{"id":25188,"date":"2014-04-21T20:23:50","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T04:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/?p=25188"},"modified":"2014-04-21T20:23:50","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T04:23:50","slug":"how-to-live-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-live-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Live Life On A Fully Charged Battery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cEvery great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.\u201d—<\/i>Harriet Tubman <\/i><\/p>\n

Beautiful words, right? It\u2019s our dreams and the hope of fulfilling them that can make life joyful. Yet, it\u2019s these very dreams, the road bumps we encounter as we chase them and those odd curve balls that life keeps throwing our way that gradually start choking the dreamer in all of us.<\/p>\n

While some of us maybe better equipped to handle failures thanks to our conditioning and personality, there are many among us who feel cowed down. The one thing that we need to remember in such situations is that nothing is the end of the road till we make it so. We can continue your journey- joyfully and passionately, and cross over the speed bumps.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how to \u2018live on a fully charged battery\u2019:<\/p>\n

Be Positive!<\/b><\/p>\n

You must have heard how positive thinking helps in getting what you want. Many people may still shun this away as pointless. But, now even an entire branch of science called \u2018Noetic Science\u2019<\/a> has scientifically proven this concept.<\/p>\n

What positive thinking does is that it makes you believe in yourself. This gives you more confidence to approach situations and to bring out the best in you.<\/p>\n

For instance, if a fresher is highly confident that he is fit for a job, he will perform better at an interview than a fresher who doubts his own capabilities. How can you expect somebody to trust you when you don\u2019t trust yourself, eh?<\/p>\n

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Create what you want<\/b><\/p>\n

Using visualizations can further help you overcoming roadblocks. For example, if you\u2019re going through a rough phase at work, visualize that you have you cracked a big project and your boss is praising you. Add odour, touch and audio to your visuals. Try to experience and feel the emotions you would feel then.<\/p>\n

Fredrickson, a positive psychology researcher at the University of North Carolina did a study<\/a>, which showed that when one experiences positive emotions like love, joy; they tend to see more possibilities in their life. It\u2019s never the end for them.<\/p>\n

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Bid farewell to the butt<\/b><\/p>\n

Addiction of any kind is hazardous to the dreamer\u2019s health! How will you dream, stay positive and optimistic, if you are constantly weighed down by your dependency on a substance?<\/p>\n

Once you get addicted to smoking, not having access to a cigarette for long can make you jittery<\/a>.\u00a0 At such moments, you may find yourself distracted, till you can take that desired puff. Not just that smoking can also play havoc with your sleeping patterns<\/a>, making you count sheep at night and wish through your bleary eyed working days that the sheep had the power of granting you some shut eye.<\/p>\n

In fact a study from Gallup<\/a> found that 18{54c12dad2cc2b53ae830e39915b1a3e70288dbcbbeb8bbf8395437c5dc3c512c} of American workers who smoked were actively disengaged from work in comparison to 15{54c12dad2cc2b53ae830e39915b1a3e70288dbcbbeb8bbf8395437c5dc3c512c} of workers who were not engaged in work. Why let a mere substance wrapped in paper interfere with your capabilities?<\/p>\n

In fact, not just that, several studies have linked smoking to depression, as it makes the brain dependent on the trigger it creates for producing dopamine.<\/a> To put it in laymen terms, dopamine is a chemical that stimulates positive feelings. Regular smoking encourages the brain to stop producing dopamine on it\u2019s own, thus making the smoker dependent on these cancer sticks to feel good.<\/p>\n

Though it has not been clearly established the smoking leads to depression, but there appears to be a complex relationship between the two.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s manage stress<\/b><\/p>\n

Is stress stuck in your life like an uninvited guest? Here are a few tips to help you kick it out:<\/p>\n