6 Self-Improvement Hacks to Instantly Improve the Way You Live and Work

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If you’re looking to improve your life, I’d like to share some useful activities — backed by science — that can be done in as little as a few minutes per day. Others will require some stretching and soul searching, but the payoffs are tremendous.

As you make these rituals a habit, if done with the right intention and attitude, it may help you live with more inner peace and happiness, as well as increase your success and influence.

1. Express more gratitude.

Here’s a practical use of your time with great benefits. Make a list of five people at work for whom you are thankful. Think back on the key contributions they made, or events that have happened in the past week involving these people. Your next task should be to express sincere gratitude to them. Whatever your method (email, text, handwritten note, or phone call), make it personal and heartfelt and let these people know how you feel about them and their work.

It’s been scientifically proven that if you perform this ritual for 21 straight days, you’ll be training your mind to scan for positives instead of negatives; this has been found to be the fastest way to teach optimism and significantly improve your outlook, its effects noticeable even six months later.

2. Be intentional about learning from someone.

The best conversations in life are initiated by learning about what other people do, how they do it, and why they do it. People love to talk about themselves, and if you’re smart enough, you’ll show up with the humble gesture of “I want to learn from you.” Starting today, spot three people you’d like to learn from and schedule coffee time with each one, even if it’s for 30 minutes. It will make you a better person, and the other person will appreciate the chance to pay it forward.

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