Improve Every Day

We usually avoid difficulty whenever we can, but I try to do something difficult every single day. In this video, I’ll explain the three main reasons behind why I’ve chosen this approach. And it all starts with the comfort zone. When we're in our comfort zones, we're not pushing ourselves. At the first glance, there seems to be nothing wrong with that. Why would we voluntarily put ourselves in a position of struggle, if we don't have to? But if we only live our lives in comfort, we might be unknowingly doing ourselves an injustice. Hopefully by the end of the video you will be inspired to leave your comfort zone and do something difficult today yourself.

You can get "The Paradox Of Choice" book here: US: https://amzn.to/35wP0CR [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&q=https%3A%2F%2Famzn.to%2F35wP0CR&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmE5S3VPWDF6WWM4anZFZEpFQk9MT0pJbjlpd3xBQ3Jtc0tuRzBSZjFMb21wNElsRE5xOXIyTkwwTl90Vk9yd3h6dGxqWHNpQ2tyX0ZRbDMwN1pudWhqbl80bVRlT1IwRFA4a1BWX3Y5TUdyQzFJcHg5c0xPVXgzTmpwcWlLZjlzODVpYVM1OHF1RVhDYTd6aVF0RQ&v=_GyO2fjWhB8] EU: https://amzn.to/2MX2amp [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&q=https%3A%2F%2Famzn.to%2F2MX2amp&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTVSRzhRZUItUjVUdWFvMVl2MFFXQzJSUmxPZ3xBQ3Jtc0trWjU5X3NUU1BlMG9uSk1XVWpST2hMX0RYV3hERHdtRlR1NTc5ZjdHVFFCNHNqbTl4Q2Fpa3ZuTm5FM00tMlZ3ZEJVak8weDI5UUtCRVhJNV9LSWR0TFlkTW55RWlYZUFKN1FwNnRRRmRQaWMtVXhXNA&v=_GyO2fjWhB8] When we have very little choice, or perhaps even no choice, we are very likely to be unhappy. But as you gain more options, and you have the ability to choose between them, your happiness increases. So, obviously having choice is good. But what's interesting, is as you get more and more options, your happiness doesn't keep increasing. Instead, counter-intuitively, it decreases. In fact, having too many options to choose from, can be just as bad, as having no options. So rather than liberating us and making us happier, having a lot of options does the opposite. Psychologist Barry Schwartz coined this phenomenon, the paradox of choice. Because more becomes less.

When I was younger I used to play a lot of video games. But as I grew older, they started taking too much time from my other activities. For this reason, I started to gradually reduce the time I spent playing them, until I eventually quit. But recently, I decided to incorporate some more down time into my schedule. And I gave video games another shot. This is when I remembered just how fun video games can be. It wasn't long before I was looking forward to the end of the day, just so I could hop on the computer and play. But this also got me wondering. What exactly made those games so compelling? And could I somehow apply those game elements to other areas of my own life to make them more desirable? This is what I've learned. Ending song:  Whitesand - Alchemy of Life You can find it here:    [https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=0s&v=1Uo6N8Hu1k0][https://www.gstatic.com/youtube/img/watch/yt_favicon.png]https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=0s&v=1Uo6N8Hu1k0 • Alchemy of Life - Emotional Instrumen...   [https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=0s&v=1Uo6N8Hu1k0] https://whitesand.bandcamp.com/track/... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwhitesand.bandcamp.com%2Ftrack%2Falchemy-of-life&redir_token=QUFFLUhqazVzeFByTUZGLWhsUEFrNEUzVWJwTE5oNzRhd3xBQ3Jtc0tuMGNLdktGRWlGQ1BtU2ZIVkJ0Nzg5M1AzeExrQzdQcTl4cmMxMW9qOTRKaVN2WE14OFp6MmhQcWRnVVJTVVZYSzNUT2NKSEY2aVA0WUNWd1M0VWFaOXZxbWR6SDJuTmlrcGNlYWE4dXNUT3RSUUY5dw&v=s6tLGo9yij0] https://open.spotify.com/track/10feK1... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&q=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Ftrack%2F10feK1vyJqrgLqHP6YgdHu&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWRxeXVYSm9tel9rUnVnZGFPUDJmUXdGWU1RUXxBQ3Jtc0treVd4XzYxdGp0TkxQS3B1eTZYOFl1bTZTODN4LUNFZ2J1OE9rSEk2WmdiSVNZRDFWeE1URVJSRGkzbEs3b1hVTHcxS0tLaGNtUUNGcmh2V0JTM2pNZWVsOHluX0hielR1ZlhPUHRnNjhRajZkOC1wYw&v=s6tLGo9yij0]

The Happiness Advantage: US: https://amzn.to/3n06Hlp [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&q=https%3A%2F%2Famzn.to%2F3n06Hlp&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUIxaFhvc1dXYy1TOFVWZXlEa0JjZDVtWEhiQXxBQ3Jtc0ttdGFTSjU2YVVBWTRVQnpRZDB6UzZGWG5VbVhnV3Z3b0k3bUh0a0NsTEtGbkFDM0dyXzEwZVlrcE9BYml4bGNnTERSR3pkNjZHN3JCcFQwRE5zZXQtNmwxaDVsbmNaUUVsYm5IeVUwQ3h2VnZxMEpWOA&v=lj5SzG4XHJo] UK: https://amzn.to/30fWCqT [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&q=https%3A%2F%2Famzn.to%2F30fWCqT&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHNzVmNTZnBVZXN5d1hoN3F0eDhSTWJ2VS0xQXxBQ3Jtc0trbmNIdVRXN3hNNHM4dmRfdFZHc2xCTnZUS3NQLXJRbUVmejZ0ak8wSGh0SElmc1lnckItTWRPZEFOdXlJQi1Qa2J3MmFYWDRMYmd1aWtOT0NMQk1JRlFla1FJZXY0X1VUaG5CRkxVRGhhWFR1X3h5NA&v=lj5SzG4XHJo] We're all lazy to some extent. And there's nothing wrong with that. However, most of the time, it's those exact moments of laziness that make us overindulge on our bad habits. We all have certain behaviours that we default to, and we tend to perform them almost on auto-pilot. Those behaviours could be positive, or they could be negative. However, instead of accepting all of our default behaviours, we should re-examine the ones that are not serving us and adjust them. And we can use our lazy nature to our advantage here. All we need to do is utilise The 20 Second Rule.

Does money buy happiness? Can more money make us happier? The answer to these questions is: Yes... And no. It really depends on the individual, the situation they're in, and how they're spending their money. In this video I'll examine the relationship between money and happiness. And hopefully you'll be able to answer those questions for yourself. Sources: 75k mark: https://www.pnas.org/content/107/38/1... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pnas.org%2Fcontent%2F107%2F38%2F16489&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmxCNHVYOGRwWS1wQkVheGdvaTVzQkNyT3RwZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsM2E3bFFuTUVfS0R4R2tob3lwRXFIRGtqN3VZaE03MlpqbE93a1I2OU5wQUNzRHdQa2NzT3VYdk1sTnpETU9lRTRXOHlnd191U1g0RHRISGRBQ1ItYnE3aFVtVmxQTHdZWW1lUE5POXU1SG9Wbm1qVQ&v=SRFKkHsFh7Y] Relative position: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.semanticscholar.org%2Fpaper%2FIs-more-always-better%3A-A-survey-on-positional-Solnick-Hemenway%2F5788a2b979233692d51282fc673d40efa65b33dd&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbi1vNU4xVVZBMXVYQmdNdm9RZEVWOVJHZVRkUXxBQ3Jtc0tsd1VwRXpXMUd2OG9wQUt5MlQ5bUFyZWtBQjNJSDdGZzlmYUNBNHZJLXFXR1FPUnJ5cW9YOGFmV0VXSW1SMFoxMzNUTGFGczVraXIxSk1NeEkyb0ljdUtFVG5oMVNvREFjSEZKMVdBdGlRYlFNTU9IQQ&v=SRFKkHsFh7Y] Relative position 2: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC5174105%2F&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbm9BeUVTSGhhTkVHTUpCUHE3QXEwZDJSUDlOZ3xBQ3Jtc0trcW1LSTg3SHQ0U1J0cXk3bUlqbkpIRnE0SVpDdmhZNzQtci1xTmZXaVhzUHZ0NzFvLWZTV1NiV2xEaGF3Y0kwNVQ1UjlfMFVpTUN6OFRTSUYyNkdsVHg5c1FvLVo0eno0aktqNlpfb25qQ1NyQ1ZJNA&v=SRFKkHsFh7Y] Lottery winners: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fpublication%2F22451114_Lottery_Winners_and_Accident_Victims_Is_Happiness_Relative&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3hFSVBsRUlsdVg3VGJ3QmllQm1sX3VCUDQ3Z3xBQ3Jtc0tsS05UR05oVWNrU0hCYkdoNWtvdURxdWl0NEYtdlhBYkNVcGg1c1MwRWlQckxpMGcwNmVXdmwzX0U5Uk1TLVJ3U0lRU1V3Vm5PRk1vbzlfUFFiY250Sm9yWFhOQ3E0bE9sSktSeG5TNF9ldEt3T3NRRQ&v=SRFKkHsFh7Y] Working more vs working less: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&q=https%3A%2F%2Fpapers.ssrn.com%2Fsol3%2Fpapers.cfm%3Fabstract_id%3D988245&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWhNRE8yaUFfb1NUQmFacENYQVZkV1d3Z1pKUXxBQ3Jtc0trLUJkRlVTQktyc091Z3NaUHNjc29ZV2ZtQjAxeFVINGtaSmNQLTduQmYyZVNNems1NDdIcjJ4WEl1Z2ZwSXJXcUVKcGdONjdkRUhiMVVwRWV1ZFhrVFNhZVItdW1meFExZUVkV0laTFNXNHV3YjFnaw&v=SRFKkHsFh7Y] Spending on others: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fpublication%2F5494996_Spending_Money_on_Others_Promotes_Happiness&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUZhZTRnX0VyeXhDeXNhUFQySTZydVpnX3dkUXxBQ3Jtc0tuZUtMc2NWeDBUS3NSYU85dl9xM2xtcW5KQ1V4QUQ4enlBYWtnOHUtc2FoZTFndTNqQThsQnlfajhXOUI0d2ZuSE1YMU5RZ3otQTJFTU1GMlhJVXdpN2VlQi00OU5kZ3YzeHhLYzA0enZSb3Q0eXVwYw&v=SRFKkHsFh7Y]