A Key Difference Between Winners and Losers
There are big differences between winners and losers. Among them, one of the biggest ones is their attitude towards what they have or don’t have. The difference is this:
Losers complain about what they don’t have while winners make the most of what they have.
It might seem simple, but this difference plays a big role in making someone a winner or a loser.
You see, you can’t expect your situation to be ideal before you can achieve something. There will always be something that you lack. If you wait until everything becomes ideal, you might never do what you need to do. So you should just make the most of what you have...
Source: Life Optimizer - March 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Attitude Source Type: blogs
How to Make Your Priority a Priority
It’s a funny title, isn’t it? How to make your priority a priority. Unfortunately, many times our priority isn’t really a priority. You might say that something is your priority but don’t actually treat it that way. That’s why we need to learn to make our priority a priority.
To be honest, I still get distracted here and there myself. But I have learned some things along the way, and I’d like to share the lessons with you today.
Without further ado, here are five tips on making your priority a priority.
1. Decide what your priority is.
Before anything else, you must decide what your priority is. Notice ...
Source: Life Optimizer - March 2, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Purpose Time management Source Type: blogs
Help Me Meet Your Needs [A Short Survey]
My mission at Life Optimizer is helping you reach your full potential. To be able to do that, I need to know your needs. That’s why I have created this short survey.
If you could take just a few minutes to fill it out, I’d really appreciate it. It will help me meet your needs.
Click here to take the survey
I’m looking forward to reading your response. Thanks in advance and have a great day! (Source: Life Optimizer)
Source: Life Optimizer - February 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: General Source Type: blogs
How to Build the Thinking Habit
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
~ George Bernard Shaw
Do you want to take your life to the next level? If you do, then one of the most important things you can do is building the thinking habit.
Why is it important?
Because the habit helps you live intentionally. Instead of just making default decisions, you will make thoughtful decisions. Instead of living on autopilot, you will live by design.
How can we build the thinking habit? Here are some tips.
1. Be Curious
Curiosity is powerful. It makes you eager to find new...
Source: Life Optimizer - February 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Thinking Source Type: blogs
The Importance of Being Intentional
In my post about habit building, I wrote that you have to be intentional in building your habits. You can’t just leave your habits to chance. Why? Because our natural tendency is to choose the easy way.
Now I’d like to take a closer look at the importance of being intentional, not only in habit building, but in every area of our lives.
The fact is, there are two ways to live your life: you can live either by default or by design. Living by default means just following the crowd; it means just following the path of least resistance. Living by design, on the other hand, means being proactive in how you live your life.
Li...
Source: Life Optimizer - February 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Attitude Source Type: blogs
Reach Your Full Potential – Life Optimizer’s New Tagline
If you visit Life Optimizer’s website and look at the logo, you will see something different: the tagline has been changed.
Previously, it was “Maximizing Personal Effectiveness”. But now it becomes “Reach Your Full Potential”. Besides the logo, I have also updated the About page and social media profiles.
Why did I make the change?
Well, the reason is that I want to make the tagline better aligned with my mission. My mission is “helping people reach their full potential”. With this change, Life Optimizer becomes a direct expression of this mission.
Life Optimizer has actually been on this mission since it be...
Source: Life Optimizer - February 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: General Source Type: blogs
Ask the Readers: What Is the Best Way to Overcome Loneliness?
There is a sad development in many parts of the world today. It’s the loneliness epidemic. Though it’s relatively invisible, more and more people are affected by it.
In Britain, for instance, more than nine million people often or always feel lonely. Since Britain has a population of 65 million, it means that about 13% of the population feel lonely. The problem is so serious that the government recently appointed a minister for loneliness.
In Japan, there is a phenomenon called hikikomori. Many people shut themselves in their rooms and refuse to go out for months or even years. The phenomenon affects an estimat...
Source: Life Optimizer - January 25, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Relationships Source Type: blogs
6 Timeless Success Principles from Jeff Bezos
There is no doubt that Jeff Bezos is a great example of business success. At the time of writing, he is the richest person in the world. While success in business doesn’t necessarily mean true success, I believe we can learn valuable lessons from him.
I have been following him for some time, and I have found that his achievements mainly come from the principles he lives by. These are the principles that guide his actions and help him grow Amazon to become the giant it is today.
You might not plan to build your own business, but these are still great principles to follow. Here are six success principles from Jeff Bezos.
1...
Source: Life Optimizer - January 19, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Attitude Purpose Source Type: blogs
How to Live a Fulfilled Life Financially
I recently read Your Money or Your Life, an insightful book about personal finance. I have read the book about a decade ago, but a decade is a long time so I decided to read it again to refresh my memory.
There is a concept that is emphasized again and again in the book. That concept is frugality. The book says that frugality is the key to living a fulfilled life financially and I agree with it.
What does it mean to be frugal?
Here is the definition given by the book: being frugal means having a high joy-to-stuff ratio. Being frugal is not about having a few possessions. It’s not about finding the cheapest stuff out ther...
Source: Life Optimizer - January 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Finance Source Type: blogs
A Key Principle for Personal Growth (and 8 Ways to Apply It)
Here we are in 2018. Being in the beginning of a new year, it’s a good time to start maximizing our personal growth this year.
How can we do that? How can we maximize our personal growth?
There is a key principle you need to follow for that. The principle is this:
Move out of your comfort zone
Yes, move out of your comfort zone. Why? Because you can’t grow if you just stay in your comfort zone.
The situation is similar to building muscles. If you only lift weights that you are already comfortable with, you won’t build your muscles. You need to lift weights that make you uncomfortable. In the case of personal grow...
Source: Life Optimizer - January 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Attitude Learning Source Type: blogs
Ask the Readers: What Life Lessons Have You Learned in 2017?
We are nearing the end of the year now. In just a little time, we will enter 2018.
The end of the year is a good time to reflect on our lives. It’s a good time to reflect on the lessons we have learned this year so that we can improve our lives next year.
So here is my question to you:
What life lessons have you learned in 2017?
Please leave your answer in the comments so that everyone can read it. Thanks and Happy New Year! (Source: Life Optimizer)
Source: Life Optimizer - December 30, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: General Source Type: blogs
An Invitation to Join My Newsletter on Spirituality
How are you doing? I hope your holiday season has been great! In my case, I just stay in town this time. But the atmosphere here feels different. It’s rainy and cooler than usual, and the town is less crowded. I enjoy it :)
Now that we are in the Christmas season, I’d like to invite you to join my newsletter on spirituality.
As you might know, there are five aspects of life: work, health, learning, social, and spiritual. But I only write about the first four aspects here. People have different beliefs about spirituality and therefore I choose not to write about it at Life Optimizer.
To make the five aspects complete, I...
Source: Life Optimizer - December 23, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: General Source Type: blogs
How to Get Motivated to Work Out: The Proven Tips
For years, I didn’t have the habit of working out. Then one day I decided to start building the habit and now I’m glad to say that I work out almost every day.
So how can we get motivated to work out?
The starting point, I believe, is internalizing the benefits. The more you internalize the benefits, the more motivated you will be.
Here are the benefits you will get from working out:
Energy
Personally, this is the benefit that I like the most. Since I spent years not exercising, I can attest to the difference it makes. Exercise gives me more energy throughout the day. It results in more enthusiasm and better focus.
Fo...
Source: Life Optimizer - December 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Health Source Type: blogs
The Power of Immersion
I like to learn from top performers. I like to observe how they achieve their level of performance.
From my observation, there is one characteristic that I notice again and again. It seems to be a common thread among them. It seems to be something that they all have.
That characteristic is immersion. Top performers are immersed in their fields. They live and breathe what they do.
I realized this when I observed world chess champion Magnus Carlsen. Once, in an interview, he was quizzed about chess positions from games decades ago. The interviewer asked him to identify the games where the positions come from: who the players...
Source: Life Optimizer - November 30, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Thinking Working Source Type: blogs
Black Friday Deal: Get 50% Off Blinkist
In my recent article about Warren Buffett, I wrote that you should invest in your knowledge. Knowledge is power and having a knowledge advantage will take you far in life.
To help you apply that, there is a Blinkist Black Friday deal for you: for a limited time, you can get 50% off Blinkist subscription! This is the only time in the whole year to get Blinkist at this price.
Blinkist is an app that helps you get the key ideas from nonfiction books. It solves the problem of having to spend a lot of time to read a book. With Blinkist, it takes you only 15 minutes to get all the important ideas from a book. It’s a great way ...
Source: Life Optimizer - November 24, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: General Source Type: blogs
