Self improvement guide worth reading

 Self improvement guide

There are different books and seminars that can help you gather some self improvement guide. All these sources are against the negative factors in your life. 

This self improvement guide is intended to offer you the best solutions to eliminate these factors for good. Or at least to reduce it drastically.   

Work, meetings, deadlines, appointments, telephone calls, shopping, taking the dogs out etc.  all these are things most people have to accomplish daily. 

Most of the times, on the waiting list there are other things like: family, friends and even ourselves. 

Sometimes we discover too late that the points mentioned on the waiting lists are, in fact, the most important and, unfortunately, sometimes, we don’t realize this at all, so find ourselves wondering for what reason we are so unhappy. 

All this people know that time is more than money – time means, first of all, life and, more than that, it means our lives. 

That is way we have the obligation not to surrender in stressful situations and to go fighting for the joy of living. 

Let us not forget also that deficient management of time can produce tremendous health problems, both at the physical and mental level.   

But there is good news! Time can be domesticated – we can make it, in certain manner, obey us. First step in implementing this process is to identify the elements that robe your time. Normally, they are divided into two groups:

The external factors (unexpected phone calls, very long phone conversations, unplanned visits, the policy of open doors, not sufficiently trained personnel, frequent meetings, interruptions caused by colleagues, friends and family etc.)

The internal factors – related strictly to our own persons (priorities and objectives that change, the lack of a daily working plan, lack of self imposed deadlines, the tendency to take care of too many things at the same time, disorder, lateness in resolving the conflicts, incapacity of saying no, lack of decision, tiredness).

By reading the above enumeration, you probably pictured recalled all the similar situations that you went through. Now, all you have to do is to find a way to defeat and eliminate them, so that you can be the mater of your own time again. 

Here are three possible ways in which you can do that:

Get used to write everything down. It is useful, especially if you have a bad memory. Otherwise you might fail to remember to go to important meetings, to make important phone calls, to answer messages you promised you would answer. 

You can also write down great ideas and inspirations that occur to you in the most unexpected moments.

Make a list of priorities. It takes you very little time to draw it and you can even do it while you’re having your morning coffee. Write down, the things you need to do that day, in the order of their importance and urgency. 

Learn to say no. One big mistake that a lot of us make is that we put other people’s problems in front of ours. Nevertheless, by helping them in a bad moment for us, we give rise to frustration, stress and we find ourselves unable to respect previous engagements.

All this advice are also present in Jean-Louis Servan-Schreibers book New art of time against stress and they invite us to meditate that more than a weapon against stress, time

Self Improvement for Beginners: A Comprehensive Guide to Rewire Your Brain

There are issues that actually run like a red thread through the long history of self-improvement. Self-knowledge is the starting point and means that we understand where our weaknesses and strengths lie and where our deeper motives are. Self-knowledge was already a theme among the ancient Greeks: "Know yourself" is carved into the temple of Apollo, for example. But there are other important issues, such as letting go, owning your thoughts and feelings, and the ability to empathize with other people's emotions.

"Self-Improvement for Beginners" incorporates a set of guidelines to follow to rewire your brain, change your mindset, break free from bad habits and cultivate a new, more mature beginning:

· Tips for self-improvement and heightening self-control

· Increasing productivity and believing in your strengths and trusting your abilities

· Embrace positive thinking and learn to appreciate yourself

· Express gratitude for the mind and exercise for the body

Self-improvement is not a degree that you can get by studying for years and keep it locked up in the drawer of your writing desk. It's a process of constantly evolving and improving your skills by first serving yourself, and then humankind. Let "Self-Improvement for Beginners" be your first step to embracing yourself.

The Art of Time Paperback

In this book the author suggests that much of the discontent and stress we feel about our busy lives is due to a lack of understanding, appreciation and use of time. He proposes a cure based on a rediscovery of true needs and priorities and escorts us through that journey of self-discovery, offering wisdom, inspiration and the power of transformation. Jean-Louis Servan-Schrieber is the founder and CEO of French publisher Group Expansion and the author of five books including "The Return of Courage".

Customer Review

I read this book for the first time when it just came out in the eighties. I liked the focus on philosophy taking time management to higher level than the usual "clean your desk and make a list" self help books. This book is actually about a different way of looking at your time and your life and how to make conscious choices how to make the most of it. It helped me enormously in becoming (slightly) more productive but more importantly feel more happy about the things I wanted to do and less guilt about the others dropping of the list. It also reads well and quickly. Somebody borrowed the book and never returned it. Now I am buying copies for my children and my best friends.