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Saturday 24 December 2016

100 Ways To Perfect Your Life With Richard Carlson

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  1. Don't sweat the small stuff.
  2. Make peace with perfection.
  3. Let go of the idea that gentle, relaxed people can't be super achievers.
  4. Be aware of the snowball effect of your thinking.
  5. Develop your compassion.
  6. Remind yourself that when you die your "In Basket" won't be empty.
  7. Don't interrupt others or finish their sentences.
  8. Do something nice for someone else and don't tell anyone else.
  9. Let others have the glory.
  10. Learn to live in the present moment.
  11. Imagine that everyone else is enlightened except you.
  12. Let others be "right" most of the times.
  13. Become more patient.
  14. Create "Patience Practice Periods".
  15. Be the first one to act loving or reach out.
  16. Ask yourself the question "WILL THIS MATTER A YEAR FROM NOW?
  17. Surrender to the fact that life isn't fair.
  18. Allow yourself to be bored.
  19. Lower your tolerance to stress.
  20. Once a week, write a heartfelt letter.
  21. Imagine yourself at your own funeral.
  22. Repeat to yourself "Life isn't an emergency".
  23. Experiment with your "Back Burner".
  24. Spend a moment everyday thinking about someone to thank.
  25. Smile at strangers, Look into their eyes and say hello.
  26. Set aside quiet time, everyday.
  27. Imagine the people in your life as tiny infants and as one-hundred-year-old adults.
  28. Seek first to understand.
  29. Become a better listener.
  30. Choose your battles wisely.
  31. Become aware of your moods and don't allow yourself to be fooled by the low ones.
  32. Life is a test. It's only a test.
  33. Praise and blame are all the same.
  34. Practice random acts of kindness.
  35. Look beyond behaviour.
  36. See the innocence.
  37. Choose being kind over being right.
  38. Tell three people (today) how much you love them.
  39. Practice humility.
  40. When in doubt about whose turn it is to take out the trash, go ahead and take it out.
  41. Avoid weatherproofing.
  42. Spend a moment, everyday, thinking about someone to love.
  43. Become an Anthropologist.
  44. Understand separate realities.
  45. Develop your own helping rituals.
  46. Everyday, tell at least one person something you like, admire or appreciate about them.
  47. Argue for your limitations and they are yours.
  48. Remember that everything has God's fingerprints on it.
  49. Resist the urge to criticise.
  50. Write down your five most stubborn positions and see if you can soften them.
  51. Just for fun, agree with criticism directed toward you (then watch it go).
  52. Search for the grain of truth in other opinions.
  53. See the glass as already broken (and everything else).
  54. Understand the statement, "WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE".
  55. Breathe before you speak.
  56. Be grateful when you're feeling good and graceful when you're feeling bad.
  57. Become a less aggressive driver.
  58. Relax.
  59. Adopt a child through the mail.
  60. Turn your melodrama into mellow-drama.
  61. Read articles and books with entirely different points of view from your own and try to learn something.
  62. Do one thing at a time.
  63. Count to ten.
  64. Practice being the "EYE IN THE STORM".
  65. Be flexible with changes in your plans.
  66. Think of what you have instead of what you want.
  67. Practice ignoring your negative thoughts.
  68. Be willing to learn from friends and family.
  69. Be happy where you are.
  70. Remember you become what you practice most.
  71. Quiet the mind!
  72. Take up Yoga.
  73. Make service an integral part of your life.
  74. Do a favour and don't ask for, or expect, one in return.
  75. Think of your problems as potential teachers.
  76. Get comfortable not knowing.
  77. Acknowledge the totality of your being.
  78. Cut yourself some slack!
  79. Stop blaming others.
  80. Become an early riser.
  81. When trying to be helpful, focus on little stuff.
  82. Remember, one hundred years from now, all new people.
  83. Lighten up.
  84. Nurture a plant.
  85. Transform your relationship to your problems.
  86. The next time you find yourself in an argument, rather than defend your position, see if you can see the other point of view first.
  87. Redefine a "MEANINGFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT".
  88. Listen to your feelings ( they are trying to tell you something).
  89. If someone throws you the ball, you don't have to catch it.
  90. One more passing show.
  91. Fill your life with love.
  92. Realise the power of your own thoughts.
  93. Give up on the idea that "more is better".
  94. Keep asking yourself "what's really important".
  95. Trust your intuitive heart.
  96. Be open to "What is".
  97. MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
  98. Look for the Extraordinary in the ordinary.
  99. Schedule time for your inner work.
  100. LIVE THIS DAY AS IF IT WERE YOUR LAST. IT MIGHT BE.
If you enjoyed this please share and leave your comments below. If you would also like to read more books from Richard Carlson, then click on the link above, beneath the photo to read this particular book "DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF", and many more books. Thanks for your time.

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