There is only one success, to be able to spend your life in your own way.

~ Christopher Morley

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We are back here with our essential tips on how to live your life in a better way. Some of them, we are sure, are going to be useful. Some of them you are welcome to dismiss!

Here they are:

1. Eat, drink, and be merry. Cherish those moments of enjoying the incredible food, great company, and engrossing conversation and make them happen as frequently as possible.
2. Block out haters. Constructive criticism is one thing, but know that if you’re out there trying to accomplish great things, you will attract haters who want to criticize for the sake of criticism.
3. Accept constructive criticism. At the same times, haters can be good because sometimes they can be right. Haters show us our weakness. Accept that you might be in the wrong, and work to improve yourself so you don’t make the same mistake in the future.
4. Be the hero of your own movie. Does life feel shitty, joyless, hopeless? You already know how to get out – be the hero of your own movie. Pretend you’re the hero character in a hollywood blockbuster. Do you want them to see a hero who overcomes the odds, or a loser who plays the victim? Last time I checked, the hero doesn’t overcome the odds by watching TV 5 hours a day.  Do what needs to be done, no matter how hard it is.
5. Remember that you’re going to die one day. Do we live as though we will never die; then die never having lived? Enjoy, be nice to others and that is it

“Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.”

~ Elon Musk

We absolutely admire Elon Musk, he is a real modern hero!

Everyone can learn something from this bright man.

Elon Musk 10 Rules For Success:

1. Work Like Hell
2. Have a High Pain Threshold
3. Critical Think
4. Add Value to Society
5. Take Risks
6. Have a Great Product / Service
7. Attract Great People
8. Constantly Seek Criticism
9. Don’t Follow the Trend
10. Overcome Critics

How many of these rules do you follow?

Or do you follow any of them? It is a great time to start!

Check out these quotes by our beloved billionaire Tesla/Paypal/SpaceX founder Elon Musk.

If you live in Elon Musk’s world of endless possibilities and believe in something with all of your heart, anything is possible.

1. “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”
2. “If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.”
3. “There have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Why do you want to live? What’s the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future? If the future does not include being out there among the stars and being a multi-planet species, I find that incredibly depressing.”
4. “When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars, people said, ‘Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?’ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.”
5. “Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.”
6. “It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”
7. “If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic-being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of data like an oracle. These are all things that would have been considered magic a few hundred years ago.”
8. “The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.”
9. “I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”
10. “I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.”

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

~ Joe Lewis

We mentioned what you don’t have to do.

Rememeber? Click here to refresh your memory!

Now let’s talk a bit more about dos!

1. Analyze your weaknesses. One of the hardest things for people to do is to be objective when it comes to their own weaknesses.  Once you can recognize your weaknesses and understand how they’re holding you back, you can take active steps to work on yourself.
2. Constantly work on improving yourself. If you’re not doing something to improve yourself everyday, then you’re not going to reach your goals.
3. Master the art of persuasion. Be sure not to become a manipulative maniac. But stating your point and being able to prove it is an important asset.
4. Stop trying to please everyone You don’t have to be liked by everyone around you. Just stay human.
5. Understand that personality traits aren’t static. Everything is changeable! If you’re being held back by aspects of your personality, whether its laziness, social awkwardness, mediocre intelligence, know that these are all things that can be improved if you’re willing to work on them, instead of accepting them as immutable personality traits.

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

~ Danny Kaye

Do you feel like something is still missing?

Today we will share other 5 rules to follow to make your life more than bearable, so enjoy:

1. Smile. It is scientifically proved that if you smile, you will be happier! Did you know that?
2. Improve your posture Your posture and body language not only shapes how people see you, but it also shapes how you feel about yourself? There are quite a few books on that matter (and also TED talks).
3. Find the time for what you want to do.  Many of us are always complaining about lack of time to do what we want. If you feel trapped in a job, are you actively taking steps to extricate yourself from the situation? If you are, then you shouldn’t waste time complaining. If you’re not, what are you complaining about?
4. Don’t chase money for the sake of money. Having money is important in life, but only because it gives us the freedom to chase what we really want. Find your goals and passions outside “the money” and this way it’ll be easier to motivate yourself to take action and change your lifestyle.
5. Overcome laziness. Do you have big goals and dreams? Do you stop short of taking steps to make changes because you’d rather watch TV? Do you quit after a few tries? It is ok to waste a bit of time doing nothing. But try to keep the focus and balance idleness with productivity.

Don’t wait. Make memories today. Celebrate your life!

~ unknown

You know some things you have to do for a better living. What about don’ts?

Here they are:

1. Don’t be a crab in the bucket. You’ve heard the expression “crabs in the bucket” ? Check Wiki if you didn’t: it is a way of thinking best described by the phrase “if I can’t have it, neither can you”. When you break from the norm, you’ll get pushback from your loved ones. Its not jealousy – they genuinely care for us. Such behaviour creates a culture of conformity, mediocrity, and quiet desperation. Don’t be a crab in the bucket.
2. Don’t complain. It is just useless. If you’re not happy with something in your life, you can complain about it, or you can actively work to change it. But if you choose not to do anything, then try to learn to accept and enjoy the situation anyway. It’ll make your life much easier.
3.  Don’t be jealous. Not because its morally wrong, but because jealousy is a destructive emotion. Its also a symptom that you’re not living your life to the fullest – people who are fulfilled can celebrate other people’s success.
4. Don’t gossip. Sure it might make you feel better about yourself, for the moment. But it can have negative ramifications, both internally and externally.
5. Don’t confuse pleasure with happiness Pleasure comes from the quick-fixes that give us joy – shopping, alcohol, sex, listening to great music, seeing great beauty. Happiness comes from self-actualization and meaning.

Man.
Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money.
Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.
And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present;
the result being that he does not live in the present or the future;
he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.

– The 14th Dalai Lama

Are you still trying to figure out how to live the life? If so, you’re not alone.

Every now and then we are going to publish 5 ideas on how to live life to the fullest.

So, here are the first 5:

1.  Create a bucket list and start checking things off. We all will die one day, but before we need to experience as much of this world as we can.
2.  Set goals and write them down. Set goals by month, year, 5 year, and 10 year periods. Know what you want to achieve for each stretch of your life, and make sure to look back and see if you actually made the progress you wanted.
3. Don’t live for others. Don’t choose your path in life based on the expectations set on you by others, whether its your parents, friends, or society in general.
4.  Live for others. Don’t let others choose your path for you, but don’t choose a path that will hurt those around you. Try to find a balance between #3 and #4, it is not easy, right?
5. Maintain an internal locus of control. There are 2 kinds of people, those who focus on what they can control, and those that focus on what they can’t. Don’t blame others for your own failure – there’s always someone out there who was dealt a worst hand that made more of it than you did.