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‘Cognitive dissonance’, a psychological term can be said as the reason behind why we lie to ourselves.
We may experience cognitive dissonance; we feel an uncomfortable tension too between who we believe we are how we are behaving.
Most probably we lie to ourselves mainly on the progress ... Views: 475
Dream it… Plan it… Live IT!
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Dream it… Plan it… LIVE! That is my mantra. It’s what I believe life is about. I want to share an interesting concept with you surrounding this mantra.
It goes like this…
The 1st third of one’s life is figuring out how it all works. Who ... Views: 474
The real problem we face in our life is how to change our habits? As you all know, majority of our habits and behaviors are developed from our childhood and we also occur many habits when we are growing. Really, we measure a person by the habit and behavior, the way he talks, the way he ... Views: 470
Wearing life jackets is something that most aren't fond of doing. Life jackets are downright bulky, and they even feel uncomfortably hot sometimes. Still, authorities always assert that life jackets are important. It's because they serve as the first line of defense against drowning.
Kayak ... Views: 468
To live a healthy life you have to do some physical workout. By keeping your body fit and healthy you can face any challenges in life. A lot of people want to make exercise a regular part of their lives but they fail to do so. Exercising is on the top list of habits people want to follow but ... Views: 464
We like to first do the things that we enjoy. And, we leave behind the things or pay very little attention to things that we don’t like or enjoy doing. That’s the general human tendency. We would rather like to be in the comfort zone than the pain curve.
But do you know what is the secret to ... Views: 460
“Society has no meaning for them, for they do not know or realise the world around. They have no plans of escape, but beat time until darkness sets in”.
Long back in my teens, I read a novel of Alistair Maclean’s, “Fear is the Key”, suspense-filled thriller that takes man beyond endurance to ... Views: 456
We know how hard it can be to get a suitable house help. The right maid can help you achieve that spick and span feel and get a lot burden off your shoulders. We are listing down some tips and tricks that can help you narrow down someone suitable for house cleaning.
Define a ... Views: 454
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With regards to the successful redemption of the exercise, the guides have an incredible task to carry out in it. This is the reason QuranReading.com depends just on the best guides that have both the involvement in internet educating and the learning of ... Views: 452
How to stop being blunt under the pressure of problems?
LANGOLIERS OF OUR PSYCHE
In Stephen King's story, Langoliers are strange time-eating creatures. But they lived not only in the head of the genius writer. They live in the psyche of each of us, and skillfully controlling our behavior, ... Views: 451
To live a healthy life you have to do some physical workout. By keeping your body fit and healthy you can face any challenges in life. A lot of people want to make exercise a regular part of their lives but they fail to do so. Exercising is on the top list of habits people want to follow but ... Views: 450
Mental toughness is a critical ingredient to happiness and a healthy lifestyle. However, it is hardly discussed or given importance. Mental toughness is required for holding on to things when everything seems to be lost. Mental toughness is important for overcoming the different challenges of ... Views: 447
“Some often, when I talk or deal with others, I walk into an epicurean world where I become demanding and dictate terms of life for the others. I have often wondered why this happens; though it lasts a few very moments, for sure, it does happen. Is it an affliction? Am I neurotic?”
Not so ... Views: 444
Productivity is relative- relative to knowledge, acumen, health, will achieve and appropriate rest
Productivity is the capability of an individual or group to bring forth results using knowledge, acumen with a will to achieve.
Producing more is productivity and is relative to the ... Views: 443
Remove social media from your phone.
Learn how to meditate in a way that works for you and never stop (I learned by reading the book Untethered Soul by Michael Singer).
Make reading a daily habit.
Have hobbies you genuinely care about that aren’t movies and TV (Game of Thrones is not a damn ... Views: 443
Is HTV the same as iron on vinyl? The simple answer is YES.
Heat transfer vinyl, also known as iron on vinyl, T-shirt vinyl or HTV, is a special type of vinyl that can be adhered to fabric. This is different from vinyl adhesive sheets and film, which are sticky from the beginning. The adhesive ... Views: 440
I started following the timetable daily which I used to follow once in a week.
Take some fresh morning air and meditate as this helps to focus on my day.
Drink lots and lots of water. As this helps to keep me energize and as well as hydrated.
I plan my day before I start it, just take 5 min ... Views: 438
“Society has no meaning for them, for they do not know or realise the world around. They have no plans of escape, but beat time until darkness sets in”.
Long back in my teens, I read a novel of Alistair Maclean’s, “Fear is the Key”, suspense-filled thriller that takes man beyond endurance to ... Views: 437
Depression is a problem faced by all age group in a country. People who know about depression and various coping strategies also slip into depression at times in their own life. Everyone is aware of different methods but do not know how to apply in their life. When a person is affected by ... Views: 433
All people have a group of habits that decide the standard and state of their lives. Whether bad or good, mostly what we do on a day to day basis is defined by the habits that are engraved into the neural pathways of our minds over the years.
While the bad habits pull us back from achieving ... Views: 432
Self-improvement is a constant process. Everyone wants to bring changes to their lives that will help them improve their lifestyle but often struggle. Developing or maintaining good habits requires behaviour change. However, people often tend to stick to a particular kind of method or lifestyle ... Views: 430
To be successful in life, we have to work hard and adopt a lot of positive routines and habits. These positive and good habits make us who we are as individuals. They define how we behave and create our attitude. By adopting some personal habits, we can create an optimistic approach to life. It ... Views: 428
It is important to prepare well for bed at night. Sleeping is a very important function that contributes to our overall health and wellbeing. Doctors and health professionals all over the planet agree that an adult human being requires roughly eight hours of sleep each and every day. It does not ... Views: 427
Developing good habits is one of the best ways of living a healthy lifestyle. But developing good habits is not as simple as it sounds. Developing good habits is difficult because you get comfortable with the things you do every day and making changes becomes a tough task. Therefore, to help you ... Views: 423
Demoralizing comes from the root word morale. Morale means the confidence or enthusiasm of a person or group at any given situation or time. Demoralizing thus, would then be the result of factors or acts or words from others or the self, that contribute to losing the confidence and enthusiasm to ... Views: 422
Greatest PS4 Games For This Christmas
If you are after the best PS4 games of all time, you've come to the right location. Within the following article, you are going to see a top collection of the very best PS4 games of all time, irrespective of class or era. However, even when you're looking ... Views: 421
Can anyone keep negative people out of their lives? A probably impossible question to answer; thinking of keeping such people out, is negativity in itself, and negativity is inherent in human nature. We see negatively aligned people all through our lives- it could be our father, mother, wife, ... Views: 420
The flying flag is limited to its pole, but if it wills to fly beyond, it needs to break free, where it needs help…Anonymous
Problems are irritants to normal life. Rest is the state of mind that the physical being craves for, but irritants do occur, once very often, disturbing the normal ... Views: 417
We have all heard that health is wealth. Yes, it's true also. Neither money nor fame can bring health. It has to be achieved by the individual himself during his/her lifetime. There are many aspects a person should take care to live a healthy life and it starts from early morning wake up to dawn ... Views: 417
Developing good habits is one of the important aspects of life. However, it is not so easy to build them as it requires willpower and discipline. But sometimes the most difficult aspect of life is developing good habits again after you have fallen off the wagon or no more practicing them do due ... Views: 416
At some point in our lives, we’ve all tried to get rid of a habit, usually, because the habit is unwanted or something we know isn’t good for us (think biting your nails). And habits, even the good ones, can turn into obsessions. As humans, we tend not to notice the pattern of all subconscious ... Views: 414
A father with three lazy sons was losing health but was wealthy with a lot of fertile lands that needed to be tended to, to be fruitful. However he tried, he could not get his sons to the land and mow it to make it useful.
One day he called his sons to his side and said “I am failing in ... Views: 413
Ah August… finally some time off to relax!
In a world where we are always “on”, making sure we spend some quality time completely distanced from our usual activities and habits can be a powerful way to regenerate ourselves both bodily, mentally, and emotionally. In fact, when we do things ... Views: 413
Yes, it is difficult. Behavioural change is hard. No doubt about it. For example, At least eight times out of ten you are likely to go back to your old habit or pattern than you stick on to a new one.
Now let check why is that happen? What is the biggest reason for the failure of a new habit ... Views: 412
We all have many habits, some good and the others not so good. Our habits are the behaviors that we have developed over a course of time. Eventually, the habits occur almost automatically.
We all have bad habits too. Some have less, some have more. Subconsciously, we know and want to ... Views: 412
Five Traits that mark a person have been identified and proven to be the basis of human behaviour; Curiosity and creativity, productiveness and owning up, Extroversion, Compassion and respectfulness and Neuroticism. Human beings, at one time or the other exhibit these traits in their ... Views: 412
Not all human beings can perform all their duties well planned and be productive or 24×7. Everyone once in a day will face difficulty doing their duty accurately.
Unproductive habits are common and it occurs normally. But the real success lies behind controlling these unproductive habits. ... Views: 409
Everything we do in our daily lives reflects our personality. Even the smallest of activities which may seem insignificant provide meaningful insight into our personality. As per psychological research and expert opinion, our daily habits are a reflection of our personality. Let us look at the ... Views: 409
1. Read from start to finish
First, some of the problems when we start reading are that we don't know where to start to read. So what's the right way to read?
To read the book is as follows:
It's about just reading from start to finish, never coming back. There are many of you who are ... Views: 408
Good study habits can determine one’s success with good grades in exams, getting a degree or completing tasks or assignments on time. By nature, habits are automatic reactions or actions. Having a good habit to study regularly can reduce the stress one feels around exam time!
Following ... Views: 402
Humans alone are capable of dreaming, be it in sleep or while awake. Dreams during sleep could be pleasant or nightmarish where we may remember it when awake. It is because the brain does not sleep while the body does. But dreaming during wakeful hours is imagination. It is usually only about ... Views: 402
One of the attractions you will see in 2022 is the presence of the latest version of Batman Pkv Games, played by Robert Pattinson. Where many DC fans are skeptical about the presence of this version of Batman . Named The Batman , which is also not a bit interesting after this version of Batman , ... Views: 401
The 24-hour workday is very common in our society and it has led to a poor work-life balance.
We have reached a point where we are overworking ourselves. Technology has made it possible for us to always be connected, but this can have negative effects on our mental health. We need to find a way ... Views: 400
Plans are for the future and the futility of planning for tomorrow and unpredictability of tomorrow is best pictured by Omar Khayyam, a Persian tent maker, through his 21st Rubayath.
The moving finger writes and having writ moves on;
Neither all thy piety nor wit can lure it to cancel half ... Views: 400
Friends I have a simple gratitude habit that I have been following every day for the last three years. Now I am going to share it with you.
That Minor tragedy
The other day I ordered takeout from one of my favourite Indian restaurants. All my family members were there and all have light time ... Views: 398
Talent is defined as a “natural aptitude or skill”; which is wrong. Natural aptitudes are those traits that help sustain life. Talents are those aptitudes that one master to make life better. They are never imbibed through heredity but are mastered through training and effort to become skills. ... Views: 397
Man is a product of habits and habits die hard. Habits speak on the type of life one leads. Some of our habits can provide for a better way of life, while some can be detrimental.
Habits are acts one has practised way down life. They are actions or acts that we do almost involuntarily, very ... Views: 397
In our daily lives, we interact with a lot of people and deal with a lot of situations. It completely depends on our behaviour and attitude as to how we respond to them. This behaviour and these habits have been acquired from us over a period. They directly or indirectly affect our ... Views: 392
“Food is a right; good food is a privilege; safe food is a responsibility”. This needs to be the dictum that dictates our food habits and nothing else.
Man, for survival, requires adequate food to satisfy his hunger. Nations that leave, knowingly or unknowingly, even one of its citizens ... Views: 392
Keeping calm in difficult situations is easier said than practised. A frantic search for solutions is usually the norm in every difficulty, be it natural, self-inflicted or those that are caused by others. Fleeing from difficulty does not solve the situation for it could recur.
From time ... Views: 389