthwhile contribution,One common mistake that many bosses make is

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Pay Attention!Practice using other people's names. It's been said that your own name is what you like to hear more than anything else, so try to use other peoples' name more when communicating with them. When appropriate, find out people's spouses and children's names and ask after them by name. Take a personal interest in people what they do in their time away

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Empathy In BusinessAll of the abovementioned can make a difference in all our communication, whether with friends, family or work related. There are also some specifics that can be particularly important in a work or business environment, for a boss, an employer or an employee. Smile at people and think about your facial expression. This doesn't mean having a

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Think About Your Encounters With PeopleThinking about the non verbal signals we give out when communicating can make a big difference. It can help to make us more empathetic and other people will notice and respond accordingly. You can practice being empathetic quite easily in daily life. Think about your encounters with people. Those involving disagreement may

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Get The Whole PictureIt has been estimated that less that 10% of the total message that anyone receives from any communication with others comes from what they actually say. This works both ways. Not only must we work at paying attention to what others are saying, we must work at our non verbal communication both when we are listening and talking. It can be very

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Think Before RespondingIf you are having a conversation with another person and they listen intently to what you are saying, and then take their time responding, what they are probably doing is showing you they have paid attention. They probably want to digest your information and give you a considered response rather than making a knee-jerk reaction. They are

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Self Improvement Tip of the Day: Don't Interrupt PeopleWhen listening to people don’t rush them or be quick to reach conclusions too quickly. It can be easy to stop listening and interrupt when you hear something that strikes a chord. Practice listening without interrupting, you may well pick information that you weren't expecting that may change your first impressions. Give people the chance to

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