Open doors for people. Give out compliments
to cashiers and bus drivers. Little things like these will bring a lot of joy
into your life and also to those that you interact with. 9 Send your loved ones
flowers. Think of area son later. Things that people don't expect have 10 times
more impact than things they do expect. For example if you buy your girlfriend
or wife flowers on valentine’s day it's nowhere nearly as impact-full as
compared to if you bought it for them randomly. Showing someone that you love
them on a day where everyone else does that doesn't do it good justice. If you
really want to show someone you love them– do it on the days where they least
expect it. People tend to treasure and remember moments like that for the rest
of their life. 10 Show respect for everyone who works frothier living,
regardless how trivial their job. I think there was a story about a famous
executive who would invite potential employees – to eat at a local diner with
him. And he would pay close attention to how they treated the staff there. If
they treated the staff poorly it gives you insight on what type of person he or
she is. This is a person who think she or she is genuinely better – more
entitled than another human being. And that's someone that will only look out
for themselves if they were to join your company. People working retail and
service have it pretty tough. They probably don't enjoy their job – so don’t
make it worse for them. 11 Keep a notepad and pencil on your bed side table.
Million dollar ideas sometimes strike at 3 A.M.
Yes – some of the best ideas that I've ever
had came to me when I was out of the office. Randomly on the train, in bed, in
the shower, I’ve literally had moments where I was deep in thought in the
shower – and a light-bulb goes off in my head – and where I've literally had to
run out – dripping all over the floor to get to a whiteboard so I could quickly
jot the idea down. The best ideas come when you aren't trying to think of a
good idea. That's kind of how it works. Your brain is always cooking up new
concepts in the background and you never know when a good one is going to
appear. 12 Answer the phone with energy and enthusiasm in your voice. The voice
is a very powerful tool. If you think about it – it is in fact an instrument.
And instruments can convey feelings. A sad sounding melody played on the piano
will make you think sad thoughts. While a happy upbeat piano song will make you
want to stand up and dance. Play happy/excited songs with your voice so that
the people you interact with feel happy/and excited too. Use your voice to
double the impact you want to make. To set the tone of the interaction the way
you want it. You also need to practice learning how to play this instrument in
general. Learn how to lower your voice when you need to. Learn how to change
the pacing of your words. Learn how to pause. The better you get at playing the
instrument the better all of your future interactions will be.
13 Send a lot of valentine cards. Sign
them. ‘Someone who thinks you are terrific’. This is basically the same thing
as point#9 so I'm just going to skip it. 14 Once in a while, take a scenic route.
Yep – go take a new route the next time you need to go somewhere. When you take
the same route over and over again – you’re brain starts to go into autopilot,
you get lost in your thought, and you don't even remember commuting to the
place you're supposed to be going to. You've been driving for an hour and you
literally don't remember any of it. Because you weren't present at all. When
you go about life like this - you’re not really living. You're like a walking
zombie. But on the other hand whenever you take a new route your brain is
forced to be more present because everything around you is slightly different.
The more time you spend being present – the longer your life feels. Time
slowdown. It allows you to appreciate the stuff around you. And this can be a
great source of joy. 15 Begin each day with some of your favoritemusic. I don't
know about doing this first thing in the morning EVERY single day because there
are a bunch of other habits that I think fit better first thing in the morning.
Such as drinking a glass of water or meditating. Andy would personally change
this to “dance to your favourite music every day”.
Which is one of the best ways to enter the
flow state. Because it's one of the few forms of creation that forces you to
move with your entire body. It's pretty hard to move your whole body to a song
while day dreaming about something else. Plus it's always a good thing to have
some dance moves in your arsenal that you can whip out when you're in the right
situation. 16 Visit friends and relatives when they are in hospital. You need
only stay a few minutes. If you really want to show someone that you care about
them – being there for them when they need it the most is one of the best way
to do this. This relates to keeping in touch with your friends too. You don't
need to hangout with people every week to be their friends. You just got to
show up to the important events. I have plenty of very good friends that I talk
to maybe once or twice a year. It's always great learning things from people who
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