Name: 8 Simple Self Improvement Principles
Uploaded: 2019-04-04T16:06:05.000Z
Duration: 7 min 42 s
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personal development is a lifelong
process but it doesn't have to take you

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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

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