The 100 Percent Rule That Will Change Your Life | Benjamin Hardy | TEDxK...

Why most people struggle when it comes to losing weight or getting rid of bad habits? Is there a chance to get unstuck from unnecessary fallbacks and permanently change our bad habits? In this TEDxTalk, Benjamin shares the secret on how making a radical change is not only possible but required to live a life of integrity, meaning, and purpose. Benjamin Hardy has been the #1 most-read writer on Medium.com since late 2015. His work has been read by over 50 million people and has been featured on Forbes, Fortune, Psychology Today, and many others. He has grown his email list from 0 to nearly 400,000 followers in the past 3.5 years without any paid advertising. He is the author of the internationally bestselling book, Willpower Doesn’t Work.

The secret to self control | Jonathan Bricker | TEDxRainier

Jonathan Bricker's work has uncovered a scientifically sound approach to behavior change that is twice as effective as most currently practiced methods.  His new methods are driving new norms and new apps for how people quit smoking and decrease obesity, saving many people from an early death.



Jonathan Bricker is an internationally recognized scientific leader in a bold approach called acceptance and commitment therapy. A Stanford researcher called his use of the approach “a breakthrough in behavioral research [that] has major public health implications for the major causes of preventable death.” Bricker and his team, having received $10 million in total federal research grants to study this topic, are rigorously testing this intervention on multiple platforms, including smartphone apps, websites, and telephone coaching. His SmartQuit app for quitting smoking was recently launched and is now in distribution worldwide.



Summary

1) Be aware of the cravings whenever they appear, detect them and think "I'm feeling I'm having a craving for X."

2) Don't fight it. Let the craving rest in your brain and be conscious of it

3) Instead of shaming yourself for giving in to a craving, tell to yourself what you'd say to a friend of yours who's had a slip up.

The Secret to Health, Wealth, Relationships and Happiness

The secret on Netflix is an amazing boost of positivity and focus. I would recommend watching this - see trailer below.





The secret is the law of attraction.  Everything coming into your life is  to  attracted to you by whatever you are thinking about.

THOUGHTS
Your life is a physical manifestation of thoughts in your head

You become whatever you think about - thoughts become things and thoughts have a frequency so think about what you want with all your focus.

If you think of what you don't want - you will attract it so it is important to think of only the things you want.  Don’t focus on what you don't want, For example, don't say  " I  don't want to be late"  or complain about how bad it is  as both these will create what you don't want.

 You are the masterpiece of your own life and you do it with your thoughts


FEELINGS
Feelings are a feedback mechanism of your body.

Many people just try and think good thoughts but nothing manifests in their lives. This is because they are not using their feelings.


The more that you  feel good, the more you will attract the things that make you feel good so you should feel healthy, feel prosperous  and feel love.

But how can you feel good if you are having a bad day or not feeling good. It's easy , just do one of the following.

• Listen to  music, 
• Sing something that uplifts you, 
• Think of something beautiful ( like a baby you love) - dwell on it  and use all  your senses)
• Feel love for  something/someone (e.g your pet)

HISTORY

The secret is not knew and has been known for thousands of years. 

In the bible in Matthew 7, 7 it states : Ask, and it shall be given you

The Buddha said "All that we are is the result of what we have thought"

In the famous story of Alladin, the genie always says "Your wish is my command". In modern versions the genie grants 3 wishes but if you trace the story back you find originally it was unlimited wishes. Think about the significance of that for a moment.

Whether you believe in God, or the universe or a higher power you just need to ask and believe and act in a way as if it was true and the manifestations of your wishes will appear.

3 STEP PROCESS
So how do you follow the secret. It is a simple 3 step process.

1.   Ask:
• Ask for what you really want. State it in the  present tense, e.g   I am so happy and grateful  that ....... (say what you want in the present tense as if it already is happening).
2.   Believe it's already yours
• You don't need to know how. The universe will rearrange itself to make it happen
• It is like a car driving in the dark. You cannot see the whole route, you can only see 50 meters ahead but you can keep going.
• If you start doubting, replace it with unwavering faith. You can do this by continually saying what you want. Your subconscious will eventually accept it as true.
3.  .Begin to receive
•  Feel good. It is a  feeling universe  so need thoughts and feelings to manifest in your life
• Go test drive your dream car, view your dream house. Start getting good feelings and associating them to the things you want. 
• When you feel  joyous, this is an intuitive nudge from the universe so act on it.
• Whether you think it is a big or small wish, it makes no difference to the universe so wish big.

Many people are stuck/imprisoned/confined  in their current circumstances. However your current circumstances  are the  residual outcome of past thoughts and actions.

So start to change your thoughts, expectations and feelings.

Begin with making a daily list of things you are grateful for.  You will then  attract more of what you want.

Whatever you visualise,  you materialize. Start  dwelling on the end  result that you want.  For example close your eyes and focus on the back of your hands, see the hairs, feel the skin. Now imagine your hands are on the steering wheel of your favorite car , hear the engine, feel the speed . Imagine feeling  happy, joyous and exhilarated.


Make sure you are persistent. Many people try and give up just before they reach success. As soon as you say "it doesn't work " then the universe will say "your wish is my command" so be persistent.

Don't worry about how it will happen - the  universe knows the shortest quickest way.

So decide what you want , believe you can have it, deserve it and it is  possible for you. Close your eyes,  visualise having what you want and feel feelings of happiness and gratitude. Then release it  into the universe and believe the universe will manifest it for you.



WEALTH
Declare what you want from the catalogue of the universe.

Make sure you think about what you want , not what you don't want. If you are thinking                about getting out of debt, you are still thinking of being in debt and that is what you  will  get .

Focus on Abundance, not scarcity.

Visualise cheques coming in the mail. Visualise that  money comes frequently and easily to you.

HAPPINESS
Go for inner things, inner joy then the outer things appear.
Think about things that make you feel happy and focus on these.

RELATIONSHIPS
Do you treat yourself the way you want to be treated? Make sure you treat yourself with love as you need to respect yourself before you can be in a relationship with someone else.

Love yourself ! This is not conceit but just love your amazing body and your wonderful self.

If you find yourself arguing in  a relationship, get a piece of paper and  write everything you appreciate about them,. Write a list  daily.

HEALTH
Dis-ease means your body is not at ease.  Diseases and  all stress are feedback from your body that you are not balanced.

Many people have healed themselves by continuously saying "thank you for my healing" and putting themselves in a joyous state (e.g. by watching comedies and avoiding stress).

Albert Schweitzer said all healing is self healing. Your immune system heals your body.
Disease cant live in body in a healthy emotional state.

Anything we focus on we create, if we are angry - we are focusing on the anger which brings more anger.


Jung said   "What you resist, persists ".  Don’t be anti, be pro. Focus on what you want , not what you don’t want . .Mother Theresa understood this.  She said she would  never attend an anti war demo. but she would gladly come to a peace movement.


ENERGY
Energy flows where attention goes. We are all energy. Einstein's famous equation E=mc(squared) shows that energy and matter are interchangeable.

You are an energy field operating in the larger energy field of the universe. Everything is connected. You are an infinite field of unfolding psssibilites.

What are you going to do nw= when you focus on what your want the things you don’t want fall away.  You are the author , the pen is your hand and the outcome is whatever you choose

Whenever you say   I cant do that  or she wont let me or he wont let me then every single I'm not is a creation. We are unlimited beings - we have no ceiling so don't limit yourself.

Your purpose is what you say it is. Your  mission is what you say it is.
You have a future of unbounded potential, unbounded possibilities.  You deserve to be happy,. You were  born to add something of value to this world so be best you can be .

Every single  thing that you’ve been though ,that you’ve come through  has  prepared you for this moment. You are the creator of your destiny. Imagine what you can do from this day forth with what you now know,. Will you seize the moment? No one else can sing your  song,  or dance your dance  or write your story. It begins now. I believe you are great. There is  something magnificent about you. No matter how old or young you think you are.  You now have the power that will take over your life, direct and sustain you. That is what I know for sure.

When the voice and vision inside is  more profound and  louder then opinions  outside you’ve mastered your life
 Life should be abundant--believe it , see it, act from it and it will show up for you
What you think and feel and belief and thank about , you bring about. That is the secret.

Become the deliberate creator of your life. Life can be wonderful  and should be and it will be when you follow the secret.

The No.1 Habit Billionaires Run Daily

Want to be a billionaire? Then you need to learn the no 1 habit of  billionaires.

It only takes 30 seconds.

Secret Of Success - The 20 Second Rule

If  I told you there was a very quick technique that would change your life, would you be interested?
Well here it is the 20 second rule!


You'll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. ....John C. Maxwell

As John C. Maxwell said the secret of your success is found in your daily routine but how can you make your daily routine better. We all know the things that are good for us and bad for us but in the midst of life we sometimes lack the willpower. 

In fact our willpower is limited so we only have a certain amount before we lose our ability to be strong.

So let's take another view. Let's look at it from a moment by moment decision. Assuming you have no willpower what will you do in  a certain situation? You will do the easiest option. So all we need to do is to make the things that are good for us easier (20 seconds easier) and the things that are bad for us harder (20 seconds harder), e.g.

Watching TV. 

They say TV can make you rich. Switch it off and you become rich, keep it on  and  you become poor! Seriously though TV steals your time and your life and makes you anxious (as you haven't done anything constructive) so  to use the 20 second rule, simply take the batteries out of the remote control. You will then spend 20 seconds putting the batteries in, which will then make watching TV harder then doing something else. 

Doing Exercise

If you want to start exercise and decide to go running, just put your shoes and running  kit between the bed and the alarm. Then in  order to switch the alarm off, you  have to step over your running gear. This will make it easier (20 seconds easier) to run.

There are many other ways you can use the 20 second technique. Have a think and see how you can make bad things 20 seconds harder and good things 20 seconds easier. If you do this regularly, you will find your life will change for the better!

8 traits of successful people - Richard St. John

Ten years of research and 500 face-to-face interviews led Richard St.John  to a collection of eight common traits in successful leaders around the world



What really leads to success?

After 10 years of research, 500 face to face interviews, studying 1000's of success stories from other sources and interviewing careers from a to Z (including 4 Nobel prize winners) he had a lot of data.
He then spent a lot of time analyzing and sorting the interviews.This lead him to find common traits.

He found that successful people have 8 traits, which are:


1.Love what you do

2.Work really hard

3.Focus on one thing not  everything

4.Keep pushing yourself

5.Come up with good ideas

6.Keep  improving yourself and what you do

7. Serve others something of value

8.Persist

These traits were the fundamentals. There were also other skills that were helpful, based on the area you were working, such as:

Technical skills
Analytical skills
People skills
Creative skills
Management skills
Computer skills


So how many of the 8 successful traits do you have? If you don't have them all, could you try focusing on 1 trait per month?