In “50 Success Classics,” Tom Butler-Bowden presents ten traits of successful people. Key qualities include optimism’s impact on mental and physical health, the importance of clarity and values, perseverance through passion and discipline, and the integration of logic and intuition. Reading, taking calculated risks, understanding expectation, developing mastery, and seeking balance are also crucial.
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What Makes Some Things Fade Fast, and Others Stand the Test of Time?
The author reflects on the success trajectory of their blog posts and explores why certain movies, books, songs, and YouTube videos endure over time while others do not. They draw parallels between successful ideas and the SUCCES elements: Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, Emotional, and Story. These elements contribute to an idea’s memorability and its potential for widespread sharing.
How to Be Useful to Others, Get Rich, Like People, and Thrive in an Unknowable Future
Derek Sivers seems like a pretty cool guy. On his website, he calls himself a musician, producer, circus performer, entrepreneur, TED speaker, and book publisher. He started a company called CDBaby and made millions from this. He then gave the company to charity, resulting in millions of dollars subsequently being used to help up-and-coming musicalContinueContinue reading “How to Be Useful to Others, Get Rich, Like People, and Thrive in an Unknowable Future”
How Does It Feel to Have Your To-Do List at Zero?
It’s quite strange. Yesterday, I managed to finish off the last thing on my to-do list for the week. For the first time in a long time, I had nothing that I had to do. Sure, there are some things that I would like to do in the future. However, nothing required me to takeContinueContinue reading “How Does It Feel to Have Your To-Do List at Zero?”
What difference can hearing difficulties make in your life, and can improving them help you to live a better quality of life?
I recently interviewed my brother, Kurt Ashworth, who is an Audiologist in Ballarat, Australia. Here are his answers to some of the main questions I asked him: 1. What does an audiologist do? Audiologists are communication experts. We specialise in testing and diagnosing hearing loss and can also specialise in testing balance function. Audiologists canContinueContinue reading “What difference can hearing difficulties make in your life, and can improving them help you to live a better quality of life?”
Three Steps to an Improved Life
It is possible to understand who you are and what you want in only three steps. STEP ONE: Who am I? To know what we want, we first need to figure out who we are (or, more accurately, what we see ourselves to be). STEP TWO: What do I care about? Once we know whoContinueContinue reading “Three Steps to an Improved Life”
How Do We Not Build Up More Regrets?
Those who did make a significant change in their lives reported being happier two months later than those who maintained the status quo. Their happiness was even higher six months after their decision.
What Are the Virtues and Faults of Your Personality Style?
You may not be the right fit for everyone or everything, but no one is. What is more important is to first try to understand yourself, change what you would like to and are able to, accept what you do not want to or cannot change, and then find the places and people that love and appreciate you for who you are.
What Values Do You Try to Live Your Life By?
Values are guiding principles for our lives that are endless pursuits. We cannot achieve a value in the same way we can accomplish a goal. However, at any point in time, you can connect with them, act in accordance to them, and receive the vitality, energy, improved self-worth, greater emotional well-being and happiness that areContinueContinue reading “What Values Do You Try to Live Your Life By?”
It’s Okay to Still Fall into Life Traps… We All Do!
Life traps are self-defeating ways of perceiving, feeling about, interacting with oneself, others, and the world. If you want to get a sense of what your life-traps may be, the book ‘Reinventing your life’ by Jeffrey Young is an excellent place to start, as it goes into 11 different ones. If you want a moreContinueContinue reading “It’s Okay to Still Fall into Life Traps… We All Do!”
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