The best gift of all on Tax Day is getting it over with
so you don’t have to worry about taxes for another year. Some retailers are sweetening the pot, however, with freebies.
These Retailers Are Giving Away Free Stuff in Honor of Tax Day
Motivation
National Park Week Means Free Admission for Everyone
This year, the National Park Service is celebrating their 100th anniversary by granting free admission for everyone during National Park Week, April 16-24th. That means it’s a great time to get outside and explore our national lands, parks, and monuments.
The Right Way to Put Out a Kitchen Fire
If you spend any appreciable amount of time in the kitchen you will, at one point or another, be confronted with a kitchen fire. Dumping buckets of water on the situation is almost never a great idea, but luckily Bon Appetit has some tips on how to prevent and handle various kitchen fires.
Control Arduino-Powered Blinds With An Alexa Voice Command
We’ve previously covered how cool automatic blinds are
. And we know the Amazon Echo is pretty awesome
. This hack puts them together to use an Alexa voice command to open and close your blinds.
Anker’s New PowerHouse Aims to Replace Your Generator, and You Can Save $100 On Yours Today
Anker has continued its inexorable march towards producing anything that includes a battery with the release of the new PowerHouse electric “generator,” and you can save $100 on yours for a limited time.
6 Types Of People We Need To Have In Our Lives
Everybody needs somebody. We all need people in our lives to teach u s things, nurture us, help us grow or anything else that supports our personal development. The trick, sometimes, can be whether or not they deserve to stay in our lives or how to get rid of them. Of course, there is family, who for some reason, we all feel they must stay in our lives, and then the high school friends that won’t go away even if we know they are toxic and don’t contribute anything good to our well being. But there are definitely certain types of people we need to have in our lives.
Some people come as lessons, some as blessings. Some are here to stay, others should leave immediately, once we’ve learned the lesson. Whatever the case may be, here are the 6 types of people we all need to have in our lives at some point.
1. The mean judgemental person.
This is the one we learn the lesson from and get rid of immediately unless we can teach them not to be so mean. This person will show us that the world needs more loving, kind and beautiful people and why you should strive to be one. This person will show us who we don’t want to be. After witnessing one of their random acts of judgement, our hearts will break and we will feel sorry for them. Some of us may even get angry with their behaviour and that’s ok. They will teach us who we don’t want to be.
2. The happy loving person.
This is the person you want to hang on to for eternity. They are beautiful loving caring souls and we will learn how to love, be happy with what we have and share love freely. They show us to not be like #1, to spread love and enjoy people. If you have suffered a recent heart break, they will help us to heal our hearts again and to love again with no inhibitions.
3. The no bull person.
This person will not only teach us how to find our voice but will also be in our corner when we can’t find our voice. They are our cheerleaders, our protectors and our supporters. They are also our encouragers. They want us to find our voice and will show us how to stand up for ourselves and go after what we want, while not taking any bull from any body. This person doesn’t want you to be a doormat and will show you how not to be one.
4. The stressed out person.
After spending even one hour with this person you will surely learn to and appreciate how to stay calm and meditate. This person is filled with anxiety and too much nervous energy. From the poor stressed out soul, we can learn how to take life one day at a time and not sweat the small stuff. We can see that stressing out gets us nowhere and the calm person always wins.
5. The calm person.
Another one you want to hang on to. If you are the person described in #4 then you desperately need the calm person. This is the person who will show you how to not take things so seriously, enjoy life more and maybe even teach you how to meditate. The calm person has a very soothing energy field that instantly puts you at ease. It also makes you feel like you want to be with them more. Do it. If you are a stressed out soul, hang out with the calm person more.
6. The successful person.
Success comes in many forms. Professional success, life success, health success. It’s not just about working your arse off and finally making a million dollars a year. The successful person has their shit together and knows how to get it done right. There is much to be learned from this person. Hang out with them. Learn some tips and tricks. Find out what the meaning of success is and how they achieved it. Success is yours too if you are willing to learn.
It’s true that people come into our lives for a reason. If any of these people come into your life, open up to learning what they have to teach you. Hang on to some, dump the others. Remember we are all here to love learn and grow.
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Anik Singal – How One Man Can Change The Lives of Millions of People
When I first started online back in 2006 I didn’t have a clue about how to make money from my passion, which was blogging and writing.
Then I realised it wasn’t just about making money and I discovered the key was to have a mission of helping as many people as you can to make their lives better. That’s when everything changed for me and I am now nearing 7 figures per year in my online business.
There were a few people I followed in order to learn the craft of helping people whilst making a living for myself as well.
One of them is Anik Singal
His book last year Circle of Profit was a real eye opener for me and showed how one person can change the lives of millions of people around the world, directly and indirectly.
He has now written the 2nd edition of that book:
Click the book cover below
Anik Singal Story
Anik started his online business over 13 years ago right from his dorm room. He had absolutely no experience. He stumbled into the world of information marketing by mistake.
After 18 months of struggling through mistakes and missteps, he was just about to give up when he finally broke the first part of the code.
Within just six years – and all from the comfort of his laptop – he built a $10 million a year business which was operating around the world.
Not an Easy Journey
His journey was not easy. He experienced many ups and downs. He made millions – and lost millions. He nearly went bankrupt while mastering the formula presented in The Circle of Profit. But it was this journey that has led to the world’s #1 rated digital publishing system – the very same system that has gone on to change thousands of lives around the world.
Since he started teaching this system, Anik Singal has been featured in BusinessWeek as a Top Young Entrepreneur. His Internet business has been featured as an Inc. 500 company for two years in a row, all using the same business systems that he teaches now.
Anik Singal has spoken as a motivational and entrepreneurship coach for thousands of people on stages from Singapore to London to Washington DC. He has influenced the lives of thousands by developing and sharing the simple yet powerful system responsible for his great success.
During his career, Anik has sold over $100 million worth of digital information online – all by using the simple model presented to you in The Circle of Profit.
He has now made it his personal mission to create over 1,000 digital publishing entrepreneurs who will take their passion and transform it into an amazing entrepreneurial venture that leads to their financial freedom.
The Story Doesn’t End There
You might be thinking, oh just another internet millionaire story, but NO!
What fascinated me about Anik was the work he was doing behind the scenes to change the lives of millions of people around the world. Watch this video:
Now that’s what I call making a difference and leaving your mark on the world.
What I am starting to realise is that being wealthy is not for the elite, being wealthy does not mean you hoard money, being wealthy shouldn’t be discouraged it should be encouraged in order to help more people around the world. Look at the work Anik is doing in the video above.
You Can’t Help People If You Don’t Have Money Yourself
When I was working a full time job as an addiction worker and my wife was working as a CEO of a charity for abused women, we were living from month to month: paying the mortgage, paying bills, giving the best we could to our two sons, but we definitely didn’t have a lot of spare money to give to charity, only donating around £100 per year to charity.
Now as an online entrepreneur I have given thousands to charity, and no not as a tax dodge, that’s actually a myth, but because I see it as me giving back to a world that has helped me so much.
My mission in life, just like Anik’s is to help as many would be entrepreneurs to make money from their passion in order to put more money back into the world giving it to those who need it most.
This all started by turning my passion into profit which is the book that I am offering you today for free:
Click the image below and start leaving your mark on the world
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5 Reasons Learning To Say “F*ck It” Is Really, Really Important
You’re reading 5 Reasons Learning To Say “F*ck It” Is Really, Really Important, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you’re enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
When is the last time you found yourself outraged by a situation, where you reacted quickly and aggressively without thinking about the outcome? We’re all human, and we all do it. Yogi or not.
The problem with reacting so aggressively to situations is not only for the receiver, but for YOU. Your jaw starts clenching. Your entire body goes into stress, causing: inflammation, high blood pressure, muscle tension, and overall negative emotions. Who has time for that?!
Learning to say two simple words to yourself – which might not be very ‘yogic’ of me, but very real – can change the way you think. F*CK IT. Simply. I’m not talking about not-caring-about-anything-in-life-anymore-and-foregoing-your-opinions. I’m talking about being in a situation that can easily put you over the edge, taking a deep breath, saying f*ck it (to yourself)… then taking the time to think about how you really want to react.
THIS is how I’m defining F*CK IT:
“This doesn’t matter right now. This is not contributing to my current mind-state in any positive way. This situation has escalated and the results of this dialog will not be constructive. This is not worth dealing with. I need to think about this and respond later in time.”
It can be something as simple as someone cutting you off on the highway or your sister borrowing your shirt without asking. Or, something more elaborate like an argument with your partner or someone stealing a great idea you had.
You can’t stop the waves but you can learn to surf, right?
Here are 5 reasons you should say “f*ck it” more often:
- You’re saving yourself stress: Generally speaking, we are really busy people. If you can save yourself from stress and anxiety, why wouldn’t you? By removing yourself physically and emotionally from a negative situation, you’re practicing self-love and mindfulness. Even if the key words are f*ck it.
- You’re saving someone else stress: If you’re reading PTB, you probably have a general care about the wellbeing of others. We never know what is going on in someone else’s head. Even if we’re married to them. Even if they’re our children. You never know what someone else is battling. If you can have the courage to stop yourself from saying hurtful things back and fourth, you could be doing real good under the surface, too.
- You have more time to constructively think about the situation: Your family hates your spouse. Your partner cheated on you. Your friend flaked. There are so many immediate reactions I can think of out of situations like this and they’re not pretty, or constructive. I’m not saying that it’s not ok to get mad. Get mad! Just take some very necessary time to yourself to think about it all. Then react with the outcome you truly want in mind.
- You might realize that all in all, you don’t care: If someone cut you off or stole the parking spot you had your eye on, what good is YOU boiling your blood going to do? They’re still parked there. They still cut you off. Learning to say f*ck it during a situation as emotionless as this is so much easier than letting yourself get stressed out. Because honestly, you probably won’t care in 20 minutes… if you even remember.
- Life is about rolling with the punches: There’s always going to be something to get angry at. It’s not realistic, or necessarily healthy, to live in a world where “everything in your life is perfect all of the time.” The only thing that changes the situation you’re in is YOUR reaction. React with grace. React with truth. React with self-love and respect.
So the next time you feel your blood boiling, remember this one simple tip: F*ck it!
Sam Negrin is the founder of All Good Health and an avid yogi (and RYT) in Los Angeles. She is also the Content Manager of LEAFtv – a fresh, easy to consume, how-to concept covering all things health and wellness.
You’ve read 5 Reasons Learning To Say “F*ck It” Is Really, Really Important, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you’ve enjoyed this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
5 Reasons Learning To Say “F*ck It” Is Really, Really Important
You’re reading 5 Reasons Learning To Say “F*ck It” Is Really, Really Important, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you’re enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
When is the last time you found yourself outraged by a situation, where you reacted quickly and aggressively without thinking about the outcome? We’re all human, and we all do it. Yogi or not.
The problem with reacting so aggressively to situations is not only for the receiver, but for YOU. Your jaw starts clenching. Your entire body goes into stress, causing: inflammation, high blood pressure, muscle tension, and overall negative emotions. Who has time for that?!
Learning to say two simple words to yourself – which might not be very ‘yogic’ of me, but very real – can change the way you think. F*CK IT. Simply. I’m not talking about not-caring-about-anything-in-life-anymore-and-foregoing-your-opinions. I’m talking about being in a situation that can easily put you over the edge, taking a deep breath, saying f*ck it (to yourself)… then taking the time to think about how you really want to react.
THIS is how I’m defining F*CK IT:
“This doesn’t matter right now. This is not contributing to my current mind-state in any positive way. This situation has escalated and the results of this dialog will not be constructive. This is not worth dealing with. I need to think about this and respond later in time.”
It can be something as simple as someone cutting you off on the highway or your sister borrowing your shirt without asking. Or, something more elaborate like an argument with your partner or someone stealing a great idea you had.
You can’t stop the waves but you can learn to surf, right?
Here are 5 reasons you should say “f*ck it” more often:
- You’re saving yourself stress: Generally speaking, we are really busy people. If you can save yourself from stress and anxiety, why wouldn’t you? By removing yourself physically and emotionally from a negative situation, you’re practicing self-love and mindfulness. Even if the key words are f*ck it.
- You’re saving someone else stress: If you’re reading PTB, you probably have a general care about the wellbeing of others. We never know what is going on in someone else’s head. Even if we’re married to them. Even if they’re our children. You never know what someone else is battling. If you can have the courage to stop yourself from saying hurtful things back and fourth, you could be doing real good under the surface, too.
- You have more time to constructively think about the situation: Your family hates your spouse. Your partner cheated on you. Your friend flaked. There are so many immediate reactions I can think of out of situations like this and they’re not pretty, or constructive. I’m not saying that it’s not ok to get mad. Get mad! Just take some very necessary time to yourself to think about it all. Then react with the outcome you truly want in mind.
- You might realize that all in all, you don’t care: If someone cut you off or stole the parking spot you had your eye on, what good is YOU boiling your blood going to do? They’re still parked there. They still cut you off. Learning to say f*ck it during a situation as emotionless as this is so much easier than letting yourself get stressed out. Because honestly, you probably won’t care in 20 minutes… if you even remember.
- Life is about rolling with the punches: There’s always going to be something to get angry at. It’s not realistic, or necessarily healthy, to live in a world where “everything in your life is perfect all of the time.” The only thing that changes the situation you’re in is YOUR reaction. React with grace. React with truth. React with self-love and respect.
So the next time you feel your blood boiling, remember this one simple tip: F*ck it!
Sam Negrin is the founder of All Good Health and an avid yogi (and RYT) in Los Angeles. She is also the Content Manager of LEAFtv – a fresh, easy to consume, how-to concept covering all things health and wellness.
You’ve read 5 Reasons Learning To Say “F*ck It” Is Really, Really Important, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you’ve enjoyed this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
Your 5-Day Journaling Blueprint
Lots of people tell me all sorts of things, and while I am not going to be breaking any confidences here, one thing that has often puzzled me is when people say they don’t like journaling. It doesn’t agree with them…
…Really?
Journaling as a tool is time and space for you, with you. You and You alone!
‘Me time’ is central to everything as without you replenishing you and connecting with yourself and, having that time to process, clarify, ponder and complete, your energy is always scattered.
When people say that journaling doesn’t agree with them, it isn’t actually the art of writing in a book it is the fact that they are not comfortable with themselves.
Whether it is the excuse of time, or only wanting to use technology, or don’t see the point of it or something else, if you fall into this category of believing that journaling isn’t for you or necessary I want to inspire you to change your mind today.
Journaling, by hand, the old fashioned way is one of the most integral aspects of personal development.
I say old fashioned, only because we are a technology fanatical world and the act of using your physical body and putting pen to paper has a different energy than putting it straight into a file that you save online or similar.
The energy of writing the old fashioned way anchors and grounds and then if you choose to copy it to your computer you are inviting action energy, however for journaling that is not necessary as when something grounds and anchors energetically, the ‘earth’ energy can do its thing without us needing to control it.
Journaling is a tool for personal (and spiritual) development. It isn’t a ‘dear diary’ exercise.
I like to see my journaling time as my opportunity to resolve energy; as if I am mentoring myself.
It is also a way for me to detox, especially if I have been experiencing a surge in emotions, or self-judgments. Journaling enables you to cut the noise of the emotional and mental body and hear your soul. When you say journaling doesn’t agree with you, or you don’t like it then you are basically saying, I do not want to listen to my soul.
I am sure you are thinking, yes, I would journal … but what do I journal about then?
To help you I am going to give you 5 journaling questions to get you started and you can rotate these questions every 5 days and then you have your journaling blueprint.
I suggest you give yourself a minimum of 5 minutes to journal. You can journal for more, however even 5 minutes at first can seem like a huge amount of time and like all things in life it is about the quality not quantity.
I suggest you let your journaling time be sacred too, so just you and your journal. Make sure you aren’t going to be disturbed as much as possible and smile, you are going to enjoy it!
Day 1: Today’s journaling task is to answer the question: How far have I come today?
Human nature through mass consciousness is wired to focus on what hasn’t been achieved, or what wasn’t successful and then that is used as a whipping stick for self and sometimes others. (The blame game is always a shame game!) Today’s journaling question steps you out of this pattern and look at how far you have come. Include everything, if you cleaned out the fridge that hadn’t been cleaned in a year then acknowledge that in your journal and equally if you have published a blog post, written an eZine, made some headway with a programme you want to launch etc… then write that too.
The only rule is you aren’t to judge whether you have come far enough as then you are affirming you haven’t and the universe can only give you more opportunity to say just that!
Day 2:What did I do well today?
This really is about complimenting yourself from the mundane to the extraordinary. It may seem contrived initially however you know the Law of Attraction, you get more of what you focus so it makes sense to focus on what did go well and build from there.
Day 3: What limiting and repeating emotions am I ready to let go of and what am I willing to replace them with?
Today’s journaling is more reflective and gives you an opportunity to explore your emotions. Where is that you are on a default pattern, AKA reacting rather than responding? Where do you take things so personally that it immobilises you as you get into an emotional pickle? Is there an alternative way? You may not resolve the emotional pattern in one go of journaling, however it will be a step towards resolve, so allow yourself to use your journaling to evaluate and observe yourself so you can be your master rather than letting your emotions master you.
Day 4: My affirmation…
After yesterday’s more in-depth journaling, today you can simply write your affirmation out on a page of your journal and then explore the inner chatter that results. Is it supporting you? Is it challenging the affirmation coming true? Can you change a belief, just one to support you aligning with the energy of your chosen affirmation?
Day 5: What quality do I wish to increase and how will I bring this into my life further?
Most people can talk about how they would love to see more peace in the world, less violence, more happiness and more tolerance and so on. Today’s journaling invites you to bring the quality you may wish to see increased into the world into your life, or simply a quality you wish to expand in your life. In exploring this you can start to both invite the quality to increase in your life and discover ways you can consciously bring it into your everyday life.
Your journaling time is for you and your soul. It is supposed to be fun and sacred, light hearted and enlightening.
If you can bring this practice with regularity and commitment into your life you will see your energy shift and your life experience improve. How can it not when your soul is being engaged?
What are your thoughts? What else would you add to this?
Do leave a comment, share your wisdom and ask your questions and let me know how you have got on with your new journaling practice!
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