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In Part I of our examination of Positive Psychology, we explored the link between success and happiness and practices you can implement to increase happiness. Today, in Part II, I share my success with journaling for 5 minutes a day and identifying 3 gratitudes.
New and Noteworthy
Rewrite your rules and live your best life! by Cailen Ascher
- Define an area of your life you want to improve
- Write current rules, challenge limiting beliefs
- Write NEW rules
- Repeat NEW rules daily. Make them visible (sticky notes!) and adopt them as your new norm.
Self-Help Crash Test Dummy Experiment
In our second installment of You’ve got it backwards: How happiness today leads to success tomorrow, we are going to continue to discuss training your brain to be more optimistic to improve happiness and success.
Based on the TED talk The Happy Secret to Better Work by Shawn Achor (positive psychology thought leader), Achor tells us we’ve got it backwards, we need to increase our happiness to increase our success. Happiness is not dependent on success, instead success is dependent on happiness.
Results of My Self-Test Crash Test Dummy Experiment
- Journaling with the 5 Minute Journal
- 3 unique gratitudes every day
The ONE Thing You Can Do
Set a daily intention. Pair it with an activity or habit you perform in the morning (e.g. brushing your teeth, putting on makeup) to create a routine that will encourage consistency.
Quote of the Week
Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
– Pema Chodron, Buddhist teacher, author, nun and mother
Links & Resources in This Week’s Episode
- The Happy Secret to Better Work (Shawn Achor TED talk)
- Rewrite your rules and live your best life! (Cailen Ascher)
- 5 min Journal (You need this!)
- Pema Chodron
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