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7 ways to change your life in the next 7 days | Lyved
http://www.lyved.com/body_soul/7-ways-to-change-your-life-in-the-next-7-days/

Life change may seem to take years to achieve but there are steps you can walk today and in the next week that perhaps can change your life forever. Most are
Life Check: What Are Your Life Patterns?
http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2008/09/22/life-check-life-patterns/
Inspirational
It's really good for me ,huh. It's really necessary to renew my life patterns again.
Back To Work: Making Time for the MITs (Most Important Things)
http://lifehacker.com/5097290/making-time-for-the-mits-most-important-things
Here’s an exercise I use to place the appropriate (and timely!) attention on what I consider to be the MIT's—the Most Important Things.Start off by thinking of 3 things to focus on for the next 12 hours.Write those—as objectives and/or goals—on a sticky-note or index card.Put that note somewhere you'll see it throughout the day.Review it occasionally.At the end of the day, ask yourself, "Did I do what I said I would do? Did I focus on what I said I would focus on?"Finally, throw away/recycle the index card.
* Start off by thinking of 3 things to focus on for the next 12 hours. * Write those—as objectives and/or goals—on a sticky-note or index card. * Put that note somewhere you'll see it throughout the day. * Review it occasionally. * At the end of the day, ask yourself, "Did I do what I said I would do? Did I focus on what I said I would focus on?" * Finally, throw away/recycle the index card.
BBC NEWS | Health | Self-help 'makes you feel worse'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8132857.stm
In the low self-esteem group, those who repeated the mantra felt worse afterwards compared with others who did not. However people with high self-esteem felt better after repeating the positive self-statement - but only slightly. The psychologists then asked the study participants to list negative and positive thoughts about themselves. They found that, paradoxically, those with low self-esteem were in a better mood when they were allowed to have negative thoughts than when they were asked to focus exclusively on affirmative thoughts. Writing in the journal, the researchers suggest that, like overly positive praise, unreasonably positive self-statements, such as "I accept myself completely," can provoke contradictory thoughts in individuals with low self-esteem. Such negative thoughts can overwhelm the positive thoughts.
BBC NEWS | Health
Repeating affirmations which are, in your perception, not true will not actually help. Just the opposite, in fact.
A UK psychologist said people based their feelings about themselves on real evidence from their lives.
Why Intelligent People Fail
http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/works/intelligentfailure.htm
1. Lack of motivation. A talent is irrelevant if a person is not motivated to use it. Motivation may be external (for example, social approval) or internal (satisfaction from a job well-done, for instance). External sources tend to be transient, while internal sources tend to produce more consistent performance.