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Are You Going Too Fast?

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“There’s more to life than making it go faster.” Wayne Dyer

I often find myself feeling immensely grateful, whenever I use my washing machine. I think back to my early childhood, with mum’s labour-intensive twin tub – and even my Grannie having to wash for a family of 6 with even fewer facilities. I feel grateful for the “time it saves me”, just loading it up, pressing a few buttons and forgetting about it. The irony is that my Grannie probably had more spare time than me. [Read more…] about Are You Going Too Fast?

Are You Working On Your Inner Beauty?

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“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within” ~ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

We can easily spend so much time concentrating on our outer sparkle, that we forget that the true beauty lies within.

Only in times of stress or difficulty do you get to see a person’s true colours. And that’s never their make-up or their clothes – it’s something that lies much deeper within.

Yet we spend so little time cultivating that inner beauty. Why? [Read more…] about Are You Working On Your Inner Beauty?

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Who Is The Grumpiest Of Them All?

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Mirror, Mirror On The Wall

Have you ever noticed how it’s socially acceptable to compete with others for the grumpiest or most stressed out day award? We all know how the conversation runs:

“You wouldn’t believe what happened to me today…!”
“Oh that’s nothing! You should hear what happened to me!”
“No way! You guys have got it easy, compared to me!”

Yet how often do we compete to be awarded the trophy for happiest person?

Why is that?

Assuming you’re after the “Grumpiest Of Them All” Award, to help you make sure you win today, here are 10 sure-fire grumpiness strategies you could start using right now.

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Snakes and Ladders

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Life is like a never-ending game of snakes and ladders. Except that instead of rolling dice, our chosen responses to the world around us dictate whether we slide down the slippery snake to glumtown or scoot up the happy ladder. Like a rollercoaster, life has ups and downs and it’s up to us to choose how we react to them.

Only you can decide.

So which is it going to be? And how do you do it?

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Want To Be Miserable? Compare Yourself To Others!

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Think about it: why do we compare ourselves with others?

Maybe it’s because it’s what we were taught to do at school, if we grew up with tests and class rankings?

Maybe it’s something we learned at home, by being compared with siblings?

Maybe it’s something we learned at work, with competition for the best jobs and pay rises?

Whatever the reason, comparing ourselves with others only leads to unhappiness because there are only two possible results:

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Are You Trying Too Hard To Feel Happier?

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Whatever we’re doing in life, most of the time, we just want to feel happier. Whether it’s getting the bigger house, the better job or the perfect relationship, we want to feel happy.

Yet how many of us have fallen into the trap of trying, over and over again, to make something work?

Whether it’s a relationship, a project, a job interview or even assembling flat-pack furniture, we fall back on the old proverb:

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.“

There are two problems here:

Going Slightly Mad
They say that doing the same thing over and over again, whilst expecting different results, is the one of the first signs of insanity.
For most of us, “try, try, try again” involves just that…
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“Trying” Gets Us Off The Hook
When we use the word “try” – either out loud or in our heads – we’re giving ourselves unconscious permission to fail.

Think about it:

“I’ll try to get that done by Tuesday.” Will it happen?

“I’ll try harder to get it right next time.” Will it be different?

What Not To Do

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