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Mihály Csíkszentmihályi in his book “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
” outlines what it takes to achieve happiness – a state of flow.
It turns out that the state of flow comes more naturally to some people. Some people are Autotelic and this means that they have self-motivation and are internally driven. This quality of their personality makes them “gifted” when it comes to being able to achieve the state of flow. But others can achieve this state as well if they know what to do to achieve it.
How do you achieve it? There are certain factors that allow the state of flow, and they are…
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I have purchased and read (or listened to the audio-book) probably around 30 books on self-improvement (self help) and motivation. I’ve told you the common messages in a previous post. And, I’ve told you what works and what doesn’t. But what if you want to read (or listen to) these yourself? Which ones should you pick? Below are my recommendations.
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Intrinsic motivation is necessary for any individual to succeed. In 100% of every case where someone has succeeded at anything, they have had intrinsic motivation. Do you?
First, I’ll describe the two types of motivations, and how they occur in my life and yours every day.
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Because I have a long commute (1+ hours), I use my time in the car to listen to audio books. This allows me to make use of that drive time that would otherwise be wasted in listening to the radio, cursing other drivers, etc. But there are a few things that I have learned that are absolutely essential to getting the most out of any audio book while driving: Continue reading
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I would say that every self-help or motivational book that I have ever read has said one common thing:
You must set goals!
But how? What do goals look like? How should they be written? How many should there be? How do I stick with my goals? Do I just write them and leave them for later? What do I do with them?
The answers are in very few books, but I’ve found them:
“The Four Hour Work Week” by Timothy Ferriss
“Ultimate Power” by Tony Robbins
“Unleash the Giant Within” by Tony Robbins
“Ultimate Goals Program” by Brian Tracy
“The Magic of Thinking Big” by David Schwartz
In order for the information in these books to really work, I had to take bits and pieces from several different books and combine them into one coherent message. I tried it to see if it would work for me, and it does. It can work for you as well. Here are the steps you’ll need: Continue reading
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You’ve seen my list of self-help lessons I have learned from reading lots of books on the subject of personal development, and my self-help book reading lists. But what really works?
Here again is my list of lessons learned from reading self-help and motivational texts, but this time with notation to tell you what works and what doesn’t, and what is supported by scientific evidence, and what just seems to work without science to back it.
Tony Robbins and Jim Rohn: Two of the most effective personal development gurus available.
My List:
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Updated 2-August-2011
This concept map shown here is the linkage and chronology (upper people are older or were born earlier) of motivational and self-help writers and speakers throughout history, based on how they attributed who taught or influenced them. Continue reading
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I have read a lot of “self-help” and “motivational” books lately. They certainly work. They all have the same things in common. Here they are: Continue reading
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