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1 Create some positive mantras While many of us believe our happiness – or lack thereof – is based on external things, we’re often the ones holding ourselves back. Many of us go through our days feeding ourselves negative messages we may not even be aware of, convincing ourselves we’re “not good enough”, “not clever enough” or “not attractive enough”. To start thinking more positively, you need to change these messages. Try to look out for negative thoughts that pop into your head and replace them with positive messages. Write down these positive mantras and repeat them on a daily basis. 2 Focus on your success Most of us are happy to acknowledge other people’s successes and accomplishments; however, when it comes to our own, we frequently play them down or ignore them entirely. To start thinking more positively about yourself, you need to regularly remind yourself of what you have – and can – achiev...

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/nov/22/stoicism-book-news-brigid-delaney?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-intl The control test The control test is a simple but incredibly effective strategy I use whenever I start worrying about something. It can be applied not just to the news cycle but absolutely everything in life, from not getting a pay raise to facing death. The formula, or test, is found in Handbook, or Enchiridion, a book of lectures by the Roman stoic Epictetus. Epictetus – whose handbook was published in 125AD – wrote: Within our power are opinion, motivation, desire, aversion and, in a word, whatever is of our own doing; not within our power are our body, our property, reputation, office and, in a word, whatever is not of our own doing. Essentially, our realm of control consists of our own actions and reactions, our desires, our character and how we treat others. The rest – including our bodies, the actions of others, our reputations and our fortunes (...

 Marketing that creates deeper customer connections, via personalization and otherwise, doesn’t happen without new levels of collaboration and coordination between the marketing team and its wide range of functional partners. The new marketing superpower is multidisciplinary competency. In our experience, success follows several key principles : Making marketing capabilities a first-rate strategic priority. Strengthening marketing capabilities can’t be an outsourced afterthought. Company executives and marketing leadership should quantify the value at stake and declare it a revenue imperative, not a cost. Connecting the dots across teams. It’s not just digital team members and traditional brand marketers who need to be upskilled. Leading companies extend their learning programs to include other key stakeholders and cross-functional partners, both internally and externally. Curating a program that leverages best practices for adult learning. Learning programs should s...

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/03/highly-successful-people-practice-these-11-little-life-changes-every-day-says-psychology-expert.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-intlhttps://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/03/highly-successful-people-practice-these-11-little-life-changes-every-day-says-psychology-expert.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-intl   We often celebrate gifted kids in school , natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music . But you don’t have to be a wunderkind to achieve success. As an organizational psychologist , I’ve spent much of my career studying the forces that fuel our progress. I’ve found that the learning process isn’t finished when we acquire knowledge. It’s complete when we consistently apply that knowledge. Here are 11 little life changes that highly successful people practice every day: 1. They seek discomfort. Instead of just striving to learn, aim to feel uncomfortable. Pursuing discomfort sets you on a faster path to growth. If you want to get it rig...

Product market fit is a major step to launching a start-up. As we know, the failure rate is huge – nearly a quarter don’t last a year , and 50% fail within five. Getting your product right is pretty much the landing pad that allows your business to take off. Obviously Awesome details this superbly. Dunsford acknowledges that a lot of people have great ideas or have a problem they want to solve. But most new managers never quite find the right product or present it in a way that meets the customer’s needs. I love the way the book details a 10-step process to finding the right product fit. Utilize this process and you’ll have a firm foundation for your ideas.  

  Krug’s book is primarily focused on the SaaS industry, but the methods are of use to all business leaders. Its essence concerns the creation of a fabulous, problem-solving product, compared with one that’s actually usable. Too many great products have been designed without the user in mind. There’s an expectation that it’s up to them to catch up and work it out for themselves. Don’t Make Me Think makes it clear that it’s never the user’s fault. Making life harder than it needs to be is of no benefit to customers, nor your business. After all, unhappy customers will simply go elsewhere. It’s not their job to get in the mind of your developers and see things their way – they’ve simply bought a product to make their own lives easier. Happy customers are far more likely to recommend your business to their friends and family, as well as make further purchases in future. Given it costs around five times more to acquire new customers than retain existing ones, this is...

  "For each headache you face, ask yourself, "Is this mostly real or mostly imagined?" Solve the real problems, release the imaginary ones."   "Relax. Your rumination, analysis, worry, and need to control the future are robbing you of the current moment. Yes, there is a time for preparation, but continually thinking of the future guarantees you'll never enjoy in the present."    "Exerting more effort doesn't help if you're on the wrong trajectory. - Working harder on the wrong thing just wastes more time. - Learning more from a biased source will lead you further from the truth. - Doubling down on a toxic relationship only sets you up for more headaches. Before you try harder, make sure you are walking a path that leads where you want to go."    Philosopher Eric Hoffer on adaptability: "In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no l...