Make Joy a Habit

Let's face it, who doesn't want to be happy? The good news is, joy is ours when we choose to make it a priority. Dedication to embracing it is the key. Here are some simple techniques to help you start today to make joy a habit. Try them all or just some of them, and choose the ones that work best for you. Then, practice them for 21 days (which is typically how long it takes to form a habit) or as often as you can. The more you practice them, the more joyful you will feel each day.

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How to Avoid Hurt Feelings

Has anyone ever said this to you: “Don’t be so sensitive. I was only kidding.” If so, did it change the way you felt? Chances are it didn’t because you had already taken the matter to heart and it had already hurt your feelings.

Needless to say, not every hurt feeling can be avoided, but some can, especially the unnecessary ones.

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How to Be Great Without Trying

Your sacred self. Your authentic self. Your supreme self. Your divine self. A lot of terms are used for it, but the point is that there is much more to us as people than our natural selves.

As humans, it’s only natural to rely on what we know with our five senses—taste, touch, site, smell and hearing. But these only make up a small fraction of the essence of our true greatness. Maybe that’s why scientists have said for centuries that we as people, even the brightest of us, only use a small fraction of our brain and, therefore, our ability. Humanly, that’s all we’re capable of. But spiritually, we’re capable of so much more.

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How to Nip Procrastination in the Bud

Got too much to do and don’t know where to start? I know the feeling, and it usually results in procrastination for me unless I catch it early.

The best way I’ve found to avoid procrastination when I’m feeling overwhelmed by too many projects and tasks is to make lists, breaking each project and task into smaller steps.

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Silence Your Ego-Mind for the Truth

How do you talk to yourself about yourself and others? Do you build up or do you put down yourself and others in your mind? If the latter is true, that means your "ego-mind" is at work overruling the love in your life. And, usually, what shows up in our ego-mind will come out of our mouths.

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Take Five to Instantly Lower Your Stress Level

I know you’re busy. You’ve got work commitments, family commitments, other commitments…so much to do throughout your day. Who has time to relax? You do—even if it’s only for five minutes here and there. You’ll be amazed at what a difference it will make in your day and in your life.

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How to Live Each Day in Each Day

Do you ever find yourself wondering where the time has gone?  It seems that the older we get the more quickly the years seem to go by. But recently I learned a simple technique that will help us appreciate time now as it passes rather than feeling as though it has left us behind scratching our heads.

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