774: A Better Life by Steve Pavlina

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

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🗓️ 23 January 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Steve Pavlina shares a simple way to make a better life for yourself. Episode 774: A Better Life by Steve Pavlina (Developing Habits & Personal Growth). Steve Pavlina is widely recognized as one of the most successful personal development bloggers on the Internet, with his work attracting more than 100 million visits to his website, StevePavlina.com. He has written more than 1300 articles and recorded many audio programs on a broad range of self-help topics, including productivity, relationships, and spirituality. Steve has been quoted as an expert by the New York Times, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, the Los Angeles Daily News, Self Magazine, The Guardian, and countless other publications. He's also a frequent guest on popular podcasts and radio shows. The original post is located here: https://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/08/a-better-life Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily, episode 774, A Better Life by Steve Pavlina of StevePavlina.com
0:07.6	and I'm your very own personal narrator Justin Mollick, reading to you from some amazing
0:11.9	blogs and books to help you optimize your life.
0:15.6	For now, it's here another post from Steve Pavlina as we optimize your life.
0:23.7	A Better Life by Steve Pavlina of StevePavlina.com
0:28.8	Thoughts can only be formed in the present moment
0:32.4	and thoughts can only exert effects in the present moment.
0:36.5	If you can grasp these two concepts, you'll be able to discard some forms of
0:40.6	delusional thinking and craft much more effective intentions.
0:45.0	Here's an example to help clarify. Suppose you like the idea of
0:48.4	tithing 10% of your income to worthy causes, but your finances are too tight for
0:53.9	you to feel comfortable tithing right now. However, you tell yourself that you
0:58.2	intend to start tithing once you experience a great state of abundance.
1:02.3	So you're acknowledging the reality of your present situation
1:05.2	while holding a positive intention for the future. This seems reasonable, doesn't it?
1:10.3	In actuality however, this type of thinking is self-defeating.
1:14.7	Consider the thoughts and intentions that are being put forth.
1:18.2	The intention to tithe future, the intention to experience limited finances,
1:23.1	present, the intention not to tithe in the present,
1:27.0	the intention to experience abundance in the future.
1:30.9	Now collapse all of these intentions to the present
1:33.8	since other times are merely illusion. This yields the following.
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