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Illusory: Six Things Mentally-Free People DON't Believe, Which Stressed and Anxious People DO
Illusory: Six Things Mentally-Free People DON't Believe, Which Stressed and Anxious People DO

Master your thoughts and rediscover your unstoppable self.

2020

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Alex Mathers
Alex Mathers

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7 hours ago

Four steps to moving past disappointment:

Ever been disappointed? Yeah, me too. Been disappointed recently? Yeah, same. Welcome to being human. Disappointment doesn’t feel good. But here are ways to soothe your upset, and transform it into renewed energy: 1. See how it’s not a big deal Things are a ‘big deal’ because we apply meaning to them. We say: ‘oh jeez, that was…

Personal Development

2 min read

Four steps to moving past disappointment:
Four steps to moving past disappointment:
Personal Development

2 min read


22 hours ago

How to succeed with this small change in focus

Growing any kind of business can be bloody hard. You will make mistakes, doubt yourself and experience setbacks. I’ve seen all of this on the front line as an illustrator trying to make a living at it. But I’m still here to tell the tale. If there’s one vital trait…

Focus

4 min read

How to succeed with this small change in focus
How to succeed with this small change in focus
Focus

4 min read


1 day ago

Eleven subtle signs other people like you

Spending a large portion of my life in my head and nervous around people, it’s taken me a long time to understand others. The more I learned about human nature, and the more interest I took in others, the less self-conscious I became. Now I’m far more attuned. This has…

Relationships

3 min read

Eleven subtle signs other people like you
Eleven subtle signs other people like you
Relationships

3 min read


1 day ago

Five uncommon tips that help you quickly stop doubting yourself

Here are five ideas I always return to whenever I experience the human sense of doubt. Internalising these helps me take on life’s challenges from a healthy, confident state… 1. Doubt is human. For many of us, it can feel isolating when we have doubts about our capabilities. One of the worst things you…

Self Improvement

4 min read

Five uncommon tips that help you quickly stop doubting yourself
Five uncommon tips that help you quickly stop doubting yourself
Self Improvement

4 min read


2 days ago

Seven behaviours that instantly increase your intelligence

Did you ever say something regretfully dumb when angry? That’s our malleable intelligence at play. I’ve always argued that intelligence is changeable. There are different kinds of intelligence, too — from social, to verbal, to spatial and linguistic. Here, we’re focusing on our general ability to take in and interpret…

Intelligence

4 min read

Seven behaviours that instantly increase your intelligence
Seven behaviours that instantly increase your intelligence
Intelligence

4 min read


2 days ago

Why you need to stop doing what makes you happy

Just do what makes you happy. If everyone followed this advice, we’d all be continually happy, all the time. But are we? The reason many of us are not is that we make the honest mistake of thinking that ‘happiness’ is a ‘thing.’ I struggled recently in a group meeting…

Happiness

4 min read

Why you need to stop doing what makes you happy
Why you need to stop doing what makes you happy
Happiness

4 min read


2 days ago

How to create a major unfair advantage for yourself

It’s tough to make an impact with your creations these days. It always was, but these days especially. You are a tiny grey dot in a sea of dots. You work hard to create something fresh. You share it. It might get some interest and a few likes. Big whoop. …

Life Lessons

5 min read

How to create a major unfair advantage for yourself
How to create a major unfair advantage for yourself
Life Lessons

5 min read


3 days ago

Why being ‘outcome dependent’ could be the one thing blocking you from what you want

I once lived in Tokyo for a few months, and I’d arranged to meet an English-speaking local via the Couchsurfing community online. Let’s call him Akira. It helped me meet new people while allowing locals to improve their English. …

Personal Development

4 min read

Why being ‘outcome dependent’ could be the one thing blocking you from what you want
Why being ‘outcome dependent’ could be the one thing blocking you from what you want
Personal Development

4 min read


3 days ago

Seven things the best online writers do that don’t rely on brains

Ask an inexperienced writer about the game of writing online, and many will describe it as an intellectual pursuit. Years of writing have shown me that this is, for the most part, not the case. The best writers know that conventionally understood forms of intelligence are NOT required to write…

Writing

4 min read

Seven things the best online writers do that don’t rely on brains
Seven things the best online writers do that don’t rely on brains
Writing

4 min read


4 days ago

Ten ways living minimally creates a significant unfair advantage for you

Many of us are overwhelmed with all the stuff. The STUFF. Stuff everywhere. Things. Life gets easier when there’s less to think about and less to manage logistically. So, how do we simplify and live minimally? It doesn’t mean you need to live like a monk, but there are things…

Minimalism

4 min read

Ten ways living minimally creates a significant unfair advantage for you
Ten ways living minimally creates a significant unfair advantage for you
Minimalism

4 min read

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