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Why Optimism Is A Better Strategy For Life

I’ve become a blatant optimist over the past year, and this has changed my life radically. Life is all about optimising for the best future. For that, we need data. To get data, we need to believe that things will work out. That’s optimism.

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What’s Your Preservation to Expenditure Ratio?

After talking about the interpretations of the common acronym YOLO on a podcast, I realised that all personal growth is about the Preservation to Expenditure ratio of life, and the Hero’s Journey.

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How To Use Cognitive Reframing To Change How You Feel

Often, the way we first describe something that happens in our lives carries a negative connotation. With Cognitive Reframing, we change that narrative, and in effect, change how we feel.

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The Idea Is To Be Blatantly Yourself

The idea is to be blatantly yourself. This is the one maxim for my entire journey to adulthood. I firmly believe that no matter what happens, authenticity goes a long way.

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The Three Things Rule To Have A Good Day, Explained

If you’ve been following Nudge › How for a while now, you might already be familiar with what I call the Three Things Rule or Three Good Things. Here’s what it’s all about.

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How To Ask For Help And Get It 101

Over the years, I’ve learned some things about asking for help. Here’s a quick lesson with four ways that will help you ask for help better.

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The Narrative Fallacy And How To Shift To An Active Mindset

Your narrative defines your locus of control which, in turn, defines what your mindset is, and which, in turn, defines your life. Here’s how to fix all of that.

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A Primer On Effort, Direction And Goals For The Uninitiated

While volunteering and teaching kids from middle school, the team I was a part of and I came up with the simplest lesson for Effort, Direction and Goals. It’s all about a pile of paper balls.

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Are You Stuck In The Tutorial Purgatory Of Life?

The Tutorial Purgatory of Life is when all you’re continually reading is life advice, all you’re listening to is self-help podcasts, and all you’re watching are how to get better videos with nothing to show for it. Here’s how to find if you’re into it, and how to get out.

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The Trickle-Down Effect Of Your Habits

The Trickle-Down Effect is the idea that every habit – good or bad – affects every other habit. Patterns get created whether we want to or not. It’s up to us to find them and make them better.

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Now That You’re Happy, What Do You Do?

In this post, I answer a question to talk about my perspective on happiness, how I handle it once I reach it, and the better alternative to striving for happiness instead. This is a slightly different post than you’re probably used to seeing on Nudge › How.

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How To Cultivate Collaborative Habits and Healthy Rivalries

It’s important to have healthy rivalries to grow into better people. In my experience, I’ve grown faster when I had some competition that wasn’t toxic but helped me push myself further. Here’s how it has worked out for me!