Habits are formed without us even noticing. Most people have a tendency to be more accepting of things that confirm their perspective or beliefs. They also tend to flat out reject of things that contradict them. You have to do your best to set aside that pesky bias habit, look at the evidence critically and […]
Habits & Lifestyle Design
Advanced Buffet Tips: The Ratio System
Here are some buffet tips that will help you enjoy more great food and avoid getting full too soon. Now we’re not talking about the Chinese buffet around the corner. We’re talking about crab legs, oysters and the serious shi’t! No one wants to go to an expensive buffet and get full off of two potatoes, […]
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Respect & Class Through Habit
Unfortunately, respect in our society is associated with empty social status and based on nothing more than premature judgment of class. The categorization of class in itself is counter productive. Key Points Habits take consistency. Stay at it to adapt to it If you want respect from someone, learn to genuinely give it first Lack of respect is […]
Paying Your Dues to Reach Your Goals
Goals have a learning curve, believe it or not. Think about it this way. At one point or another, everyone has had a bill to pay. There’s usually no way around paying what’s “due”. Goals and habits work the same way. Key points Paying your dues means experience Practice = Experience There is no way […]
A Habit to Understanding Each Other
Trying to “help” someone before you really understand them is like trying to answer a question you haven’t even heard yet. It doesn’t make sense, does it? Key Points Do A LOT more listening than talking If something sounds ambiguous, ask what they mean until you know 100% Understanding them is good enough. NEVER assume you […]
How to Change Someone
Listen now, Understand Later…….. Key points You can’t change anyone Only give advice if asked Just because someone listens doesn’t mean they understand Sometimes we think we understand, but it’s impossible to fully understand Less judgement and more respect goes a long way Change by example Change of Heart There are many times where we […]
STOP GUESSING! A Habit to Never Making a Mistake Again
“The only source of knowledge is experience “ – Albert Einstein Let’s talk about a very popular habit that people usually acquire easily and at a young age. It’s all around us and we hardly notice, but it comes back to bite us in ways we wouldn’t expect. It’s guessing. Guessing you say? Well, let […]
Natural vs Unnatural Options
Is fruit healthy? How about diet coke? ……………….Is baking soda safe to use?……….is tobacco healthy?….. Natural Doesn’t Automatically Mean Healthy or Safe Fruit is the perfect example of this. I’m not only talking about the sugar in fruit being unhealthy in moderate quantities. Think about wild berries as well. There are poisonous ones out there. They are […]
Can we Believe our Doctors or are They Just Trying to Kill Us?
Most doctors will go with the mainstream advice and advocate a low fat diet, steady state light cardio, prescribe statins and label saturated fat the devil. Through research and science, we can see that literally, almost all the general advice doctors give us seems to be the opposite of all the hardcore data. What’s up […]