personal development is a lifelong
process but it doesn't have to take you
more than a few minutes to start
improving yourself if you're familiar
with the two-minute rule you know that
any big goal can be broken down into
smaller tasks some of these small tasks
take less than 2 minutes to accomplish
but they are likely to get you moving
towards your larger goals and ambitions
just take 2 minutes out of your day
after you watch this video of course to
complete one of these tasks to improve
your overall well-being
number one is pretty simple it's drink
more water a glass of water may seem
like the smallest of baby steps towards
self-improvement but it's still a step
forward we often neglect the
recommendation to drink 8 glasses of
water each day your body needs water to
maintain bodily functions and keep you
healthy
also dehydration may cause headaches
fatigue or problems with your skin and a
lot of people are actually dehydrated
and they just don't know it so drinking
eight glasses a day isn't easy if you're
not thinking about it so don't be afraid
to congratulate yourself when you've
actually achieved eight glasses a day I
personally keep a full glass of water
near my desk at all time and I'll drink
like crazy all day I drink a bunch of
water the secret is to keep the glass of
water full and you also have to use a
pretty large glass of water it's a
psychological trick called the
availability bias that makes your brain
think hey there's a bunch of water there
we should drink some water a downside of
this is that you have to go to the
bathroom quite a bit more but it really
makes a substantial difference on your
productivity and your energy levels
number two is to eat Whole Foods as a
general rule the fewer the ingredients
the more nourishing the food if you want
to have more energy and feel better
throughout the day swap out some
processed meals for Whole Foods you can
enjoy things like fruits vegetables eggs
and nuts just things that you can
actually pronounce cut down on chemicals
dyes and other ingredients that you
can't pronounce I suggest taking a look
at your next meal how many ingredients
can you actually identify if you don't
know what you're eating you're more
likely to ingest something that will
make you feel sluggish and unproductive
throughout the day I know this is like
one of the most basic but you can really
improve how you feel just by making
small changes in what you eat so let's
move on the number three practice daily
gratitude I know you guys hear this from
me a lot but positivity and gratitude
really help to melt away your stress
even when you feel that you are down and
an attitude of gratitude can show you
the light and keep you from feeling that
you've hit the bottom with a clear and
grateful mind you will be more likely to
move forward it's been proven
I am in time again that people that are
primed with gratitude are more likely to
reach their goals for some people
gratitude is a difficult thing but
something you can start doing is keeping
a small journal next to your bed
whenever you go to sleep and right
before you go to bed write down
everything on a single page you were
grateful for that name as the nights
pass you'll soon have an entire notebook
filled up with gratitude once you learn
the power of the law of attraction
something I've talked about in other
videos and the neuroscience of the
reticular activating system something
I'll talk about in psychology of beliefs
you will start to understand how truly
important having a positive and grateful
mind is for becoming successful it's
actually crazy how many research studies
can hold this down number four is to
pick up a book
I also recommend cutting down on some
screen time and opening your mind with a
good book you can always learn something
from reading even if it's just a new
vocabulary word Irie ders and Kindles
make it easier than ever to carry around
the knowledge of the universe while you
travel or you curl up on the couch or
even when you're going to the bathroom
maybe you don't have two minutes to read
a whole book well take two minutes to
get some recommendations from your
friends and family members all it takes
is a quick click online to queue up some
books on your tablet when the books are
waiting for you you're more likely to
actually read them again I do the same
thing that I do with the water using the
availability bias I keep lots of books
around me so I'm more tempted to learn
from them and actually read them in fact
right now I have four personality
textbooks on my desk because right now
I'm doing some research for a future
personality psychology series on this
channel leave a comment below if you'd
watch that series number five is
something I've started doing recently
and it's just listened to a TED talk
maybe you prefer consuming inspiration
with audio you can hop online on YouTube
and learn from great speakers in a
variety of different fields if you don't
know what to watch first watch some TED
Talks
if you have a specific subject that you
want to learn about maybe it's
psychology you'll probably be able to
find a TED talk on it if you're open to
anything you can really explore a whole
worlds worth of different subjects with
Ted from happiness to urban planning to
biology it's actually crazy how many
videos they have I personally have been
watching a ton of material on
personality psychology again in fact
there's actually a couple of colleges
and universities out there that
literally record their entire lectures
of the semester and upload them if you
know how to find them number six is to
forgive someone now we've all been a
victim of wrongdoing at some point in
our lives we've all made mistakes just
as you would probably like people to
forgive
we have to work on forgiving other
people even if they haven't directly
asked for it forgiveness is a small
gesture that doesn't just benefit the
person who did you wrong when you let go
of a grudge you also let go of the
stress the anxiety and the other
negative feelings that you had that
you've been cleaning on to for a long
time I recently finished my premium
online course titled a psychology of
beliefs and after doing some research
and coming up with around 2 hours of
meaningful content you start to realize
the severe consequences to your mindset
if you start to hold grudges if you want
more information on this course the
psychology of beliefs stick around
through the end of this video number 7
is to join a group of supportive
individuals now it might feel hard or
difficult to accomplish your dreams
alone and in fact it probably is words
of encouragement and additional
resources can help you find
opportunities and boost your mood and
give you more motivation but where do
you find a group that is willing to
support your journey well think about
the group that you want to join and hop
online meetup and Facebook are two great
sources to find supportive communities
and events meetup if you've never heard
of it before allows you to search
through different events based on your
occupation your interests or your
community that you identify with they
help you set up meets in your local area
do you want to meet up with fellow
writers in Philadelphia maybe real
estate investors in Austin well you're
likely to find a group that fits your
needs on meetup and also Facebook groups
are becoming a more popular way to reach
out to like-minded people and connect
with them
these groups are often run by experts in
their field who offer courses and
resources but the group's sometimes are
free you can also search for physical
events to attend through through these
groups and lastly in the
self-development community we're really
hard on ourselves on always trying to
find continual improvement but number 8
on this list is to congratulate yourself
for this growth so will you plan to take
some time today and complete maybe one
of these tips that I've suggested well
if you do don't forget to reward
yourself
positive reinforcement will encourage
you to keep going and keep growing even
when that reinforcement comes from
within I suggest to take a moment of
this day and reflect on the ways that
you've improved your overall well-being
and plan to complete these actions again
tomorrow the more you consistently
contribute to your self-improvement
the faster you and the rest of the world
will start to see results as I in this
video I want to let you know how you
could enroll in the psychology of
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probably will
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there's a new animated book summary an
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remember that part about joining an
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today thank you guys so much for
watching taking the time to learn from
me and I hope you enjoyed this video
