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One of the key skills successful people have that others don’t is the ability to delay gratification. Training yourself to resist immediate rewards and to wait for larger more compelling ones can make a huge difference to your life. It can help you make more informed decisions and excel in your personal and professional pursuits. But it wasn’t until the 1970s that the long terms benefits of this skill were put to the test in the famous Marshmallow Experiment. Stanford University psychologist; Walter Mischel, placed a plate of marshmallows (or cookies in some cases) in front of a class of…

Waking up at 5 AM has added many benefits to my life. In fact, waking up this early allows me to be more productive, and it also connects me with the natural rhythm of the earth. I honestly feel more in-sync with it, and it’s a feeling I wouldn’t trade for the world. 1. Is it Possible to Wake Up at 5 AM in 3 Days? This post is about my experience trying to wake up at 5 am and how I managed to do that in three days. For a better and more effective approach (that takes more than…

I wish had a dollar for every time I heard someone say they wish they could just stick to their good habits and not fall off track. Just ask yourself this: how often have you tried to stick to the good habit of eating a well-balanced diet and have fallen off the wagon a few weeks or a few months later? What about exercise? What about writing? Here are some tips to deal with habit relapse and get back on track. 1. Why Good Habits Slip? The thing about good habits is that they require both – work and patience.…

We’re in the beginning of the first semester of College…again. But not for me anymore. I’ve been through the grind of starting every academic semester for the past 10 years — from being a freshman and all the way to being a Ph.D student. I’ve studied a lot of things. See my story for more. And I absolutely love learning and growing. However, studying and motivating yourself to study daily is a tough challenge for many people. It’s not easy to get up every day, go to classes, come back after a long day and still have to study some…

People almost never succeed in breaking a bad habit. We often hear stories about people who quit smoking or drinking only to get back to their old ways and start the process all over again. Being addicted to your bad habit, whatever it might be, can enslave you. Chronic obsession with a bad habit can rob you from being present – you’ll be preoccupied with the memory of your bad habit to the detriment of being in the now. And if it becomes compulsive, it will begin to harm your productivity and also affect your self-esteem and sense of self-worth.…