Daily Habits That Will
Radically Improve Your Life
Practical daily things to
bring real positive change in your life.
Go for it! Live for today! Stay
motivated!
No kidding.
I'm
more interested in how we can radically improve our lives. How can we
stay truly motivated? How can we maintain hyper-efficiencies? How can we stay happy at work? How can we find true fulfillment by cultivating
the most
attractive aspects of our personalities?
Here are 10 unexpected things you can do
daily to radically improve your life:
1. Don't obsess over "how" you'll
do something.
Four
years ago when I launched my agency Silverback Social, I just did it. I knew that I wanted to create a digital
agency that led with social media. I had no idea how I was going to do it.
I still remove the "how" from most
of our agency issues. We continue to grow, over- perform, and excel in
every endeavor, winning awards and working with some of the most
compelling clients.
Obsessing over your "how" will only
lead you to full-on panic. Define your "why" for sure, but let go of
the "how."
2.
Meditate.
Meditation can reduce stress, improve your
concentration, and increase happiness. But you don't have to sell all your
worldly possessions and live in a cave to meditate. Meditation can be
anything.
When you're washing your hands
today, slow down and really think about how you're washing your hands.
Feel the sensation of the water. Smell the aroma of the soap. Enjoy
it. You're meditating!
Realize
that your thoughts and feelings aren't you. Acknowledging that you're having a
thought is a powerful way to separate yourself from the thought. I recommend
the Headspace app to help.
3. Shut off electronics for short
increments.
I worry about the effect of electronic
devices on my children. The best way that I've been able to remove this concern
is to carve out play time without any devices around. This means that I leave
my iPhone behind as well.
My girls are 8 and 5. My
5-year-old decided to try golfing with me recently. She loved it. Just the
two of us, with my undivided and undistracted presence.
I felt myself reflectively reaching for my
iPhone to take photos of her golfing.
Instead I soaked in the moment. We don't need
to document every waking hour. Later that day my 8-year-old and I had a dance
party. We danced to and sang the Beatles. We spun and sang and giggled.
No electronics needed. Just my own private
little memories with my girls. It makes my heart swell just thinking about it.
Radical life improvement!
4. Get up early.
I hate the morning. Really, I do. So
much so that on my wedding day, my brother referenced my inability to wake up
to an alarm clock in his best-man speech. The crowd erupted in laughter.
Super.
The benefits of waking up early are vast. For
me, it's more about self-mastery than anything else. By waking up early I've
taken control of my day. Now I regularly wake up at 5 a.m. to work. I
find that I do my best thinking at that time of day.
I
don't have to like it, but I know that I'm hyper-productive in the morning. I
use apps like Sleep Cycle to help me manage my normal aversion to mornings.
You should try it too.
5. Read more.
Reading
can help improve problem solving, expand your vocabulary, and even
cultivate exposure to different ways of thinking. If you really feel that you
don't have time to read, I recommend that you download Audible for a free 30-day trial and listen to audiobooks.
If audiobooks are too tedious, try
educational podcasts, or TED talks.
Really what we're looking for is a removal
from pop culture and fear-mongering news feeds as entertainment. I want
you to enrich and challenge your brain--not numb, or over-stimulate.
6. Write.
Sharing your thoughts is a powerful
connector. Start with a blog, or create on LinkedIn or Medium. I wrote my first
blog post and earned $260,000. I also used writing to get the attention of
new clients, new jobs, and my television career.
Write
every day and share what you know. Learn how to write
better along the way. If you don't want to share
your thoughts with the world, start a journal.
I began a journal when I was 19 and
traveling through Europe. Now I read my entries to my daughters as bedtime
stories.
7. Allow yourself to be vulnerable.
I'm an over-sharer extraordinaire. To some
people it's a turnoff. Guess what? I don't want to associate with those
people. It's the way I'm wired, and I'm not about to change because it makes
you uncomfortable.
I blog
about everything from my family to my friend who
was murdered. Vulnerability in life and business
cultivates trust.
No pretense, just you--unfiltered. Try it.
I dare you.
BY CHRIS
DESSI
http://www.inc.com/chris-dessi/10-unexpected-things-that-will-radically-improve-your-life.html?cid=em01016week18a
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