Sometimes we cross into situations and circumstances where we need to change ourselves.  If you are the one who is tied up following the same routine or stressed with your poor lifestyle then it's the right time to change yourself.  Sometimes Changes are necessary because you can't live forever in your comfort zone. Once in a life you have to take risks for a better life.  So here is to help you with another interesting article that will help you in changing your life in a short period of time so you can do much better.

8 Best Ways To Change Your Life 

The first and the most important step for making your life more blissful is to remove all your toxic friends and people from your life. Toxic people's are just like keeping an active bomb always with you and you don't when it will blast and how much it will damage you.  Toxic people are the main source of negativity and stress in your life so don't ever think once before breaking the relationship with them. It's better to stay alone rather than living with a person who always thinks negatively and makes you stressed.

1. Remove toxic people

First thing that you have to do is <a href="https://inspirationalblogs45.blogspot.com/2021/05/How-to-set-goals-and-achieve-them.html">set some goals </a> in your life because a goal is necessary.  Stick to your goals if you have decided to do something then don't step back, don't run from problems faced with them with courage.  Problems will make you stronger, so stick to your goals don't be afraid to take risks because sometimes risk can bring success in your life.

2. Stick to your goals

It's said that one who learns from his previous mistakes creates history and one who can't becomes history.  So <a href="https://inspirationalblogs45.blogspot.com/2021/06/Learn-from-your-mistakes.html">learn from your own mistakes </a> and try to not repeat them to get a better result in your life.  Mistakes are the staircase to success, so don't use them as a burden , use them as your stairs and believe me no one can stop you from achieving your goals.

3. Learn from your previous mistakes

Don't be impatience because success requires a lot of patience, hardwork and <a href="https://inspirationalblogs45.blogspot.com/2021/10/How-dedication-leads-to-success.html">dedication </a>.  Don't give up too early, you must have enough courage to fight through your failures.  It hardly matters how much effort you put into your work if you are impatient in life.  Success requires time and a lot of hard work so don't be afraid when you meet with failure, figure out your mistakes and try once again.

4. Believe in process

<a href="https://inspirationalblogs45.blogspot.com/2022/06/daily-routine-for-successfull-life.html">Daily routine </a> plays an important role in our life. Whatever we do reflects our future so in order to improve our future we have to make our present better.  Improving your day to day routine is quite tough as you are starting from the scratch but one you manage to build a productive daily routine then believe me success is yours.

5. Build a new daily routine

It's said that a healthy mind lives in a healthy body and the best way to make yourself healthy is to invest your time in yoga and exercise.  Exercise and yoga are the best ways you can make your body fit, as it gives you energy so you can work more effectively.

6. Invest your time in health

Stress and anxiety are common in today's society and are the main source of negativity of today's society.  See our life is too short and we can't waste it in being stressed and anxious, life is for enjoyment not for taking stress.  So <a href="https://inspirationalblogs45.blogspot.com/2021/08/18-effective-ways-to-reduce-stress-from-your-life%20.html">cope up with your stress </a> , control your emotions because a man who can't control his emotions can't achieve anything in life.

7. Cope your stress and anxiety

Books are the main source of knowledge. A single book is enough to indicate to you the best tips to lead a happy life.  Start reading books today because they will never disappoint you with knowledge they will always make you learn something new.  So start reading books. If you can't read books then go for audiobooks and podcasts that are available on YouTube and Google podcasts.  Start your life journey and make yourself a better person in life.

8. Read new books

Life is all about learning new things and changing yourself for a better future. So if you are stuck up with your daily routine and want to make yourself a better person then surely you must follow the tips.

Conclusion 

There are many ways to change your life. Learn more about the ways to change your life and make it better.

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8 best ways to change your life 

<ul><li>No, we do not need to identify with it 24/7.</li><li>When we identify with the self, we live in fear, anxiety, stress, and suffering. When we are able to identify ourselves with that which has no boundaries, there is no fear.</li></ul>

Do We Need the Self?

<ul><li>Having no particular, fixed view means seeing that all views are limited, that no particular view is the only view.</li><li>“Actually, the right view is no view.”</li><li>Imagine six blind guys who have never seen an elephant before and are each touching a different part of the big old animal, describing what an elephant is. The first blind man grabs the tail and says the elephant is like a rope. The second one grabs the leg and is certain it's like a pillar. The third touches the trunk and thinks it's a tree branch. The others all have different perspectives.</li></ul>

Right View

<ul><li>Ken Wilber likes to talk about “partial truths”.</li><li>No one is smart enough to be either 100% right or 100% wrong.</li><li>There's always a partial truth to a perspective-no matter how limited.</li><li>We get in trouble when we think our perspective is always right.</li><li>It is important to shift perspectives consistently.</li></ul>

The Limitation of Thinking Your Perspective is the Absolute Truth

<ul><li>It doesn't matter what gear you're stuck in, if you can't shift as life demands, your car is dysfunctional. Same with our lives.</li><li>When the mind is stuck, you're in dukkha (usually translated from the Sanskrit as suffering), which literally means a wheel whose hub doesn't move.</li><li>Experience sukkha, a liberated wheel, a freed-up wheel, which means liberation, nirvana.</li></ul>

A Maserati Stuck in First Gear

<ul><li>A company where no one knows their job title, job description, or what they're supposed to be doing is going to be a company in suffering, in shambles.</li><li>It's hard to run a company when you don't know what your employees' jobs are.</li></ul>

A Dysfunctional Company

<ul><li>Genpo leads us through a systematic dialogue with a number of our “key employees” to get a sense of who they are, what they do, and what's important to them while we clarify their roles.</li><li>Every aspect of the self has its own innate wisdom.</li><li>If we would simply allow every voice to be heard, to be appreciated, and to be honored, we as human beings would live a much healthier, happier, and joyful life.</li><li>By denying or suppressing any aspect, we are creating a problem both for the self and for others.</li></ul>

Integrated Feminine/Masculine Compassion

One is nurturing and supportive. The other is ruthless and decisive. BOTH are essential for an integrated compassion.

Feminine and Masculine Compassion

“I include all the aspects of the self, all the dualistic voices and Big Mind, the non-dual, no-self, and I transcend them. I am also known as the Master, or the Unique Self. I am absolutely unique, there is no one else in the entire world exactly like me. I have no need to prove anything or to be special, since I am special and unique to begin with.”

“That’s the beautiful thing, that’s the secret: to want what you get rather than trying to get what you want, because that seems like a never-ending battle, and a losing battle at that. We seem to always get what we need, though. So when we want what we get, it’s really like wanting what we need.”

“I am the True Self. In other words, I am the one that truly transcends. The Non-Dual is still not truly transcendent because somehow it sees itself as better or greater than the dual, which is still very dualistic. I embrace desires and seeking and fear and distinctions. I embrace them all, but I am not bound by them, I’m not attached to them. I can have a desire, and drop the desire if it’s not fulfilled… I don’t get stuck anywhere.”

<ul><li>“Can you imagine a world where everybody was free, happy, and joyful, where everybody came from a place of generosity and giving freely without any strings attached? Can you just imagine this world? It’s almost impossible to imagine, it would be such a different place.</li><li>Well, that’s our work. That’s what we’re here to do. That’s what this book is all about. If enough of us can get to that level of consciousness, I believe the whole planet, would be transformed.”</li><li>That’s the Voice of Generosity.</li></ul>

Can You Imagine?

Here we will explore some of Genpo Merzel's ideas, including how the root of suffering (dukkha) is getting stuck in one perspective and how that is as effective as having a Maserati stuck in first gear.

This book presents a highly original and accessible pathway to self-discovery and personal liberation. Since 1999 the Big Mind process has been experienced by many thousands of people in seminars across America. Big Mind employs a Jungian voice dialogue technique that enables people to step out of limited self-concepts into awareness of their many different sub-selves (emotions/mental states). In addition to exploration of the more familiar sub-voices like anger and fear, author Zen Master Dennis Genpo Merzel uses this technique to help people access the ever-present Big Mind/Big Heart awareness - the clear, 'just being' awareness and the unconditional compassion that we all can experience. The Big Mind process is now available in book form to bring readers of all backgrounds many benefits including: access to our innate wisdom, compassion and equanimity; openness of mind and ability to shift perspectives; greater presence and empowerment; and appreciation for the wisdom within all of our many sub-selves even ones we tend to dislike or disown, like fear and anger.

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This book presents a highly original and accessible pathway to self-discovery and personal liberation. Since 1999 the Big Mind process has been experienced by many thousands of people in seminars across America. Big Mind employs a Jungian voice dialogue technique that enables people to step out of limited self-concepts into awareness of their many different sub-selves (emotions/mental states). In addition to exploration of the more familiar sub-voices like anger and fear, author Zen Master Dennis Genpo Merzel uses this technique to help people access the ever-present Big Mind/Big Heart awareness - the clear, just being awareness and the unconditional compassion that we all can experience. The Big Mind process is now available in book form to bring readers of all backgrounds many benefits including: access to our innate wisdom, compassion and equanimity; openness of mind and ability to shift perspectives; greater presence and empowerment; and appreciation for the wisdom within all of our many sub-selves even ones we tend to dislike or disown, like fear and anger.

Dennis Genpo Merzel

Big Mind, Big Heart

Only the truth of who you are, if realized, will set you free.

I think everything in life is art. What you do. How you dress. The way you love someone, and how you talk. Your smile and your personality. What you believe in, and all your dreams. The way you drink your tea. How you decorate your home. Or party. Your grocery list. The food you make. How your writing looks. And the way you feel. Life is art.

You have the power to heal your life, and you need to know that. We think so often that we are helpless, but we're not. We always have the power of our minds. Claim and consciously use your power.

The sad truth is that man's real life consists of a complex of inexorable opposites - day and night, birth and death, happiness and misery, good and evil. We are not even sure that one will prevail against the other, that good will overcome evil, or joy defeat pain. Life is a battleground. It always has been and always will be; and if it were not so, existence would come to an end.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

All these stashes emphasizes alot about meaning of life; in life, there's no room for doubt if you have any rather read the golden words left by the great poets and warrior to understand the actual meaming of life.

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Imagine walking in a Jungle full of bushes. It's hard to walk but when the same path is taken again and again it Creates a Path.Brain do tasks the same when task is done again and again it creates a path which is effortless to walk or even run.

Why Change is Hard?

Routines are tasks executed in a certain way to get results. Imagine a Wise Planner plans your routines to get best result. Habits are automated tasks which executes on triggers. It is executed by a toddler which is towards getting instant gratification. It demand to be repeated.

Routines and Habits

Best thing is to start with small and breakdown things. Get a trigger and action.Create a routine which toddler can pickup.

So how to bring Change?

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Drinking my iced latte and just standing around other people is good enough! LoL!

Something An Introvert Enjoys.

I'm very introverted and I think other introverts would agree with this!

Understand yourself and those around you.

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There is no secret. No inspiring stories will move you. No "life changer" book will trigger you either

Achieve

All you need is to get up and show up!Do what you said or promised yourself to do, when the inspiring moment came to you.

Get Into Action! 

I do not understate the books, motivational pieces and all. All those would mean nothing, if no implementation is done.Get into action and be consistent! No matter how mundane you consider your vocation or goal to be, implementing and acting on it consistently will eventually move the needle.

Implement

The unexamined life is not worth living.

How to achieve more? 

Maslow's hierarchy of needs states that people are motivated by five basic categories of needs:<ol><li>Physiological refers to basic physical needs like drinking when thirsty or eating when hungry.</li><li>Safety needs are seen in childhood, as children have a need for safe and predictable enivonments and may react with fear or anxiety when these are not met.</li><li>Love and belonging. Feeling loved and accepted by family and friends and social circles.</li><li>Esteem involves our desire to feel self-confident and good about ourselves.</li><li>Self-actualisation refers to feeling fulfilled or living up to our potential.</li></ol>

Maslow's hierarchy of needs

<ul><li>Maslow believed having things like freedom of expression or a just society makes it easier for people to achieve their needs.</li><li>Maslow also said a learning environment helps to better understand the world around us.</li><li>Maslow acknowledges that people don't have to satisfy one need completely to move to the next need. Instead, most people tend to have each of their needs partly met.</li><li>One behaviour might meet two or more needs. For example, sharing a meal with someone meets the physiological need for food and the need for belonging.</li></ul>

How people progress through the hierarchy of needs

Maslow's idea that we go through five specific stages hasn't always been supported by research. In a 2011 study of human needs across cultures, researchers found that meeting six needs was linked to well-being: Basic needs (similar to Maslow's physiological needs), safety, love, pride and respect (similar to esteem needs), mastery, and autonomy. However, the order in which people go through these steps is not a strict rule. For example, people living in poverty might struggle to meet their needs for food and safety but feel loved and supported.

Testing Maslow's theory

Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory puts forward that people are motivated by five basic categories of needs.

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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Explained

Researchers, founders and executives insist that running can teach essential lessons in sticking with big goals and mental toughness. Olympic distance runner Alexi Pappas's advice from one of her running coaches is to use the rule of thirds: "Whenever you're chasing a big dream, you're supposed to feel good a third of the time, okay a third of the time and crappy or not great a third of the time." "If you feel too good all the time, you're not pushing yourself enough, and if you feel too fatigued, you might be burning out."

How hard you should push yourself when chasing big dreams

The rule of thirds is for looking back at your progress and seeing if you should push yourself more or less. Feeling lousy is not a sign that you're not good enough or doing something wrong. Instead, it means you're trying to do something ambitious. To maximize your progress towards challenging goals, <ul><li>you should be well outside your comfort zone (feeling lousy) a third of the time.</li><li>Feeling lousy much more is risky.</li><li>Feeling lousy less means you're not putting in enough effort.</li></ul>

Resilience in rule form

If you don't feel lousy a third of the time, you're probably not aiming high enough, says Alexi Pappas.

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Use This Olympian's 'Rule of Thirds' to Chase Any Big Dream

• You can't reason someone out of a notion that they didn’t reason themselves into.• Your best job will be the one that you were unqualified for because it stretches you. In fact, only apply to jobs you are unqualified for.• Buy used books. They have the same words as the new ones. Also libraries.• You can be whatever you want, so be the person who ends meetings early.• A wise man said, “Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates. At the first gate, ask yourself, “Is it true?” At the second gate ask, “Is it necessary?” At the third gate ask, “Is it kind?”

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• Take the stairs. • What you actually pay for something is at least twice the listed price because of the energy, time, money needed to set it up, learn, maintain, repair, and dispose of at the end. Not all prices appear on labels. Actual costs are 2x listed prices. • When you arrive at your room in a hotel, locate the emergency exits. It only takes a minute. • The only productive way to answer “what should I do now?” is to first tackle the question of “who should I become?” • Average returns sustained over an above-average period of time yield extraordinary results. Buy and hold.

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• It’s thrilling to be extremely polite to rude strangers. • It’s possible that a not-so smart person, who can communicate well, can do much better than a super smart person who can’t communicate well. That is good news because it is much easier to improve your communication skills than your intelligence. • Getting cheated occasionally is the small price for trusting the best of everyone, because when you trust the best in others, they generally treat you best. • Art is whatever you can get away with. • With your children, spend half the money you think you should, but double the time with them.

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• Purchase the most recent tourist guidebook to your home town or region. You’ll learn a lot by playing the tourist once a year. • Dont wait in line to eat something famous. It is rarely worth the wait. • To rapidly reveal the true character of a person you just met, move them onto an abysmally slow internet connection. Observe. • Prescription for popular success: do something strange. Make a habit of your weird. • Be a pro. Back up your back up. Have at least one physical backup and one backup in the cloud. Have more than one of each. Backups are cheap compared to regrets.

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• Don't believe everything you think you believe. • To signal an emergency, use the rule of three; 3 shouts, 3 horn blasts, or 3 whistles. • At a restaurant do you order what you know is great, or do you try something new? Do you make what you know will sell or try something new? Do you keep dating new folks or try to commit to someone you already met? The optimal balance for exploring new things vs exploiting them once found is: 1/3. Spend 1/3 of your time on exploring and 2/3 time on deepening. It is harder to devote time to exploring as you age because it seems unproductive, but aim for 1/3.

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• Actual great opportunities do not have “Great Opportunities” in the subject line. • When introduced to someone make eye contact and count to 4. You’ll both remember each other. • Take note if you find yourself wondering “Where is my good knife? Or, where is my good pen?” That means you have bad ones. Get rid of those. • When you are stuck, explain your problem to others. Often simply laying out a problem will present a solution. Make “explaining the problem” part of your troubleshooting process.

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• When buying a garden hose, an extension cord, or a ladder, get one substantially longer than you think you need. It’ll be the right size. • Dont bother fighting the old; just build the new. • Your group can achieve great things way beyond your means simply by showing people that they are appreciated. • When someone tells you about the peak year of human history, the period of time when things were good before things went downhill, it will always be the years of when they were 10 years old — which is the peak of any human’s existence.

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• You are as big as the things that make you angry. • When speaking to an audience, it’s better to fix your gaze on a few people than to “spray” your gaze across the room. Your eyes telegraph to others whether you really believe what you are saying. • Habit is far more dependable than inspiration. Make habits. Don't focus on getting into shape. Focus on becoming the kind of person who never misses a workout. • When negotiating, don't aim for a bigger piece of the pie; aim to create a bigger pie. • If you repeated what you did today 365 more times, will you be where you want to be next year?

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• You see only 2% of another person, and they see only 2% of you. Attune yourselves to the hidden 98%. • Your time and space are limited. Remove, give away, throw out things in your life that don't spark joy any longer in order to make room for those that do. • Our descendants will achieve things that will amaze us, yet a portion of what they will create could have been made with today’s materials and tools if we had had the imagination. Think bigger. • For a great payoff, be especially curious about the things you are not interested in.

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• Focus on directions rather than destinations. Who knows their destiny? But maintain the right direction and you’ll arrive at where you want to go. • Every breakthrough is at first laughable and ridiculous. In fact if it did not start out laughable and ridiculous, it is not a breakthrough. • If you loan someone $20 and you never see them again because they are avoiding paying you back, that makes it worth $20. • Copying others is a good way to start. Copying yourself is a disappointing way to end.

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• The best time to negotiate your salary for a new job is the moment AFTER they say they want you, and not before. Then it becomes a game of chicken for each side to name an amount first, but it is to your advantage to get them to give a number before you do. • Rather than steering your life to avoid surprises, aim directly for them. • Dont purchase extra insurance if you are renting a car with a credit card.

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• If your opinions on one subject can be predicted from your opinions on another, you may be in the grip of an ideology. When you truly think for yourself, your conclusions will not be predictable. • Aim to die broke. Give to your beneficiaries before you die; it’s more fun and useful. Spend it all. Your last check should go to the funeral home and it should bounce. • The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

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Golden bits of advice from a 70-year-young person! ⭐ (Volume 2) | For Volume 1, visit my profile.

103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known – Volume 2

It is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious goals. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you will have little competition.

Dream big

Since your work will fill a large part of your life, you will only really be satisfied if you do great work. Don't settle for work you don't love. When you do the work you're meant to do, it will feel right.

Work hard

Do what you feel passionate about. Take chances and go outside the box. Don't be afraid to fail. The world doesn't care how many times you fail, as long as it is less than the number of times you get up again.

Make mistakes

We remember the people who were the kindest to us, the most fondly, with the most feelings of warmth. A goal in life could be to try to be kinder.

Be kind

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This writer analyzed 100 graduation speeches — here are the 4 tips they all share

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