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  • personal development is a lifelong process but it doesn't have to take you

  • more than a few minutes to start improving yourself if you're familiar

  • with the two-minute rule you know that any big goal can be broken down into

  • smaller tasks some of these small tasks take less than 2 minutes to accomplish

  • but they are likely to get you moving towards your larger goals and ambitions

  • just take 2 minutes out of your day after you watch this video of course to

  • complete one of these tasks to improve your overall well-being

  • number one is pretty simple it's drink more water a glass of water may seem

  • like the smallest of baby steps towards self-improvement but it's still a step

  • forward we often neglect the recommendation to drink 8 glasses of

  • water each day your body needs water to maintain bodily functions and keep you

  • healthy also dehydration may cause headaches

  • fatigue or problems with your skin and a lot of people are actually dehydrated

  • and they just don't know it so drinking eight glasses a day isn't easy if you're

  • not thinking about it so don't be afraid to congratulate yourself when you've

  • actually achieved eight glasses a day I personally keep a full glass of water

  • near my desk at all time and I'll drink like crazy all day I drink a bunch of

  • water the secret is to keep the glass of water full and you also have to use a

  • pretty large glass of water it's a psychological trick called the

  • availability bias that makes your brain think hey there's a bunch of water there

  • we should drink some water a downside of this is that you have to go to the

  • bathroom quite a bit more but it really makes a substantial difference on your

  • productivity and your energy levels number two is to eat Whole Foods as a

  • general rule the fewer the ingredients the more nourishing the food if you want

  • to have more energy and feel better throughout the day swap out some

  • processed meals for Whole Foods you can enjoy things like fruits vegetables eggs

  • and nuts just things that you can actually pronounce cut down on chemicals

  • dyes and other ingredients that you can't pronounce I suggest taking a look

  • at your next meal how many ingredients can you actually identify if you don't

  • know what you're eating you're more likely to ingest something that will

  • make you feel sluggish and unproductive throughout the day I know this is like

  • one of the most basic but you can really improve how you feel just by making

  • small changes in what you eat so let's move on the number three practice daily

  • gratitude I know you guys hear this from me a lot but positivity and gratitude

  • really help to melt away your stress even when you feel that you are down and

  • an attitude of gratitude can show you the light and keep you from feeling that

  • you've hit the bottom with a clear and grateful mind you will be more likely to

  • move forward it's been proven I am in time again that people that are

  • primed with gratitude are more likely to reach their goals for some people

  • gratitude is a difficult thing but something you can start doing is keeping

  • a small journal next to your bed whenever you go to sleep and right

  • before you go to bed write down everything on a single page you were

  • grateful for that name as the nights pass you'll soon have an entire notebook

  • filled up with gratitude once you learn the power of the law of attraction

  • something I've talked about in other videos and the neuroscience of the

  • reticular activating system something I'll talk about in psychology of beliefs

  • you will start to understand how truly important having a positive and grateful

  • mind is for becoming successful it's actually crazy how many research studies

  • can hold this down number four is to pick up a book

  • I also recommend cutting down on some screen time and opening your mind with a

  • good book you can always learn something from reading even if it's just a new

  • vocabulary word Irie ders and Kindles make it easier than ever to carry around

  • the knowledge of the universe while you travel or you curl up on the couch or

  • even when you're going to the bathroom maybe you don't have two minutes to read

  • a whole book well take two minutes to get some recommendations from your

  • friends and family members all it takes is a quick click online to queue up some

  • books on your tablet when the books are waiting for you you're more likely to

  • actually read them again I do the same thing that I do with the water using the

  • availability bias I keep lots of books around me so I'm more tempted to learn

  • from them and actually read them in fact right now I have four personality

  • textbooks on my desk because right now I'm doing some research for a future

  • personality psychology series on this channel leave a comment below if you'd

  • watch that series number five is something I've started doing recently

  • and it's just listened to a TED talk maybe you prefer consuming inspiration

  • with audio you can hop online on YouTube and learn from great speakers in a

  • variety of different fields if you don't know what to watch first watch some TED

  • Talks if you have a specific subject that you

  • want to learn about maybe it's psychology you'll probably be able to

  • find a TED talk on it if you're open to anything you can really explore a whole

  • worlds worth of different subjects with Ted from happiness to urban planning to

  • biology it's actually crazy how many videos they have I personally have been

  • watching a ton of material on personality psychology again in fact

  • there's actually a couple of colleges and universities out there that

  • literally record their entire lectures of the semester and upload them if you

  • know how to find them number six is to forgive someone now we've all been a

  • victim of wrongdoing at some point in our lives we've all made mistakes just

  • as you would probably like people to forgive

  • we have to work on forgiving other people even if they haven't directly

  • asked for it forgiveness is a small gesture that doesn't just benefit the

  • person who did you wrong when you let go of a grudge you also let go of the

  • stress the anxiety and the other negative feelings that you had that

  • you've been cleaning on to for a long time I recently finished my premium

  • online course titled a psychology of beliefs and after doing some research

  • and coming up with around 2 hours of meaningful content you start to realize

  • the severe consequences to your mindset if you start to hold grudges if you want

  • more information on this course the psychology of beliefs stick around

  • through the end of this video number 7 is to join a group of supportive

  • individuals now it might feel hard or difficult to accomplish your dreams

  • alone and in fact it probably is words of encouragement and additional

  • resources can help you find opportunities and boost your mood and

  • give you more motivation but where do you find a group that is willing to

  • support your journey well think about the group that you want to join and hop

  • online meetup and Facebook are two great sources to find supportive communities

  • and events meetup if you've never heard of it before allows you to search

  • through different events based on your occupation your interests or your

  • community that you identify with they help you set up meets in your local area

  • do you want to meet up with fellow writers in Philadelphia maybe real

  • estate investors in Austin well you're likely to find a group that fits your

  • needs on meetup and also Facebook groups are becoming a more popular way to reach

  • out to like-minded people and connect with them

  • these groups are often run by experts in their field who offer courses and

  • resources but the group's sometimes are free you can also search for physical

  • events to attend through through these groups and lastly in the

  • self-development community we're really hard on ourselves on always trying to

  • find continual improvement but number 8 on this list is to congratulate yourself

  • for this growth so will you plan to take some time today and complete maybe one

  • of these tips that I've suggested well if you do don't forget to reward

  • yourself positive reinforcement will encourage

  • you to keep going and keep growing even when that reinforcement comes from

  • within I suggest to take a moment of this day and reflect on the ways that

  • you've improved your overall well-being and plan to complete these actions again

  • tomorrow the more you consistently contribute to your self-improvement

  • the faster you and the rest of the world will start to see results as I in this

  • video I want to let you know how you could enroll in the psychology of

  • beliefs to learn how to get rid of limiting beliefs and conquer your

  • mindset I was originally gonna sell psychology of beliefs for $97 and I

  • probably will months but if you want to get early

  • access to it for free I'm giving it away to all of the practical growth Academy

  • members right now practical growth Academy is a private mastermind group

  • where we focus on a book each week to learn about and grow on each week

  • there's a new animated book summary an actionable worksheet that goes along

  • with it that way we can better remember and apply the principles that we learn

  • when we discuss these books there's monthly mini-courses journal outlines

  • and you get access to a premium disc word server with over 300 members

  • remember that part about joining an encouraging community and I want to let

  • you know if you join today I'll personally send you a $20 Amazon gift

  • card so you might be wondering how much does this group cost well if you join

  • today it's only $17 a month which is cool because that means your first month

  • is risk free there's a lot more that you'll get access to again including the

  • full psychology of beliefs course and all of my previously written ebooks if

  • you want to learn more check the link in the description to enroll in this

  • self-development community risk free today thank you guys so much for

  • watching taking the time to learn from me and I hope you enjoyed this video

personal development is a lifelong process but it doesn't have to take you

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