Hm. This meme is debatable. Studies say that when you announce your future plans, it may compel you to actually do something to achieve it. However, we all know that when you say things to some 'friends', they'll try to drag you down while you're on your ladder to success. Who wants a friend that's better than them, right. Pure human nature.
In my opinion, one needs confidantes. And whom better than the person you love most. Share your dreams, goals, plans, and get that person to buy in to it too. Working with a loved one is beneficial to both, and together one can accomplish great things. Most if not all the world's biggest winners all had a husband or wife supporting them. You require a sounding board, a friendly critic that's more objective than you, to point out flaws and pitfalls, and give some ideas on how to overcome those. But together you'll win.
I have no idea what the guy means with this. I understand how to put out a fire, does that makes me a fireman? I understand how women feel, does that gives me tits? Kierkegaard, stop smoking that catnip, man.
Have one big goal. Choose one worthy cause. Pick your passion, something you really love. Make it your work, your source of income. Your passion will get you to become an expert, thus adding value to other people's lives. Live for something, or someone. Yes, you can live for someone, take that leap of faith, and invest your energy and love into someone or something. But, live life. Leave a legacy of passion.
Nothing is as bad as regret. Knowing you could, and should have taken a risk, and yet you didn't, till it's too late. That regret pains many, many people. Therefore, live today. Do something you always wanted to do, even a small, obscure, unique, unusual task. Let me give you one silly example. Pluck a flower, rob it of its life (I did say it's a silly example?), approach a stranger on the street, and give the flower to him or her. I bet 99 out of a 100 people reading this suggestion, won't have the guts to do it… But if you're that 1%, you'll be amazed by the results. Both for you, and the recipient.
Live dangerously. Stand up today, and confront your fears. Don't like a task you have to do, even a chore, and therefore procrastinating? See it as a threat, something you for some unknown reason fear doing, and then do it. Once you finished it, congratulate yourself, tell yourself you have just tackled a fear and that you conquered it. Even a menial task. Try it.
A wise monk. For one person, something is no problem, while the same something is a major issue for someone else. It's all about programming your mind the right way to deal with issues.
You won't read anything more true than this today. But people don't think about what they say that hurt others, they waste their precious time by taking illogical, harmful actions just to scratch an itch that destroys their happiness in the future.
Not strictly a meme, rather a screenshot I took of a guy in a RV group I belong to. This Dennis Ladyzhensky was... uhm... overweight, but just look at the remarkable difference in a few short months. To accomplish it, the first and most important thing he did was to get his mindset right. He reprogrammed his mind to change his beliefs about food and exercise, then it was easy to build certain habits to permanently lose that much weight. The secret is, changing your mind, in order to adapt new healthy habits that will stick. It really is as simple as that!
Isn't this meme totally true?! The brain is 'just' an organ like the liver, kidneys, lungs, and more. When one of those organs hurts, the patient is quick to go see a doctor. But for the most important organ, the brain, people make little time to take care of its health. At most a pain pill against headache, which only masks the pain but does not address the issue. It's like wiping a computer clean instead of keeping its software up to date. Don't be like them, pay attention to your brain and mind in there.
Reprogram your mindset for health, wealth, and success. Study every self-help book you can find, and actually apply what you have learned. Six months later people won't recognize the new improved you.
I regularly ask people what their dreams are. Disappointingly enough, many have no real dreams, just some vague castles in the sky. Others, that do have more defined dreams, have no plan to get to it. Which means, they will just never get anywhere, they are ships without rudders that get pushed to where others with plans push them to.
One cannot reach a dream, only a goal. And for that, one needs to have a plan typed out with all the steps, tied to dates, and to work that plan. But how many people that you know do it? Winners in society all have a plan typed out, that they review daily, before tackling the steps in there. Do the same.
Without a dream, that you convert into clear goals, and with firm steps to get to it, what empty life is that? It inevitably leads to tremendous regret later in life. Don't be scared, go sit down and write down where you want to be over exactly 5 years from today, and you'll be surprised how many people cannot even do this. They are scared of themselves, and you may be the same. But you can change that, just start working on a goal + plan right now.
I am an overthinker. And so are millions of other people. While thinking is magic, too much of it puts one in a flat spin, and it can be outright dangerous. Plus, it leads to procrastination, or to always want to be perfect, en then not getting anything done.
Many times, one already knows what you want to do and must do, and the best thing to do then, is to actually just do it without further thinking. I myself planned this blog and my Facebook page for months, and kept on postponing. Then, at last, I decided to just do it. Put up the FB page a while ago, post memes that have meaning to me and that will hopefully help a very special person and others, and to create videos that will make an impact.
I appreciate everyone that types out a comment, leaves a like, and follows my page and blog, because it tells me I helped someone. In some cases, a single meme or post can change someone's life, without me knowing it. At the end of the day, one's value to society is determined by the value you add to society.
William Shakespeare said something like “Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day.” Meaning, whatever bad things happen today, time waits for nobody, the day will pass. But the flipside is, a good day also flies past, you have to grab - or spit on, in Hawk Tuah-style - that thing and enjoy it. The enemy is time, one has to utilize it in full while you can still do things. Like travel, just do it. Even if you have to sell some possessions, or hitchhike, or whatever. But that dream you keep on putting off, may soon not be reachable anymore if you don't get to it ASAP. Rather make mistakes and be sorry, than to regret not doing it at all.
Hm. I need a debate about this. Found the meme on Facebook, and I beg to oh so slightly differ. The meme kind of says, 'worry about your character, not what people think about you.' And that's wrong.
Obviously one should strife towards a good character, like being honest, reputable (where the word reputation leads to!), and true to one's word, kind to others, and some more.
But reputation, should one not strife to build a good reputation too? If you're a salesman with a bad reputation, will you even get sales? So what people think of you is indeed important.
To prove it, look at the fortunes that business people, politicians, and celebs spend on PR-agencies to polish their public images, to influence what people think about them. Therefore, if someone is talking smack about you behind your back, stand up against that before other people start believing false rumors.
We have all seen the busy young mother darting between the washing machine and saving two children from themselves in the sitting room, while managing a phone on the shoulder and keeping an eye on the stove. That's called multitasking, and especially single mothers perfected this 'skill' into an art. A very dangerous art, to themselves in later life, and to their loved ones that will be impacted.
In today's fast-paced world, multitasking has become an 'essential' skill for many individuals. (I put that essential in quotes, because it is not really an essential skill.) Several studies now show that the consequences of this practice on our brain and cognitive abilities are more alarming than we think. This article delves into those studies, the dangers of multitasking, its impact on our brain function, and provides practical steps to prevent such damage.
Multitasking: The Silent Killer of Cognitive Abilities
Multitasking is an illusion, a myth that has been perpetuated by the society's expectations of efficiency and productivity. In reality, when we attempt to perform multiple tasks simultaneously, our brains are unable to give each task the necessary focus and attention required for optimal performance. This results in decreased cognitive abilities, increased stress levels, and a higher risk of mental health issues. Numerous studies have proved this conclusively. (Links are at the bottom of this article.)
The brain cannot focus on more than two tasks at a time, and that on condition that each uses a different part of the brain, and merely keeps switching to and fro among them. Eventually, the brain permanently loses the ability to stay focused for long enough on any task to perform it properly, as it keeps on expecting an interruption that will need attention. Spotted someone with a short attention span? Blame multitasking. Don't even get me started on how short 10-second videos on TikTok and FB Reels contribute to this phenomenon.
Studies Show Multitasking Impairs Efficiency and Brain Health
Researchers have found that multitaskers exhibit reduced cognitive abilities compared to individuals who focus on one task at a time.
A study conducted by the University of London discovered that people who are regularly bombarded with several streams of electronic information cannot pay attention, recall information, or switch from one job to another, as well as those who complete one task at a time. It takes up to 20 minutes for a person to become fully immersed in a task at hand, and when you become distracted by anything during this time, the brain has to start all over when you resume the task. While that sounds not that bad, the brain later keeps on expecting interruptions, making it more challenging — to the point of being plain impossible — to focus on one task at all.
According to what psychologists found, our brains were not designed for heavy-duty multitasking at all. It's one thing to carry a glass in one hand and a plate of food in another, versus trying to read an article while simultaneously trying to watch a movie. It just cannot be done (go try it yourself), but we humans still keep on trying, causing havoc in the brain.
The constant switching between tasks leads to an overload of neural connections, causing stress and anxiety. A study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology revealed that multitasking can impair our ability to learn new information and even damage our memory. And, it can be permanent. My take on this? Multitasking is literally making society dumber and more anxious.
The Physical Impact: Stress and Brain Rewiring
Multitasking is not only detrimental to cognitive abilities but also has physical consequences. Researchers have found that individuals who engage in this practice experience increased levels of stress hormones, such as cortisol, which can cause long-term damage to the brain. This nasty habit of so many people called multitasking has been shown to alter the structure and function of our brains, leading to rewiring and potentially causing permanent damage.
