13 ways to make life rich and bright
13 ways to make life rich and bright. There are people who jump every day with a parachute, build a profitable business, fall in love and go on a round-the-world trip. And there are those who can not escape from routine in any way. But with the help of 13 steps you can achieve what you want and fill your life with meaning and incredible memories.
1. Listen to the feelings
The advice seems to be pure madness, because for success you need to be guided by logic and calculation and have a clear plan of action. However, most of the well-known and held people believe: you need to learn how to listen to your inner voice.
Composer Alan Menken (Alan Menken), describing the process of creating music for cartoons, told that he followed his heart, tried to listen to his feelings as much as possible. If you also learn this, the ability to logical reasoning and prudence will also appear.
This advice is especially good for those days when you do not know what you want. At such times, we tend to complicate things or think too much.
The solution is simple: listen to the inner self. Follow it. Only then will you learn to understand what you feel, express it, and use it for your own good.
2. Get a new experience
What goal you pursue, in fact, you are looking for new knowledge and skills. Therefore, instead of blindly striving for the goal, ask yourself: "What kind of experience do I want to get?".
Once you answer this question, you can understand what exactly you are trying to achieve. You will be able to determine how effectively you work.
The Wright brothers wanted to fly. Someone wants to climb Mount Everest, live a happy and healthy life, become a millionaire. Ilon Mask wants to die on Mars. And what do you want?
Maybe, love and be loved?
Maybe have a strong and healthy body?
Maybe your goal is more specific or unusual?
Experience is what makes us human. The meaning of life lies in all those events that we have experienced. You can evaluate almost every object in your home, but hang the price tag on your memories and experience will not work. You can not buy them.
Something to achieve can only be hard work. For example, you can not sit on the bench at the entrance for two years and become a doctor of science. We will have to learn, teach, write scientific works, meet face to face with criticism.
The most valuable experience seems to be protected from those who do not know how to get it, and do not want to do anything. It will not be possible to run a marathon, if before that you were engaged exclusively in eating pizza and watching TV shows.
3. Use the experience to open new doors
Jim Ron, the well-known author and speaker, spoke about the moment when he clearly realized that it's impossible to live like this.
When Jim was 25 years old, a scout girl knocked on the door. She asked Jim to buy some cookies to support their organization. Despite the fact that the cookies cost only two dollars, Jim did not have this money either. He felt so ashamed that he decided to lie and said: "You know, we recently bought cookies from another girl."
The girl thanked Jim and left, and he, closing the door, stood silently in the corridor for several minutes. At that moment, he realized: you can not live like that anymore. After this incident, he tries every day to improve himself and his life.
Jim is sure: if he had not lied about buying cookies, he would never have felt the urgent need to develop and work. It was exactly the experience that opened before him a new door to another life. On the other hand, this experience helped Jim to prepare mentally and realize that he is ready to learn, develop, try and achieve the set goal.
After certain experiences and events you get the opportunity to change yourself, to attract right and good people and adventures into your life.
4. Analyze the situation
Sometimes things accumulate, tension builds up. I want to relax. For this we try to go to where it's quiet and good. For example, closer to the forest, the sea, to the mountains. Only in this environment can you experience peace. Nature is an ideal place for rest and recreation.
When setting a goal, immediately think about the circumstances under which you can achieve it.
Remember that in any case you will be influenced by culture, nationality, traditions. Analyze how they can help or prevent you from getting what you want.
5. Get the most out of any situation
You need to constantly ask yourself: "What will this situation give me?". You can always get the maximum benefit and experience from any circumstances.
This is your goal: to see and recognize the possibilities, to do everything to realize them, to evaluate the experience gained.
For example, if you are reading this article, digress for a second and look around. Who is in the room or apartment except you?
If it's one of the relatives, you can tell him how precious it is to you.
If it's a favorite, it's time to say three main words.
Even a cat once again pat will not be shameful.
This experience for someone may seem trivial. Others find it difficult to take this step, because it requires frankness and openness. But the experience gained in return is priceless and very important for all.
6. Change the situation
In addition, in order to assess the situation in which you are staying, make every effort to change it. Do it so that circumstances help you.
For example, if it's hard for you to concentrate, you can turn on the music, use the ear plugs, move to a comfortable chair, or unwrap the table. Do not need to turn the whole world upside down to make the day a little more productive and brighter.
7. Keep track of your thoughts and desires
What do you most often think about?
Most people spend energy and time thinking about the abyss that separates them from the desired goal.
"I still have not received this contract."
"My relationship is very bad."
"I would like to be stronger and slimmer".
Such thoughts contain only one thing: a statement of the problem. You need to focus on its solution. People usually reflect on what they want to avoid. In fact, you only need to visualize the experience that you want to get.
In your thoughts, you should strive only for what you want.
8. Spend 90 minutes in continuous operation
During work, we are very often distracted, and our brain needs at least 23 minutes to focus on the task again.
On the other hand, all successful people say that they have trained themselves to work continuously, without losing focus, for 90 minutes a day. The recipe for this productivity varies, but the basis of it never changes:
Start working early in the morning.
Divide the working day into three blocks.
Each block should be equal to 90 minutes.
If you manage to work stably and productively at least once a day, but 90 minutes in a row, you will achieve more than many other people. In breaks between blocks, do not forget to rest. Rest is not less important than concentration during work.
9. Take care of time
In order to implement the previous paragraph, you need to learn to create circumstances in which you will easily focus and work. If you are doing sports, then it's best to do it in a specially equipped room, and not at home on the rug.
The first thing you can do is remove all distractions. For example, turn off the phone to get rid of annoying notifications. As long as your 90 minutes last, you can not be distracted. Let the whole world roll into the tartaras, and you need to complete the task.
Prepare for the challenges. People will try to steal your time. Even for good reasons. To tell an interesting story, advise, complain about life. Be firm, do not let them do it.
10. Remember that your time is very expensive
To follow the previous advice, do this: set a specific goal for yourself and write down on the piece of paper how much you want to earn for this year. Then calculate how much it costs a minute of your working time.
Remember this figure. Every time you want to get distracted, consider how much money you lose by procrastinating.
Is video with kittens on YouTube really worth it?
11. "Disconnect" as often as possible
The author of the book "Aggregate result" Darren Hardy (Darren Hardy) advises "to switch off" for the sake of high productivity. He, of course, means disconnecting from mobile, Internet networks and even refusing to talk on a regular phone.
Darren Hardy advises you to refrain from using gadgets with connected communications for at least the 90 minutes that you are working. It is also advisable to plan the days when you will completely "disconnect" from all networks.
The writer believes that this practice will allow you to awaken creativity, productivity and fill your life with meaning.
Try to refuse calls, mail and the Internet for one day. Do what you really love to do. Go to your dream.
12. Find a leader and follow him
Do you have an example to follow? Find out what this person is doing right now. What he strives for, what he does to achieve his goal. Follow him with the same speed and perseverance.
Usain Bolt, the fastest runner in the world, has set many world records over the past few years. It is interesting. But even more interesting is that those runners who are compelled to compete with this unique athlete, also set new records. In other words, those who lose to Bolt run faster than anyone before them.
It is enough to strive for the leader and not to slow down the pace. Then you will outrun the other competitors.
Of course, it is better that you find positive examples to follow.
13. Do less
If you spend most of the time caring about domestic and banal problems or about those tasks that you can assign to another person, you are not moving forward. You suck routine. Such a life will not be interesting and noteworthy.
Remember the law of Pareto? 20% of efforts give 80% of the result, and the remaining 80% of efforts - only 20% of the result. Based on this principle, determine your priorities.
Focus on those activities that bring the maximum result. Then you will make a huge leap towards your goal. On the way to it you will find many interesting things, you will see what you have long dreamed of seeing. And those who have long used the principle of Pareto in practice, say that with his help, you can even slow down time.
Let's sum up
Your life is a complex of actions, decisions and ideas. The experience you receive throughout your life depends only on how you build your day, week, year. Any liifhaki able to turn your life into a wonderful kaleidoscope of events. Even the most insignificant solutions will help you reach the most distant goal.
Act immediately. Immediately after reading. By lifehacker.