{"id":50159,"date":"2017-06-18T18:43:37","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T02:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/?p=50159"},"modified":"2017-09-12T14:13:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T22:13:20","slug":"7-philosophies-to-move-you-in-the-right-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/7-philosophies-to-move-you-in-the-right-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Philosophies to Move You in the Right Direction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s easy to wonder if you\u2019re going to get everything you want out of life. Perhaps you want the ideal income, the recognition you deserve, or else. But instead of focusing on what you want, you can experience far more happiness by cultivating the right philosophies.<\/p>\n

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    Stay in Touch With your\u00a0Family<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We don\u2019t choose our parents, or our brothers and sisters. But if you\u2019re lucky enough to have a family, let that love flow into your life regularly. They\u2019re not going to be here forever, so reconnect in some small way if it\u2019s been awhile since you last spoke. Make it a routine to keep in touch.<\/p>\n

    Your family may not be perfect, but maintaining your connection with some of, or all of your family will give you the gift of a greater sense of belonging. If there\u2019s anything you can do to heal the past, be patient \u2014 and do your best to move through it.<\/p>\n

    They\u2019ll be thankful for it. And so will you.<\/p>\n

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      Meet Friends Every\u00a0Week<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Based on the longest\u00a0study<\/a>\u00a0on happiness by a group of Harvard researchers, the major finding was that the quality of your relationships \u2014 determine the quality of your happiness.<\/p>\n

      And yet, it\u2019s so easy to let your social life slide down into a small corner of your life. But by continually nurturing it, you\u2019ll be taking care of one the most important parts of your happiness. According to positive psychology, that means you\u2019re likelier to move in the right direction in all the other areas of your life too.<\/p>\n

      Strong relationships have been shown in numerous studies, to be the strongest predictors of life satisfaction. When you express yourself with a couple of different friends every week (something so simple), you give yourself the best chance of being happy. Life then doesn\u2019t seem like it\u2019s all about the pursuit, but more like an experience, you share in common with everyone else.<\/p>\n

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        Laugh Every\u00a0Day<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Some of us live under the idea that we need to be serious to achieve big things. Based on a whole library of research documented by Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage, people who laugh more are happier, and also counter-intuitively likelier to achieve more. As children, we used to laugh hundreds of times per day. As adults, that number gets whittled down significantly.<\/p>\n

        Humour is our primordial philosophy, but we only cultivate it through being mindful of the looking-glass we navigate our lives with. Dr Wayne Dyer once famously said, \u201cWhen you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change\u201d.<\/p>\n

        If you\u2019re usually feeling tense and pressured because of the way you look at life, your character is going to eventually, permanently reflect that. But if you\u2019re usually feeling amused, despite whatever\u2019s going on, you\u2019ll help shape your long-term character and life for more happiness.<\/p>\n

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          Do what you Love\u00a0Daily<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Since your whole life will always be live within the confines of a single day, you do what you can to enjoy each one. While you may have goals, you realize that you only move closer towards them by fully embracing your present.<\/p>\n

          Thomas Carlyle once said, \u201cOur main business not to see what lies at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.\u201d In the myriad responsibilities of work and life, you realize it\u2019s important to keep your sense of play.<\/p>\n

          Sometimes doing what you love is a struggle. Sometimes you feel like procrastinating. But you still do your best make the time for what you love each day. Your love could be anything from practicing an instrument, drawing, writing, painting, playing basketball, reading, or else.<\/p>\n

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            Make Yourself Feel Good Each\u00a0Morning<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Your daily morning routine is the foundation for your life. If you start off each day with an arbitrary script, then you\u2019re going to get random results. And while it\u2019s good to take chances in life, gambling on being intentional with your life isn\u2019t a chance you take.<\/p>\n

            So, start your day by consistently doing whatever it is that makes you feel good; making it likelier you\u2019ll make good things happen.<\/p>\n

            With a morning routine, you cultivate the mental, spiritual, physical, and emotional areas of your life. You head into your day already feeling fulfilled. Whether you read, exercise, journal, meditate, take a cold shower, or else \u2014 a sign that you\u2019re moving in the right direction is that you know exactly what puts you in peak mental and physical state each day.<\/p>\n

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              Travel to Different Countries Every\u00a0Year<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              While life may partly be about the hustle, it\u2019s also about having a holistic life that makes you feel energized to be the best person you can be. Going abroad allows you to come back home renewed, ready to fire on all cylinders. When you look back on your time on this planet, you\u2019ll savour every opportunity you took to push yourself out into different realms.<\/p>\n

              Traveling is about much more than taking the time to have some fun and relax. It\u2019s about going on adventures that disconnect you from your existing culture \u2014 so that you see yourself with a little more clarity.<\/p>\n

              It\u2019s about enriching your life, with unique, memorable experiences.<\/p>\n

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                Realize That Everyone is your\u00a0Teacher<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Everyone you meet knows something you don\u2019t. Every person you come across is a potential teacher or mentor. Since you know this truth, you\u2019re more open to building new growth based relationships. But only some people can offer you advice and wisdom that\u2019s truly life changing \u2014 so you look for people wiser than you in the right places.<\/p>\n

                Marcus Aurelius, the famous Roman Emperor, in his book, Meditations wrote: \u201cthe span we live is small \u2014 small as the corner of the earth in which we live it.\u201d To make your view of the world clearer, and life larger, all you need to do is to: be open, ask the right questions, and continually test out new ideas. You need to reach out to potential teachers, as you look for the gems in what they share with you.<\/p>\n

                With time and application, the different components of your life will start clicking into place.<\/p>\n

                My Last Words<\/strong><\/p>\n

                If you\u2019re a creative and interested in learning how to improve the way you live your week, read my free book<\/a>\u00a0on Spiritual Productivity<\/em>.<\/p>\n