Tony Robbins, born as Anthony Mahavorick, in North Hollywood, California is a motivational speaker, self-help books author and as he likes to call himself, “a peak performance coach”. While his birth parents divorced when he was only 7, he was adopted by one of his stepdads, Jim Robbins, a minor league baseball player, when Tony was 12. Since his father could not provide for the family, he left them and Tony became the primary caregiver, being the eldest of 3 siblings.
Self-improvement for most of us seems like quite a daunting task. Where do we start? How do we end? What do we do? How do we go about it? While some of us have help from or near and dear ones, most of us take on this massive mission alone. So to help us keep track of our progress and make sure we don’t deviate much from our operation path, self-improvement apps have taken over the internet sphere. Here, we take a look at some of them, and hope they make your daunting duty, a little bit easier.
Self-improvement is a gradual process. It starts with the recognition of the areas you want to work on, and ends with a happier you. Since it’s obvious why self-improvement is important and how it is beneficial, let’s directly get to how to actually go about it.
I once read that meditation is like a hug to ourselves. With meditation, you become more you, as you unlock the door to your subconscious mind. And in that hidden realm, lies the power and strength to build a life that you truly desire.
Though most of us might have our lives in control, none of us is born perfect. We all have areas that need our attention, our own flaws and own strengths too. The best way to self- improvement is to accept our weaknesses, work on them and enhance our strengths. Self- improvement is a personal never ending quest. Here are a few tips to get started:
Mindfulness Meditation is a part of an ancient Buddhism practice which includes vipassana, satipahana and anapanasati as forms of meditation. Mindfulness itself is the non-judgemental acceptance of one’s emotions which focuses one’s attention on the present moment, thoughts and actions creating full awareness of one’s being. It is also an attribute of consciousness believed to promote one’s well-being.
Jeremy Taylor rightly said, “Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.”
Meditation, for beginners, can be seen as a form of unflinching focus on one’s own self to calm our minds, retrospect on our personalities and tap into our well of endless potential.
Motivational speakers are often people who have seen immense hardships in life, and risen above all their troubles to make something of themselves. While they possess the art of sound storytelling coupled with strong life experiences to back their accounts, the one thing that makes them so convincing is their positive attitude towards life and a joyful eye for things.
Love yourself the most in the world and have faith that you have the power to do anything and bring about a change. Positive thinking just does not mean looking at world with rosy eyes but it’s a mental attitude that allows an individual to expect favorable outcomes. Positive thinking not only helps you cope up with the downfall, but it brings about a change in your personality and a change in the way you think.
There is a direct relationship between positive thinking and happiness. A positive thinker is always happy and content because he is grateful enough for all that he has and makes an effort to turn all the situations in his favor.
We have always heard that it’s the thought that counts. Positive thinking can be implied in a similar way. Just a positive thought in the morning and see how your day goes. You need not make a deliberate effort to be a positive thinker. But you must have a desire to be successful because optimism is a key factor in achieving success. Optimist deal with a situation in a different way than the pessimistic. They keep their minds on what they want and make a constant effort to get it. They are clear about their goals and have the belief that they will be able to accomplish them. Optimist are the happy people and they find good in everything. They look for good in every difficulty or problem. Instead of blaming the situation, they think about what could be done to overcome it and what they can learn from it. When you look for something good in a situation, you will find it. And while looking, you will be a more positive and good person.
Difficulties are faced by all but it’s the way you look at it and how you take it. In an accident, two men lost everything they had. One brooded about everything he had lost and the other was grateful to be alive. It’s how you look at something. Remember, you have a choice always; either to stay where you are and keep thinking or move on.
With a positive attitude, we feel happy and content. It brings brightness to your eyes, more energy and happiness. Our whole persona changes and it broadcasts good will, happiness and success. Even our health is affected in a beneficial way. Positive thinking reduces your health costs because you are happy all the time! People are more disposed to positive people and help us and avoid anything that gives out negativity. When you are negative, it releases toxics into your blood which affects your overall health. Even you feel good when you are around optimists. You absorb the zeal they have for work and life. We walk tall, our voice is more powerful, and our body language shows the way we feel.
Neuro-linguistic programming also known as NLP was created by Richard Bandler and John Grinder in California, United States in the 1970s. It is a name that encompasses the three components that influence in producing human experience: neurology, language and programming. Neurology regulates the way or body functions, language determine the way we communicate with each other and our programming determines the kinds of model that we create of the world. Neuro-linguistic programming describes the fundamental relation between the mind (neuro) and the language (linguistic) and their interplay and how it affects our body and behavior (Programming).