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20 Essential Things to Start Doing for Your Happiness (Before the End of the Year)

10.01.2023 by Marc Chernoff // 10 Comments

The happiness of your life greatly depends on the quality of your daily actions.

As we move through the final quarter of the year, remind yourself that it takes roughly 66 days to form a habit on average. So for the next nine weeks, consciously leverage the actionable reminders below to look at the bright side of your life, and you will gradually rewire your brain as we transition from this year into the next…

1. Start steadying yourself with simple rituals.

When life feels like an emotional roller coaster, [Read more…]

7 Things You Should Stop Expecting from Other People

09.29.2023 by Angel Chernoff // 29 Comments

“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.”
— Bruce Lee

The biggest disappointments in our lives are often the result of misplaced expectations. This is especially true when it comes to our relationships and interactions with others. So don’t lower your standards, but do remember that removing your expectations of others is the best way to avoid being regretfully disappointed by them.

Which means it’s time to…

1. Stop expecting them to agree with you.

You deserve to be happy in your own way. You deserve to [Read more…]

3 Fundamental Mistakes that Often Drain 90 Percent of Our Potential in Life

09.27.2023 by Marc Chernoff // 31 Comments

A mistake is a lesson, not a loss. It’s a temporary, necessary detour, not a dead end, as long as we learn from it.

As human beings we often make the same fundamental mistakes over and over again. For example, deep down we know it’s smart to take it one step at a time, to maintain good daily habits, and to seek out healthy, supportive environments. Yet we often do the exact opposite when times get stressful and we’re under pressure.

Yes, we do the wrong things even though we know better because the human mind has weaknesses. It becomes forgetful and insensible sometimes. And the only way to conquer these weaknesses is to practice conquering them. So today, let’s practice strengthening our minds by discussing three super-common mistakes Angel and I have seen plaguing dozens of our coaching clients, course students, and conference attendees over the past 15 years — some things many of us do daily that drain nearly all of our potential… [Read more…]

20 Things to Start Doing in Your Relationships (Before it’s Too Late)

09.25.2023 by Angel Chernoff // 33 Comments

In the end, more than almost anything else, we regret the special relationships we neglected too often.

Family isn’t always blood. They’re the people in your life who appreciate having you in theirs — the ones who encourage you to improve in healthy and exciting ways, and who not only embrace who you are now, but also embrace and embody who you want to be. These people — your real family — are the ones who truly matter.

Here are twenty timeless tips to help you find and foster these special relationships, before it’s too late:

1. Free yourself from negative company.

Spend time with nice people who are smart, driven and open-minded. Relationships should help you, not hurt you. Surround yourself with people who reflect the person you want to be. Choose friends who you are proud to know, people you admire, who love and respect you — people who make your day a little brighter simply by being in it. Life is too short to continuously spend time with people who [Read more…]

8 Things You Will Regret Not Letting Go of Sooner

09.23.2023 by Marc Chernoff // 35 Comments

Oftentimes you don’t even realize you’re blocking your own present blessings by holding on to everything so tightly.

Closing the door, completing the chapter, turning the page, etc. It doesn’t matter what you title it; what matters is that you find the strength to leave behind those former parts of your life that are over, and those lavish ideals in your mind that simply aren’t meant to be.

Throughout the past decade, as Angel and I have gradually worked with hundreds of our course students, coaching clients, and live event attendees, we’ve come to understand that the root cause of most human stress is our stubborn propensity to hold on to things long after it’s time to let go. In a nutshell, we hold on tight to the hope that things will go exactly as we imagine, and then we complicate our lives to no end when they don’t.

So let’s take a look at some super-common things we often and regretfully hold on to until the bitter end… [Read more…]