How to train your brain to see the positive #014
1% better every day at 11:11am
It only takes a few days to train your brain to notice more opportunities, it takes practice to focus on the positive. As Shawn Achor explains in "The Happiness Advantage", the best way to train your brain to see the positive is to start making a daily list of the good things in your job, your career, and your life.
I know you think I'm kicking open doors, but stick with me! What I'm about to explain to you really works and over a decade of empirical studies has proven the profound effect it has on the way our brains are wired.
Here's the exercise I'm asking you to do:
Write down a list of “3x2 good things” that happened in your life, everyday for 30 days. 3 things in your professional life and 3 things in your personal life. It can be anything! We're not here to judge.
In just five minutes a day, this trains the brain to become more skilled at noticing and focusing on possibilities for personal and professional growth, and seizing opportunities to act on them. At the same time, because we can only focus on so much at once, our brains push out those small annoyances and frustrations that used to loom large into the background, even out of our visual field entirely.
Do you have 5 minutes a day to try it out? I’m sure you do !
ONE QUOTE TO SHARE
“Eliminate something superfluous from your life. Break a habit. Do something that makes you feel insecure.” - Piero Ferrucci
ONE ARTICLE TO READ
A new Twitter test feature aiming to “promote informed discussion” will nudge users to read before they retweet. The company describes the test as a step to help people be more aware of what they’re sharing in a broader effort to inspire “healthier conversations” on the platform.
ONE QUESTION TO ASK YOURSELF
What's the one little thing I could do today to make sure I have a good day?
ONE PERSON TO FOLLOW
Ross Edgley is a British extreme athlete and adventurer. And the word "extreme" is a weak word to describe him… Here's what he achieved!
The World's Strongest Marathon (2016)
Commencing at midnight on 22 January 2016, Edgley began a marathon (42.2 km) around the Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire, pulling a 1,400 kilograms Mini Countryman car.
The World's Longest Rope Climb (2016)
At 9am on 22 April 2016, Edgley began his "World’s Longest Rope Climb" conquest at Pippingford Park in the Ashdown Forest of Sussex, in which he completed a rope climb of 8,848 metres, the exact height of Mount Everest, in 19 hours and 54 minutes. The money raised went to the Teenage Cancer Trust.
The Great British Swim (2018)
He became the first person in history to swim all the way around Great Britain, completing it in 157 days. Aided by a team of experts which monitored the tides and his health in his 16 metres (52 ft) support boat Hectate, he typically swam for six hours, rested for six hours, and swimming another six hours etc. He consumed around 15,000 calories a day, eating pizza, pasta, noodles porridge, biscuits, natural yoghurt, peanut butter, coconut oil, bananas and other fruits and vegetables and guzzling green shakes before every swim…
Would you like some more?
He did a 1,000 mile barefoot run in a month carrying a 50-kg backpack, an Olympic Distance Triathlon carrying a 100-lb tree, swimming over 100 km across the Caribbean Sea pulling a 100-lb tree, swimming non-stop for 48 hours at the Commando Training Centre for the Royal Marines, and completing 30 Marathons in 30 days.
Try to think of him when you find it's too cold outside to run :)
ONE WORKOUT TO DO
Time : 30 to 40 min
50x Burpees + 20x Crunches + 50x Squats
Go for 8 round. If you do it in less than 35min, you’re are in a pretty good shape !
How to do > Burpees / Squats / Crunches
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