Ask the Readers: How Do You Self-Educate Yourself?
If you have been with me for some time, you might know that I’m a big believer in self-education. In fact, I believe that it’s essential for thriving in life. Last week I wrote about the importance of having a knowledge advantage.
In my post about self-education, I gave four reasons why self-education is important:
It helps you stay relevant.
It helps you see new opportunities.
It fulfills you.
It increases your capacity to help people.
I also put a quote by Benjamin Franklin there: “If a man empties his purse into his head no one can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest....
Source: Life Optimizer - July 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Learning Source Type: blogs
5 Effective Ways to Improve Your Self-Discipline
Note: This post is written by Jana Rooheart
Big achievements require strong discipline and will. Without them, all our efforts crush against the walls of our emotions, different circumstances and influence of other people.
These five things will help you work on your discipline. You need to stick to them for 21 days and you will definitely see the difference.
1. Start Watching Yourself
During these 21 days, observe what you do, how you stand, how you talk and dress, the way you walk and what things distract you. Fully control yourself. Watch your posture. No matter where you are – at work, at home or in the gym, you...
Source: Life Optimizer - July 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Attitude Source Type: blogs
A Key to Getting Ahead in Life
Do you want to get ahead in life? If so, then there is one key you should have: a knowledge advantage.
I learned about this from Mark Cuban through his book How to Win at the Sport of Business. Mark Cuban is the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks and one of the ‘sharks’ on the hit TV series Shark Tank. In the book, he wrote about how he started his business. One thing he emphasized is the importance of having a knowledge advantage.
Before starting his business, Cuban had a job selling computer software. There was a problem though: he didn’t know anything about computer software (it was in the early ‘80s). So...
Source: Life Optimizer - June 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Learning Working Source Type: blogs
7 Key Tips for Time Management
Note: This post is written by Samantha White
Learning proper time management is a skill. You will find there are several competent managers and leaders around you who may excel in what they do but are not the best time keepers.
If you have a habit of arriving late to work, find that you are not meeting your deadlines, or even social commitments, you might need to re-examine how you manage your time. Taking a step back to acknowledge that you may be struggling with your time management is the first step to improving yourself and how you spend your time.
Listed below are seven key tips for time management.
1. Make a List of...
Source: Life Optimizer - June 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Time management Working Source Type: blogs
Hacking the Morning Routines of Benjamin Franklin, Tim Ferriss, and 23 Others
Note: This post is written by Garik Himebaugh
Why do so many entrepreneurs have morning routines? From Bill Gates to Tim Ferriss, the presence of morning rituals amongst the ultra-successful, and the apparent lack of them amongst us mortals, probably has you wondering why they do such a crazy thing every day, and if you should follow suit (reluctantly of course).
Before exploring the incredible value of this small change, hacking the routines of 25 heavy hitters, and then learning how to craft your own morning ritual, let me be the first to tell you that this has been written about before, in fact many times before.
So wh...
Source: Life Optimizer - June 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Health Time management Working Source Type: blogs
10 Ways to Be Happy in Life
Note: This post is written by Jon Rhodes
Happiness is one the most important assets we can have. If you are not happy, then life can become pretty meaningless.
An unhappy person is not at their optimum at work, as a parent, or as a friend. You must look after yourself before being able to look after others.
So how do you become happy?
Whilst there’s no magical wand you can wave to become happy, there are several things you can do that will help. Here are 10 ways to be happy in life.
1. Connect with Friends and Family
Whilst we all differ in how much time we need to spend with people, we ALL need to connect. Put the ...
Source: Life Optimizer - June 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Attitude Source Type: blogs
Top-Tier Techniques for Staying Laser Focused
Note: This post is written by Jeremy Sutton
The ability to focus…
Is there anything more central to our success in everything we do?
Whether we’re working on fitness, writing a business report, or reading a book, if we can’t focus then we’re simply not at our best.
Even socially, no one enjoys spending time with someone who’s the opposite of focused: distracted and scattered.
So let’s explore some of the techniques that can help any of us get laser focused and be at our best whenever we want to rise to the occasion.
1. Stay Present & Aware
With all the stimulation of our modern era, the world around us is ...
Source: Life Optimizer - June 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Thinking Working Source Type: blogs
10 Ways to Feed a New Mindset
Note: This post is written by Eddy Baller
Dealing with depression as a young adult was tough, especially because I didn’t know that I was feeding it with my own mindset.
Every day was the same pattern: wake up, think about things I didn’t like, listen to negative music, read the depressing news, see my negative friends, talk about all of the stuff we hated about life…repeat.
“Why am I so depressed?” was a question I asked at times, even though most of the answers were right in my own head.
After discovering how my own thinking was aggravating my mental health, I started working on small chang...
Source: Life Optimizer - June 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Attitude Thinking Source Type: blogs
The Three Key Elements of a Good Morning Routine
All of us, of course, want to have good days. We all want to be productive and fulfilled every day. But the question is: how can we consistently have good days?
An important factor, I believe, is the way you start your day. The way you start your day can make or break it. If you start your day right, your day will be good. But if you don’t, the opposite will happen. That’s why it’s important that you start your day right.
The key to starting your day right is to have a good morning routine. If you have a good morning routine, you can start your day right by default. It’s as if you can automatically get a good start...
Source: Life Optimizer - August 26, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Health Time management Working Source Type: blogs
How to Get Lucky: Three Things You Need to Do
Do you notice that some people seem to be luckier than others? They get good breaks. They seem to be in the right place at the right time. Wouldn’t it be nice to be like them?
As it turns out, studies show that these people have something in common. They do certain things that others don’t. If you do these things, you will also be lucky.
Here are three things you need to do to get lucky:
Be observant.
Try new things.
Meet new people.
Let’s look at them one by one.
1. Be observant.
Lucky people are more observant. They notice things that other people overlook. As a result, they can spot opportunities that es...
Source: Life Optimizer - August 19, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Learning Relationship Thinking Working Source Type: blogs
One Essential Thing to Avoid for Effective Decision-Making
Like it or not, your life is filled with decision-making. From the moment you wake up until the time you sleep, you have to make decisions.
That’s why it’s important that you improve your decision-making skills. Doing so will improve the quality of your life.
For effective decision-making, there is one thing you need to avoid: decision fatigue. What is it? This excerpt from Michael Lewis’s profile of Barack Obama explains it:
“You’ll see I wear only gray or blue suits,” he said. “I’m trying to pare down decisions. I don’t want to make decisions about what I’m eati...
Source: Life Optimizer - August 11, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Finance Time management Working Source Type: blogs
A Useful Resource for Creating Good Habits
Do you want to know how to create good habits? If you do, my friend Barrie Davenport has just launched a course on it that you might find useful. I rarely recommend a course, but the importance of the topic (habit creation) and the quality of the course makes this one an exception.
Creating positive habits is essential to live an effective life. To give you just one example, I rarely exercised a few years ago. I felt fine back then, but I didn’t realize what I missed. Now that I have made exercise a habit, I can feel the difference it makes. It gives me an energy boost. As a result, I can focus better and get better resu...
Source: Life Optimizer - August 4, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: General Source Type: blogs
Life Optimizer’s New Tagline: Maximizing Personal Effectiveness
I have an announcement to make: Life Optimizer now has a new tagline. It’s the first time I have changed it in years. The tagline used to be Personal Growth and Effectiveness, but now I have changed it to Maximizing Personal Effectiveness.
You might ask: what is the reason behind it?
Well, the main reason is focus. The previous tagline is good, but it contains two messages: personal growth and personal effectiveness. It makes it difficult to remember what Life Optimizer is about since there are two messages.
The new tagline, on the other hand, has only one message: personal effectiveness. That’s what Life Optimizer is ...
Source: Life Optimizer - July 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: General Source Type: blogs
Upgrading Yourself: 5 Ways to Invest in Your Education
In a Q&A session, someone asked Bill Gates an interesting question: “What is your best personal financial advice for people who make under $100,000 per year?” And the answer? “Invest in your education.”
I think that’s a good answer. Even if you make more than $100,000 per year, I believe the answer still applies. As Benjamin Franklin once said (which I quoted in my post about self-education): “If a man empties his purse into his head no one can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
So how should we invest in our education? What are the wa...
Source: Life Optimizer - July 22, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Finance Learning Source Type: blogs
A Simple Way to Live with Clarity
People often talk about being productive and accomplishing much. I believe, however, that the important thing is not how many things you accomplish, but whether you accomplish the right things. Nobody wants to realize one day that they have spent years of effort on the wrong things.
For that reason, I believe it’s essential that you live with clarity. I’d even say that it could be the most important requirement to live an effective life.
How can we live with clarity?
One good way is to have the habit of taking time off. It might sound simple, but if you do it right, it can make a big difference in your life. Why? Becau...
Source: Life Optimizer - July 15, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Purpose Time management Source Type: blogs
