Is Your Belief System Chosen—or Simply Inherited?

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Are you living by rules that don’t actually serve you? How much of your worldview comes from your culture rather than conscious choice? In his book The Code of the Extraordinary Mind, Vishen Lakhiani explains how your belief system is shaped by your upbringing and culture. He offers strategies for questioning these inherited beliefs and freeing yourself from what he calls “Brules”—the unwritten rules that hold you back from your ideal life. Read on to discover how to think like a scientist about your own assumptions and start building a life based on what truly matters to you.

How to Set Priorities in Life: Decide What Meets Your Needs

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Are you having trouble determining what’s a priority? How do you decide if your commitments meet your needs? In Free to Focus, Michael Hyatt reminds you that you can only do one thing at a time and can’t accomplish everything. So, whenever you commit to doing something, you’re also opting not to do other things. Continue reading to learn how to set priorities in life that will benefit you.

Upgrade Your Mind: Vishen Lakhiani on Lifelong Personal Growth

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Does your mindset need a do-over? Does your worldview truly make you happy? Vishen Lakhiani helps people achieve their personal and spiritual development goals. In his book The Code of the Extraordinary Mind, he writes that—just as you can keep upgrading a computer—you can continuously upgrade your mind. Continue reading to get Lakhiani’s strategies for lifelong personal growth.

How to Say No to People Without Hurting Their Feelings

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Are you a people pleaser who has to say “yes” to everything? When is the right time to say “no” to someone? It’s important to carefully choose your commitments. To help you do so, Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt offers some advice on how to effectively (but politely) turn people down.  Check out how to say no to people in the nicest way possible, without giving in to people-pleasing habits.

What Does Success Mean for You? 3 Questions to Ask Yourself

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What does success mean for you? Have you designed a future that excites you and aligns with your personal values? In his book The Code of the Extraordinary Mind, Vishen Lakhiani suggests rebuilding your vision of success by exploring three key questions. This approach helps cultivate genuine excitement about your future by focusing on what truly matters to you. Read on to discover Lakhiani’s method of redefining success on your own terms and creating a future you’ll be eager to achieve.

Gabriele Oettingen’s WOOP: Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan

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Ever wonder why your ambitious goals remain unfulfilled despite positive thinking? What if there’s a more effective way to transform wishful thinking into meaningful accomplishments? According to Gabriele Oettingen, WOOP (Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan) offers a practical approach to achieving your goals by balancing optimism with reality. In Rethinking Positive Thinking, Oettingen explains that merely visualizing success isn’t enough. Keep reading to discover how you can apply this four-step method to finally achieve what matters most to you.

How to Delegate Tasks Effectively: Share the Responsibility

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What are the benefits of learning how to delegate tasks effectively? What are the different types of delegation? Getting rid of unproductive tasks can free up your time and energy for meaningful work. However, it’s most likely impossible to eliminate every activity outside of your Productivity Zone, which is why Michael Hyatt recommends another strategy in Free to Focus: letting other people handle tasks for you. Keep reading if you want to start delegating tasks to other people so you can take the pressure off yourself.

How to Automate Tasks: 3 Areas of Your Life to Make Easier

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Do you know how to automate tasks? Do you want to make your workflow easier to reduce stress? Unfortunately, in many cases, simple tasks that you need to do regularly take up a great deal of time that you’d prefer to spend on more meaningful work. In Free to Focus, Michael Hyatt says that automation offers a powerful solution to this problem.  Let’s review three areas where automation can significantly reduce your mental load and boost your productivity.