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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

1201: How Top Performers Use Positive Psychology (Even When Things Are Bad) by Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You To Be Rich

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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Education, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You to be Rich shares how top performers use positive psychology even when things are bad. Episode 1201: How Top Performers Use Positive Psychology (Even When Things Are Bad) by Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You To Be Rich Ramit wants to use money to say YES. He knew there was a better way to live a rich life—if we could use psychology to focus on what actually works. Not just for personal finance, but all aspects of life: money, careers, relationships, business, fitness, and more. Since then, he's been testing and sharing his findings with the world via I Will Teach You To Be Rich. He's also written a New York Times bestselling book, been profiled in a 6-page Fortune article, and been pictured next to Warren Buffett in Forbes Magazine, as well as been featured by a long list of media, including the Wall Street Journal, ABC News, NPR, Fox Business, PBS, CNBC, and more. He also has tons of documented success stories—more than 20,000. The original post is located here: https://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/positive-pyschology/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is optimal living daily episode 12.01. How top performers use positive psychology even when things are bad.

1:08.2

By remit safety of i will teach you to be rich dot com and I'm just a malloc. This is the podcast where I act as a personal narrator for you for free, usually from blogs sometimes from books, but in either case always with permission from the authors.

1:21.6

Today's author is normally narrated on optimal finance daily, but this one fit more into the personal development category. So I thought I read the article here for you.

1:30.0

If you like this episode, definitely check out optimal finance daily for more. But for now, let's get right to it as we optimize your life.

1:38.2

How top performers use positive psychology even when things are bad by remit safety of i will teach you to be rich dot com.

1:48.8

Have you ever wondered how it is that some people are basically fine no matter what happens. They always find a way to come out on top regardless of the curve balls life throws at them.

1:59.4

They seem to live by the motto when life gives you lemons make organic artisanal lemonade. Meanwhile other people even with the bigger advantages somehow lack the ability to plan and execute and end up failing.

2:12.6

Sometimes we know what the problem is but can't fix it other times we self sabotage. I see this all the time it's heartbreaking and so unnecessary.

2:22.6

On the surface it's easy to dismiss positive people by assuming they somehow got a lucky break. But if you really study what's going on you find that luck has nothing to do with it.

2:33.3

There are real skills involved in not just surviving but thriving one of these skills is positive psychology over the last 12 years I've relentlessly studied and interviewed top performers in business sports medicine art and more.

2:49.4

I found that skill and talent will only take you so far the rest is mindset but it's not as simple as others make it sound your positive psychology mindset start with setting yourself up for success.

3:02.2

Let's dig into four powerful tactics that you can use today to change your mindset and ultimately change your life.

3:09.6

Step one minimize failure by picking the right goal.

3:14.4

One of the reasons that negative self talk creeps in is failure and one of the main culprits of failure is setting the wrong goals too often we don't give ourselves a chance to succeed.

3:25.1

Here's what I mean a goal someone might set is I'm gonna learn Spanish and use it as leverage to get a raise or a better job.

3:32.0

The problem is I want to learn Spanish is a huge goal then get a raise or a better job is yet another huge goal.

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