rewire.

 I was recently listening to TED talks, and I couldn't help but share this podcast. I know this might seem like an odd topic/post for my blog, but I couldn't agree with it more. The title of the podcast is, "The Happy Secret to Better Work" by Shawn Achor. The main objective of this podcast is to challenge ourselves to rewire our brain on how we view happiness and success. We associate happiness to our success in the external world, while 90% of our happiness is derived from the internal, the way our brain processes the world. 'If we change our formula for happiness and success, we can then change the way those things affect our reality.' Instead of focusing on what is wrong and how to fix it, we can outline what we're doing right and how to excel in it. Shawn talks about five things we can do over a three week period that can completely alter the way we feel about work, success, and life in general.

1. 3 Gratitudes - Consciously noting three new things we're thankful for each day. Causing ourselves to look at life with a more optimistic view point.
2. Journaling - Writing about our daily lives causes us to recall those memories, acknowledging the positive in our lives.
3. Exercise - Duh. We all know this one is true and sometimes hate to admit it. But it's time to put down that bag of cheez-its.
4. Meditation / Reflecting - Subtracting ourselves from today's society that pressures us into doing multiple tasks at once.
5. Random Acts of Kindness - Purposely look for an occasion to arise where you can show someone a random act of kindness.

By doing these simple tasks 21 days in a row, studies have shown that you can rewire your brain to look at the world more optimistically, focus on positivity, change our view of success, and ultimately find more happiness in our day to day lives.

I most definitely couldn't write down all the highlights from this video in one post without it becoming a mile long, so if you have 12 minutes to spare, I encourage you to watch the full podcast here. 

So, what are you waiting for? It's time to start rewiring. 

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