A study by Martin Seligman considered the father of modern positive psychology and the creator of the idea of learned optimism, showed that insurance agents who are optimists outsell their pessimist counterparts by 8 percent in their first year and 31 percent in their second year. ( Search Inside Yourself)

Being optimistic is something related also being stoic. If something is under your control, you should always be optimistic. Because you will be able to figure out what you need to fix or change it.

If it is not under your control, there is no need to being pessimistic. You should be aware of the situation and move on. Don’t kill yourself something you have no power at all.

People like around an optimistic crowd. That energy is definitely key to build or start something from scratch. Send good energy in order to receive good ones.

There is no excuse. If you want to learn, you will do it.

How are you going to start?

• Do every day. I know it’s so boring. If it is not boring, everyone can do it.

• Learn what you interested in. Don’t start it to learn because your friends are doing it. Learn for yourself.

• Iterate it. See what is really working for you. If it’s not, move to another subject.

  Learn every day new things. Where do you can start? Start Top Free Apps on the below.

As you can see you are not the only one who wants to learn new skills every day. That’s why these apps are in the top charts. We are living in time everything is accessible pretty much via the internet. So, Anyone from Anywhere can learn Anything!

We are spending most of our time people who we work with. Do you want to be around teammates who are not willing to help what you are trying to achieve? Of course not. Most of the time you can not change people’s attitudes. But, you can change your environment.

I think five-person around you make you healthy, happy and wealthy. You are pretty much average of your circle. Be careful who you talk or sharing your time with.

I checked my phone today and found I have 36,832 Photos since January 2016. That’s an insane number. If I took 1 picture per day, it’ll take me 102 Years to complete this project.

Why that many pictures on my phone? I probably thought I’ll check out those pictures later. Seriously? 36K pictures? If I spend a second for each of them it’ll take me 10 hours.

Every moment of our life is great. But, we only take a picture of nice moments. ( I didn’t check out but most likely 99% of my 36,382 pictures were good times:) We want to remember those good days. That makes sense.

Curios, How many pictures on your phone?

Sometimes we all need “Alone” time. This time is only for you. You should be yourself with your thoughts.

No rush, no timeline. Just listen to what your inner voice is telling you.

Keep all your dreams for you.

Stay in the moment.

Minimize your media time. Be curious about your story instead of other people’s Instagram Stories.

Start with going to your bed without your phone.

Do you need to set an alarm to get up early?

Buy an alarm clock or set your alarm with your phone and leave your door open.

I am promising you, you will feel amazing.

It will be two benefits:

a) You will have more “alone time” before you go to bed

b) You won’t check your phone right after you get up.

You don’t have to go to the woods to stay there for a couple of weeks with yourself. Start small. Start today!

“It isn’t necessary that you leave home. Sit at your desk and listen. Don’t even listen, just wait. Don’t wait, be still and alone. The whole world will offer itself to you”. Franz Kafka

I put together The Top 20 posts (out of 100+ posts) based on popularity (we trust Substack’s algorithm ) as a Free PDF (for Non-Kindle Countries) and Ebook on Amazon Kindle Store.

Let me know what do you guys think.

Thank you again.

I have been walking into the forest last 4 weeks at least 3-4 times per week. Most of the time I left my phone at home. Try not to distract from anything.

According to Dr. Qing Li from Japan, Forest Bathing (shinrin-yoku ) helps you ease your stress, relax and think more clearly.

What’s Forest Bathing? Pretty much: Feel the forest with your five senses. Listening to the birds, Looking different shades of greens and branches, Smelling the fragrance of plants, Tasting freshness of air with every breath and Touching the trees or laying down on the ground.

I was mostly going to the forest for hiking. After today, I’ll stop more and take a longer bath in the forest:)

Start with version 0.1 then Iterate!

Later what do you need to do?

Iteration!

Anyone can do it! If they keep iterate it.

Here’s the gift for you guys to remind yourself to “Iterate”. Post-it and remind yourself whenever you are in doubt are you iterating enough or not?

Even this drawing, I iterated it every time I wrote “Iteration”. (V.3) Iteration has a small surprise, let’s see are you guys going to find it or not? (LOOK CLOSELY) If you do, leave a comment.

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Our minds like an antique shop. We constantly thinking past, present and future. We need to breathe and focus the moment.

Best way to do: Just follow your breath. Sit do nothing for 15-20 seconds. Then, follow your breath one to two minutes.

Don’t start too hard for meditation. Slowly increase the time. Mindfulness means being present. Awakening your mind. It means you are asking yourself “ Am I awake now? “

We have always opinions for others. Why? Because we can clearly see what’s going on them. Based on our limited observation still make sense where that person should go. Why don’t we do the same exercise for ourselves? Because we know too much about who we are.

Books are great for example for leading people. It is a general opinion. You can apply whichever works for you. Most of the time writers who wrote great books or touched lots of people’s lives, they are still struggling with their own problem. (In Turkish, we have saying “Terzi kendi söküğünü dikemez” it’s pretty much similar meaning to English one “the shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot “)They need a guide or coach to open literally their eyes.

Leading your own life is an ongoing process. You can’t figure out easily yourself. Best way to start: Surrounder yourself with great people and book.

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