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What’s one thing you truly appreciated today?
Reflect on something specific that felt truly worthwhile or fulfilling today.
What if this valuable thing were gone?
Grow your appreciation by imagining life without what matters most.
What, right here, right now, is worth your full attention?
Choose to be present when it truly matters.
Where are you putting your attention?
What you focus on shapes how you feel and what you do.
Inattentional blindness: Why we sometimes overlook the unexpected
When we focus on something else, we may overlook unexpected objects.
The power of mindsets and how to change them
Mindsets shape how we make sense of ourselves and the world.
Focus on what you can control
Identify what you can and cannot control, and focus your efforts on what you can control.
How to appreciate what you have
We tend to take our favorable circumstances for granted once they become routine.
Improve how you feel by changing your focus
What you focus on shapes your emotional state.
The fundamental attribution error: Underestimating the power of circumstances
When explaining the behaviour of others, we tend to overestimate the role of personality traits and underestimate the role of environmental influences.
Why moving to a Mediterranean climate won’t make you happier
The focusing illusion is a cognitive bias that leads us to overestimate the importance of something because we focus our attention on it.
Why strategies used by successful people don’t work for you
Survivorship bias is our tendency to focus on the successful outcomes (survivors, winners) of a particular situation, while overlooking the unsuccessful outcomes (failures, losers).
Negativity bias: Why you are addicted to bad news
We give more attention and weight to negative stimuli than to positive ones.