Bestselling Buddhist author Sylvia Boorstein says we should all be more like our GPS.1 By that, she doesn’t mean we should all be better at locating the nearest coffee shop or finding the fastest route through traffic. She’s referring to the way we talk to ourselves when we make mistakes. Typically, when I make a mistake, I get upset with myself. Sometimes I get frustrated, sometimes I get angry, sometimes… Read More »“Recalculating”
Mindsets are very important. The way you see yourself, the lens through which you approach problems, your habitual ways of thinking – these all play a large role in determining the course of your life. And while there are many different mindsets that we’d all be wise to cultivate, one stands out above the others. Without this mindset, the other helpful mindsets aren’t so helpful and probably wouldn’t be adopted in… Read More »Being Proactive: The Most Important Mindset
How often do you go to work? If you’re like most people, your answer is “Five times per week.” But that answer is almost certainly wrong. You probably go to work a lot more often than that because when you’re not at work, you frequently go there in your mind. We all do it, and it’s certainly not making us any happier. Perhaps, by becoming more aware of it, we… Read More »Don’t Go to Work in Your Mind
A common saying about happiness is that happiness is not having what you want but wanting what you have. I’d like to add to that the following: Happiness is not doing whatever you want but wanting to do whatever you have to do. James Clear advises reframing things that you “have” to do as things that you “get” to do,1 and I like this. It reminds you that so much… Read More »Wanting To Do What You Have To Do