100 Ways To Live A Better Life – 16. Pay Yourself First

You can’t give something if you don’t have it. You can’t give wealth to others if you don’t have it for yourself first. You can’t spread light onto others if you don’t have light from within. Do yourself a service and pay yourself first. I’m all in for altruism but for a real, sustainable altruism. … Read more

100 Ways To Live A Better Life – 15. Find Reasons To Agree

Rather than disagree. We have this mindset of competition which makes us constantly argue over things. Well, stop that. You don’t have to force yourself into agreement, if it’s not the case, just trying to find some reasons will be enough. There’s also another subtle implication of this approach: whenever you force yourself to see the … Read more

100 Ways To Live A Better Life – 14. Learn A New Language

Challenge your mind. Constantly. If you’re going to do number 10 (which is, just in case you forgot, travel long distance), you’re going to learn some new languages too. From my experience, learning a new language is a fantastic mind opener. Sometimes you don’t even have to travel there. And if we’re talking about languages, … Read more

100 Ways To Live A Better Life – 13. Change Your Work Space

Clean up your desk. Re-arrange furniture. Add some color to that space. Make the place where you work really enjoyable. So enjoyable that work there won’t be perceived as work anymore. It will be something you actually crave to do. I love to change my work space every now and then. Because I consider that … Read more

100 Ways To Live A Better Life – 9. Create And Keep A Morning Phrase

Whatever you say to yourself in the morning, it will most likely come true during the day. Why not taking advantage of it? Create a simple morning phrase and say it to yourself first thing in the morning. It’s that simple. But there’s a trick here: you have to make your phrase realistic, empowering and … Read more

100 Ways To Live A Better Life – 4. Build Self Discipline

Don’t wait for other people to impose discipline on you. Start early. Create your own discipline. Although it sounds a little bit harsh, self discipline is a facilitator for many things in your life. It’s hard to get but great to have. In my experience, all you need to build self discipline is: clear goals, incentives, … Read more