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Stoicism is not only a rational, but also a social philosophy. Marcus Aurelius often viewed the whole of human mankind as a single organism. Not only as a large human family, in which we’re all brothers and sister, uncles and aunts, but as a single living HI, WE’RE NILS AND JONAS SALZGEBER Hi, we're Nils and Jonas Salzgeber, two online entrepreneurs who travel the world in pursuit of self-mastery. You can refer to us as the NJ brothers. We are the founders of NJlifehacks.com, a popular personal development website with over 50,000 monthly visitors. We're also international authors who've sold over twenty-thousand copies

worldwide.

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Steps to Self-Acceptance. I’m insecure. When people ask me about what I’m doing with my life, I can’t answer properly. Not because I don’t know what I’m doing, but because I’m insecure about it. Lack of confidence? Maybe. At the root of the problem, though, lies a lack of self-acceptance. Don’t worry, I’m working on it. PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE DAY: THE STOIC MORNING ROUTINE Prepare Yourself for the Day: The Stoic Morning Routine. “When you first rise in the morning tell yourself: I will encounter busybodies, ingrates, egomaniacs, liars, the jealous and cranks. They are all stricken with these afflictions because they don’t know the difference between good and evil.”. – YOU DON’T OWN ANYTHING You Don’t Own Anything: Everything Is Borrowed from Nature and Needs to Be Returned. “We may claw and fight and work to own things, but those things can be taken away in a second. The same goes for other things we like to think are ‘ours’ but are equally precarious: our status, our physical health or strength, our relationships. HOW YOU CAN USE THE POWER OF REWARDS TO STOP Step 1: Stop Being So Fucking Self-Critical. Yes, procrastinating sucks, but beating yourself up over it only makes things worse. The kind of environment self-criticism endows is simply not healthy and can create a lot of problems. You see, the motivation resulting from self-criticism is one of fear. STOP WATCHING SO MUCH TELEVISION! IT’S KILLING YOUR According to a Nielsen report, U.S. adults spent an average of almost six hours (5:57) per day on video in 2018.. The good ol’ TV, live and time-shifted, eats up most time, with adults watching a staggering average of 4 hours and 46 minutes per day. “ULTRALEARNING” BY SCOTT YOUNG First, ultralearning is a strategy. Which means it’s a possible solution to a problem or challenge. It’s a tool that’s suited for certain situations and not others. Using a strategy is a choice, not a commandment. Second, ultralearning is self-directed. You decide what

to learn and why.

SUMMARY: THINK AND GROW RICH BY NAPOLEON HILL Riches begin with a state of mind. If we want to get rich, we must first change our minds so that we become, as Napoleon Hill calls it, money conscious. He says that we must literally THINK ourselves rich. The term riches by the way could mean any form of wealth like money, happiness, healthy relationships, business success etc.. THE 10,000 HOUR RULE & WHAT REALLY SEPARATES THE BEST FROM Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000-Hour Rule & What Really Separates the Best From the Rest. In 1993, Anders Ericsson arrived at the Music Academy of West Berlin to study violinists. His goal: Figure out why the best violinists are better than the rest. To this end, he asked the academy’s music professors to identify three sets of violin players.

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Stoicism is not only a rational, but also a social philosophy. Marcus Aurelius often viewed the whole of human mankind as a single organism. Not only as a large human family, in which we’re all brothers and sister, uncles and aunts, but as a single living HI, WE’RE NILS AND JONAS SALZGEBER Hi, we're Nils and Jonas Salzgeber, two online entrepreneurs who travel the world in pursuit of self-mastery. You can refer to us as the NJ brothers. We are the founders of NJlifehacks.com, a popular personal development website with over 50,000 monthly visitors. We're also international authors who've sold over twenty-thousand copies

worldwide.

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Steps to Self-Acceptance. I’m insecure. When people ask me about what I’m doing with my life, I can’t answer properly. Not because I don’t know what I’m doing, but because I’m insecure about it. Lack of confidence? Maybe. At the root of the problem, though, lies a lack of self-acceptance. Don’t worry, I’m working on it. PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE DAY: THE STOIC MORNING ROUTINE Prepare Yourself for the Day: The Stoic Morning Routine. “When you first rise in the morning tell yourself: I will encounter busybodies, ingrates, egomaniacs, liars, the jealous and cranks. They are all stricken with these afflictions because they don’t know the difference between good and evil.”. – YOU DON’T OWN ANYTHING You Don’t Own Anything: Everything Is Borrowed from Nature and Needs to Be Returned. “We may claw and fight and work to own things, but those things can be taken away in a second. The same goes for other things we like to think are ‘ours’ but are equally precarious: our status, our physical health or strength, our relationships. HOW YOU CAN USE THE POWER OF REWARDS TO STOP Step 1: Stop Being So Fucking Self-Critical. Yes, procrastinating sucks, but beating yourself up over it only makes things worse. The kind of environment self-criticism endows is simply not healthy and can create a lot of problems. You see, the motivation resulting from self-criticism is one of fear. STOP WATCHING SO MUCH TELEVISION! IT’S KILLING YOUR According to a Nielsen report, U.S. adults spent an average of almost six hours (5:57) per day on video in 2018.. The good ol’ TV, live and time-shifted, eats up most time, with adults watching a staggering average of 4 hours and 46 minutes per day. “ULTRALEARNING” BY SCOTT YOUNG First, ultralearning is a strategy. Which means it’s a possible solution to a problem or challenge. It’s a tool that’s suited for certain situations and not others. Using a strategy is a choice, not a commandment. Second, ultralearning is self-directed. You decide what

to learn and why.

SUMMARY: THINK AND GROW RICH BY NAPOLEON HILL Riches begin with a state of mind. If we want to get rich, we must first change our minds so that we become, as Napoleon Hill calls it, money conscious. He says that we must literally THINK ourselves rich. The term riches by the way could mean any form of wealth like money, happiness, healthy relationships, business success etc.. THE 10,000 HOUR RULE & WHAT REALLY SEPARATES THE BEST FROM Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000-Hour Rule & What Really Separates the Best From the Rest. In 1993, Anders Ericsson arrived at the Music Academy of West Berlin to study violinists. His goal: Figure out why the best violinists are better than the rest. To this end, he asked the academy’s music professors to identify three sets of violin players. A COMPLETE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO THE HIGH FAT DIET On a high fat diet you generally consume somewhere between 50-150g of carbohydrates. The lower end of the spectrum (50g) is usually best for overweight and not very active people. The higher end suits generally fit people who exercise a lot. If you want to lose fat rapidly you can

go below 50.

8 GRATITUDE EXERCISES TO UNLOCK THE MOST POWERFUL EMOTION Gratitude is perhaps the most powerful of human emotions. Benefits include improved physical health, greater happiness, better sleep, more self-esteem, stronger relationships, greater resilience, less anxiety, reduced symptoms of depression, and so much more.. That said, gratitude doesn’t come easy for most of us. We don’t wake up every morning feeling like a million bucks and HOW YOU CAN USE THE POWER OF REWARDS TO STOP Step 1: Stop Being So Fucking Self-Critical. Yes, procrastinating sucks, but beating yourself up over it only makes things worse. The kind of environment self-criticism endows is simply not healthy and can create a lot of problems. You see, the motivation resulting from self-criticism is one of fear. 3 WAYS TO GET RID OF 97% OF YOUR PROBLEMS Kill Your Probs #3:Get Rid of another 27% of Your Problems by Using The Put It in Perspective Strategy. Yes, there are bigger problems than a stinky fart and a lot of homework: Bills to pay. Difficult relationship. Asshole boss and a shit job. With such problems it helps to put them in perspective. WHY AM I NOT HAPPY? 17 REASONS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE REMEDIES. Go through your life eating a good enough breakfast, getting a good enough cup of coffee, and maybe even a good enough life partner. 6. You Take Your Blessings For Granted. Taking things for granted is a natural human tendency, and it’s another reason why we’re not as happy as we could be. THE COMPLETE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO DELIBERATE PRACTICE Ask for a great performance from yourself and you are likely to get it – as long as you’re specific about what “great” means. 2) Purposeful practice requires full engagement and high concentration. Just going through the motions, mindlessly repeating exercises, and thinking about what’s for dinner won’t cut it. BENEFITS OF HAPPINESS: 5 REASONS TO START PRIORITIZING It’s odd to talk about happiness in terms of benefits, isn’t it? After all, the benefit of happiness is obvious: it’s happiness itself — the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one’s life is good, meaningful, and

worthwhile.

16 RULES EVERY STOIC MUST FOLLOW What follows are the rules in more detail. Enjoy. (By the way, I was inspired to write this post and create the infographic by John Romaniello's 16 Rules Every Alpha Must Follow .) Quick Navigation. 1. Practice the Art of Living as a Warrior of the Mind. 2. Live like Your Ideal Self and Reflect upon Your Actions. 3. THE UNSCHEDULE: A COUNTER-INTUITIVE METHOD TO BEAT The Unschedule sees guilt-free play as a necessary ingredient for achieving peak performance. Like the guys from The Power of Full Engagement, Neil Fiore sees play as necessary for peak performance: “Guilt-free play is based on the seeming paradox that in order to do productive, high-quality work on important projects, you must stop putting off living and engage wholeheartedly in HOW TO FALL ASLEEP FASTER EVERY NIGHT 9. Drink some tea with collagen: This is awesome. First of all, collagen is super healthy (it promotes joint and bone strength), it’s a great protein source, and it helps you fall asleep faster because of the amino acid glycine. I put 10-20 grams of collagen in my good night tea (except when I’m fasting).

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Stoicism is not only a rational, but also a social philosophy. Marcus Aurelius often viewed the whole of human mankind as a single organism. Not only as a large human family, in which we’re all brothers and sister, uncles and aunts, but as a single living HI, WE’RE NILS AND JONAS SALZGEBER Hi, we're Nils and Jonas Salzgeber, two online entrepreneurs who travel the world in pursuit of self-mastery. You can refer to us as the NJ brothers. We are the founders of NJlifehacks.com, a popular personal development website with over 50,000 monthly visitors. We're also international authors who've sold over twenty-thousand copies

worldwide.

PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE DAY: THE STOIC MORNING ROUTINE Prepare Yourself for the Day: The Stoic Morning Routine. “When you first rise in the morning tell yourself: I will encounter busybodies, ingrates, egomaniacs, liars, the jealous and cranks. They are all stricken with these afflictions because they don’t know the difference between good and evil.”. – STOP WATCHING SO MUCH TELEVISION! IT’S KILLING YOUR According to a Nielsen report, U.S. adults spent an average of almost six hours (5:57) per day on video in 2018.. The good ol’ TV, live and time-shifted, eats up most time, with adults watching a staggering average of 4 hours and 46 minutes per day. HOW YOU CAN USE THE POWER OF REWARDS TO STOP Step 1: Stop Being So Fucking Self-Critical. Yes, procrastinating sucks, but beating yourself up over it only makes things worse. The kind of environment self-criticism endows is simply not healthy and can create a lot of problems. You see, the motivation resulting from self-criticism is one of fear. BENEFITS OF HAPPINESS: 5 REASONS TO START PRIORITIZING Happiness is good for your health. Other studies have shown that it predicts lower heart rate and blood pressure. It combats stress, boosts your immune system, and protects you from aches and pains. Consider an experiment which exposed 350 adults to the common cold. “ULTRALEARNING” BY SCOTT YOUNG First, ultralearning is a strategy. Which means it’s a possible solution to a problem or challenge. It’s a tool that’s suited for certain situations and not others. Using a strategy is a choice, not a commandment. Second, ultralearning is self-directed. You decide what

to learn and why.

“THE LITTLE BOOK OF TALENT: 52 TIPS FOR IMPROVING YOUR Daniel Coyle is the author of The Talent Code, in which he explains how talent is made.. The short story: talent is the result of practice + motivation + having a great coach. It’s not about innate traits; it’s all about (the right kind of!) practice, practice, practice. SUMMARY: THINK AND GROW RICH BY NAPOLEON HILL Riches begin with a state of mind. If we want to get rich, we must first change our minds so that we become, as Napoleon Hill calls it, money conscious. He says that we must literally THINK ourselves rich. The term riches by the way could mean any form of wealth like money, happiness, healthy relationships, business success etc.. THE 10,000 HOUR RULE & WHAT REALLY SEPARATES THE BEST FROM Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000-Hour Rule & What Really Separates the Best From the Rest. In 1993, Anders Ericsson arrived at the Music Academy of West Berlin to study violinists. His goal: Figure out why the best violinists are better than the rest. To this end, he asked the academy’s music professors to identify three sets of violin players. A COMPLETE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO THE HIGH FAT DIET On a high fat diet you generally consume somewhere between 50-150g of carbohydrates. The lower end of the spectrum (50g) is usually best for overweight and not very active people. The higher end suits generally fit people who exercise a lot. If you want to lose fat rapidly you can

go below 50.

8 GRATITUDE EXERCISES TO UNLOCK THE MOST POWERFUL EMOTION Gratitude is perhaps the most powerful of human emotions. Benefits include improved physical health, greater happiness, better sleep, more self-esteem, stronger relationships, greater resilience, less anxiety, reduced symptoms of depression, and so much more.. That said, gratitude doesn’t come easy for most of us. We don’t wake up every morning feeling like a million bucks and

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Steps to Self-Acceptance. I’m insecure. When people ask me about what I’m doing with my life, I can’t answer properly. Not because I don’t know what I’m doing, but because I’m insecure about it. Lack of confidence? Maybe. At the root of the problem, though, lies a lack of self-acceptance. Don’t worry, I’m working on it. HOW YOU CAN USE THE POWER OF REWARDS TO STOP Step 1: Stop Being So Fucking Self-Critical. Yes, procrastinating sucks, but beating yourself up over it only makes things worse. The kind of environment self-criticism endows is simply not healthy and can create a lot of problems. You see, the motivation resulting from self-criticism is one of fear. 3 WAYS TO GET RID OF 97% OF YOUR PROBLEMS Kill Your Probs #3:Get Rid of another 27% of Your Problems by Using The Put It in Perspective Strategy. Yes, there are bigger problems than a stinky fart and a lot of homework: Bills to pay. Difficult relationship. Asshole boss and a shit job. With such problems it helps to put them in perspective. SUMMARY: THINK AND GROW RICH BY NAPOLEON HILL Riches begin with a state of mind. If we want to get rich, we must first change our minds so that we become, as Napoleon Hill calls it, money conscious. He says that we must literally THINK ourselves rich. The term riches by the way could mean any form of wealth like money, happiness, healthy relationships, business success etc.. WHY AM I NOT HAPPY? 17 REASONS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE REMEDIES. Go through your life eating a good enough breakfast, getting a good enough cup of coffee, and maybe even a good enough life partner. 6. You Take Your Blessings For Granted. Taking things for granted is a natural human tendency, and it’s another reason why we’re not as happy as we could be. THE COMPLETE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO DELIBERATE PRACTICE Ask for a great performance from yourself and you are likely to get it – as long as you’re specific about what “great” means. 2) Purposeful practice requires full engagement and high concentration. Just going through the motions, mindlessly repeating exercises, and thinking about what’s for dinner won’t cut it. BENEFITS OF HAPPINESS: 5 REASONS TO START PRIORITIZING Happiness is good for your health. Other studies have shown that it predicts lower heart rate and blood pressure. It combats stress, boosts your immune system, and protects you from aches and pains. Consider an experiment which exposed 350 adults to the common cold. HOW TO FALL ASLEEP FASTER EVERY NIGHT 9. Drink some tea with collagen: This is awesome. First of all, collagen is super healthy (it promotes joint and bone strength), it’s a great protein source, and it helps you fall asleep faster because of the amino acid glycine. I put 10-20 grams of collagen in my good night tea (except when I’m fasting).

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Stoicism is not only a rational, but also a social philosophy. Marcus Aurelius often viewed the whole of human mankind as a single organism. Not only as a large human family, in which we’re all brothers and sister, uncles and aunts, but as a single living HI, WE’RE NILS AND JONAS SALZGEBER Hi, we're Nils and Jonas Salzgeber, two online entrepreneurs who travel the world in pursuit of self-mastery. You can refer to us as

the NJ brothers.

6 LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT PROCRASTINATION NOBODY TELLS Nils Salzgeber. Nils Salzgeber is an Amazon #1 bestselling author and co-founder of NJlifehacks. He is a productivity and personal transformation specialist who combines personal experience with modern

science.

THE UNSCHEDULE: A COUNTER-INTUITIVE METHOD TO BEAT The Unschedule sees guilt-free play as a necessary ingredient for achieving peak performance. Like the guys from The Power of Full Engagement, Neil Fiore sees play as necessary for peak performance: “Guilt-free play is based on the seeming paradox that in order to do productive, high-quality work on important projects, you must stop putting off living and engage wholeheartedly in BENEFITS OF HAPPINESS: 5 REASONS TO START PRIORITIZING It’s odd to talk about happiness in terms of benefits, isn’t it? After all, the benefit of happiness is obvious: it’s happiness itself — the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one’s life is good, meaningful, and

worthwhile.

WHY AM I NOT HAPPY? 17 REASONS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE REMEDIES. Nils Salzgeber. Nils Salzgeber is an Amazon #1 bestselling author and co-founder of NJlifehacks. He is a productivity and personal transformation specialist who combines personal experience with modern

science.

YOU DON’T OWN ANYTHING Now, the idea that you don’t truly own anything didn’t come to me in my dreams. I learned about it from author Ryan Holiday. He didn’t dream it either but took it from the Stoics. HOW YOU CAN USE THE POWER OF REWARDS TO STOP “Behavior that gets rewarded gets repeated.”. Tell your dog to “sit” and when he does so, reward him with a goodie. Do this a couple of times and the PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE DAY: THE STOIC MORNING ROUTINE The idea is to get better each and every day. Get a step closer toward our goals. Also, we should remind ourselves of our rational nature so we don’t (over-)identify with body, property, or reputation. We better aspire to greater reason and virtue, and meditate on our

actions.

THE 10,000 HOUR RULE & WHAT REALLY SEPARATES THE BEST FROM In 1993, Anders Ericsson arrived at the Music Academy of West Berlin to study violinists. His goal: Figure out why the best violinists are better than the rest.

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Stoicism is not only a rational, but also a social philosophy. Marcus Aurelius often viewed the whole of human mankind as a single organism. Not only as a large human family, in which we’re all brothers and sister, uncles and aunts, but as a single living HI, WE’RE NILS AND JONAS SALZGEBER Hi, we're Nils and Jonas Salzgeber, two online entrepreneurs who travel the world in pursuit of self-mastery. You can refer to us as

the NJ brothers.

6 LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT PROCRASTINATION NOBODY TELLS Nils Salzgeber. Nils Salzgeber is an Amazon #1 bestselling author and co-founder of NJlifehacks. He is a productivity and personal transformation specialist who combines personal experience with modern

science.

THE UNSCHEDULE: A COUNTER-INTUITIVE METHOD TO BEAT The Unschedule sees guilt-free play as a necessary ingredient for achieving peak performance. Like the guys from The Power of Full Engagement, Neil Fiore sees play as necessary for peak performance: “Guilt-free play is based on the seeming paradox that in order to do productive, high-quality work on important projects, you must stop putting off living and engage wholeheartedly in BENEFITS OF HAPPINESS: 5 REASONS TO START PRIORITIZING It’s odd to talk about happiness in terms of benefits, isn’t it? After all, the benefit of happiness is obvious: it’s happiness itself — the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one’s life is good, meaningful, and

worthwhile.

WHY AM I NOT HAPPY? 17 REASONS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE REMEDIES. Nils Salzgeber. Nils Salzgeber is an Amazon #1 bestselling author and co-founder of NJlifehacks. He is a productivity and personal transformation specialist who combines personal experience with modern

science.

YOU DON’T OWN ANYTHING Now, the idea that you don’t truly own anything didn’t come to me in my dreams. I learned about it from author Ryan Holiday. He didn’t dream it either but took it from the Stoics. HOW YOU CAN USE THE POWER OF REWARDS TO STOP “Behavior that gets rewarded gets repeated.”. Tell your dog to “sit” and when he does so, reward him with a goodie. Do this a couple of times and the PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE DAY: THE STOIC MORNING ROUTINE The idea is to get better each and every day. Get a step closer toward our goals. Also, we should remind ourselves of our rational nature so we don’t (over-)identify with body, property, or reputation. We better aspire to greater reason and virtue, and meditate on our

actions.

THE 10,000 HOUR RULE & WHAT REALLY SEPARATES THE BEST FROM In 1993, Anders Ericsson arrived at the Music Academy of West Berlin to study violinists. His goal: Figure out why the best violinists are better than the rest. HI, WE’RE NILS AND JONAS SALZGEBER Random Stuff About Us. We’re told you may find this interesting, so here we go We have two more brothers, making it a total of four (duh). We lived in Egypt for six months during the 2017/2018 northern

hemisphere winter.

A COMPLETE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO THE HIGH FAT DIET Do you want an easy, effective, healthy, and convenient way of eating?A way of eating that gives you clear mental focus, almost endless energy, and even helps you lose weight?Well, then you sound like the perfect match for the high fat diet. 8 GRATITUDE EXERCISES TO UNLOCK THE MOST POWERFUL EMOTION Gratitude is perhaps the most powerful of human emotions. Benefits include improved physical health, greater happiness, better sleep, more self-esteem, stronger relationships, greater resilience, less anxiety, reduced symptoms of depression, and so much more.. That said, gratitude doesn’t come easy for most of us. We don’t wake up every morning feeling like a million bucks and “ULTRALEARNING” BY SCOTT YOUNG Nils Salzgeber. Nils Salzgeber is an Amazon #1 bestselling author and co-founder of NJlifehacks. He is a productivity and personal transformation specialist who combines personal experience with STOP WATCHING SO MUCH TELEVISION! IT’S KILLING YOUR According to a Nielsen report, U.S. adults spent an average of almost six hours (5:57) per day on video in 2018.. The good ol’ TV, live and time-shifted, eats up most time, with adults watching a staggering average of 4 hours and 46 minutes per day. PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE DAY: THE STOIC MORNING ROUTINE The idea is to get better each and every day. Get a step closer toward our goals. Also, we should remind ourselves of our rational nature so we don’t (over-)identify with body, property, or reputation. We better aspire to greater reason and virtue, and meditate on our

actions.

8 MUST-READ BOOKS ON PROCRASTINATION In a recent article, I told you about the four most important steps I took to overcome severe procrastination.. Step one was all about becoming a learning machine. I describe in the article how the life-long learner mindset has played a crucial role in helping me improve many aspects related to procrastination, such as self-discipline, self-compassion, mindfulness, and emotion regulation. “AUTHENTIC HAPPINESS” BY MARTIN SELIGMAN (BOOK SUMMARY) Authentic Happiness is a book on the science of happiness written by Martin Seligman, the father of the Positive Psychology movement.. Positive Psychology is a new domain in psychology that’s only about 20 years old. In its essence, it’s the study of human well-being. THE MYTH OF NATURAL TALENT: WHAT IT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH Sam Snead was one of the greatest golf players of all time. His success was attributed to natural talent; people literally called him the best natural player ever. WHAT IS STOICISM? A DEFINITION & 10 STOIC KEY PRINCIPLES Stoicism was a school of ancient philosophy founded in Athens by the Phoenician merchant Zeno of Citium around 301 BC.It was originally called Zenonism but came to be known as Stoicism because Zeno and his followers met in the Stoa Poikilê, or Painted Porch. HI, WE’RE NILS AND JONAS SALZGEBER Hi, we're Nils and Jonas Salzgeber, two online entrepreneurs who travel the world in pursuit of self-mastery. You can refer to us as the NJ brothers. We are the founders of NJlifehacks.com, a popular personal development website with over 50,000 monthly visitors. We're also international authors who've sold over twenty-thousand copies

worldwide.

A COMPLETE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO THE HIGH FAT DIET On a high fat diet you generally consume somewhere between 50-150g of carbohydrates. The lower end of the spectrum (50g) is usually best for overweight and not very active people. The higher end suits generally fit people who exercise a lot. If you want to lose fat rapidly you can

go below 50.

8 GRATITUDE EXERCISES TO UNLOCK THE MOST POWERFUL EMOTION Gratitude is perhaps the most powerful of human emotions. Benefits include improved physical health, greater happiness, better sleep, more self-esteem, stronger relationships, greater resilience, less anxiety, reduced symptoms of depression, and so much more.. That said, gratitude doesn’t come easy for most of us. We don’t wake up every morning feeling like a million bucks and THE UNSCHEDULE: A COUNTER-INTUITIVE METHOD TO BEAT The Unschedule sees guilt-free play as a necessary ingredient for achieving peak performance. Like the guys from The Power of Full Engagement, Neil Fiore sees play as necessary for peak performance: “Guilt-free play is based on the seeming paradox that in order to do productive, high-quality work on important projects, you must stop putting off living and engage wholeheartedly in YOU DON’T OWN ANYTHING You Don’t Own Anything: Everything Is Borrowed from Nature and Needs to Be Returned. “We may claw and fight and work to own things, but those things can be taken away in a second. The same goes for other things we like to think are ‘ours’ but are equally precarious: our status, our physical health or strength, our relationships. 6 LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT PROCRASTINATION NOBODY TELLS It was an emotion management and self-discipline problem. I didn’t have the necessary emotion regulation skills nor enough self-discipline for handling the negative emotions and the pain stirred up by certain tasks. Procrastination is about managing the self (our thoughts, feelings, and actions), not managing time. 3. STOP WATCHING SO MUCH TELEVISION! IT’S KILLING YOUR According to a Nielsen report, U.S. adults spent an average of almost six hours (5:57) per day on video in 2018.. The good ol’ TV, live and time-shifted, eats up most time, with adults watching a staggering average of 4 hours and 46 minutes per day. BENEFITS OF HAPPINESS: 5 REASONS TO START PRIORITIZING Happiness is good for your health. Other studies have shown that it predicts lower heart rate and blood pressure. It combats stress, boosts your immune system, and protects you from aches and pains. Consider an experiment which exposed 350 adults to the common cold. PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE DAY: THE STOIC MORNING ROUTINE Prepare Yourself for the Day: The Stoic Morning Routine. “When you first rise in the morning tell yourself: I will encounter busybodies, ingrates, egomaniacs, liars, the jealous and cranks. They are all stricken with these afflictions because they don’t know the difference between good and evil.”. – THE 10,000 HOUR RULE & WHAT REALLY SEPARATES THE BEST FROM Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000-Hour Rule & What Really Separates the Best From the Rest. In 1993, Anders Ericsson arrived at the Music Academy of West Berlin to study violinists. His goal: Figure out why the best violinists are better than the rest. To this end, he asked the academy’s music professors to identify three sets of violin players. HI, WE’RE NILS AND JONAS SALZGEBER Hi, we're Nils and Jonas Salzgeber, two online entrepreneurs who travel the world in pursuit of self-mastery. You can refer to us as the NJ brothers. We are the founders of NJlifehacks.com, a popular personal development website with over 50,000 monthly visitors. We're also international authors who've sold over twenty-thousand copies

worldwide.

A COMPLETE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO THE HIGH FAT DIET On a high fat diet you generally consume somewhere between 50-150g of carbohydrates. The lower end of the spectrum (50g) is usually best for overweight and not very active people. The higher end suits generally fit people who exercise a lot. If you want to lose fat rapidly you can

go below 50.

8 GRATITUDE EXERCISES TO UNLOCK THE MOST POWERFUL EMOTION Gratitude is perhaps the most powerful of human emotions. Benefits include improved physical health, greater happiness, better sleep, more self-esteem, stronger relationships, greater resilience, less anxiety, reduced symptoms of depression, and so much more.. That said, gratitude doesn’t come easy for most of us. We don’t wake up every morning feeling like a million bucks and THE UNSCHEDULE: A COUNTER-INTUITIVE METHOD TO BEAT The Unschedule sees guilt-free play as a necessary ingredient for achieving peak performance. Like the guys from The Power of Full Engagement, Neil Fiore sees play as necessary for peak performance: “Guilt-free play is based on the seeming paradox that in order to do productive, high-quality work on important projects, you must stop putting off living and engage wholeheartedly in YOU DON’T OWN ANYTHING You Don’t Own Anything: Everything Is Borrowed from Nature and Needs to Be Returned. “We may claw and fight and work to own things, but those things can be taken away in a second. The same goes for other things we like to think are ‘ours’ but are equally precarious: our status, our physical health or strength, our relationships. 6 LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT PROCRASTINATION NOBODY TELLS It was an emotion management and self-discipline problem. I didn’t have the necessary emotion regulation skills nor enough self-discipline for handling the negative emotions and the pain stirred up by certain tasks. Procrastination is about managing the self (our thoughts, feelings, and actions), not managing time. 3. STOP WATCHING SO MUCH TELEVISION! IT’S KILLING YOUR According to a Nielsen report, U.S. adults spent an average of almost six hours (5:57) per day on video in 2018.. The good ol’ TV, live and time-shifted, eats up most time, with adults watching a staggering average of 4 hours and 46 minutes per day. BENEFITS OF HAPPINESS: 5 REASONS TO START PRIORITIZING Happiness is good for your health. Other studies have shown that it predicts lower heart rate and blood pressure. It combats stress, boosts your immune system, and protects you from aches and pains. Consider an experiment which exposed 350 adults to the common cold. PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE DAY: THE STOIC MORNING ROUTINE Prepare Yourself for the Day: The Stoic Morning Routine. “When you first rise in the morning tell yourself: I will encounter busybodies, ingrates, egomaniacs, liars, the jealous and cranks. They are all stricken with these afflictions because they don’t know the difference between good and evil.”. – THE 10,000 HOUR RULE & WHAT REALLY SEPARATES THE BEST FROM Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000-Hour Rule & What Really Separates the Best From the Rest. In 1993, Anders Ericsson arrived at the Music Academy of West Berlin to study violinists. His goal: Figure out why the best violinists are better than the rest. To this end, he asked the academy’s music professors to identify three sets of violin players.

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Stoicism is not only a rational, but also a social philosophy. Marcus Aurelius often viewed the whole of human mankind as a single organism. Not only as a large human family, in which we’re all brothers and sister, uncles and aunts, but as a single living HI, WE’RE NILS AND JONAS SALZGEBER Hi, we're Nils and Jonas Salzgeber, two online entrepreneurs who travel the world in pursuit of self-mastery. You can refer to us as the NJ brothers. We are the founders of NJlifehacks.com, a popular personal development website with over 50,000 monthly visitors. We're also international authors who've sold over twenty-thousand copies

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A COMPLETE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO THE HIGH FAT DIET On a high fat diet you generally consume somewhere between 50-150g of carbohydrates. The lower end of the spectrum (50g) is usually best for overweight and not very active people. The higher end suits generally fit people who exercise a lot. If you want to lose fat rapidly you can

go below 50.

8 GRATITUDE EXERCISES TO UNLOCK THE MOST POWERFUL EMOTION Gratitude is perhaps the most powerful of human emotions. Benefits include improved physical health, greater happiness, better sleep, more self-esteem, stronger relationships, greater resilience, less anxiety, reduced symptoms of depression, and so much more.. That said, gratitude doesn’t come easy for most of us. We don’t wake up every morning feeling like a million bucks and STOP WATCHING SO MUCH TELEVISION! IT’S KILLING YOUR According to a Nielsen report, U.S. adults spent an average of almost six hours (5:57) per day on video in 2018.. The good ol’ TV, live and time-shifted, eats up most time, with adults watching a staggering average of 4 hours and 46 minutes per day. PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE DAY: THE STOIC MORNING ROUTINE Prepare Yourself for the Day: The Stoic Morning Routine. “When you first rise in the morning tell yourself: I will encounter busybodies, ingrates, egomaniacs, liars, the jealous and cranks. They are all stricken with these afflictions because they don’t know the difference between good and evil.”. – Marcus Aurelius. HOW YOU CAN USE THE POWER OF REWARDS TO STOP Step 1: Stop Being So Fucking Self-Critical. Yes, procrastinating sucks, but beating yourself up over it only makes things worse. The kind of environment self-criticism endows is simply not healthy and can create a lot of problems. You see, the motivation resulting from self-criticism is one of fear. 8 MUST-READ BOOKS ON PROCRASTINATION In a recent article, I told you about the four most important steps I took to overcome severe procrastination.. Step one was all about becoming a learning machine. I describe in the article how the life-long learner mindset has played a crucial role in helping me improve many aspects related to procrastination, such as self-discipline, self-compassion, mindfulness, and emotion regulation. THE MYTH OF NATURAL TALENT: WHAT IT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH Sam Snead was one of the greatest golf players of all time. His success was attributed to natural talent; people literally called him the best natural player ever. Snead himself didn’t agree. In an interview with Golf Digest, he said, “People always said I had a WHY MATERIALISM MAKES YOU MISERABLE (AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT) Materialists are a prime example of people who are pursuing extrinsic goals. Which is why materialism is making people so miserable. Extrinsic goals have been shown to lead to poor mental health, anxiety, depression, narcissism, and even poorer social functioning.

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Stoicism is not only a rational, but also a social philosophy. Marcus Aurelius often viewed the whole of human mankind as a single organism. Not only as a large human family, in which we’re all brothers and sister, uncles and aunts, but as a single living HI, WE’RE NILS AND JONAS SALZGEBER Hi, we're Nils and Jonas Salzgeber, two online entrepreneurs who travel the world in pursuit of self-mastery. You can refer to us as the NJ brothers. We are the founders of NJlifehacks.com, a popular personal development website with over 50,000 monthly visitors. We're also international authors who've sold over twenty-thousand copies

worldwide.

8 GRATITUDE EXERCISES TO UNLOCK THE MOST POWERFUL EMOTION Gratitude is perhaps the most powerful of human emotions. Benefits include improved physical health, greater happiness, better sleep, more self-esteem, stronger relationships, greater resilience, less anxiety, reduced symptoms of depression, and so much more.. That said, gratitude doesn’t come easy for most of us. We don’t wake up every morning feeling like a million bucks and STOP WATCHING SO MUCH TELEVISION! IT’S KILLING YOUR According to a Nielsen report, U.S. adults spent an average of almost six hours (5:57) per day on video in 2018.. The good ol’ TV, live and time-shifted, eats up most time, with adults watching a staggering average of 4 hours and 46 minutes per day. HOW YOU CAN USE THE POWER OF REWARDS TO STOP Step 1: Stop Being So Fucking Self-Critical. Yes, procrastinating sucks, but beating yourself up over it only makes things worse. The kind of environment self-criticism endows is simply not healthy and can create a lot of problems. You see, the motivation resulting from self-criticism is one of fear. YOU DON’T OWN ANYTHING You Don’t Own Anything: Everything Is Borrowed from Nature and Needs to Be Returned. “We may claw and fight and work to own things, but those things can be taken away in a second. The same goes for other things we like to think are ‘ours’ but are equally precarious: our status, our physical health or strength, our relationships. “THE LITTLE BOOK OF TALENT: 52 TIPS FOR IMPROVING YOURA LITTLE TALENT AGENCYBOOK THE TALENT CODEBOOK TALENT CODETALENT PDFTEN TALENTS BOOKTHE TALENT CODE BOOK SUMMARY Daniel Coyle is the author of The Talent Code, in which he explains how talent is made.. The short story: talent is the result of practice + motivation + having a great coach. It’s not about innate traits; it’s all about (the right kind of!) practice, practice, practice. INTRINSIC VS. EXTRINSIC GOALS: ARE YOU PURSUING THE WRONGSEE MORE ON

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SUMMARY: THINK AND GROW RICH BY NAPOLEON HILL Riches begin with a state of mind. If we want to get rich, we must first change our minds so that we become, as Napoleon Hill calls it, money conscious. He says that we must literally THINK ourselves rich. The term riches by the way could mean any form of wealth like money, happiness, healthy relationships, business success etc.. THE 10,000 HOUR RULE & WHAT REALLY SEPARATES THE BEST FROM Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000-Hour Rule & What Really Separates the Best From the Rest. In 1993, Anders Ericsson arrived at the Music Academy of West Berlin to study violinists. His goal: Figure out why the best violinists are better than the rest. To this end, he asked the academy’s music professors to identify three sets of violin players.

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Stoicism is not only a rational, but also a social philosophy. Marcus Aurelius often viewed the whole of human mankind as a single organism. Not only as a large human family, in which we’re all brothers and sister, uncles and aunts, but as a single living HI, WE’RE NILS AND JONAS SALZGEBER Hi, we're Nils and Jonas Salzgeber, two online entrepreneurs who travel the world in pursuit of self-mastery. You can refer to us as the NJ brothers. We are the founders of NJlifehacks.com, a popular personal development website with over 50,000 monthly visitors. We're also international authors who've sold over twenty-thousand copies

worldwide.

8 GRATITUDE EXERCISES TO UNLOCK THE MOST POWERFUL EMOTION Gratitude is perhaps the most powerful of human emotions. Benefits include improved physical health, greater happiness, better sleep, more self-esteem, stronger relationships, greater resilience, less anxiety, reduced symptoms of depression, and so much more.. That said, gratitude doesn’t come easy for most of us. We don’t wake up every morning feeling like a million bucks and STOP WATCHING SO MUCH TELEVISION! IT’S KILLING YOUR According to a Nielsen report, U.S. adults spent an average of almost six hours (5:57) per day on video in 2018.. The good ol’ TV, live and time-shifted, eats up most time, with adults watching a staggering average of 4 hours and 46 minutes per day. HOW YOU CAN USE THE POWER OF REWARDS TO STOP Step 1: Stop Being So Fucking Self-Critical. Yes, procrastinating sucks, but beating yourself up over it only makes things worse. The kind of environment self-criticism endows is simply not healthy and can create a lot of problems. You see, the motivation resulting from self-criticism is one of fear. YOU DON’T OWN ANYTHING You Don’t Own Anything: Everything Is Borrowed from Nature and Needs to Be Returned. “We may claw and fight and work to own things, but those things can be taken away in a second. The same goes for other things we like to think are ‘ours’ but are equally precarious: our status, our physical health or strength, our relationships. “THE LITTLE BOOK OF TALENT: 52 TIPS FOR IMPROVING YOURA LITTLE TALENT AGENCYBOOK THE TALENT CODEBOOK TALENT CODETALENT PDFTEN TALENTS BOOKTHE TALENT CODE BOOK SUMMARY Daniel Coyle is the author of The Talent Code, in which he explains how talent is made.. The short story: talent is the result of practice + motivation + having a great coach. It’s not about innate traits; it’s all about (the right kind of!) practice, practice, practice. INTRINSIC VS. EXTRINSIC GOALS: ARE YOU PURSUING THE WRONGSEE MORE ON

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SUMMARY: THINK AND GROW RICH BY NAPOLEON HILL Riches begin with a state of mind. If we want to get rich, we must first change our minds so that we become, as Napoleon Hill calls it, money conscious. He says that we must literally THINK ourselves rich. The term riches by the way could mean any form of wealth like money, happiness, healthy relationships, business success etc.. THE 10,000 HOUR RULE & WHAT REALLY SEPARATES THE BEST FROM Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000-Hour Rule & What Really Separates the Best From the Rest. In 1993, Anders Ericsson arrived at the Music Academy of West Berlin to study violinists. His goal: Figure out why the best violinists are better than the rest. To this end, he asked the academy’s music professors to identify three sets of violin players. A COMPLETE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO THE HIGH FAT DIET On a high fat diet you generally consume somewhere between 50-150g of carbohydrates. The lower end of the spectrum (50g) is usually best for overweight and not very active people. The higher end suits generally fit people who exercise a lot. If you want to lose fat rapidly you can

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Steps to Self-Acceptance. I’m insecure. When people ask me about what I’m doing with my life, I can’t answer properly. Not because I don’t know what I’m doing, but because I’m insecure about it. Lack of confidence? Maybe. At the root of the problem, though, lies a lack of self-acceptance. Don’t worry, I’m working on it. HOW YOU CAN USE THE POWER OF REWARDS TO STOP Step 1: Stop Being So Fucking Self-Critical. Yes, procrastinating sucks, but beating yourself up over it only makes things worse. The kind of environment self-criticism endows is simply not healthy and can create a lot of problems. You see, the motivation resulting from self-criticism is one of fear. YOU DON’T OWN ANYTHING You Don’t Own Anything: Everything Is Borrowed from Nature and Needs to Be Returned. “We may claw and fight and work to own things, but those things can be taken away in a second. The same goes for other things we like to think are ‘ours’ but are equally precarious: our status, our physical health or strength, our relationships. BENEFITS OF HAPPINESS: 5 REASONS TO START PRIORITIZING It’s odd to talk about happiness in terms of benefits, isn’t it? After all, the benefit of happiness is obvious: it’s happiness itself — the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one’s life is good, meaningful, and

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“ULTRALEARNING” BY SCOTT YOUNG First, ultralearning is a strategy. Which means it’s a possible solution to a problem or challenge. It’s a tool that’s suited for certain situations and not others. Using a strategy is a choice, not a commandment. Second, ultralearning is self-directed. You decide what

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SUMMARY: THINK AND GROW RICH BY NAPOLEON HILL Riches begin with a state of mind. If we want to get rich, we must first change our minds so that we become, as Napoleon Hill calls it, money conscious. He says that we must literally THINK ourselves rich. The term riches by the way could mean any form of wealth like money, happiness, healthy relationships, business success etc.. PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE DAY: THE STOIC MORNING ROUTINE Prepare Yourself for the Day: The Stoic Morning Routine. “When you first rise in the morning tell yourself: I will encounter busybodies, ingrates, egomaniacs, liars, the jealous and cranks. They are all stricken with these afflictions because they don’t know the difference between good and evil.”. – Marcus Aurelius. REVIEW YOUR DAY: THE STOIC EVENING ROUTINE Review Your Day: The Stoic Evening Routine. “I make use of this opportunity, daily pleading my case at my own court. When the light has been taken away and my wife has fallen silent, aware as she is of my habit, I examine my entire day, going through what I have done and said. I conceal nothing from myself, I pass nothing by. THE PRODUCTIVITY PARADOX: HOW WORKING LESS WILL MAKE YOU Getting enough sleep will make you a more productive, friendlier, and happier person. Heck, it will even help you skip a class or two! 2. Work Less, Meditate More. Meditation is the #1 tool to train your mind. It’s scientifically proven to increase your ability to focus, concentrate, and pay attention.

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Stoicism is not only a rational, but also a social philosophy. Marcus Aurelius often viewed the whole of human mankind as a single organism. Not only as a large human family, in which we’re all brothers and sister, uncles and aunts, but as a single living HI, WE’RE NILS AND JONAS SALZGEBER Hi, we're Nils and Jonas Salzgeber, two online entrepreneurs who travel the world in pursuit of self-mastery. You can refer to us as the NJ brothers. We are the founders of NJlifehacks.com, a popular personal development website with over 50,000 monthly visitors. We're also international authors who've sold over twenty-thousand copies

worldwide.

A COMPLETE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO THE HIGH FAT DIET On a high fat diet you generally consume somewhere between 50-150g of carbohydrates. The lower end of the spectrum (50g) is usually best for overweight and not very active people. The higher end suits generally fit people who exercise a lot. If you want to lose fat rapidly you can

go below 50.

8 GRATITUDE EXERCISES TO UNLOCK THE MOST POWERFUL EMOTION Gratitude is perhaps the most powerful of human emotions. Benefits include improved physical health, greater happiness, better sleep, more self-esteem, stronger relationships, greater resilience, less anxiety, reduced symptoms of depression, and so much more.. That said, gratitude doesn’t come easy for most of us. We don’t wake up every morning feeling like a million bucks and YOU DON’T OWN ANYTHING You Don’t Own Anything: Everything Is Borrowed from Nature and Needs to Be Returned. “We may claw and fight and work to own things, but those things can be taken away in a second. The same goes for other things we like to think are ‘ours’ but are equally precarious: our status, our physical health or strength, our relationships. 16 RULES EVERY STOIC MUST FOLLOW What follows are the rules in more detail. Enjoy. (By the way, I was inspired to write this post and create the infographic by John Romaniello's 16 Rules Every Alpha Must Follow .) Quick Navigation. 1. Practice the Art of Living as a Warrior of the Mind. 2. Live like Your Ideal Self and Reflect upon Your Actions. 3. WHY AM I NOT HAPPY? 17 REASONS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE REMEDIES. Go through your life eating a good enough breakfast, getting a good enough cup of coffee, and maybe even a good enough life partner. 6. You Take Your Blessings For Granted. Taking things for granted is a natural human tendency, and it’s another reason why we’re not as happy as we could be. STOP WATCHING SO MUCH TELEVISION! IT’S KILLING YOUR According to a Nielsen report, U.S. adults spent an average of almost six hours (5:57) per day on video in 2018.. The good ol’ TV, live and time-shifted, eats up most time, with adults watching a staggering average of 4 hours and 46 minutes per day. INTRINSIC VS. EXTRINSIC GOALS: ARE YOU PURSUING THE WRONGSEE MORE ON

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BENEFITS OF HAPPINESS: 5 REASONS TO START PRIORITIZING Happiness is good for your health. Other studies have shown that it predicts lower heart rate and blood pressure. It combats stress, boosts your immune system, and protects you from aches and pains. Consider an experiment which exposed 350 adults to the common cold.

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Stoicism is not only a rational, but also a social philosophy. Marcus Aurelius often viewed the whole of human mankind as a single organism. Not only as a large human family, in which we’re all brothers and sister, uncles and aunts, but as a single living HI, WE’RE NILS AND JONAS SALZGEBER Hi, we're Nils and Jonas Salzgeber, two online entrepreneurs who travel the world in pursuit of self-mastery. You can refer to us as the NJ brothers. We are the founders of NJlifehacks.com, a popular personal development website with over 50,000 monthly visitors. We're also international authors who've sold over twenty-thousand copies

worldwide.

A COMPLETE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO THE HIGH FAT DIET On a high fat diet you generally consume somewhere between 50-150g of carbohydrates. The lower end of the spectrum (50g) is usually best for overweight and not very active people. The higher end suits generally fit people who exercise a lot. If you want to lose fat rapidly you can

go below 50.

8 GRATITUDE EXERCISES TO UNLOCK THE MOST POWERFUL EMOTION Gratitude is perhaps the most powerful of human emotions. Benefits include improved physical health, greater happiness, better sleep, more self-esteem, stronger relationships, greater resilience, less anxiety, reduced symptoms of depression, and so much more.. That said, gratitude doesn’t come easy for most of us. We don’t wake up every morning feeling like a million bucks and YOU DON’T OWN ANYTHING You Don’t Own Anything: Everything Is Borrowed from Nature and Needs to Be Returned. “We may claw and fight and work to own things, but those things can be taken away in a second. The same goes for other things we like to think are ‘ours’ but are equally precarious: our status, our physical health or strength, our relationships. 16 RULES EVERY STOIC MUST FOLLOW What follows are the rules in more detail. Enjoy. (By the way, I was inspired to write this post and create the infographic by John Romaniello's 16 Rules Every Alpha Must Follow .) Quick Navigation. 1. Practice the Art of Living as a Warrior of the Mind. 2. Live like Your Ideal Self and Reflect upon Your Actions. 3. WHY AM I NOT HAPPY? 17 REASONS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE REMEDIES. Go through your life eating a good enough breakfast, getting a good enough cup of coffee, and maybe even a good enough life partner. 6. You Take Your Blessings For Granted. Taking things for granted is a natural human tendency, and it’s another reason why we’re not as happy as we could be. STOP WATCHING SO MUCH TELEVISION! IT’S KILLING YOUR According to a Nielsen report, U.S. adults spent an average of almost six hours (5:57) per day on video in 2018.. The good ol’ TV, live and time-shifted, eats up most time, with adults watching a staggering average of 4 hours and 46 minutes per day. INTRINSIC VS. EXTRINSIC GOALS: ARE YOU PURSUING THE WRONGSEE MORE ON

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BENEFITS OF HAPPINESS: 5 REASONS TO START PRIORITIZING Happiness is good for your health. Other studies have shown that it predicts lower heart rate and blood pressure. It combats stress, boosts your immune system, and protects you from aches and pains. Consider an experiment which exposed 350 adults to the common cold.

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Stoicism is not only a rational, but also a social philosophy. Marcus Aurelius often viewed the whole of human mankind as a single organism. Not only as a large human family, in which we’re all brothers and sister, uncles and aunts, but as a single living A COMPLETE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO THE HIGH FAT DIET On a high fat diet you generally consume somewhere between 50-150g of carbohydrates. The lower end of the spectrum (50g) is usually best for overweight and not very active people. The higher end suits generally fit people who exercise a lot. If you want to lose fat rapidly you can

go below 50.

HOW YOU CAN USE THE POWER OF REWARDS TO STOP Step 1: Stop Being So Fucking Self-Critical. Yes, procrastinating sucks, but beating yourself up over it only makes things worse. The kind of environment self-criticism endows is simply not healthy and can create a lot of problems. You see, the motivation resulting from self-criticism is one of fear. THE UNSCHEDULE: A COUNTER-INTUITIVE METHOD TO BEAT The Unschedule sees guilt-free play as a necessary ingredient for achieving peak performance. Like the guys from The Power of Full Engagement, Neil Fiore sees play as necessary for peak performance: “Guilt-free play is based on the seeming paradox that in order to do productive, high-quality work on important projects, you must stop putting off living and engage wholeheartedly in THE EASIEST WAY TO EXPLAIN STOICISM: THE STOIC HAPPINESS Eudaimonia: At the core of this new approach to Stoicism lies eudaimonia—the ultimate goal of life all ancient philosophies agreed on.The Greek origin of the word means being on good terms (eu) with your inner daimon, your highest self.It often gets translated as supreme happiness and is about thriving in our lives. It’s what we all want, to thrive and live a happy life. “MAN’S SEARCH FOR MEANING” BY VIKTOR FRANKL (BOOK SUMMARY Man’s Search for Meaning is a book by psychotherapist Viktor Frankl, who was a long-time prisoner in bestial concentration camps during the Second World War. The book details some of his personal experiences and how they led to his discovery of logotherapy. “A psychiatrist who personally has faced such extremity is a psychiatrist worth listening to,” as Gordon W. Allport says in the AMOR FATI: ACCEPT AND LOVE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS The term amor fati goes back to 19 th century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. (Interesting fact: It was Nietzsche who wrote the famous maxim: “What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.”) The meaning of amor fati is the love of fate, the loving acceptance of your fate, or simply, to love everything that happens. 35 TIMELESS LIFE LESSONS & QUOTES FROM JOHN WOODEN, THE John Wooden was a legendary basketball coach at the University of California, Los Angeles. During his last 12 years as a coach there, he won 10 championships, including seven in a row, and including an 88-game winning streak. 13 REASONS WHY MODERN STOICS SHOULD LIVE A MINIMALIST 13 Reasons Why Modern Stoics Should Live a Minimalist Lifestyle. #1 Material Possessions Are Indifferent. #2 There Is But One Thing You Truly Own. #3 Less Is More in Conversations. #4 Less Is More in Possessions . #5 Your Actual Needs Are Small and Cheap. #6 External Things Won’t Lead to Happiness. 9 KEY LESSONS ON GRATITUDE FROM “THANKS!” BY ROBERT EMMONS 3. Gratitude Boosts Happiness By 25%. This is how Robert Emmons’ first study went down: Three groups were asked to write in a journal once a week for ten weeks. The groups had to briefly describe in a single sentence: (Group 1) Gratitude condition: five things they were

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