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  • Despite the current challenges facing our nation, where many are struggling to make ends meet, don't let circumstances discourage you. Instead, focus on working diligently and persistently. With faith and resilience, you'll overcome obstacles and achieve success. Remember, patience and hard work are key to overcoming adversity, and God will reward your efforts. Stay motivated and positive – better days are ahead.
    Despite the current challenges facing our nation, where many are struggling to make ends meet, don't let circumstances discourage you. Instead, focus on working diligently and persistently. With faith and resilience, you'll overcome obstacles and achieve success. Remember, patience and hard work are key to overcoming adversity, and God will reward your efforts. Stay motivated and positive – better days are ahead.
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  • Who benefits most from a healthy diet?
    First off, diet programs tended to work better for women. Why? Besides differences in hormones and metabolism, Firth conjectured, women seem to be in a better position to benefit. They’re more likely to be depressed, and, he says, they might have more discipline at following diets than men.

    Also, the diet programs worked better if a dietary professional administered them—probably because the recommendations were sounder and the participants (believing in the dietitian’s authority) were more apt to follow them, Firth says. An earlier review of diet studies came to a similar conclusion.

    One of the strongest studies in the collection suggested that diet could help people who were right in the midst of a major depressive episode. Researchers recruited 67 depressed people with poor diets, half of whom were instructed to follow a healthy, Mediterranean-style diet favoring whole grains, fruit and vegetables, legumes, low-fat dairy, nuts, fish, lean red meat, chicken, eggs, and olive oil while reducing sweets, refined grains, fried and fast food, processed meats, and sugary drinks. Across 12 weeks, they attended seven sessions with a dietitian who helped them set diet goals and stay motivated; they also received recipes, meal plans, and a hamper of food.

    The other half attended sessions on a similar schedule. But rather than getting diet advice, they simply spent time with a research assistant who was trained to be supportive of them—talking about topics they were interested in, like sports and hobbies, or playing games with them for an hour.

    Despite how beneficial social interaction is, the diet group fared better than the social support group. After 12 weeks, they had reduced their depression and anxiety more—and they were about four times more likely to experience a remission from their depression. The more they improved their diet, the more their depression lifted.


    What about anxiety? In that particular study, anxiety did go down—but on average, across all 16 studies, healthier diets didn’t seem to make people less anxious. That actually strengthens the case that diet can directly affect depression, says Firth. If the results were simply due to people feeling proud and accomplished with their new healthy habits, you would expect them to feel better all around, including less anxious. The fact that only their symptoms of depression shifted means that something deeper may be going on. 


    What could that be? We don’t know for sure yet, but there are a variety of biological processes that seem to be both influenced by diet and involved in mental health. It’s possible that certain diets may increase inflammation and oxidative stress, and disrupt our mitochondrial function and neuron production, in ways that could put us at risk for psychological problems. Our gut microbiome—the colony of microorganisms in our intestines that is increasingly being studied as a contributor to mental health—may interact with many of these processes. Also, says Firth, following a diet can bring us a sense of self-esteem and self-efficacy, as well as potential weight loss—which can influence our minds, too.

    But there are still a lot of unknowns. As Professor Almudena Sanchez-Villegas of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria points out, the findings from diet experiments are not consistent. Many of the diet programs in Firth’s review didn’t help alleviate depression, nor did a newer one that also included multivitamins. Researchers have much more to explore.
    Who benefits most from a healthy diet? First off, diet programs tended to work better for women. Why? Besides differences in hormones and metabolism, Firth conjectured, women seem to be in a better position to benefit. They’re more likely to be depressed, and, he says, they might have more discipline at following diets than men. Also, the diet programs worked better if a dietary professional administered them—probably because the recommendations were sounder and the participants (believing in the dietitian’s authority) were more apt to follow them, Firth says. An earlier review of diet studies came to a similar conclusion. One of the strongest studies in the collection suggested that diet could help people who were right in the midst of a major depressive episode. Researchers recruited 67 depressed people with poor diets, half of whom were instructed to follow a healthy, Mediterranean-style diet favoring whole grains, fruit and vegetables, legumes, low-fat dairy, nuts, fish, lean red meat, chicken, eggs, and olive oil while reducing sweets, refined grains, fried and fast food, processed meats, and sugary drinks. Across 12 weeks, they attended seven sessions with a dietitian who helped them set diet goals and stay motivated; they also received recipes, meal plans, and a hamper of food. The other half attended sessions on a similar schedule. But rather than getting diet advice, they simply spent time with a research assistant who was trained to be supportive of them—talking about topics they were interested in, like sports and hobbies, or playing games with them for an hour. Despite how beneficial social interaction is, the diet group fared better than the social support group. After 12 weeks, they had reduced their depression and anxiety more—and they were about four times more likely to experience a remission from their depression. The more they improved their diet, the more their depression lifted.
 What about anxiety? In that particular study, anxiety did go down—but on average, across all 16 studies, healthier diets didn’t seem to make people less anxious. That actually strengthens the case that diet can directly affect depression, says Firth. If the results were simply due to people feeling proud and accomplished with their new healthy habits, you would expect them to feel better all around, including less anxious. The fact that only their symptoms of depression shifted means that something deeper may be going on. 
 What could that be? We don’t know for sure yet, but there are a variety of biological processes that seem to be both influenced by diet and involved in mental health. It’s possible that certain diets may increase inflammation and oxidative stress, and disrupt our mitochondrial function and neuron production, in ways that could put us at risk for psychological problems. Our gut microbiome—the colony of microorganisms in our intestines that is increasingly being studied as a contributor to mental health—may interact with many of these processes. Also, says Firth, following a diet can bring us a sense of self-esteem and self-efficacy, as well as potential weight loss—which can influence our minds, too. But there are still a lot of unknowns. As Professor Almudena Sanchez-Villegas of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria points out, the findings from diet experiments are not consistent. Many of the diet programs in Firth’s review didn’t help alleviate depression, nor did a newer one that also included multivitamins. Researchers have much more to explore.
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  • "Do not watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."

    — Sam Levenson

    This quote means:

    Focus on your goals and progress, not the time it takes to achieve them.
    Keep moving forward, even when faced with challenges or delays.
    Persistence and determination are key to success.

    In essence, Sam Levenson encourages us to:

    Stay focused
    Stay motivated
    Keep going!

    No matter what obstacles come your way!
    "Do not watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." — Sam Levenson This quote means: Focus on your goals and progress, not the time it takes to achieve them. Keep moving forward, even when faced with challenges or delays. Persistence and determination are key to success. In essence, Sam Levenson encourages us to: Stay focused Stay motivated Keep going! No matter what obstacles come your way!
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  • "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

    — Winston Churchill

    Success is not the ultimate goal; it's a milestone.
    Failure is not the end; it's a stepping stone.
    Courage is the spark that ignites resilience.

    Embracing this mindset helps you:

    Learn from mistakes and grow.
    Stay motivated despite obstacles.
    Find strength in vulnerability.
    Build unshakeable confidence.

    Take one step forward, no matter how small.
    Stand up after every fall.
    Believe in yourself, even when no one else does.
    "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." — Winston Churchill Success is not the ultimate goal; it's a milestone. Failure is not the end; it's a stepping stone. Courage is the spark that ignites resilience. Embracing this mindset helps you: Learn from mistakes and grow. Stay motivated despite obstacles. Find strength in vulnerability. Build unshakeable confidence. Take one step forward, no matter how small. Stand up after every fall. Believe in yourself, even when no one else does.
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  • Whether you are an entrepreneur or a student, or just someone who wants to have a productive lifestyle, the first and foremost thing to learn is time management.

    We all are blessed with 24 hours a day. While some can be couch potatoes and feel that time flies in a second, some others can seal more than one deal, finish a chapter, or learn new skills in the same 24 hours.

    However, some want to be productive and yet feel like time doesn’t favor them. In reality, they haven’t learned to save time ultimately. If you are one of them, here are seven ways to save time and make the most of your day.

    Make A Structure Of Your Free Time
    Structuring your free time seems pointless since you will not be doing any work. But that doesn’t mean your free time cannot be productive. People tend to stay motivated and focused on the workplace because of the presence of a work structure.

    Although you would like to spend your free time freely, the downside of doing so is that you will lose focus of time spending or spend it doing pointless stuff. Structuring your time, on the other hand, will give you direction and purpose. This will provide you with something to stay motivated and focused or even help you understand your free time value.

    Keep a Diary Of Time Details
    Like they say, time flies, you can hardly keep track of it. But keeping a time diary on what you spend your time gives you an insight. You can see what things impact your productivity in the right way and what things negatively impact it. Knowing the same will lead you to make decisions regarding how you can make better use of time.

    A time diary helps you see patterns of time spent, keeps you from spending time on low low-leverage stuff, enables you to focus on priorities, etc.

    ind Out Your Priorities
    Every person is unique, and so is the time they spent. Some people may work hard for a successful career or career growth in general. At the same time, some others want to invest more in family time. But the critical question is, which one is you?

    The Life Hype recommends taking your time to think about which part of life is more important for you and invest your time accordingly. People sometimes go with the flow and hardly know if they are working towards their priorities, often losing valuable time and not getting any work done.

    Understand Why 24 Hours Is Not Much
    If you think about it, the activities and things you do, 24 hours shouldn’t be less for you. If an average person spends 7-8 hours sleeping, 8 hours working, 1+1 hours for eating and chores in the house – it leaves only 6 hours for the activities you want to do.

    This realization of having only a little time for your other commitments will remind you how important time is and how you have to be strict about spending it every once in a while. This will remind you to say ‘no’ to things that are not taking you anywhere and continuously drive you to make the most of the time.

    Focus On High-Leverage Activities
    The 80/20 rule is quite popular, and it says that you can work 20% and yet gain 80% success. But it also depends on what work you do in that 20% so that you get 80%. Every activity is either high leverage or low leverage.

    Some people might only focus on low-leverage activities like watching the TV, which unbeknownst to ourselves take away a considerable part of our time. However, investing the same time in reading a book, meditating, exercising can provide fruitful results when the time is right.

    Don’t Over Work
    The right approach isn’t how much you are doing but the quality of work you are doing. Take Apple, for example. They are one of the most successful companies, and they have only a few product lines.
    You can take a similar approach to your life. You can do fewer things and yet have a productive lifestyle.

    Pack Your Lunch in Advance
    While you’re busy with your schedule and work structure, you hardly remember about your lunch. But when it’s time, whether you are a slow eater or fast eater, you end up spending more than 1 hour for lunch. One of the common reasons why it happens is because you spend half the time planning your lunch.

    The right approach is to plan your lunch and pack a cold lunch in advance so that you can take a small break during lunch.

    Bottom line
    Time management skills are not something you will pick up in a week. You will need to practice it regularly to make it a habit until it becomes your lifestyle.
    Whether you are an entrepreneur or a student, or just someone who wants to have a productive lifestyle, the first and foremost thing to learn is time management. We all are blessed with 24 hours a day. While some can be couch potatoes and feel that time flies in a second, some others can seal more than one deal, finish a chapter, or learn new skills in the same 24 hours. However, some want to be productive and yet feel like time doesn’t favor them. In reality, they haven’t learned to save time ultimately. If you are one of them, here are seven ways to save time and make the most of your day. Make A Structure Of Your Free Time Structuring your free time seems pointless since you will not be doing any work. But that doesn’t mean your free time cannot be productive. People tend to stay motivated and focused on the workplace because of the presence of a work structure. Although you would like to spend your free time freely, the downside of doing so is that you will lose focus of time spending or spend it doing pointless stuff. Structuring your time, on the other hand, will give you direction and purpose. This will provide you with something to stay motivated and focused or even help you understand your free time value. Keep a Diary Of Time Details Like they say, time flies, you can hardly keep track of it. But keeping a time diary on what you spend your time gives you an insight. You can see what things impact your productivity in the right way and what things negatively impact it. Knowing the same will lead you to make decisions regarding how you can make better use of time. A time diary helps you see patterns of time spent, keeps you from spending time on low low-leverage stuff, enables you to focus on priorities, etc. ind Out Your Priorities Every person is unique, and so is the time they spent. Some people may work hard for a successful career or career growth in general. At the same time, some others want to invest more in family time. But the critical question is, which one is you? The Life Hype recommends taking your time to think about which part of life is more important for you and invest your time accordingly. People sometimes go with the flow and hardly know if they are working towards their priorities, often losing valuable time and not getting any work done. Understand Why 24 Hours Is Not Much If you think about it, the activities and things you do, 24 hours shouldn’t be less for you. If an average person spends 7-8 hours sleeping, 8 hours working, 1+1 hours for eating and chores in the house – it leaves only 6 hours for the activities you want to do. This realization of having only a little time for your other commitments will remind you how important time is and how you have to be strict about spending it every once in a while. This will remind you to say ‘no’ to things that are not taking you anywhere and continuously drive you to make the most of the time. Focus On High-Leverage Activities The 80/20 rule is quite popular, and it says that you can work 20% and yet gain 80% success. But it also depends on what work you do in that 20% so that you get 80%. Every activity is either high leverage or low leverage. Some people might only focus on low-leverage activities like watching the TV, which unbeknownst to ourselves take away a considerable part of our time. However, investing the same time in reading a book, meditating, exercising can provide fruitful results when the time is right. Don’t Over Work The right approach isn’t how much you are doing but the quality of work you are doing. Take Apple, for example. They are one of the most successful companies, and they have only a few product lines. You can take a similar approach to your life. You can do fewer things and yet have a productive lifestyle. Pack Your Lunch in Advance While you’re busy with your schedule and work structure, you hardly remember about your lunch. But when it’s time, whether you are a slow eater or fast eater, you end up spending more than 1 hour for lunch. One of the common reasons why it happens is because you spend half the time planning your lunch. The right approach is to plan your lunch and pack a cold lunch in advance so that you can take a small break during lunch. Bottom line Time management skills are not something you will pick up in a week. You will need to practice it regularly to make it a habit until it becomes your lifestyle.
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    Stay focused stay motivated
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  • 7 powerful lessons from the book "Be Your Future Self Now: The Science of Intentional Transformation"

    1. The Power of Visualization: Envisioning your future self can significantly impact your present actions and decisions. By visualizing your desired future, you can motivate yourself to take steps towards it.

    2. The Importance of Purpose: A clear sense of purpose can drive your actions and give your life meaning. Understanding your "why" can help you overcome obstacles and stay motivated.

    3. The Role of Mindset: Your mindset shapes your reality. By cultivating a positive and growth-oriented mindset, you can attract positive experiences and opportunities.

    4. The Impact of Habits: Small, consistent habits can lead to significant transformations. Focus on building positive habits that align with your goals.

    5. The Value of Continuous Learning: Lifelong learning is essential for personal growth. Seek out new knowledge and experiences to expand your horizons.

    6. The Power of Taking Action: Don't just dream; take action. Small steps can lead to big results.

    7. The Importance of Gratitude: Practicing gratitude can increase happiness and well-being. Focus on the positive aspects of your life and express gratitude for them.
    7 powerful lessons from the book "Be Your Future Self Now: The Science of Intentional Transformation" 1. The Power of Visualization: Envisioning your future self can significantly impact your present actions and decisions. By visualizing your desired future, you can motivate yourself to take steps towards it. 2. The Importance of Purpose: A clear sense of purpose can drive your actions and give your life meaning. Understanding your "why" can help you overcome obstacles and stay motivated. 3. The Role of Mindset: Your mindset shapes your reality. By cultivating a positive and growth-oriented mindset, you can attract positive experiences and opportunities. 4. The Impact of Habits: Small, consistent habits can lead to significant transformations. Focus on building positive habits that align with your goals. 5. The Value of Continuous Learning: Lifelong learning is essential for personal growth. Seek out new knowledge and experiences to expand your horizons. 6. The Power of Taking Action: Don't just dream; take action. Small steps can lead to big results. 7. The Importance of Gratitude: Practicing gratitude can increase happiness and well-being. Focus on the positive aspects of your life and express gratitude for them.
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  • In Africa, every morning a gazelle wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest lion, or it will be killed. Every morning, a lion wakes up knowing it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle—when the sun comes up, you better be running."

    This highlights the idea that in life, no matter who you are, you must stay motivated and work hard to survive and thrive.
    In Africa, every morning a gazelle wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest lion, or it will be killed. Every morning, a lion wakes up knowing it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle—when the sun comes up, you better be running." This highlights the idea that in life, no matter who you are, you must stay motivated and work hard to survive and thrive.
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  • Passion Fuels Success: Many successful people are deeply passionate about what they do, which helps them stay motivated.

    Passion Fuels Success: Many successful people are deeply passionate about what they do, which helps them stay motivated.
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