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The Psychology of Habit Formation
Do you want to develop good habits or change your bad habits into productive ones? Understanding the psychology of habit formation is essential to forming new habits or changing your old habits. Knowing how a habit forms will help you create positive, useful habits and get rid of habits that could hurt you. Habits Begin with Goals Researchers at the University of Southern California found that habits come from a motivation to act. The desired goal influences why a habit is formed. The motivation can be positive, such as developing healthy eating habits or good study habits in college. Motivation can also come from avoidance, creating habits that help you…
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The Mind | Part 2 – The Subconscious Mind
In part 1 of this article series, you learned that the conscious mind is the tool you use to interact with the world. The conscious mind is capable of new thoughts and actions. However, for the most part, our lives are governed by subconscious patterns of behavior, emotions, and thoughts. In this second part of the series, we’ll shed some light on the subconscious mind and how to re-program it. What Is The Subconscious Mind? The subconscious mind, also called the unconscious mind, is the sum total of all mental processes, where no conscious control is present. Now, the thing to know is that most of the things that got…
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The Mind | Part 1 – The Conscious Mind
In the last post, we discussed how personal development starts in your mind. Today, we are going to look a little closer at the mind. When your goal is to step up your personal development game and create the best habits and thought patterns for your future self, there is something you simply cannot ignore. That is namely the conscious & subconscious parts of your mind, which play a big role in how you think, feel, and act in this world. Think of the mind as the engine of your experience – If you want to make changes/repairs to an engine, you have to know it quite well. In this…
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Personal Development: It All Starts with You
In today’s high-performing, dynamic society, more and more people tend to have higher goals for their personal and career development. This leads people to look for ways in which they can realize those visions and thus, the search for those in the external world becomes a constant. However, one of the most important things to realize, is that this all actually starts with… You. The Beginning of Personal Development: The Brain As humans, we are lucky enough to have what appears to be the most complex brain in the known universe. This is an organ, that through the senses, helps you assemble a logical picture of the world. In essence,…
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5 Key Steps To Becoming An Optimist
If you have Facebook, Twitter, or any social media account, chances are you have met the perpetual optimist. The person who always seems to have something positive to say, no matter how bad the situation is. They will post something online like: “Just got robbed, they broke my door down and stole everything I own. But I wasn’t home, and I have renter’s insurance. Hunt the good stuff!” You probably have one of two reactions to this type of material. You either A. Think the person is faking their optimism. Or B. Want to know how to be an optimist yourself. While being an optimist all of the time isn’t…
