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I have come across Shawn Achor's video in TED. His talk was one of the best by far I have seen and I do feel inspired.
His key takeaway to rewire oneself to create lasting positive change below:
1) List 3 gratitudes daily for 21 days
2) Journal-ling 1 positive experience everyday to relive it
3) Exercise to teach the mind that action matters
4) Mediation to focus
5) Do randoms act of kindness to enforce a consciousness of positivity
So here I am on Day 1. Hopefully for many days to come.
My 3 Gratitudes for today:
1) that I have awesome colleagues
2) that I can savour my fish and chips
3) that I can be warm when it is cold
Random act of kindness - give away oranges as part of CNY and treat my colleagues to lunch!
Positive experience:
I spent one whole day on a report, generating the data from scratch. It was indeed a struggle but every bit goes into reinforcing my learning and a firmer hold on the concepts. My learning is like an exponential curve. Very slow in the beginning, but once the momentum gains traction, I go on quite speedily. Now i am just in the painful part. I take it as a cross to bear - trying to acknowledge that I really don't know a lot and to accept that I am not as smart as others. God has a way to make one swallow pride.
For those who are interested in Shawn Achor's awesome TED video, it is embedded below.
His key takeaway to rewire oneself to create lasting positive change below:
1) List 3 gratitudes daily for 21 days
2) Journal-ling 1 positive experience everyday to relive it
3) Exercise to teach the mind that action matters
4) Mediation to focus
5) Do randoms act of kindness to enforce a consciousness of positivity
So here I am on Day 1. Hopefully for many days to come.
My 3 Gratitudes for today:
1) that I have awesome colleagues
2) that I can savour my fish and chips
3) that I can be warm when it is cold
Random act of kindness - give away oranges as part of CNY and treat my colleagues to lunch!
Positive experience:
I spent one whole day on a report, generating the data from scratch. It was indeed a struggle but every bit goes into reinforcing my learning and a firmer hold on the concepts. My learning is like an exponential curve. Very slow in the beginning, but once the momentum gains traction, I go on quite speedily. Now i am just in the painful part. I take it as a cross to bear - trying to acknowledge that I really don't know a lot and to accept that I am not as smart as others. God has a way to make one swallow pride.
For those who are interested in Shawn Achor's awesome TED video, it is embedded below.
His book that I intend to read
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