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The Happiness Advantage - Positively Pursuing Success

The Happiness Advantage – Positively Pursuing Success

Attitude is everything. The Happiness Advantage provides key insights into how your moods make or break your chances of success.

“Smile and the whole world smiles with you.”

TODAY’S AFFIRMATION

Resarch shows that you determine your path to happiness and success. The Happiness Advantage shows how your success is linked to your mindset

I recently read The Happiness Advantage, by Shawn…

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Ab Exercises For Building A Solid Core

Ab Exercises For Building A Solid Core

Ab exercises don’t rely on endless situps for a solid core. I’m following these 5 tactics for strengthening my abs and improving my fitness.

“Dear Abs: I may not see you but I feel you brewing something serious. Can’t wait to meet you. I promise to show you off.”

TODAY’S AFFIRMATION

Ab exercises are literally at the core of a healthy body. Ab exercises build a solid core and are the…

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Meditation For Focus - Attention To Details

Meditation For Focus – Attention To Details

Meditation provides focus and improves concentration, studies have confirmed. Will a focused meditation practice helps me meet my goals?

“What the mind focuses on, the mind fixes.”

Today’s Affirmation

Meditation for focus helps the brain work better. Meditation for focus is the first step to success

It is common sense that using meditation to focus on a goal will help realize that goal…

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Mark Wahlberg Diet - Dropping Weight Fast

Mark Wahlberg Diet – Dropping Weight Fast

Mark Wahlberg used diet to drop 10 pounds in 5 days by consuming bone broth. Is it a safe, effective method for long-term weight loss, too?

“I am committing myself to my weight loss program and changing my eating habits from unhealthy to healthy.”

TODAY’S AFFIRMATION

Mark Wahlberg is always in control of his diet, letting him reshape his body for a variety of roles. – Fair use disclaimerMar…

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The Joker Diet - What Joaquin Phoenix Ate To Lose Weight

The Joker Diet – What Joaquin Phoenix Ate To Lose Weight

Joaquin Phoneix’s “Joker Diet” was no joke. The actor shed 52 lbs in 4 months for the role. Are there helpful lessons for me in this extreme, vegan diet?

“Put on a happy face.”

TODAY’S AFFIRMATION

The Joker Diet let Joaquin Phoenix lose over 50 lbs to play the criminal clown. The Joker Diet is as extreme as the Clown Prince of Crime

Joaquin Phoenix’s performance as Arthur Fleck in Jo…

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Carrots and Sticks - Which One Motivates the Most?

Carrots and Sticks – Which One Motivates the Most?

The “carrots and sticks” practice is a cornerstone of motivation. But which incentive holds the most power, reward or punishment?

“The beatings will continue until morale improves.”

TODAY’S AFFIRMATION

Carrots and Sticks: Which one motivates the most? Carrots and sticks: Which one is the most influential in getting things done?

I read Carrots and Sticks by Ian Ayers. The book looks…

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Stretching And Flexibility - Extending My Reach

Stretching And Flexibility – Extending My Reach

Stretching and flexibility are foundations of a workout routine. While the value of stretching is in dispute, flexibility is still viewed as beneficial.

“Stretch your limits, lest you lose your flexibility”.

TODAY’S AFFIRMATION

Stretching and flexibility are considered important for health and fitness. Stretching and flexibility for maximum range

One really important factor in…

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Meditation Improves Sleep - Getting A Good Night's Rest

Meditation Improves Sleep – Getting A Good Night’s Rest

Meditation improves my sleep by helping me relax and fall into a state of mindfulness. This gets me to go to sleep faster and enjoy a better night’s rest.

“The best bridge between dispair and hope is a good night’s sleep

TODAY’S AFFIRMATION

Meditation improves sleep so that you can get a fall asleep faster and sleep longer. Meditation has improved my sleep at night

Getting better…

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Intermittent and Alternate Day Fasting - My 2020 Diet

Intermittent and Alternate Day Fasting – My 2020 Diet

In 2020 I will be experimenting with Intermittent and Alternate Day fasting to lose weight and improve my health. My 2019 extreme diet needs a reboot.

“No matter how far you’ve gone down the wrong road, turn back”.

TODAY’S AFFIRMATION

With my new intermittent and alternate-day diet plan, a variety of food goes back on the menu. Why I’m switching to an intermittent and alternate-day fasting…

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Extreme Ownership - It Really Is All My Fault

Extreme Ownership – It Really Is All My Fault

Extreme Ownership is written by former Navy Seals officers whose message is simple: “Own it.” You are 100% responsible for your success and your failure.

“If you allow the status quo to persist, you can’t expect to improve performance, and you can’t expect to win.” – Jocko Willink

TODAY’S AFFIRMATION

Jocko Willnink and Leif Babin know how extreme ownership changes everything when it comes…

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Treadmill Journey - It's Not The View, It's The Mileage

Treadmill Journey – It’s Not The View, It’s The Mileage

My treadmill is finally seeing some action these days. But are the benefits gained from this piece of low-impact exercise equipment worth the walk?

“Thoughts come clearly while one is walking”

TODAY’S AFFIRMATION

The treadmill is a great piece of equipment to have at home My treadmill is my friend and my nemesis

Getting back into working out meant uncovering the treadmill upstairs and…

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Mind Hacking - Changing My Mind For Good

Mind Hacking – Changing My Mind For Good

Mind hacking is a method for overcoming fear, achieving serenity, and conquering my obstacles. With practice, I can effectively rewire my brain.

“My mindset allows me to conquer all my obstacles, real or imagined.”

TODAY’S AFFIRMATION

The world’s most complex computer is the human brain, and each user can still write new programming for it. Mind hacking turns my brain into a tool for success

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Roar 2020 - My Theme For The New Roaring Twenties

Roar 2020 – My Theme For The New Roaring Twenties

Roar 2020! It’s time to get recharged and remotivated. With a new decade rolling in, it is an iconic time to put the past behind me and explode into a new future!

“This year, I choose a path of health, happiness, and prosperity.”

TODAY’S AFFIRMATION

No one can predict the road ahead, but I can choose what direction I go in. Roar 2020: A new year of possibility and potential

Okay, it…

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8 Ways to Lose Weight and the Belly Fat Battle

8 Ways to Lose Weight and the Belly Fat Battle

These 8 ways to lose weight are the foundation of the “Jack Gets Fit” program. Each tip is helpful on its own but combined they are unstoppable.

“No one is going to push you except yourself”

TODAY’S AFFIRMATION

Winning the belly fat battle requires a well-rounded exercise plan 8 Ways to lose weight and get fit

Frustratingly enough, losing weight isn’t just a matter of eating less and…

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Neurohacking Mindfulness - Supercharging My Thinking

Neurohacking Mindfulness – Supercharging My Thinking

Neurohacking mindfulness sounds super cyber-fi. But deliberately influencing the brain to optimize focus, energy, positivity, and awareness is possible.

“The secret to change is not to fight the old, but build up the new.”

TODAY’S AFFIRMATION

Neurohacking my mindfulness is like turning on a light bulb of consciousness Neurohacking my mindfulness to achieve to my full potential

I…

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Water and Weight Loss: The Value of H2O

Water and Weight Loss: The Value of H2O

Water and weight loss are unshakably linked. If I want to drop pounds, I have to pound down way more H2O.

“I’m in charge of how I feel and today I choose to feel great!”

Today’s Affirmation

In the multi-pronged attack on weight loss, using water is like my secret weapon Water and weight loss: My secret weapon

In the multi-pronged attack on weight loss, using water is like my secret…

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Grit - How Perseverance Outweighs Talent

Grit – How Perseverance Outweighs Talent

We talk about the keys to success being hard work and perseverance. Yet we always look for shortcuts, certain that talent wins over grit and determination.

“Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another.”

TODAY’S AFFIRMATION

The road to success is paved with grit and determination. Grit – The real predictor of success

This week I reread Angela Duckworth’s book “Grit”