Self Improvement

4 Questions that Will Instantly Make You Smarter

Steve Bloom 11 Comments

According to one source, the average person consumes about 34GB of information every day. That’s an interesting thought alone, but it makes me wonder just how much of the information is faulty, ill-informed or just plain wrong.

Fortunately misinformation is often faulty for similar reasons and errors in logic can be exposed by asking certain questions. Instead of accepting information at face-value, you can use questions to become smarter about what you accept as true. It can be a powerful way to turn you from a passive receiver of information and into an active user of it.
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5 Tips for Taking Action and Achieving More

Steve Bloom 6 Comments

If you want to accomplish more, you need to do more. It doesn’t matter if it is starting up a business, changing jobs or just knocking a few things off your bucket list. The amount you actually get done in the future will all come down to the actions you take in the present.

With that in mind, it makes sense to take as much action as possible. In a perfect world, everyone would immediately be taking action on the things they want to do and working hard to achieve their goals. There would be no procrastination or laziness.

Of course, that’s not how things work. There are a lot of things holding people back from taking the necessary action to achieve those big goals in their lives. Fortunately, there are some things you can do to overcome those obstacles. Here are 5 tips to break out of a cycle of inaction and achieve more out of life.
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How to Turn Anything Into a Passion in 4 Steps

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Cliffjumper

A lot of people seem to have a hard time finding something to be passionate about. They think that if they just wait long enough something will eventually come along. But I think this is the wrong approach. Finding your greatest passions requires you to be a lot more active.

In fact, I think you can build up as many passions in your life as you want. I’ve always found it funny that people seem to limit themselves to just one or two. Personally speaking, I have several. All it takes is the right steps to make it happen.
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Is Searching for Happiness Making You Unhappy?

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Star jump

In order to become happy, you have to find happiness. At least that’s how I think most people see it. And for the most part it’s true since you have to go out into the world and see what works best for you.

But it is only true up to a certain point. Eventually the search for happiness itself can become counter-productive and actually decrease your level of happiness. It all comes down to how you see the world and the mindset you accept as you continue your search.
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6 Essential Principles for Getting More Out of Life

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The greatest advice I ever received growing up was to get as much out of life as possible. Now that I’m older I can see the value of that statement. There’s so much to do and see in the world; it would be a shame to miss any of it.

But getting more out of life isn’t always so straightforward. I think everyone knows that life can be pretty hard sometimes. However, there are some things you can do to make things work just a little bit better. And here’s how.
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How to Make Conversation More Interesting

Steve Bloom 8 Comments

Christmas Candlelight Conversation
It’s not hard to find conversation.   It is all around us.  But truly interesting conversation – that is a rare find.   Just take a couple of rides on an elevator and listen to what people are saying.  It’s not really gripping or all that interesting.  Bad conversations aren’t just limited to elevators though; they’re everywhere.

In fact, I’d argue that some people have conversations as if their entire life was one long elevator ride.  Of course, you don’t have to live like that.  There are some things you can do to have meaningful, interesting conversations.
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The 3 Steps for Turning Plans Into Bold Action

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Making Plans

Everyone has dreams and goals for where they want to be in the future. This could be anything from starting a business, going back to school or quitting your job to travel the world. But how many people actually take the necessary action to get those plans off the ground? Not many.

And it isn’t because people don’t have plans or lofty goals for themselves. Making plans and setting goals is the easy part of the process. The hard part comes in taking the necessary action to make those plans a reality.
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