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How to create Self-Help Articles (My method) A solid body you can trust upon I've seen a lot of posts about self-help lately in this beautiful platform, which I consider something remarkably good, with everyone sharing their own perspectives and their journey to become better, giving advice to others who might be struggling with the same things they did and making the world a better place with It. However, I know that everyone's trying to become better via getting income…
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Overcapitalism: When a Good System turns into a Weapon Living long enough to become the villain The word capitalism has been condemned with a bad reputation for too long, as people tend to blame their problems on inefficient systems or companies that squeeze their soul of their bodies either through tedious work or a bad product that they are forced to buy, thus leading them to generalize and mention capitalism as the first thing in their list of troubles. However, If you…
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Entering into a new market Having a lower price is not the only way to gain more customers As there are people who like to make the process of selling products the equivalent of rocket science, there are also individuals who like to oversimplify It to the point of thinking that the only way to influence offer and demand is through manipulations of the price, this meaning that If you lower the price of whatever you're offering more people will come to buy It from you.…
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What to do when you don't feel motivated You are asking the wrong question I genuinely believe that one of the worst things someone can tell you when you work in any project is that you always have to be motivated to do It. What do I mean by motivation exactly? Well, It is that sensation you feel when you are deeply immersed in your work (What we might call a flow state), all thoughts and ideas come to you easily and can be translated to your craft feeling even deeply…
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Questioning If It is worth It is part of the road Doubt tells you that you are going in the right path If you ever decided to practice something seriously for enough time, you surely have gone through a process that happens after a period of stagnation where nothing seems to move or after suffering from failure again, that of realizing that things might be harder than what you expect and having doubts, asking yourself If you're really up to the task and considering of…
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Inflation, the real explanation Mentioned to the point where we don't know what It is. Let's be honest. In most countries we're facing the reality of inflation in our day to day, with prices rising and resources becoming more scarce, yet people don't do much to inform themselves about the particular situations of these and I don't blame them, as the causes that influence inflation are greatly complex. However, the first thing that politics will use in order to gain…
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Religion and a Fulfilling Life Deep in our roots When our species had her first generations of humans (Homo Sapiens), we were divided in tribes with a common purpose: To help each other survive, reason that compelled these groups of individuals to cooperate in order to thrive and be accepted by the rest, sticking through thick and thin against the hardships of the seasons. However, these groups were largely limited, as there only could be tens or hundreds in a space that…
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Be grateful for what you have - Part ll It might not be there for long Upon having a conversation with a friend I found something that was a little worrying: When we were talking he began to complain about everything and talk about all the people he disliked, thing which I found a little bit disturbing so I called him out and told him to be grateful for the things he had, advice that he ignored and kept ranting. When we finished our conversation I felt like for those 30…
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Patience and the urge to quit There's still coal for the freight train There have been many opportunities in life I could have pursued though I decided to quit at the last moment, either because of the fear of people rejecting me, of not going on any direction or of simply not being able to meet my own standards. Then, upon hearing the benefit that others got from practicing those things in a consistent way I just felt twice as bad for quitting so early. However, with the…
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The reason for why your life might be so boring. Stop thinking about vacations and think about the day to day A lot of us find ourselves stuck in the same loop that we've been in for the last years, that of waking up, getting ready for work and commuting to a slow death for about 8 to 12 hours, then taking the same road backwards to our home to finally indulge in the last hours of pleasure we can enjoy before going back to the same hell, repeating this process day after day,…
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You can disagree and still be friends The road to an open mind Well, Internet has proved something over the course of Its existence, and that is the fact that some people don't take disagreements lightly, even the ones that are over things that from the outside seem so pointless. If you scroll in any publication from a famous artist, a youtube video or any tweet, you'll see a lot of discussions that end up in hate towards the other person and not being related with the main…
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Don't escape from what you should do Sometimes you don't have to listen to your brain. Many times we become petrified and don't do what we're supposed to do. Not because we don't know what's actually better, because we are limited in one way or another from doing It or because we would waste time performing that action, but because we enter into a period of paralysis by analysis, It being when our brain tends to overanalyze everything, making us push things aside because of…
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Look out for supportive people in your life A person's success is defined by the people who got his/her back It's common for all of human beings to want to be succesful in at least one field, being It material wealth, spirituality, athletic endeavours, love and many other areas that add up to a fulfilling life. However, what is not being told enough is that alongside discipline, right decisions and knowledge, a strong support system represented by people who care about your…
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The history of Christmas A time for Joy and Giving Across the globe most populations have adopted the season of winter and december as something more than just a period where snow begins to cover the streets or is colder than usual, deeming It as a date of celebration where the joy is to be found in the spirit of giving and good company, It being associated with the colors red and white, evergreens, socks, lights and Its most representative Icon: Santa Claus. These…
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Are you telling yourself the wrong Story? A self implanted curse Do you feel like you're a loser? Far from your ideal self? Inferior to others? Well, for many people these have been the main narratives they tell themselves to justify their actions, their inaction and all the negative things they indulge in, entering into a wicked feedback loop that just strengthens these bad habits with bad opinions about themselves. You might think that what you think has to do nothing with…
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Do you tell yourself constantly that you are bad at everything? That you are not worthy of love? That you deserve all you get? Most people tell themselves the same negative story over and over. I've just posted an article talking about how telling yourself negative things can actually impact your quality of life, and even worse, make you believe them. However, I don't like to end my articles in a negative note, that's why I provided some solutions you can apply to this…
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Are you being humble? The only way to advance Everyone knows what humility is, a common textbook definition being "Freedom from pride or arrogance". We also know when a person's being really humble and how we can be humble ourselves. However, our actions in the day to day reflect the opposite. Whenever we're talking to others our ego seeks to get in the way and makes us want to grab all the attention, effect that is only amplified in social media platforms, making us more…
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How to waste time in the Internet Easier than breathing At the beginning, the commercialization of Internet had a well-meant purpose behind It, pointing to unite people all across the globe. To be able to talk to your relatives in Europe from South America in a matter of seconds To be able to buy your christmas presents without having to go to the store. To have access to educational information without spending lots of money in books or going to a library. However, As in…
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When enough is enough When things are bad enough, they can be for the best Many of us are quite indecisive and tend to just push things at the side in order to avoid looking at problems. However, there are moments where the consequences of our negligence become so bad that we've no option but to act. You can say all you want about the feeling of struggling, It can be actually a good thing to have periods of your life where everything seems to go so bad, as these particular…
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Why routines are so important It's not about the end, It's about the process. Everyone has periods of unproductivity where they feel like they are wasting too much time of the day in things that aren't good for their development, and this might have to do with a lot of factors like the pull that social media has on us, jobs that put too much emphasis on repetitive tasks or any other thing that represents a distracted environment. However, what makes us so unproductive in the…
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Why new year resolutions are so hard to follow? Why It is so hard It is that time of the year where people begin to think about what they're going to do for the next one. Whether It is getting leaner and healthier, getting financially free or finding the love of their lives, they begin to write and think with optimism with regards to their ambition, making It all seem like a new beginning. Then, the New Year comes and they begin to practice what they wrote, only to find…
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Unconditional Support Being there through Good Times and Bad Times Something that shines bright for Its absence so much in these days is loyalty, the strong support that a person has towards another, through the good times and the bad times. This doesn't mean that both parts have to always agree, though that even If they aren't there at all moments, they always give their encouragement when things are going good and provide their help through bad situations, not letting…
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Don't sacrifice your future for the present The decisions you make have consequences Self-indulgence has become the norm in most countries, where people tend to amass huge amounts of debt, buy cars or clothes way out of their budget, go to nightclubs 1 to 3 times a week and get wasted, having as the icing in the cake countless hours of scrolling through their phones whilst knowing they should be doing something else. The worst of all is that doing these things frequently is…
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The Dangers of Complacency Don't slower the pace near the finish line If you ever tried to do something seriously, putting the hours and the effort to get far up there, you might have stumbled upon periods where your mind tries to play tricks on you, making you look back at what you've accomplished and tell you that you deserve some rest, making you lazier and diverting your focus from your main goal, which you haven't attained yet. Then, you find that your rhythm gets…
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Learn from the mistakes of Others Avoid yourself the pain A considerable amount of the advice you'll see about Self-Help on the internet has to do with looking back objectively at the past and learning from your mistakes. However, one thing that not many tell you is that you can apply something to prevent yourself from failing in the first place, and that is just the ability to learn from the mistakes of others. If you are wondering how you can learn from the errors of…
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Working hard is only one half of success Janitors and Businessmen don't earn the same for a reason. When people say that you should work hard to get the life of your dreams, they are partly right. However, they miss out one part of the equation. Many people wake up everyday to work hard until the sun goes down and still are stuck in jobs they hate until they retire. There are also people who wake up everyday to work hard and get 10 times or more the results without having to…
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What a wonderful world Time to look at what is good All over the news, Social Media and our day to day we are constantly exposed whether we want It or not to negativity, either in the form of hurtful comments, tragedies or the crucifixion of another public figure (Whether they deserve It or not). These things, as entertaining as they can be, are utterly toxic for humanity and can make you miserable in an unvoluntary manner, making you have a nihilistic outlook on the world.…
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Struggle gives birth to opportunities How to see the good in the bad I know tragedies are something unwanted by everyone in the world, though once they happen, there is no more option than to weep or to take action. You might be in a tight financial situation or facing the aftermath of losing someone you loved in a period of the year where joy or happiness are constantly promoted, seeing everything as pointless and entering into a cynical vision of the world. However,…
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Life could be over in a glimpse Yes, another article about death I've repeated my thoughts about death and the importance of being grateful for what and who you have in your life in previous articles countless times. However, I feel like still not enough people understand how short life is (And I know It sounds pretentious coming from a 21 year old), most of them being sad or angry towards people that don't deserve It for things that aren't worth even thinking about. That's…
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Why you don't sleep enough Count your hours more effectively If you feel tired after waking up at 6am, even when you went to bed at 10 pm, you might ask yourself If there's something wrong with you. You begin to tell you all these things like "It may be the coffee", "My curtains let the sun pass through my face in the morning" and many more. However, the real cause for why you feel tired is still because of poor sleep, this meaning that you don't sleep enough hours. This…
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Get over rejection more easily There are millions of opportunities out there Reactions to rejection are different from person to person. From a simple shrug and going back to trying to thinking It is the end of the world. It is a reality that to be told no despite of all our efforts hurts. However, what separates a person that reaches success and other that quits at the beginning is their capacity to tolerate failure, where one can show the results of his/her work without…
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Christmas Is not for buying, It's for sharing What better gift than the company of your loved ones What is the first thing that comes to your mind when Christmas gets nearer, all those things you will buy and receive as gifts or the quality time you will be able to spend with your loved ones? If the second statement resonates with you, I'm with you. However, It wasn't always like that for me. When I was a little kid I counted the days of the year before december came and I…
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Is quitting hard for you? When saying It's over is harder than beginning We all have had those activities which we once loved and thought as productive to later find that things changed and what we considered as good was, in reality, damaging our progress. These are most commonly seem when playing certain games for excessive amounts of time or using medication, where the benefits get decreased little by little and the amount of input required to get them increases…
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What are you offering to the world? You should improve what you offer before you ask for more. Many people have great ambitions regarding what they want to achieve, which is a good thing when coupled with the determination to improve and the discipline required to do so. However, where many people get stuck is that these ambitions become more dreams than visions of the near future, all because of a lack of the humbleness required to recognize that they still are not good…
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Do you have problems sticking to New Year's Resolutions? Before you learn where you want to be you have to learn where you don't want to go. The same problem happens every year: A lot of people begin to create their New Year's Resolutions and write down all the benefits they will get, all without having a clear plan of action or defining where they want to get to. This causes that by the beginning of the new year, they start doing all those things they proposed themselves.…
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The power of journaling to finish your day Recapitulate a Good Life There are a lot of things that can happen to us in the course of a single day, yet we don't see to pay much attention to them, choosing to react as they happen and not analyzing after. This is true both for good and bad moments, which can be detrimental for our development by not making us aware enough of the direct decisions that led to that point and the mistakes we might have commited in the way. That's…
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How to remember all you read in books - The notecard system Give some relief to your mind, put It in a notecard When It comes to reading books, many people follow the conventional path of reading without further consideration. They just read the book from start to finish in a robotic way, not writing down lessons they might have considered interesting and even If they do, It becomes more a loose paragraph that doesn't add up to something bigger. What If I told you that…
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The importance of sunlight What our buddy in the sky can help us with We tend to take the sun for granted, being there for us when we wake up (Most of us) and disappearing late in the afternoon all while granting us a lot of benefits that we don't get that often due to our low levels of exposure to this heavenly body. Coupled with this, a perception of the sun as something eminently bad due to the emphasis we put on Its negative effects has led us to believe that we should…
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Books that changed our lives for the better A lifechanging experience in set of words. When we read, we learn about the world through different perspectives, improving not only our capacity to communicate Ideas, though also our ability to absorb new knowledge and apply It to our own situations. We can do this by either reading papers, articles or books, all which condense vast amounts of information into compact sets of thoughts, either fictional or applicable to reality,…