Learn to Thrive
Rethinking Positive Thinking by Gabriele Oettingen
“Dreaming about a positive future seemed to protect against sadness in the short term but promote it over the long term.” ― Gabriele Oettingen Ph.D.
The latest behavioral science reveals that positive thinking can reduce your willingness to take action if done incorrectly. The following book summary will explain why and provide you with a scientifically proven method to sustain motivation and increase your odds of achieving an optimistic goal.
One Small Step Can Change Your Life by Robert Maurer
Are you struggling to make big changes in your personal or professional life?
Watch the following video to see how psychologist Robert Maurer uses a Japanese manufacturing philosophy called kaizen to help his patients achieve big changes in their lives.
“Japanese corporations have long used the gentle technique of kaizen to achieve their business goals and maintain excellence. Now this elegant strategy can help you realize your personal dreams.” – Robert Maurer, Ph.D.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.” – Winston Churchill
If you can summarize what you stand for in one word, great things can happen.
To understand why and how, watch my animated core message of ‘Your One Word’ by Evan Carmichael, and read my 1-page PDF summary below.
Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal
People who have better control of their attention, emotions, and actions are better off almost any way you look at it. They are happier and healthier. Their relationships are more satisfying and last longer. They make more money and go further in their careers.” – Kellly McGonigal Ph.D.
Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg
“Productive people and companies force themselves to make choices most other people are content to ignore. Productivity emerges when people push themselves to think differently.” – Charles Duhigg
Bestselling author Charles Duhigg has recently written the book ‘Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business’. In the book, he explains that the key to productivity is ‘choice’. Watch the following video to understand why:
Are You Fully Charged? by Tom Rath
“We identified and catalogued more than 2,600 ideas for improving daily experience. As we narrowed down the concepts to the most proven and practical strategies, underlying patterns continued to surface. Three key conditions differentiate days when you have a full charge from typical days” – Tom Rath, from the book ‘Are You Fully Charged?’
The following 4-minute video explores the act of finding meaning to get a daily charge. The 1-Page PDF Summary below provides actionable insights in all three areas.
Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
With habits, we conserve our self–control. Because we’re in the habit of putting a dirty coffee cup in the office dishwasher, we don’t need self–control to perform that action; we do it without thinking. Of course, it takes self–control to establish good habits. But once the habit is in place, we can effortlessly do the things we want to do.” – Gretchen Rubin
Habits are the great enabler of change. They allow us to execute effortlessly and automatically. However, they do require some willpower and decision-making power to get started.
Watch the following video and download the following 1-PDF book summary to understand how you can effectively develop new habits:
Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
The mind constantly looks to the body for signals on how to think, act and feel.
“Your body shapes your mind. Your mind shapes your behavior. And your behavior shapes your future. Let your body tell you that you’re powerful and deserving, and you become more present, enthusiastic, and authentically yourself.” – Amy Cuddy, Presence
To discover how you can use your body to boost mental performance and increase the odds of success watch the following video: