If You Understand These 5 Rules In Psychology, You Can Live A Much Easier Life
About LifehackContact Us Psychology Productivity Health More If You Understand These 5 Rules In Psychology, You Can Live A Much Easier Life Jenny Marchal Jenny Marchal is a freelance writer. Full Bio Understanding the psychology of ourselves and others around us can play a huge part in our happiness. We are all suffering from limiting beliefs
gained from past experiences and interactions with others inhibiting the ease with which we live our lives. Whether it’s believing we aren’t good enough because we’re told we should be at a certain point in our lives by a certain time, bringing about feelings of failure, or simply misunderstanding others’ intentions or reactions to us, we need to get into a better mindset that will straighten out our perceptions and limit the amount of
negativity that we see and think about ourselv Making a habit of using these psychological rules is crucial to living an easier life and will help you to see the world in a whole new light. 1. People Don’t Care As Much As You Think It may sound harsh, but essentially it’s true. Being so caught up in what others think of us or acting in a way that will meet (what we think are) other people’s expectations is detrimental to us because everyone is wrapped up in their own problems and insecurities. It’s much better to try to keep this in mind, as most of what we believe people are thinking are only assumptions our own minds create based on past experiences or incorrect perceptions and
interpretations. Being yourself without worrying what others think will go a long way in achieving personal happiness. 2. We Are Constantly Changing Who We Are It’s easy to think that we are the same person we were ten years ago and will be thinking and feeling the same in another ten years, but we’re not. Our past, present and future selves are all essentially independent because our mindsets change with our lives’
circumstances and experiences. Because of this, we should always be true to our present selves when making decisions. We can never predict what our future self will think and feel, and everything that happened in the past was for our past selves. The power is all in the now. 3. Stop Comparing Yourself To Others With social media pressuring many of us to post the best moments, it can be easy to start comparing ourselves to others’
seemingly ‘perfect’ lives. In real life, we still tend to show our best side to people rather than showing vulnerability out of fear of being judged or rejected. The truth is we are all vulnerable. We all want to be accepted by others. It is a huge waste of time to believe that people are somehow better than us and have their life sorted out, while seeing us for who we really are. Comparisons and feeling inferior to other people is futile because even the most powerful people have worries, insecurities and uncertainties inside them. Further Reading 14 Things That Happened When I Compared Myself to Others Read
more 4. Don’t Assume Your Advice Will Be Listened To Ever seen a friend’s glaring problem and know what they need to do to sort it out? You give advice but it just seems to fall on deaf ears. You feel frustrated because, after all, you just want to help them. The thing is, no one ever really listens to advice unless they happen to be in the right mindset at the right time. At the end of the day, people will only change their mindsets or outlooks through their own realisations and experiences. Sometimes it may come in the form of your advice but most of the time it needs to happen for them at their own pace. Don’t feel ignored or disheartened – you did your bit, now let them
work it out. 5. You Can Only Control Your Response How you react to a problem, event or situation is much more important than the situation itself. In life, attitude is everything in how happy you become overall. You can choose to react in a way that will ricochet throughout your future thoughts, feelings and emotions or choose to
acknowledge a better way. In any negative situation, this can be hard, but remembering to take yourself out of it for a few seconds and reset your mind before reacting can help you train yourself to understand the possible repercussions for others and yourself. Read full content Featured photo credit: Julian Jagtenberg via pexels.com Love this article? Share it with your friends on Facebook About Lifehack Lifehack is about helping you
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want to hang out with friends, I contact three hundred people, or them, one thousand? Clearly not. If not that, then are most of them friends at all? Making someone a real friend takes considerable time and effort. Sometimes, instead of making the effort to establish someone as a friend, we might instead choose to have a large number of shallow acquaintances instead of friends. On social media, someone you met once in
passing at some house party, can become listed as a friend, even if there is little chance or little intention of you meeting them again. Having a big list of “friends” may make us feel good, it might make us feel extremely popular. However in the end all of this could be bad for us, as we may lose out in making real profound human connection. Especially if we no longer see the need in making the necessary effort. In our all too busy lives, we can easily lose sight of the simple fact that good friendships are not determined by
quantity, but quality. Who are your real friends? When you add someone as a friend on social media, their actual connection to you and your emotional connection to them isn’t considered by the website. The site may highlight people you interact with online more, but generally real connections aren’t considered and all appear the same. People that you care about and care about you may fall from sight. As such it can be important to do the slightly unusual task of taking stock. To determine who are, and who are not,
your real friends. How does the “Friend bank” work? Perhaps the best method to cut through this cloud of uncertainty is to take time and create a friend bank. To mentally group those who you are closest to and happiest with. These days are lives are incredibly busy, we might have a family to feed, work commitments, or intense study schedules. In any case, the time we have to cultivate any form of relationship, let alone friendships, can be brief. It could be useful to better ascertain who to spend time with. Also, paradoxically, though, thanks to social media, we seem to have an abundance of
friends. The number of people we want to spend our free time with may actually be quite small. Considering a friendship tier system will help you mentally clarify things. With this in mind there are three different tiers of friends to consider. Top Tier-Best friends These are the ones who are the most important to you. You are happiest with them and think they are happy with you. Your friendship runs deep and as such you
have a great deal of treasured memories with them and know that there will be many more great memories to come. You are willing to to whatever it takes to maintain the friendship and you know they feel the same. Right now you can probably think of many people that fulfill this category. These are the ones that are so close and important to
you, that they almost seem a part of you. Middle Tier- Good Friends These are the ones you really like spending time with. But you know deep down you have different tastes and values which sometimes results in you feeling distant from them. Sometimes its enough for you to simply stay in contact with them through social media. You hope
your friendship with them will continue, and are willing to make some effort to maintain it, but in that is dependent on them as well. Friendship is a two way street, and its only really worth it if they give as well as you. Bottom Tier – Distant friends You like these people, and they like you. In the past you’ve had some good times. But you feel that you and them are slightly drifting apart, and that doesn’t bother you too much. Your
conversations with them are shallow, bordering on small talk, as quite simply, you don’t have anything in common with them anymore. You and them rarely meet up or hang out. You think your feelings about them are mutual and feel you may drift apart entirely and that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. These people are like old friends from childhood, school, college, or work. People that you really associated with due to proximity and
never became all that close, or were once close but the distance has become great. Everyone else are perhaps not your friends and are just acquaintances or perhaps even friends to be. It is important to note that none of these tiers are set in stone. Someone now in the top tier can tumble to the bottom, and someone from the bottom tier can climb to the top. It’s quite fluid, and entirely dependent on your thoughts and feelings about them. You might find that the next time you meet with someone in the bottom
tier, you really enjoy their company and come to consider them good friends or even best friends. This would be wonderful news, and so don’t hesitate to put them higher up on the list. Equally, if you fall out with someone in the top tier, you might find you want to place them lower. In the end this isn’t us telling you to carefully pick and choose your friends. Nor are we encouraging you to drop out of touch with some people. But considering such a tier system may help to clarify things for you, to organize your
relationships. In the age of 1000+ friends list such an exercise could prove to be important, allowing you to realize who your true friends are, allowing you to appreciate them even more. Deepening your relationship and happiness with them. Read full content Love this article? Share it with your friends on Facebook About Lifehack Lifehack is about helping you improve your life through efficient and comprehensive learning. By
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