Stay Motivated: Boost Self-Discipline, Stop Procrastination, Develop Good Habits & Become a Better You

By Dr. Michael Ericsson

Stay Motivated: Boost Self-Discipline, Stop Procrastination, Develop Good Habits & Become a Better You

If you want to Boost Self-Confidence, Stop Worrying & Shyness, Improve Body Language & Become a Great Leader, then this is your book!

This book consists of amazing tips and techniques on how to improve your self-confidence so you can overcome social anxiety and shyness.

What are you waiting for? Kick off your bad habits now and start learning how to control and change yourself—for the better.

What You'll Learn in Stay Motivated: Boost Self-Discipline, Stop Procrastination, Develop Good Habits & Become a Better You...

How to Become a Minimalist and Declutter Your Life
How to Beat Procrastination Forever
How to Master Your Time and Get Things Done
How to Build Your Self-Confidence
How to Increase Your Willpower
How to Boost Your Self-Esteem
How to Win Friends Through the Power of Charisma
How to Develop Emotional Intelligence

What You'll Also Discover Inside...

Expect more from yourself than others. The good news - everybody believes in what you show. Nobody can read your thoughts to know your doubts. The bad news - you can interpret every people's sight in a wrong way. Any weird reaction and you start worrying without any reason. Psychologists recommend listening to your "inner voice". Try a small experiment: note down every thought while you are lacking of self-confidence. Every time you start worrying, do a three-minute break. Take the list and remind yourself how good you are. Show to your brain the material proof of your self-confidence.

Communicate with positive and confident people more. Positive individuals are not trying to pressure you. Choose or rearrange your social circle, as it directly affects your self-confidence. There is a right phrase - "Lives with the cripple, learns how to limp".

Appearance is everything. When you look good you feel good. Simple. If you are walking around looking like you just got out of a rubbish bin, you probably won't be too confident about yourself. We all know how you feel when you walk out of the hairdresser, you walk a bit taller, you walk with purpose. So look after yourself and dress your best and you will feel your best. You know your best features to show them off!

This book will help you to get to know yourself better and learn how to focus on your strengths in order for you to become self-disciplined and successful.  

Improving yourself takes time and effort. You have to be willing to make the changes and be committed to taking action rather than just reading about them.   

The next step is to put the things you have learned in action and begin to change your life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dr. Michael Ericsson
• Release date: Aug 27, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386282365

Book preview

Chapter 1 –  How to Make the Most of Your Day with Morning Routine

Have you ever seen the sun rise, opened your window and breathed in that breezy morning air, or even sat down for a while savoring your favorite cup of coffee down to the last drop without even carrying about anything? If not, mind you dear reader, these are just some of the simple things in life you surely missed out on.

Mornings are awesome and wonderful. Every morning speaks of a new beginning, of a new hope and of a new you. As you start to face reality, give yourself some alone time. Take some time off from all the things that keep you awake at night. Take time and enjoy a daily dose of happiness.

Happiness is not measured by how hard you laugh but by how happy your heart is. Happiness, therefore, is an act of peace and an act of faith. Being able to appreciate even the smallest things in life is happiness itself.

So go see the sun rise, breath in that breezy morning air, or enjoy that cup of coffee. Whatever it is, it would surely be your own fresh cup of happiness.

Here are some simple things you should definitely try:

Say a Prayer

Prayer is the most vital way for starting your day right. When you start and end your day with a prayer, you will have a peaceful heart and a peaceful soul. Your prayer does not have to be lengthy and full of sugar coated words. Just pray to be thankful for another chance in life and to pray for strength to hold on through all the challenges you are currently facing and for all the challenges that are to come. Pray with an honest heart and surely you will be heard!

Exercise

Once you’re finished mastering your spirit, why not exercise your body? Exercising is one way of keeping your body healthy and in shape. Health experts believe that there are many benefits you can gain when you exercise. Here are some: You get energized and surely you’ll shake off that lazy feeling. You will have an improved joint performance and reduced threat of arthritis. You would feel great about yourself and start to build your confidence. Those are just some of the things you would get when you work that body. So, start working that body and show the world what you have benefitted from exercising.

Don’t forget to Eat

Experts say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so don’t miss breakfast. It is important because it helps give you the energy you need to start your day and because it is linked to many health benefits. Also, eating breakfast helps you feel less tired and helps keep you focused on the things you need to accomplish within the day. You may be conscious about your body which is why you may be focused on dieting, but you still need to eat breakfast every morning.

Show that Smile 

As you say your prayers and be intimate with the Creator, why not try to smile? Aside from being grateful for another day, smiling to a new day actually helps you start your day with a good mood. It helps you feel good and ultimately makes you happy. It removes all that stress in you and replaces it with a worry-free morning. So smile but don’t just smile; show the world your best smile!

Go Crazy

One of the greatest ways to have that extra special dose of happiness is listening to your favorite beat. Music helps calm your mind and helps you feel good about your day. It motivates you to be awesome and to be who you want to be. So turn the volume up, sing your heart out and shake that body to the beat of the music!

Simply You

Simple joys in life are worth more than the happiness you get from having fame and money. You may be rich and famous but somehow there would come a time that you won’t be happy anymore and all that fame and money would somehow cease to exist. Don’t miss out on all the things that make you happy. What matters most is how happy your heart is and how your happiness infects others.

Meditate

Meditation and exercise may have a lot in common but these two are really very different things. In exercising, you are rewarded by a lot of sweat and that fat burning sensation you would feel after rigorous physical activity, but with meditation, you will get that relaxing feeling and the calmness you’ve always desired.

Being able to have a daily drink of your own fresh cup of happiness in the morning surely makes you the happiest person that is awake. Add a dose of positivity and it will be a perfect mix for starting your day and having a good day ahead.

Chapter 2 - How to Discover Your Passion

What discerns passion from talent? Or are they congruent to one another? Passion is a determination - a dynamism that drives you to do something while talent is inherent in a person. Passion needs rationalization and verification while talent only needs manifestation. Talent exists without us comprehending the why and what of its existence. Passion is what fuels or motivates talents. Passion is what gets you through in this world when talent is not enough. Doing something that is already second nature for you and adoring every minute of it would likely motivate you to achieve success than achieving something difficult and uninspiring.

So what are the ways to finding your passion in life?

Meditate. Passion is a big force. It is unseen when it is not propelling something forward, such as talent. Thus, passion can be more difficult to see than talent. You may have several innate talents such as drawing, singing and running. One of these skills could be your passion in life.  It is not easy to decipher our multitude of desires and dreams into passion or just momentary obsession. You need to think from your inner core. To be able to access your inner core, you will need to meditate. Find a place where you can be still and be at peacefulness with your environment. Dive right down to your inner core to draw on your deepest and truest dreams in life. Consider these questions:

a. What's my goal in life?

b. What takes up the majority of my time?

c. What do I love doing?

d. If I will be given the opportunity to do one thing for the rest of my life, what would it be?

e. What would I do even if I don't get any payment or received anything for it in return?

f. What is it that I really do that animates me?

g. What makes me forget everything else except for what I am doing?

When you can answer these questions in all honesty then you would discover important signs that will help you define your passion in life. You need to really focus on your inner self, before you try to answer these questions. If you're touching this self, you'd be able to understand the case more clearly and answer these questions without bias.

Make a list of what you want to do. Before you start your list, you should consider things which you have dreamed of doing but never got around to. You may not have done such things because of some factors such as - you didn't have courage to do it; you lack the money for it; your family was against it; you were too worried to fail hence you never even tried it or it was way beyond your comfort zone. In making this particular list though, you need to include everything you have dreamed of doing without thought of the factors which have hampered you from doing it in the past. Look over your list in case you might have missed out on something that had interests you in the past. Include all you have dreamed of doing even though you think it's highly impractical, high-risk or vivid. Maybe it isn't really your passion but who knows? While doing it, you might suddenly discover your true passion in life, that something which ignites a raging flame in you.

Make an effort to experience at least five of those included in your list. At the soonest possible time, you should try to do at least ten of those which you have included in your list. Personally experiencing it will give you a hint of what really interests you, what lights you up more than anything else. Passion is what makes a usually quiet person talk animatedly in regards to a particular subject; about his passion in life. You can never know what drives or excites you most if you haven’t done a great deal of interesting things in your life. Have a firsthand experience of the probable things that would get your adrenalin going. Take a shot and who knows? You may realize just what it is that you would love to do for the rest of your life.

Go beyond your comfort zone. You may be so used to your kind of life and your environment that it hampers you from discovering your passion. You have not been able to try anything new which is out of your common league or have not traveled beyond your home-to-work path. Then it's time for you to try new things which people would not expect