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Increasing traffic to your site is the key to success! Blogging is one way of routing humungous traffic to your site. Unfortuitously, while all brands comprehend the viability of the first part, they gail to grasp the vitality of the second! They give in to the idea that engaging in direct sales is their secret to generating sales. Nurturing your Email list, handling inventory, and calling to acquire customers, will only take you up to a certain point. If you dedicate all your precious time struggling to convert customers,  you will soon start overlooking the reasons for customers to actually unearth your brand in the first place. This is where blogging comes in to play!

As for any web-based business, an e-commerce website is in dire need of a blog that could speak for their offerings online,. And in all the positive ways possible that paid advertising won’t be able to accomplish. We understand that running a full-term business is exhausting to say the least, and a blog must be the last thing on your mind. But did you know that 92% of E-commerce businesses with a successful running blog, acquire most of their customers through their blog? With the ubiquitousness of blog in this era, failing to include a blog on your e-commerce website is like choosing not to get it endorsed when there were opportunities up for grasp.

If you are still not persuaded enough to incorporate a blog to your e-commerce website, here are 6 reasons to change your mind:

Blogging builds credibility

Ever heard of a business that claims to have had dressed thousands in your vicinity but in reality, you never saw anyone wearing the brand? Same is the case with online businesses. Since a website is an intangible medium where you cannot find real people to glean reviews from, blogging saves the day for you by subsiding the fact that you do not have real people talking on your forum. Testimonials are an exception, since they also contribute to building credibility, but still cannot parallel the benefits of blogging. Through a blog, you not only build credibility for your eCommerce web development, but extend a value addition to your target market that can be done by purchasing your products online.

It helps in growing your market

Blogs are not meant for lead generation. They exist for lead nurturing. Blogs provide informational content to your users, and if the content happens to trigger their interest, they might as well provide a lead or subscribe to the blog to stay abreast of latest updates.

Blogging for e-commerce websites could also lead to building lasting relationships with your customers. When you write about the value that your products bring to your customers, you create an invisible connection. This spark works in myriad ways, and lets your e-commerce brand etch a lasting impression in the minds of your consumers.

Works for business generation

Adding a blog to your e-commerce website opens up paths towards incremental customer reach. You already know that a blog post builds the much needed credibility for your brand. In addition to allowing you to flaunt your product to a wider audience through your blog, a blog cultivates the effort by sharing it on your social profiles. By promoting your product offerings on your blog, you actually answer queries of your target market. This makes the entire sales process easier to complete.

Blog content will boost your SEO efforts

Blog content is a great way of supporting your SEO efforts. When you instill keywords in your SEO content, you actually lure the search engine crawler towards you. Thus, boosting your chances of visibility against industry-specific keywords. When your page starts showing against popular search terms, the chances of customers landing on your e-commerce website increases. This enhances your overall business generation.

A Blog is a multi-marketing channel in itself

A blog is not a place where you only talk about your products; your blog can work as a multi-marketing channel for you. It allows you to link its posts with social forums and on blogs that you post on other websites. This helps build the overall online credibility for your content. This diversely spread content will pave way for incremental traffic landing on your e-commerce website. This leads to better business generation in the long run.

It’s a way to scale your content marketing efforts

Through targeted blog posts, you can launch campaigns that help in streamlining your marketing efforts towards a certain event. For example, Christmas related blogs are put up on various e-commerce websites to allow customers to land on websites through targeted keyword searches. By reading the relevant content, they get a chance to make valuable purchasing decisions.

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Alternatively, there are eCommerce developers that exist to help you set up your blog. You can get in touch with them if you have a similar idea in your mind.

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Fear is the most powerful factor that prevents you from being able to realize your full potential. Most often, it’s a result of your own thoughts and imagination, instead of actual real world causes. In other words, you’re afraid of a fantasy – something that doesn’t exist.

You may be going down an untrodden path, but don’t lose faith. Don’t listen to your fears and also of those around you. Don’t let your shortcomings and setbacks make their way into your present frame of mind. And most importantly, never give up on what matters to you.

It’s okay to feel a bit uncomfortable, a little confused. It’s totally fine if you don’t know what lies ahead or whether you can handle it. As long as you keep moving slowly and steadily, you’ll figure out what you need to know. As you get more and more involved in what you’re doing, you’ll lose track of your fears and realize that things are not as bad as you had imagined. In fact, they’re much better.

Here are 5 ways to steer your life around all the unnecessary fears and uncertainties in life, and keep moving forward.

1. Envision what you want and declare it

Whether you’re afraid or there are actual real-world barriers, if you want to achieve something, you must envision it and declare it. This will enable you to stay focused on what you want. It’s impossible to accomplish anything or get anywhere if you haven’t declared it as your sole mission.

The first step is to understand that what you want is already a huge part of you. For example, if you ‘want to’ run a marathon, you’re already a marathon runner. You just need to take the next step, and run.

Whatever you want to do, imagine yourself doing it, and declare it out loud, “I will …”. Do this the first thing in the morning for a couple of minutes everyday and you’ll begin to see the difference within a 2-3 weeks.

“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.” – William Arthur Ward

2. Know the consequence of staying where you are

Fear stops us from leaving our comfort zone, and persuades us to maintain status quo.

However, inaction based on fear only leads to laziness and lack of confidence. Initially, it will stop you from achieving. Eventually, it will stop you from doing anything.

Just as your present is based on your past, your future is dependant on what you do today. The fear of failure can be immense but it’s nothing compared to the regret of missed opportunities that you’ll encounter in future. Life is movement. Don’t stay where you are hoping that things will improve on their own.

“Life Is Like Riding a Bicycle. To Keep Your Balance You Must Keep Moving” – Albert Einstein

3. Believe in yourself

The foundation of every successful venture is self-belief.

What you believe will strengthen or weaken you. We tend to think that success depends on where we live, or a certain level of accomplishment, or a bunch of external factors; it’s simply a mindset. Success is a habit that is developed through powerful beliefs and thoughts.

What you think about your life will influence your feelings, your actions and your achievements.

Growing your self-belief takes time and requires practice. Spend a couple of minutes everyday thinking about the top 2-3 achievements of your life. They can even be about simple things such as how you learnt to drive, cook, paint, or anything that you love doing. If you are capable of accomplishing them, you’re definitely capable of doing greater things.

“Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford

4. Take it slow, but keep going

Focus on taking one step at a time, and giving it your best shot every time. Don’t think too much about the end or the future. Just keep going.

When you focus only on one step at a time, things appear to be much more doable, and you won’t get overwhelmed by the long journey ahead. Every once in awhile, look back at how far you’ve travelled to stay motivated.

However, you’ve got to start today. Don’t wait for the right time or the perfect plan. There are no such things.

Remember that nothing will ever result in a 100% failure. You may experience occasional setbacks and might need to do course correction. The good news is that each setback can be fixed with a minor adjustment, and you can keep going.

Every step you take will make the next one easier, and what once seemed unreachable, will be standing right in front of you.

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” – old Chinese proverb

 

5. Be open to change

When we set out to achieve something, we tend to have a preconceived plan, an imagination of how we’ll accomplish it, and what we’ll encounter along the way. As we work towards our dreams, we find that the reality is not as expected and that we’ve to face unforeseen obstacles.

The key is to keep an open-mind that fosters learning new things and refining our journey based what you learn. However, under no circumstances, be willing to compromise or change your goals.

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” – Confucius

Wrapping up

Don’t be afraid to face your fears. They’re not as scary as you imagine them to be. They’re certainly not here to stop you from realizing your dreams. They’re only there to tell you that what you’re doing is really important and worth fighting for. Take each day as it comes.

“Do one thing every day that scares you”. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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Most of society chooses to purchase materialistic things that don’t offer any tangible value to their lives. But like many things in life, certain products offer more rewards than others.

When it comes to improving our lifestyle, I believe that there are 3 major areas that have the most impact:

• Quality of sleep
• Increasing your productivity (time management)
• Improving your brain function

The good news is, these valuable products don’t have to break the bank either. Here are 9 game-changing products that will improve the quality of your life.

 

Improve your sleep

1. iGOTHAM Bluelight Blocking Eyewear

The average person spends over 10 hours a day in front of our digital screens. This includes our phones, TV, and laptops. What is blue light you ask? Exposure to blue light leads to eye strain, disruption of our sleep cycle, and macular cellular damage.

iGOTHAM has designed stylish eyewear with premium blue light blocking lenses that block up to 100% of harmful blue light. Compared to normal eyewear, it blocks nearly 5x more blue light from entering into your eyes. Best of all, they look pretty stylish!

 

2. ChiliGel Body Pad

Ever find yourself sweating from heat or shivering in cold while you sleep? This is especially evident if you sleep next to someone else. One person may be used to different sleeping temperatures to the other.

ChiliGel Body Pad allows you to control the temperature of your body by placing it inside your pillows, under your back, or anywhere else you would find useful.

 

3. Philips Morning Wake-up Light

Wake up feeling fully refreshed by being exposed to natural warm sunrise lighting. The morning light by Philips have versatile functions, acting as an alarm clock and as a night light.

 

Get more things done

4. Lumo Lift

When it comes to getting more done, posture can play a big role. And this product aims to help. Using electric buzzers, this wearable technology will zap you whenever you are slouching. Don’t worry, it won’t actually hurt you 🙂

 

5. Productivity Planner

This planner has templates in a beautiful journal to help you stay organized and get more done. My favorite part about this journal is the ability to reflect on your previous day.

 

6. Saent 

This button will instantly block out all distractions, including social media, web pages, and other distractions that prevent you from focusing. It turns out that only 3% of people are capable of multi-tasking effectively. If you’re part of the 97%, then Saent can help!

 

 

Enhance Brain Function

7. Bulletproof Coffee

This is not so much a specific product recommendation as much as it is a recipe shoutout. Bulletproof has certainly popularized this movement, where you place grass-fed butter into your freshly brewed coffee (using a blender). The goal is to add healthy fat into your diet to prevent crashes throughout your day. Powerful stuff!

 

8. Alpha Brain

Alpha Brain is essentially a nootropic, which claims to improve your memory & focus. Onnit is one of the many companies that sell these supplements, but they’ve done double-blind studies to show the effects of its products.

9. MCT Oil

MCT stands for medium-chain triglycerides. It’s a saturated fatty acid that is shown to have numerous health benefits, including weight loss, mood improvements, cognitive function, improvement in energy, and more. What’s great about MCT Oil is that you can add it into virtually anything you eat and drink throughout your day, including coffee, tea, shakes, salads, and more.

 

Which of these game-changing products did you resonate with the most? We’d love to hear your thoughts on any previous experiences you’ve had and any other products we may have missed out on!

 

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You’re reading 9 Game-Changing Products to Improve the Quality of Your Life Today, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you’re enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.

Most of society chooses to purchase materialistic things that don’t offer any tangible value to their lives. But like many things in life, certain products offer more rewards than others.

When it comes to improving our lifestyle, I believe that there are 3 major areas that have the most impact:

• Quality of sleep
• Increasing your productivity (time management)
• Improving your brain function

The good news is, these valuable products don’t have to break the bank either. Here are 9 game-changing products that will improve the quality of your life.

 

Improve your sleep

1. iGOTHAM Bluelight Blocking Eyewear

The average person spends over 10 hours a day in front of our digital screens. This includes our phones, TV, and laptops. What is blue light you ask? Exposure to blue light leads to eye strain, disruption of our sleep cycle, and macular cellular damage.

iGOTHAM has designed stylish eyewear with premium blue light blocking lenses that block up to 100% of harmful blue light. Compared to normal eyewear, it blocks nearly 5x more blue light from entering into your eyes. Best of all, they look pretty stylish!

 

2. ChiliGel Body Pad

Ever find yourself sweating from heat or shivering in cold while you sleep? This is especially evident if you sleep next to someone else. One person may be used to different sleeping temperatures to the other.

ChiliGel Body Pad allows you to control the temperature of your body by placing it inside your pillows, under your back, or anywhere else you would find useful.

 

3. Philips Morning Wake-up Light

Wake up feeling fully refreshed by being exposed to natural warm sunrise lighting. The morning light by Philips have versatile functions, acting as an alarm clock and as a night light.

 

Get more things done

4. Lumo Lift

When it comes to getting more done, posture can play a big role. And this product aims to help. Using electric buzzers, this wearable technology will zap you whenever you are slouching. Don’t worry, it won’t actually hurt you 🙂

 

5. Productivity Planner

This planner has templates in a beautiful journal to help you stay organized and get more done. My favorite part about this journal is the ability to reflect on your previous day.

 

6. Saent 

This button will instantly block out all distractions, including social media, web pages, and other distractions that prevent you from focusing. It turns out that only 3% of people are capable of multi-tasking effectively. If you’re part of the 97%, then Saent can help!

 

 

Enhance Brain Function

7. Bulletproof Coffee

This is not so much a specific product recommendation as much as it is a recipe shoutout. Bulletproof has certainly popularized this movement, where you place grass-fed butter into your freshly brewed coffee (using a blender). The goal is to add healthy fat into your diet to prevent crashes throughout your day. Powerful stuff!

 

8. Alpha Brain

Alpha Brain is essentially a nootropic, which claims to improve your memory & focus. Onnit is one of the many companies that sell these supplements, but they’ve done double-blind studies to show the effects of its products.

9. MCT Oil

MCT stands for medium-chain triglycerides. It’s a saturated fatty acid that is shown to have numerous health benefits, including weight loss, mood improvements, cognitive function, improvement in energy, and more. What’s great about MCT Oil is that you can add it into virtually anything you eat and drink throughout your day, including coffee, tea, shakes, salads, and more.

 

Which of these game-changing products did you resonate with the most? We’d love to hear your thoughts on any previous experiences you’ve had and any other products we may have missed out on!

 

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Do you know that self-love can literally save your life?

It did for the famous entrepreneur and bestselling Author, Kamal Ravikant who was about to kill himself when he discovered a way out of depression through accepting and loving himself. Self-love has also given Khalil Rafati a way out and helped him move out from being a homeless crack addict to one of America`s most respected multimillionaires.

Self-love can help you regain confidence, express life fully and take a swing at setbacks or any major failure you may have suffered from. In other words, it will help you be calm, be collected, and be the solution to your own life. But only if you’re motivated enough to do it.

For that, I`ve made you a list of 15 self-love quotes that you must read. Write them down or print them out and keep them in front of you always and forever. They can really change your life.

On what it means to have self-love“

1- Loving yourself…does not mean being self-absorbed or narcissistic, or disregarding others. Rather it means welcoming yourself as the most honored guest in your own heart, a guest worthy of respect, a lovable companion.” – Margot Anand

On being the only way to becoming authentic

2- “I think the most important thing in life is self-love, because if you don’t have self-love, and respect for everything about your own body, your own soul, your own capsule, then how can you have an authentic relationship with anyone else?” – Shailene Woodley

On being treated fairly

3- “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.” – Harvey Fierstein

4- “Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn’t have the time to sit around and talk about you. What’s important to me is not others’ opinions of me, but what’s important to me is my opinion of myself.”  ― C. JoyBell C.

On the difference between self and romantic love

5- “A lot of times, in our culture and our society, we put romantic love somehow on a higher plane than self-love and friendship love. You can’t do that. You have to honor and really fully invest in all these different loving relationships.” – Delilah

6- “The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves.” – Joseph Butler

On being your own best friend

7- “When you are your own best friend, you don’t endlessly seek out relationships, friendships, and validation from the wrong sources because you realize that the only approval and validation you need is your own.” – Mandy Hale

8- “You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.” – Diane Von Furstenberg

On why you should love yourself first

9- “If you aren’t good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you’ll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren’t even giving to yourself.” – Barbara De Angelis

10- “Self-love is really a foundation for everything, and however you practice or express that is so, so important.” – Solange Knowles

11- “Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.” – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

On what makes someone beautiful

12- “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassions, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” – Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

On knowing your true value

13- “If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” – Fred Rogers

14- “A healthy self-love means we have no compulsion to justify to ourselves or others why we take vacations, why we sleep late, why we buy new shoes, why we spoil ourselves from time to time. We feel comfortable doing things which add quality and beauty to life.” – Andrew Matthews

And finally,

15- “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” – Lucille Ball

Rum Tan is a passionate entrepreneur. He is currently active managing the largest home tuition agency in Singapore, Smile Tutor which provides top-notch tuition job opportunities for part-time and full-time private tutors. Part-time and full-time school teachers can also find tutoring jobs easily through its innovative job board.

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The fear of failure is something that all of us encounter at some point in our lives. Unfortunately, that is just the way we are programmed as humans.

On the other hand there are many different ways that you can help eliminate the fear of failure today, tomorrow and beyond.

It starts with one thing. You!

That might seem like an easy thing to do, but it isn’t. What I’ve done is broken down 4 of the Most important things you can do Today, that will help you eliminate the fear of failure.

Clear Mindset toward Your Goals

Here is something that we might not think of as extremely important, but it is.

Think of it this way, the Fear of Failure is all psychology, we start thinking about the things that we want to achieve, then our minds start fighting back. That is just the way things work, and again how we are wired.

When you go into things thinking about one thing and one thing only, your Goals, then you are already taking a very crucial step into not being afraid to fail. Your goals must be very specific and most importantly attainable.

When you put these things together you are setting yourself up for success. Mindset is always the first step to anything big, especially when it comes to better yourself overall.

Having the Right Idea of Failure

Here is a tricky one.

You might be thinking,

Why would knowing what failure is help me not fear it?

Well,

Knowing what failure is to your helps create a better understanding to what you are dealing with. Failure is different to every individual person.

For example, my biggest idea of failure is letting people down. Whereas you might be afraid not to land a job, or finish school or get that big promotion. Failure is a HUGE thing in our lives, and we are burdened each and every day with it.

Knowing what failure is to you, will help you have the right approach when combating it.

Accepting that Failure is a part of the “Process”

Now if you are anything like me, you are always working ten steps ahead of everyone else. Which that is great and all, but you will encounter failure in one form or another.

The kicker here is that you don’t have to sit there and expect failure, but you have to simply understand it is a part of the process of life. Whether you are looking to start your own business, do better as a parent, find your own motivation  or whatever the case may be, you have to accept failure.

It is natural to fear something that is inevitable, which is one of the biggest reasons why we always are discouraged when failure does hit. However, if we are heading into Life’s ventures knowing that at some point we are going to face failure, then when that time comes its easier.

Having the Right Support System

Here is the most important of these 4 ways to Eliminate the Fear of Failure, having the right Support System.

Now,

This doesn’t always have to mean having 1 person to lean on when things get rough. First and foremost you have to be able to support yourself through everything that happens in life and success. Failure is again going to happen.

You might have that one person who is there and always has believed in you no matter what, or you may have yourself.

Whatever the case may be, you must be able to count on that one person to be there when failure hits. Knowing that someone has your back, will ease your mind and oftentimes you won’t even think about the failures anymore.

Regardless,

Support is the biggest deterrent in any sort of fear based system. Once again, this is all about psychology, and if our minds aren’t thinking about failure, or don’t have to worry if failure happens, then we live our lives in a much better light.

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Dustin Meyer, Editor and Writer for The Evolutionary Mind. I have
a strict passion for expressing realistic ways to help as many people as I
can, and Pride myself in the writing that I do. I’m a new Father of a
beautiful little Girl, and 2 Step Sons. Along with writing, I’m extremely
passionate about my family and bettering our lifestyle along with others
through writing, video, and branding.

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In life, there are three types of peoples according to how they react to events in their life, they’re:

• those who make things happen
• those who watch things happen
• and those who wonder what happens

My goal in life is to never be in the third category and anytime I found myself in the second one, I do whatever it takes to move to the first category (100% pure hustle mode on) and I lock myself in a continuous improvement process that never ends

In order to achieve that, I use a secret formula that I built for myself, and once I saw that it never failed me in delivering the outcomes I was looking for, I decided to experiment it on few of my mentees, and to my joy, it works wonder!

Now that I’m convinced that I built a solid framework to success, I want to share it, watch others gaining the same benefits as I did and know that I made a difference by giving the tools to accomplish a fulfilled life

My Framework to success, code name 141, is a simple formula that I use in my everyday life

141 = 33% + 10X + 97 + 1%

So let’s dig in what these numbers mean:

1 – The Law of 33%

One of the pillars of my professional framework is the Law of 33%, I’ve been following this principle since 2013 and it boosted my success growth, it’s a three phases process that needs to be followed each day to see the phenomenal success it will generate

Tai Lopez cover it perfectly in his TedX Talk The Law of 33%

Spend 33% Of Your Time With People That You Inspire To Be

These are the people at the level you want to be in the future, these are the people that if you achieve 10% of their success you will consider yourself a success, but how can you make it happen? Creativity my friend!

• When was the first time you invited a successful business owner for a dinner at your expense?
• When was the last time you worked for free for a successful business owner and in return, you asked for a 15-30mn mentorship
• When was the last time you bought a book of a highly successful business owner in which you will get years of trials and errors with the solution to each problem faced?

Spend 33% Of Your Time With People At Your Level

These are the people at your current level, you need to maintain a regular contact with them so you’re always up to date on what’s impacting you and your work now

Socializing, sharing knowledge and reading business related books are the smartcuts for this category to compress the time learning skills to remain relevant

Spend 33% Of Your Time With People That Are Inspiring To Be At Your Level

These are the people that need your wisdom and experience to climb the ladder as you did, they may not contribute to your growth directly, but mentorship enhances skills as leadership, communication, goal setting and a sense of purpose that will complete the fulfillment circle

2 – The 10X Rule

Basically, any goal, ambition, dream or action need to be ten times what you planned. Period.

In his book Grant Cardone The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure, explain that having a 10X mindset will unlock the ability to deconstruct any process you need to follow to achieve anything in life and rebuild it with a ten times outcome objective, and in the end you will find a vehicle that accelerates your growth and success

The reason I like using the 10X Rule is that it gives me a guaranteed outcome, just think about it, the path to achieving ten times what you already planned is not the same, forcing you to get out of your comfort zone and reach levels you never thought you could attain or do before; And as a result, whatever it is, it will always be higher than the originally planned…

3 – Be a 97

97/100 is your minimum uniqueness and attractiveness score in the industry you’re in, this is how you know you can achieve your planned massive success in an age of Attention and big focus on Return-On-Investment

Hollywood is the perfect example for this, take the example of the franchise The Fast & The Furious, it’s a billion-dollar series thanks to Vin Diesel, his appearance in such big movies guarantee high payout for the producers (you can read more ‘Fate Of The Furious’ Makes Vin Diesel A $6 Billion Man In 2017)

Hollywood is filled with actors below 97 score that are ghosts and never achieve their dreams, the main reason for that is competition

Competition nowadays is so dense that being an average is a curse and only the hustlers and people that succeeded in creating something unique about themselves will make it

(read this good discussion Why is Los Angeles referred to as “The City of Broken Dreams”?)

4 – Make progress 1% at a time

If each day, you sleep knowing that you improved your knowledge, skills, wisdom or workout at a rate of 1% per day, it will take you just 72 days to be twice better

Imagine every 72 days you become twice wiser, just imagine the possibilities and opportunities that will open in front of you, literally, the world will be yours!

So, how did I applied codename 141 to my personal and professional life?

The Law of 33%:

• Anytime at my work, I scope the environment around me, draft a list of quick wins that we can implement that will result in financial gains and share it with my leaders
• I make a commitment to make them happen in the agreed timeline and in exchange I ask for more complex assignments and a VIP coaching
• Among my colleagues, I always start the self-improvement and life fulfillment discussion, and once I find a candidate that is open to change and hustle, I provide him with the necessary mentorship to ensure a positive change, promotion or pivotal change in his life

The 10X Rule:

• I joined small elite mastermind groups with members at levels way above me so I can learn how to build 10X systems to obtain 10X outcomes

• In one of my projects, the best way to achieve the expected benefits was to re-engineer the existing process to make it lean and implement a proprietary CRM to manage workflow and communication across the team, unfortunately we didn’t have the funds to buy or build in-house the system, so I spent my days working on the process and my night learning a new programming language until I was able to build, train and implement my new CRM to the team

Be A 97:

• I make sure that anytime I get a new position or contract, I quickly become a Subject Matter Expert, a Go-To-Point-Of-Contact and among the few that can solve complex problems, and that increases my Uniqueness and Attractiveness score

1% Progress:

• I read business related books, articles, papers, news every day
• I listen to business podcasts every week
• I watch business documentaries and movies once a month

Time planning is critical to this part to ensure I keep being consistent and double my wisdom every 72 days

Now that you know my secret solid and proven Framework to Success, grab it, model it to your needs and take massive actions

See you at the top

Yassine

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Want seven easy fixes to become a positive person? Few people are willing to go on a spiritual journey to become a positive person because at times it seems like a tremendous amount of work. Inspired by Jim Carrey who spent years on his spiritual journey, why not learn what he has to teach and save yourself years of searching? Here are the seven ways to be a positive person. (You need all seven to be a truly positive person, but point 1 and point 7 are the most important.)

1 – Gratitude Is Your Most Neglected Tool

Want to be positive all the time? Learn how to be grateful. People who are grateful are positive almost semi-continuously because they appreciate what they have. They appreciate the fact they can draw breath without pain, that they can eat, that people love them, and that they have the capacity to think and grow.

Ingratitude is actually the source of most misery in the world. People would not steal if they were grateful what what they had earned, and people would not cheat on their spouses if they were grateful for their love. It is very difficult to remain positive if you are miserable, and misery is caused by ingratitude.

2 – Don’t Make A Point Of Being Positive, But Make A Point Of Pulling Yourself Out Of Being Negative

They say the best way to spot a liar is to look for signs a person is telling the truth rather than trying to look for signs that the person is lying. Take a similar back-to-front approach when it comes to being positive. Pull yourself out of a negative funk rather than trying to be positive all the time.

Both Sean Stephenson and Tony Robbins say that they overcame their darkest days by allowing themselves to feel sad and negative, but not allowing themselves to stay in that position.

3 – Ask Yourself What You Have Learned From Every Event

It is difficult pulling yourself out of a negative funk. You may not feel like plastering your face with a fake smile or looking on the bright side. If that is the case, it is time to get intellectual about the situation and ask yourself what you can learn from recent events. What you learn may not help you in the future, but it certainly will not hurt you. Force yourself to learn from what has just happened, even if all that you learn is that life tries to trip you from time-to-time.

4 – Believe But Verify Rather Than Being A Tireless Skeptic

Part of being positive is learning to look on the bright side, but the world is a harsh and dangerous place where looking on the bright side may leave you in danger. We are skeptical by nature because our minds are looking for danger. Instead of losing your skepticism, you need to believe but verify.

If your daughter says she is going to sleep at her friends all night, then believe her and send her on her way, but verify what she said either beforehand, or after. Don’t forget that you can verify after an event, and you can do it casually. For example, you may see your daughter’s friend when she drops her daughter off at school, where you can walk over, say hi, and say, “I hope my girl wasn’t too much of a pest when she slept over at yours on Saturday.”

5 – Pray To A Creator

Follow a religion if you wish, or pray to whatever it is you think created our universe. Pray with nothing more than a thank you for your existence. Don’t treat your prayers like a Christmas wish list, simply pray by saying thank you and maybe list the things you are specifically thankful for.

Before god haters start ripping this article apart on the comments section, this point is not pushing any sort of religion, you can make your own religion up if you wish, and the creator you choose can simply be an entity that humans are unable to define.

How does praying to a creator help make you a more positive person? Not only do you receive a divine sense of unexplainable warmth, you also take the focus off you and your problems and turn your attention to “Life.”

6 – A Slap On The Wrist Whenever You Do Not Look On The Bright Side

Some people are negative by default. They always look on the nasty and dark side because that is what they are used to. The idea of being optimistic appears girly, silly, weak, or childish. If you find yourself looking on the dark side, then slap yourself on the wrist. Actually give yourself a physical representation of your choice to stop being negative.

Whenever you notice yourself taking a negative path, slap yourself on the wrist because it will create a series of habitual memories in your mind that force your brain to take notice whenever you are negative. It makes it more difficult for you to be negative by accident or by default. This is not a punishment, it is a way of helping your mind recognize when you are being negative by default.

7 – Love, Money, Compassion And Equality Does Not Defeat Evil – Courage Defeats Evil

The most obvious question is, “How can I be positive in a world so rotten?” The answer is “Courage.” People may tell you that love will save the world, or understanding will change the world, or that people are good by nature and it is just their surroundings that make them bad. All of this is lies. If you want to live in a world where you proud to be positive, then be courageous and reward others for being courageous. Be proud of your courage, even if it puts you at physical risk.

A person who seeks out racists is not courageous, but a person who speaks out against something wrong even at the “risk” of being “called” racist is courageous. A sexually assaulted woman is not courageous if she forgives her attacker, but she is courageous if she presses charges, stands in the courtroom, and refuses to allow the man to get away with his crimes. A courageous person is not somebody who tries to fight a pitiful person, it is the person who dives into a pitiful fight to try to break it up.

Courage is powerful, and when courage is added to gratitude, you have all you need to be a positive and happy person.

William Grigsby is an HR expert at assignmentmasters. His passion is to show that each person is unique and can independently achieve success by applying efforts every day.William was writing in this space for 2 successful years.

Feel free to follow him on Twitter @willgrgsb

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You’re reading 7 Ways to be a Positive Person, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you’re enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.

Want seven easy fixes to become a positive person? Few people are willing to go on a spiritual journey to become a positive person because at times it seems like a tremendous amount of work. Inspired by Jim Carrey who spent years on his spiritual journey, why not learn what he has to teach and save yourself years of searching? Here are the seven ways to be a positive person. (You need all seven to be a truly positive person, but point 1 and point 7 are the most important.)

1 – Gratitude Is Your Most Neglected Tool

Want to be positive all the time? Learn how to be grateful. People who are grateful are positive almost semi-continuously because they appreciate what they have. They appreciate the fact they can draw breath without pain, that they can eat, that people love them, and that they have the capacity to think and grow.

Ingratitude is actually the source of most misery in the world. People would not steal if they were grateful what what they had earned, and people would not cheat on their spouses if they were grateful for their love. It is very difficult to remain positive if you are miserable, and misery is caused by ingratitude.

2 – Don’t Make A Point Of Being Positive, But Make A Point Of Pulling Yourself Out Of Being Negative

They say the best way to spot a liar is to look for signs a person is telling the truth rather than trying to look for signs that the person is lying. Take a similar back-to-front approach when it comes to being positive. Pull yourself out of a negative funk rather than trying to be positive all the time.

Both Sean Stephenson and Tony Robbins say that they overcame their darkest days by allowing themselves to feel sad and negative, but not allowing themselves to stay in that position.

3 – Ask Yourself What You Have Learned From Every Event

It is difficult pulling yourself out of a negative funk. You may not feel like plastering your face with a fake smile or looking on the bright side. If that is the case, it is time to get intellectual about the situation and ask yourself what you can learn from recent events. What you learn may not help you in the future, but it certainly will not hurt you. Force yourself to learn from what has just happened, even if all that you learn is that life tries to trip you from time-to-time.

4 – Believe But Verify Rather Than Being A Tireless Skeptic

Part of being positive is learning to look on the bright side, but the world is a harsh and dangerous place where looking on the bright side may leave you in danger. We are skeptical by nature because our minds are looking for danger. Instead of losing your skepticism, you need to believe but verify.

If your daughter says she is going to sleep at her friends all night, then believe her and send her on her way, but verify what she said either beforehand, or after. Don’t forget that you can verify after an event, and you can do it casually. For example, you may see your daughter’s friend when she drops her daughter off at school, where you can walk over, say hi, and say, “I hope my girl wasn’t too much of a pest when she slept over at yours on Saturday.”

5 – Pray To A Creator

Follow a religion if you wish, or pray to whatever it is you think created our universe. Pray with nothing more than a thank you for your existence. Don’t treat your prayers like a Christmas wish list, simply pray by saying thank you and maybe list the things you are specifically thankful for.

Before god haters start ripping this article apart on the comments section, this point is not pushing any sort of religion, you can make your own religion up if you wish, and the creator you choose can simply be an entity that humans are unable to define.

How does praying to a creator help make you a more positive person? Not only do you receive a divine sense of unexplainable warmth, you also take the focus off you and your problems and turn your attention to “Life.”

6 – A Slap On The Wrist Whenever You Do Not Look On The Bright Side

Some people are negative by default. They always look on the nasty and dark side because that is what they are used to. The idea of being optimistic appears girly, silly, weak, or childish. If you find yourself looking on the dark side, then slap yourself on the wrist. Actually give yourself a physical representation of your choice to stop being negative.

Whenever you notice yourself taking a negative path, slap yourself on the wrist because it will create a series of habitual memories in your mind that force your brain to take notice whenever you are negative. It makes it more difficult for you to be negative by accident or by default. This is not a punishment, it is a way of helping your mind recognize when you are being negative by default.

7 – Love, Money, Compassion And Equality Does Not Defeat Evil – Courage Defeats Evil

The most obvious question is, “How can I be positive in a world so rotten?” The answer is “Courage.” People may tell you that love will save the world, or understanding will change the world, or that people are good by nature and it is just their surroundings that make them bad. All of this is lies. If you want to live in a world where you proud to be positive, then be courageous and reward others for being courageous. Be proud of your courage, even if it puts you at physical risk.

A person who seeks out racists is not courageous, but a person who speaks out against something wrong even at the “risk” of being “called” racist is courageous. A sexually assaulted woman is not courageous if she forgives her attacker, but she is courageous if she presses charges, stands in the courtroom, and refuses to allow the man to get away with his crimes. A courageous person is not somebody who tries to fight a pitiful person, it is the person who dives into a pitiful fight to try to break it up.

Courage is powerful, and when courage is added to gratitude, you have all you need to be a positive and happy person.

William Grigsby is an HR expert at assignmentmasters. His passion is to show that each person is unique and can independently achieve success by applying efforts every day.William was writing in this space for 2 successful years.

Feel free to follow him on Twitter @willgrgsb

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That’s where it’s at, right?

That effortless ease some others have.

You know, they seem to glide through their day, deftly juggling all kinds of awkward  situations.

Getting on. Getting ahead.

Looking good.

Doing great.

But how do they do it?

Because it can feel nigh on impossible sometimes to have that ease, that self-possession and  self-confidence.

The kind that turns heads.

How do they do that?

It’s simple really.

And it’s nothing to do with genes, natural intelligence or ability.

They simply feel good… about themselves.

Hold up. That’s sounds obvious, asinine even.

I thought so too. Until I found my ease, my own self-possession and confidence.

But I don’t know if you’re ready for the  answer.

It sounds too left of center. Too simple. And too ethereal to have any real impact.

Yeah, that’s what I used to think too.

But then I discovered that gratitude is life-changing. And no more so than in the area of personal confidence.

Here are three ways gratitude naturally boosts your confidence;

1.Higher Self-Esteem

Have you noticed that how you feel about yourself affects everything you do?

It makes your day go great, or not so great, depending on how highly you rate your self-worth. Tricky situations are many times more difficult to deal with if your inner voice is whispering negative or critical comments to you.

Heck, even your routine day is harder to manage with a fault-finding, gremlin constantly carping on. Nothing you do seems good enough and everyone else seems to be doing way better… at everything.

But what has gratitude got to do with self-esteem?

Surely it’s about appreciating others, good fortune that comes our way and the other positive aspects of our lives?

Yes. But that’s far from all of it.

Practicing gratitude also includes appreciating all of your qualities, attributes and abilities. It includes recognizing all that’s great and good in you. And valuing the incredible contributions you make each and every day.

What a fabulous way to build and maintain healthy self-esteem! And there’s more…

Gratitude is shown to boost self-esteem by decreasing envy. Rather than begrudging where others have more – money, success, friends for instance – being thankful for what you have allows you to simply be happy for them.

Let gratitude naturally boost your confidence by helping you cultivate strong self-esteem

2. Better Relationships

Do you find yourself drawn to negative people who don’t appreciate kindness or good fortune?

No? Neither do other positive, thankful people. They’re drawn to like-minded souls, like you.

Gratitude makes you more positive, more upbeat, And that means positive, upbeat people  feel better around you. You light up their day. Your recognition of all the good things the day brings, gives them a boost as well.

And grateful people are much more likely to find aspects of other people’s character or personality they like and appreciate. Which means relationships of all kinds flourish the better.

And none more so than in those very important, close personal relationships.

Grateful people say ‘thank you’ more often and are also much less negative and critical of their partners, especially face to face. This has been shown to extend the satisfaction and length of the relationship on both sides.

Let gratitude strengthen your relationships at all levels. Strong, secure relationships breed strong, secure self-confidence.

3. A Greater Sense of Belonging

Did you know that practicing gratitude can make you feel a valuable part of where you live?

Appreciating all the great things about where your home is located goes way beyond just making you feel safe and secure.

Those who practice gratitude feel close to their community and give 20% more of their time and money. They have a strong a connection with those around them and experience less loneliness or feelings of isolation.

And loneliness and isolation breed self-doubt and low self-esteem.

Let gratitude give you a sense of community, a sense of confidence built on a sense of belonging.

Boost your confidence naturally with gratitude.

Life is so much easier when you feel at ease with yourself.

Self-assurance gets your back in every situation. It lets you walk tall, with poise and grace.

And confidence, that’s the ultimate air ride in life. It lets you glide where you previously stumbled.

Who would ever have thought gratitude has such an enormous and far-reaching part to play in attaining those magical qualities. The ones that seemed so impossible to grasp.

Ready to get on? Get ahead?

With Gratitude you’ll be looking good. Doing great.

And you’ll be the one turning heads.

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Laura Tong is a regular contributor on The Huff  Post and other top blogs. Laura’s latest book, The Life-Changing Power of Gratitude is available on Amazon here.

Laura is Editor at Write To Done, one of the top writing blogs on the net and assistant Editor at Goodlife ZEN, one of the most respected self-improvement blogs. Grab her free cheat sheet: 5 Guilt Free Ways To Say No Without Offending Anyone (Even If You Hate Conflict)

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