Many useful tips to live better, to be happy, to learn how to manage emotions and to try to get to know ourselves and our mind more deeply.
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Maybe in our life we still don't feel enough happy and satisfied. If we are really dissatisfied, the time has come to look inside ourselves to understand if the right time has finally come to improve ourselves and to express our talents and our potential, to to live better, in conclusion.
We can ask ourselves, for example, if we know how to recognize and manage ours emotions, if we have ever tried to live life moment by moment or if over the years we have been able to recognize some really special people who could help us along our path.
To try to live better, in a more fulfilling and satisfying way, we can act according to our passions and inclinations. In particular, we can try to develop ours emotional intelligence or to understand if during our childhood there were wounds that we have not yet recognized and therefore transformed and healed.
Here are some useful tips to create a new perspective on our life.
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Live life moment by moment
Each of us has within us a point of balance that allows us to calm the mind and to focus on the here and now to find peace and later feel even more ready to face what will happen and that we do not yet know. Meditation can be very useful to us from this point of view.
Read also: How and why we should live life moment by moment
Are you really happy?
It is really easy to recognize a happy person on the fly. Being close to her immediately makes us feel better. Talking to her is an immediate source of inspiration and well-being. The happy people they convey serenity and warmth. Are you really happy? Find out the signs that prove it.
Read also: Are you really happy? The 10 signs that prove it
Stephen Covey's Principle
Il 90/10 principle by Stephen Covey it teaches us to manage and not to suffer events. Stephen Covey was a well-known American businessman and author, best known for his work “The Seven Rules to Succeed”. This principle can change our life or at least our way of dealing with events for the better.
Read also: Stephen Covey's 90/10 Principle: What happens is mostly determined by ourselves
The self-fulfilling prophecy
The concept of self-fulfilling prophecy it was introduced for the first time in sociology by Robert K. Merton in 1948, in his book “Theory and social structure”. The self-fulfilling prophecy is linked to the fact that a supposition, even if initially unfounded, can be fulfilled by confirming its truthfulness, just by being believed.
Read also: Self-fulfilling prophecy: what you think will happen to you
The Easterlin paradox
Il Easterlin's paradox, also called the happiness paradox, was formulated in 1974 by Richard Easterlin, an economics professor at the University of California, a member of the National Academy of Sciences. According to Easterlin, people's true happiness depends very little on changes in income and wealth.
Read also: Why money doesn't really bring happiness: the Easterlin paradox
Develop emotional intelligence
The term emotional intelligence was born in 1990 by the psychologists John D. Mayer and Peter Salovey. Some researchers today suggest that emotional intelligence is an innate quality, while others argue that it can be developed. Hence the idea of being able to work on oneself to improve the quotient of one's emotional intelligence.
Also read: 10 ways to develop emotional intelligence
Transform the five wounds
According to the theories of Lise Bourbeau, an expert in personal growth, we can heal our own emotional wounds only by going in search of them and making them re-emerge, without hiding them. According to the expert, each of us is born with emotional wounds. Solving them in order to be happy is part of life's plan.
Read also: 5 emotional wounds that prevent us from living peacefully
Recognize the truly special people
Is sympathy innate or can it be cultivated? According to Dr. Travis Bradberry, author of the bestseller "Emotional Intelligence 2.0", the sympathy and characteristics typical of special people they are a matter of emotional intelligence. Sincerity, transparency and the ability to understand others would be the main characteristics of these particularly lovable people.
Read also: 10 characteristics and good habits of really special people
The five basic emotions
There are several theories about what are called primary emotions or basic emotions. We took into consideration the five primary emotions highlighted by the early theories of Paul Ekman, one of the most famous psychologists of our time, who explored the theme of emotions and studied their connection with facial expressions. The same five emotions are the protagonists of the animated film "Inside Out".
Read also: How to improve our life starting from the 5 primary emotions
Being different is an advantage
If at any moment the original people vanished from the face of the Earth, the world would become gray and sad, devoid of that flash of ingenuity and creativity that all humanity needs to improve and evolve. Let's find out some benefits that people who stand out from the crowd can count on.
Also read: 10 reasons why being different is an advantage, not a problem
Would you like to improve your lifestyle? Do you have any other suggestions on this?
Marta Albè
Photo source: Wise Center
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