This morning routine will make you a millionaire

This morning praxis will make you a millionaireThis morning routine will make you a millionaireLife is busy. It can feel impossible to move toward yur dreams. If you have a full-time job and kids, its even harder.How do you move forward?If you dont purposefully carve time out every day to progress and improve - without question, yur time will get lost in the vacuum of our increasingly crowded lives. Before you know it, youll be old and withered - wondering where all that time went.As Professor Harold Hill has said - You pile up enough tomorrows, and youll find you are left with leidhing but a lot of empty yesterdays.- - - Getting out of survival modeIt does bedrngnis matter how successful or unsuccessful youve been in the past. Confidence, clarity, and a sense of purpose are all things that need to be established, and re-established, daily.Each and every day, you have the power to shift who you are, and who youve been.For fruchtwein people, their morning begins the saatkorn way it usually does, by being triggered almost immediately into a subconscious cycle. They pull out their phone, go through their apps, get out of bed on the same side, and then go about their day.Their physical body has become their mind - and due to the repetition it has experienced, the body can go through the day in an automatic and subconscious way. You eat the same unhealthy foods, distract yourself at work in the same ways.Your body is a chemical system - and the chemicals your body releases produce emotions. Those emotions are tied to memories. So, when you pull out your smartphone out of habit, your body has taken over your mind, and it is seeking the dopamine chemicals that it has become habituated to. Your body becomes your mind because your physical body quite literally is your subconscious mind. And your subconscious mind makes up around 95% of your behavior.This is why change can be so difficult. Change is always emotional. You have to decide, very intentionally, who you are going to be every single day. If you dont make the decision who you will be and how you will act, then your body will go through its cycle seeking the same chemicals and emotional states that it has become accustomed to.- - - In buchen to become someone different, you must do something different, today. You must act in ways that are mora reflective of the emotions you want to experience in your future, rather than living out the emotions of your past. The only way to do that is to wake up and intentionally decide who you will be and how you will act.If you dont abflug your day with intention, you are living in survival mode. Your time is, without question, moving faster than you want it to. Youre stuck in the past. Youre stuck living out the same experiences and emotions and patterns, over and over and over.This is not a fun way to live life. Yet this is how most people are living in todays heavily stimulated and addicting world. We are spending mora and mora time in subconsc ious and distracting cycles. More of our time is being taken from us because weve allowed our bodies and the external world to govern our lives.But it doesnt have to be this way. You can make the decision right here and now to create a new pattern. Rather than living in the past, you can create a new future. But theres a catch. The past is known. The emotions youve become used to experiencing are known and predictable.One of the primary reasons people stay in even life-threatening addictions is because they know the outcomes of their behavior. The human brain really likes being able to predict the future. Thus, people want their lives to be predictable even if what is predictable is absolutely painful and horrible and regretful.If you want to become someone new, you have to do something where you cannot entirely predict the outcome. You have to do something different and new, and this will freak you out. When you do something new, your body will experience new emotions, and it will quickly seek its homeostasis. As Napoleon Hill said, A good shock often helps the brain that has been atrophied by habit.If youre willing to live with intention, and to make new decisions, there is a cost. That cost is emotional. Are you willing to deal with difficult emotions? Are you willing to move forward into your future without being able to fully predict the outcome?According to some psychologists, fear of the unknown is the basis of all other fears. The unknown is what freaks us out, because we hate not being able to predict exactly how something will happen. Emotionally, this rocks our world. Based on loads of research in psychology, one of the primary attributes of successful people is having a high tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty.Are you willing to make new decisions and live a less predictable life?Are you willing to operate with faith and vision, rather than regret and being stuck in the past?Are you ready to become a new person one who lives their life based on what they are striving to create in their future?If so, then this morning routine will transform your life. You will quickly learn that you can actually change your entire personality. Personality is not something that is or should remain permanent. Rather, your personality is based on the memories you have and the behaviors you repeatedly perform. Your personality is the decisions you make. If you make new decisions and thus experience new emotions and create new memories, then you will change your personality.Who you are and who you become is up to you. But only if you get out of your emotional and subconscious pattern.- - - Optimizing your brain in the evening and morningAccording to Benjamin Franklin, If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail A life-changing morning routine doesnt just happen. It must be designed and planned for.According to Stanford Psychologist, BJ Fogg, design trumps willpower. If you simply take a few minutes to set up the environment, then the decisi on has already been made for you. For example, you can lay your clothes out the night before so you dont have to think about what youre going to wear. You can pull some dental floss out and lay it on the counter so you dont have to make the decision whether to floss or not.Your evening routine is about taking the decisions out of your morning. You want to wake up already knowing exactly what youre going to do. You want to wake up with the confidence of a plan so you dont have to exhaust willpower to get yourself going.- - - This evening routine guarantees success the next dayThis is one of the most pivotal things you can learn - to set yourself up the night before. Your brain is generally more analytical at night and more creative in the morning. Your evening is the perfect time to take 5 or so minutes planning out your next day.Your evening is also a really good time to reflect, relax, and recover. Here are the keys to a perfect evening routine to set your next day up for you su ccess.- - - 1. Write in your journal about what happened that dayThere are several reasons and ways to use a journal. Your journal can be a place to record and account the experiences youve had and the things youve learned. The evening is a solid time to take 515 minutes writing down the events of your day. By doing this, you have a record and accounting of what youve done. This is an easy way to track key behaviors and spot themes in your life. Also during this evening journaling session, you can begin detailing your plans for the next day.This type of journaling is best done on a computer using something like Google Docs or Word. The reason you want to use a computer for this type of journaling is that you probably type 5 times faster than you write by kralle. Also, this type of journaling isnt inherently creative, but more reflective, factual, and analytical.Taking 515 minutes every night to go over all of the details of your day is very enlightening, and it is actually a profo und way to also get your mind thinking and planning for the next day. While reviewing your day, you can relive and re-experience your whole day. This will create enormous feelings of gratitude. Also, while youre reflecting on how your day went, you can immediately begin thinking about what could be done better.It is during my evening journaling session, usually while documenting what I learned that day, that I get all of my best ideas for what Ill be writing about the next day. Again, this is essential for someone who is creative, because waking up with a plan and an idea almost enkoranverss youll be successful the next morning. Conversely, if you dont have a plan or an idea, but have to start with a blank slate, this is heavily taxing to your willpower. konzeption trumps willpower everyday of the week.Another use of your journal is to write your goals and dreams and ambitions in vivid detail. Doing this in the evening is powerful because it triggers your subconscious mind to rumina te and think about it all night while you sleep. However, the morning is most likely the best time to be thinking and writing in terms of your big picture dreams, because by mentally and emotionally envisioning those dreams, you trigger the emotions and experiences you intend to create in the future. Doing this first thing every morning is how you trigger yourself into the state of being you plan to become. This is how you live with purpose and intention. This is how you get out of the trap of the past. This is how you consciously design your subconscious, rather than having your subconscious control you.More on this type of journaling in the morning routine section.- - - 2. Make brief plans for what youll do the next morningIf you have more than three priorities, you dont have any. - Jim CollinsIf you have a big to-do list the following day, you probably arent using your time in the best ways. In the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Stephen Covey explains the dif ference between activities that are urgent and those which are important. He actually created a useful matrix to explain how the most effective people use their time vs. how most people use their time.The 4 categories of activities includeImportant activities that are urgent (they must be done now or soon)Important activities that are not urgentUnimportant activities that are urgentUnimportant activities that are not urgentBelow is a simplified matrix of how this workHere is another matrix of how you should handle all of behauptung activitiesAs you begin living your days better and better, youll become clearer on what matters to you. In the important book, Essentialism The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, Greg McKeown says, You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically everything.Almost everything is a waste of time. The better you get with your time, the less you tolerate things that are not making an impact on your goals, values, and priorities. You get in life what youre wi lling to tolerate. fruchtwein people tolerate spending huge amounts of their time on things that dont inspire them because they arent clear on what they want. They arent clear on what they want because they havent begun acting right. Clarity and inspiration follow positive action.The clearer you get on your goals and values, the more narrow and focused you become on your priorities. You begin to embrace Derek Sivers mantra No yes. Either HELL YEAH or no. Heres exactly what Sivers saidIf youre not saying HELL YEAH about something, say no.When deciding whether to do something, if you feel anything less than Wow That would be amazing Absolutely Hell yeah - then say no.When you say no to most things, you leave room in your life to really throw yourself completely into that rare thing that makes you say HELL YEAHEvery event you get invited to. Every request to start a new project. If youre not saying HELL YEAH about it, say no.Were all busy. Weve all taken on too much. Saying yes to les s is the way out.This is how you need to view your time. This is how you need to view your relationships. HELL YES or no is how you view your planning the evening before.What are the few things that are absolutely essential to making tomorrow a truly amazing day worth living?What creative work do you want to do?What experiences do you want to have?Who do you want to connect to?Dont place any limitations on what youre willing to do. Remember, youre no longer living the predictable life you have in the past. Youre no longer going to be enslaved to the emotions that your body is currently addicted to.Not anymore. Instead, youre going to live life on your own terms. Youre going to create the future you want. Youre going to operate out of the emotions that inspire you. Therefore, youre willing to embrace uncertainty and ambiguity. Youre willing to feel the fear and do it anyways. Youre willing to act in bold and powerful ways, knowing that the more bold and emotional the action, the more memorable and transformational the outcome.Hell yes or no. Thats how you live your life. Thats how you prioritize your time. And therefore, that is your benchmark when youre creating your plans for the next day.During your evening journal session where you record what happened to you during your day, give yourself a score for the day on a 110 scale. Was your day a 6? 7? 3? 9? 10?When planning your day, decide what would make the next day a 10.It shouldnt be a lot of things. Instead, it should involve the few essential things that mean the absolute most to you.What creative outlet do you need to engage in to fill your soul and move your dreams forward?What spiritual experiences do you need to engage in to deepen your connection to yourself and God?What conversations do you need to have to move mountains in your career and self-improvement?What experiences do you want to create with your loved ones to deepen those relationships and ensure they are your greatest asset and joy?- - - 3. Put your phone on airplane modeWherever you are, make sure youre there. - Dan SullivanAn hour or so before you go to bed, put your phone on airplane mode. You dont want to be alerted of anything just before going to bed. You want your evening time to be completely present, reflective, and imaginative.You dont want your mind to be bounced around like a ping-pong ball with notifications, disruptions, and distractions. You want your mind to relax and recover. You want to be completely mindful of the people around you and you also want to give your mind room to begin creating ideas for your next morning.If you give your mind space at night, youll get more inspiration and ideas than you know what to do with. Your evening can become the most spiritual and deep part of your day. While the morning has an intense energy of doing and creating, your evening can have a serene energy where deep gratitude, beautiful experiences, and exquisite inspiration flow.When you wake up the next morning, keep your phone on airplane mode. In order to become a better person than you were the day before, you need to spend your morning visualizing - mentally and emotionally - the future you want to have. This is how you create the emotions you want to experience in the future here-and-now so you can then operate from higher-level emotions than you have in the past.Be ? Do ? HaveYour state of being is the emotional state you are operating from. This emotional state influences the powerful and decisiveness of your decision making. Your decisions determine your destiny.Zig Ziglar said, You have to Be the right kind of person first, then you must Do the right things before you can expect to Have the things in life that really matter. Be, Do, Have.If you check your smartphone first thing in the morning, then your body has become your mind. Youve immediately reverted to your subconscious cycle and youve granted complete control to your physical body and its addiction to various emotion-ind ucing chemicals. As a result, most peoples lives are quite predictable. All you need to do is look at a persons past to predict their future. Indeed, personality is predictable.But again, personality should never become permanent, and your life should never be predictable from your past. Instead, you should continually be learning new things everyday. And true learning means youve reshaped your memories and have learned new and better ways to operate in the future. If you dont see and operate differently in the world, then you didnt truly learn something.This morning routine will make you a millionaireIf youve set yourself up the evening before, then your chances of winning the next day are optimal.Design is far more powerful than willpower. You must be intentional. You need to set yourself up for successful. If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail. Willpower is for people who are still uncertain what they want to do with their lives. Willpower reflects internal conflict, indecis iveness, and a lack of intentional design.The following are essential ingredients to a morning routine that allows you to live every day of your life in a peak and heightened state. If you do unterstellung things every single day, your life will quickly and continuously evolve. Youll continue to grow and transform at rocket-speed. While most of the world is living repetitive and predictable lives, youll be experiencing new galaxies of growth regularly.Here are the ingredients you want to start your day with. Youll notice that ansicht are mostly principle-based, rather than direct applications. The exact behaviors and choices are up to you based on the specific goals youre pursuing. But the principles remain the same.Rise Early - ideally at or before 5 a.m.Super-hydrate - 20+ ounces of water immediately upon waking up.Connection - through prayer and meditation, you want to seek connection to yourself and God.Visualization and emotion - you want to imagine your ideal future and yo u want to generate the emotions you will experience in that future. You also want to generate and fully experience gratitude for future events before they happen in order to trigger your brain and body to anticipate these future events. You attract what you are.Novelty and nutrition - the two things your brain needs to be optimal and remain young.Creativity - you need to put first things first, which means you do your most creative and important work first thing in the morning. If you dont, youll never know what true productivity means.Courage - every day, you need to do something different and outside your current comfort zone. Courage is the starting point of all growth and evolution. It takes courage to embrace the uncertainties of unpredictable outcomes and new behaviors.- - - Rise early (ideally at or before 5 a.m.)He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. - Friedrich NietzscheWaking up early is not difficult for people who are driven by a mission and purpose in li fe. If you have something important to wake up for, you wont want to hit the snooze button.When you become a time-hacker, and begin to realize that you can expand your time 10X, 100X, and 1,000X, you take your mornings extremely seriously. Your mornings are where the magic happens. In fact, youll come to love your mornings so much that youll be tempted to wake up earlier and earlier and earlier - so that you can get more and more done.People who know how to use their mornings get more done by noon than most people get done all week. If you learn how to use your morning, it wont surprise you if you move the needle on an important project, exercise, and read an entire book before 10 a.m.Waking up early is also easy if your evening before was truly restful and sweet. A recovered mind translates to a recovered body. Your evening is the easiest time to self-sabotage. If you begin falling apart in the evening and reverting to your subconscious and bodily addictions, then you wont have po werful mornings.Your evening routine really matters. It needs to be restful and rejuvenating. Your evenings must become more inspiring and serene. You will never master your mornings until you take control over your nights. When you learn to behave accordingly at night - and not fall into addictions - you will sleep well. When you sleep well, waking up early will not be hard. It will be a joy. Youll jump right out of bed and immediately begin moving because youre so exciting about the future youre creating and youre so exciting about the new and positive experiences youll be creating.Youll be acting as an werber rather than operating as an object. Most people are objects that are being acted upon by either the external world or their own body. When you become an agent, you act with intention and definiteness of purpose.- - - Super-hydrate (drink 20+ ounces of water immediately upon waking up)If you use an alarm clock, put the alarm or your phone on the opposite side of the room so youre forced to get out of bed in order to stop the beeping. Setting up this type of alarm is a forcing function.Forcing functions are all about designing the right environment so that desired behavior is the automatic and willpower becomes irrelevant. Design trumps willpower.As soon as you get out of bed, walk to another room in your house and get a giant glass of water. You want to super-hydrate your body first thing in the morning to re-energize your brain and body.Hydration is essential to a fully functioning brain. Also, the water will wake you up quickly and make you alert and ready to get moving.- - - Bonus Take a 60-second ice-cold showerThe first thing Tony Robbins does when he wakes up is he jumps into a 57-degree Fahrenheit swimming pool.Why would he do such a thing?Cold water immersion radically facilitates physical and mental wellness. When practiced regularly, it provides long-lasting changes to your bodys immune, lymphatic, circulatory and digestive systems that improve the quality of your life. It can also increase weight-loss because it boosts your metabolism.A 2007 research study found that taking cold showers routinely can help treat depression symptoms often more effectively than prescription medications. Thats because cold water triggers a wave of mood-boosting neurochemicals which make you feel happy.In less than five minutes upon waking upyou could hear your alarmget out of bed, walk to the bathroomdrink a cup or two of waterstep into the shower for 60 secondsand dry-off- - - Have the cup right next to the sink so its easy to fill up. Design trumps willpower. Its all in the set-up.Its now 505 a.m. and your body is hydrated and activated. Your brain is flooded with dopamine and other happy-chemicals. Youve already done one thing today that took intention and choice. Youre creating immediate momentum for having the best day of your life. Youre getting yourself deeper into a flow state. Youre putting yourself in the right frame of mi nd so you can meditate and pray with purpose, and then visualize your future with energy and enthusiasm.You can top all of this off by putting on some clothing that triggers you into a state of being awesome. Immediately upon getting out of the shower, I get into dress clothes - a white shirt and tie. This puts me into a great frame of mind for all of the other activities in my morning routine. I dont spend much time getting my hair ready. I just throw these clothes on so Im feeling good and ready to have a masterful morning. Its 510 and Im feeling like a million bucks. And these emotions are the very reason I will be doing work worth more than a million bucks. Be, Do, Have.If youre freaked-out by the idea of a cold shower, remember that your fear is emotional, not physical. Its not physically dangerous or harmful or even hurtful to have cold water splash on your body for 60 seconds. In fact, its highly refreshing physically. Your concern is emotional, and it is by stepping into th ose emotions you want to avoid that you evolve beyond subconscious and unhealthy patterns.- - - Connection - with yourself and GodI have so much to do today that Im going to need to spend three hours in prayer in order to be able to get it all done. - Martin LutherIt doesnt matter how fast you think youre moving, if youre going in the wrong direction you might as well not be moving at all.There is a huge emphasis these days on HUSTLING However, productivity is not about doing a lot of things, but rather, about making tangible progress. Progress is made by making the right moves at the right times. Its about learning from your mistakes and making better decisions.Ryan Holiday once wrote in a blog post, This is a fundamental irony of most peoples lives. They dont quite know what they want to do with their lives. Yet they are very active.This happens way too often. We get caught in the thick of thin things. Far too late do we realize that in our mad rush, we were pursuing someone el ses goals instead of our own.Spending even a few minutes of time in prayer and/or meditation does more than provide clarity to what youre doing. behauptung things open your mind up to possibilities you cant get while busy.While in meditation or prayer, you will get flashes on insight that allow you to make better decisions. Psychologists call this epiphany ability. The ability to generate epiphanies is something you can absolutely master in your life. Your goal is to begin connecting with the highest and best version of yourself that you can presently imagine.Albert Einstein has said, Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.Stephen Covey similarly said, Live out of your imagination, not your history.Your goal is to get into a highly creative, imaginative, and faith-based state. By faith, Im talking about the conviction and r esolve to bring into existence something you want to see happen. Dont let what you currently see stop you from creating in your mind and heart something far more powerful. Prayer and meditation is how you begin tapping into your creative and imaginative powers.Visualization and emotion (and experience gratitude for achieving those future goals)According to research on mental rehearsal, once we immerse ourselves in that scene, changes begin to take place in our brain. Therefore each time we do this, were laying down new neurological tracks (in the present moment) that literally change our brain to look like the brain of our future. In other words, the brain starts to look like the future we want to create has already happened.If we are truly engaged in this process with passion, we might begin to emotionally experience our future through thought alone. In fact, when we are feeling the emotions of our future - whether thats gratitude, joy, freedom, abundance, enthusiasm, love, and so on - the creative thoughts in your mind can become the experience. As the body receives the chemical signals of these emotions, essentially the body is receiving the signal that the event has already occurred. - Dr. Joe Dispenza- - - Research on visualization has found that mentally rehearsing something is not enough to reliably create that experience in the future. You need mental imagination and emotional stimulation in order for visualization to be reliable and predictable.One of the most powerful emotional experiences is gratitude. It is the mother of all virtues. Research shows that gratitude enhances a persons life in all areas - physical, emotional, relational, spiritual.While you are envisioning the future you want to create, make that an emotional experience. Truly imagine what it would feel like to have the life you want. Imagine and experience the emotions of achieving certain goals, or having certain experiences. Express deep gratitude for having those experiences. Truly believe the experiences have already happened.When you express and feel gratitude for the future experiences you are seeking to have, you are folding your future into your present. You are activating your brain and body to experience the chemical and emotional experiences of your future in the here-and-now.Remember, memories are highly emotional. Moreover, your body and brain and chemically-producing organisms. Neurons that fire together, wire together. When you regularly experience the ideal emotions of your future, you rewire your brain and retrain your biology. Quite literally, you can shift your identity and biology through emotional visualization. Thus, youre state of being changes. You then want to act and operate FROM THAT PLACE. Be, Do, Have.When you operate from the most powerful and anticipated emotions of your future, you act with far more power and intention. This is why you dont want to check your smartphone in the morning. Instead, you want to put yourself in a p lace so that you are designing and living out your future, rather than re-creating the past.A very powerful tool for visualizing is your journal. Unlike the journal you used the night before, hand-writing your morning journal with a pen and pad is beneficial to the brain. Writing with pen and pad activates your brain in different ways from typing. Additionally, writing by hand takes much longer than typing, which allows your mind to loosely wander as you write. This mind-wandering is important for creativity, because as your mind wanders, it will make connections in various parts of your brain. Thus, as youre writing in your morning journal, youll become accustomed to getting many ideas through the writing process itself. Again, this is you developing your epiphany ability.You can get to the point where you learn more through your own journal writing than you do reading books. Learning is all about making new connections in your brain. This is how your memory and worldview is reshap ed. This form of journal writing is a potent tool for reshaping memory. Youll be in a highly creative and spiritual place while writing in your journal, because you took a few minutes to pray and meditate before you started journaling and visualizing.Novelty and nutrition (two things your brain needs to be optimal and remain young)According to brain and learning expert, Jim Kwik, the two things your brain needs first thing in the morning are novelty and nutrition.NoveltyNovelty is all about newness. Your brain does not do well doing the same thing over and over and over. Instead, your brain loves making new connections and expanding. In order for you to make new connections, you need to do things that are new, every single day.One way that Jim fires his brain in new ways is by brushing his teeth in the morning with his left hand. This fires different neurons on the right side of his brain which arent normally fired.Novelty and newness are essential to growth and success in life. If youre not doing new things, then youre stuck in subconscious and unhealthy patterns. Youre not evolving. Interestingly, according to research in psychology, the older people get, the less open they become to having new experiences. Instead, they seek the same things, the same people, and the same types of information that confirms their present biases and ways of life.As will be discussed in the next point on creativity, in order to transform your identity, you need to continually be trying things youve never done before. This is how you also gain confidence. Thus, you should be continually working on projects that push you beyond your current abilities. Personality is predictable. If you want to change your identity and personality, you must act in new ways. Behavior is what shapes personality.NutritionRegarding nutrition, Zig Ziglar has said, Your eingabe determines your outlook. Your outlook determines your output, and your output determines your future. Your nutrition is the qua lity of your environment - food, places, people, information, experiences.Your brain and soul need increasingly higher quality nutrition if you want to operate at higher levels. You cant develop a six-pack if you continue to drink a six-pack and eat pizza every day. If you want a different you, you need better nutrition. Your brain will thank you, and then youll thank you brain for the amazing insights, decisions, and creations that youre able to do with a better brain.Your brain is plastic and flexible. You can transform your brain, and therefore, you can transform yourself. You simply need to make better decisions. You need to raise your standards and get better inputs and nutrition. You can develop a genius brain that allows you to make amazing money, create universe-denting innovations, and connect deeply with anyone in the world you choose.You must design your brain intentionally.Create something (eat the frog)If youre not prepared to be wrong, youll never come up with anythin g original. - Sir Ken RobinsonYoure not rewarded in life for what you know. Instead, youre rewarded in life for what you create. You must take your knowledge and experiences and do something with them. You need to find an creative outlet that allows you to build a body of work.In order to do truly creative work, you must embrace the unknown. As Seth Godin said, If youre willing to do something that might not work, youre closer to becoming an artist. Creativity is highly personal and emotional. Good art is honest. And art can be anything - it can be a business, it can be writing, it can be coding. It needs to be something that is personal to you.You have to be willing to try something beyond what youve ever done before. If you wake up every day and begin doing highly creative work toward your biggest dreams and ambitions, youll begin living a rare and incredible life.In order to make millions of dollars and stop living the 95, you must become a creator. You need to become a master a t what you do. The morning time is the best time to creatively work, since your brain is most creative first thing in morning and your mind isnt muddled by all the happenings of the day.Mark Twain once wrote, Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day. That quote has become a principle that many successful people apply. The idea is simple put first things first. Do the hardest and most creative thing first thing in the morning. If you dont do your most important work first thing in the morning, you probably will never get it done. The day will begin to take on whatever form it does, and youll be left with another day stuck in the same place you were before.If, however, you do eat that frog every single day, youll begin to see something truly magical happen in your life. Youll begin living a creative and harmoniously passionate life. Youll begin to create things that other people want. Youll begin to feel more zest and passion for life. Youll begin to dream bigger and imagine how you can turn your art into business, such that you can make money by creating value for people in the most personal way you possibly can.Ideally, you should try to spend at least 90 minutes per morning working on a creative project that directly translates to your ideal future and the dreams youre trying to live. If you can give yourself more time, all the better. But shoot for 90 focused minutes of creation. Again, your phone should still be on airplane mode. You should not have checked email or social media.So far, heres your morningwake updrink watercold shower (optional)get dressedmeditate/prayvisualize/write down goalscreate/work (eat the frog)Now that youve done all of these things, theres just one more thing you need to do. This last one may come later in the day. But why not do it first thing in the morning when you have all of this momentum?Do something courageousA persons success in life can usually be measured by the n umber of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have. - Tim FerrissCourage is the starting point of all growth and evolution. It takes courage to embrace the uncertainties of unpredictable outcomes and new behaviors. According to Darren Hardy, you can be a coward 99.9305556% of the time (to be exact). You only need to be courageous for 20 seconds at a time.Twenty seconds of awkwardness or fear is all you need. If you courageously confront fear for 20 seconds every single day, before you know it, youll be in a different socio-economic and social situation.Make that call.Ask that question.Pitch that idea.Post that video.Jack Canfield once said, Everything you want is on the other side of fear. And hes right. But Im going to take it one step further. Pain, discomfort, shock, boredom, impostor syndrome, awkwardness, fear, being wrong, failing, ignorance, looking stupid your avoidance of these feelings is stopping you from a life beyond your wildest imagination.Wealth, optim al health, incredible relationships, deep spiritual maturity are all available to you. But you have to pay the price to have these things. The primary obstacle in your way is how you feel about what you need to do to have these things.If you do something courageous every single day, you will fail a lot. But failure is not the opposite of successful. Failure is essential to successful. Failure is learning. Failure is evolving. Failure is stepping outside of the predictability of your subconscious conditioning and creating a life of passion and purpose.Wayne Gretzky famously said, You miss every shot you dont take. If you act courageously and simply try something new, every single day, life becomes a numbers game. Yes, you will miss a lot of shots. But youll also make a lot of shots. For example, Im always surprised which of the articles I write that end up going viral. Many of the articles I just whipped-out and didnt think much of went on to be read by millions of people. If I hadnt written those, I wouldnt be where I am today.You need to take a lot of shots. Its better to be prolific than perfect. Take shots. Fail. Try.- - - ConclusionWatch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your habits for they become character. Watch your character for it will become your destiny. - Frank OutlawIt does not matter where you are in your life right now. You can make a change. However, you must begin acting as an agent rather than operating as an object.You must make the decision. You must do something that is unpredictable to the past youve been living. You must face the emotional void of uncertainty.You need to begin living your evenings better. Youve got to unplug yourself from the matrix of social media and information. When you begin having serene and incredible evenings, youll be living more presently and happily than you ever have you before.Youll begin living better days, and recording the happenings of those days every night on your computer. Over a year or so, youll have thousands of typed pages of history typed up. Your grandkids will thank you.You can transform your identity. You can become a new person. You can live at a much higher state. You can create and be and do at a much higher state. You can attract the most incredible people and experiences to you. Quite literally, you can attract any person into your sphere that you want to. You can develop mentorships and collaborations with your heroes. Ive done this myself, many times. Its truly incredible. But in order to do so, you must live by design rather than by default.You need to begin using your time to create things that transform other peoples lives for the better. You need to becoming increasingly focused on how you use your time. Its either HELL YES or no.You want to get more consistent at having days that you score as a 9 or a 10. This becomes a lot easier when you have great mornings. Elb ert Hubbard once said, Be pleasant until ten oclock in the morning, and the rest of the day will take care of itself.Confidence is the byproduct of prior performance. Success is what creates confidence. Therefore, if you act powerfully in the morning, youll have confidence which will allow you to make better decisions in your evening. However, in order to have confidence the next morning, you need to actually live well the evening before. You cant fall into subconscious self-sabotage. Make better choices during the morning so you can make better choices at night, and then make better choices at night so you can make better choices the next morning.Ready to upgrade?Ive created a cheat sheet for putting yourself into a PEAK-STATE, immediately. You follow this daily, your life will change very quickly.Get the cheat sheet hereThispostfirst appeared on Medium.

Nontraditional Legal Employment Options Legal

Nontraditional Legal Employment Options LegalNontraditional Legal Employment Options LegalUnlike the relatively predictable path attorneys have followed in the past, many 21st century practitioners are choosing to take a road less traveled, pursuing nontraditional careers in the legal field. Nontraditional legal employment can be a strategic option - the legal knowledge youve acquired during law school, combined with the analytical, research and writing abilities youve honed, can readily be applied to a number of different positions and industries.A sampling of nontraditional legal employment opportunitiesAlternative legal careers can run the gamut from alternative dispute resolution counselor to law professor, and from privacy officer to contract manager. Here are a few of the hottest.Compliance officerCompliance careers are an area of interest for attorneys. The befolgung officer is accountable for ensuring the company complies with government regulations. The position also often serves as the organizations ethics officer, responsible for developing and maintaining its code of ethics. Many companies started adding this position around the time Sarbanes-Oxley first came on the scene. Public companies are more likely to include compliance officers within their legal departments, but this title appears frequently within private companies as well, as they face greater ethics and corporate governance concerns.Privacy officerPrivacy is also considered a hot practice area. Privacy officers are responsible for developing and enforcing the privacy policies and procedures of the organization, including compliance with any state or federal privacy laws. Chief privacy officers often work closely with the chief compliance and chief security officers and, depending on the company, may report to the general counsel or chief executive officer.Robert Half Legal helps attorneys, paralegals and legal support professionals find rewarding legal employment opportunities every day . See the wide variety of legal jobs we place.Environmental law specialistEnvironmental law specialists are responsible for interpreting and applying environmental laws and policies and ensuring environmental compliance. They often manage highly technical information, such as chemical levels in soil and water samples. Knowledge of environmental regulations, guidelines and laws come in handy for those pursuing this legal employment option. Attorneys with comprehensive science backgrounds are best-suited for this role. Some law students pursue a joint degree as a step on this career path.In-house legal adviser for healthcare reformRecent healthcare legislation has created a significant demand for legal professionals who can navigate the new healthcare laws and various requirements imposed on businesses. In this role, your responsibilities may include reading and interpreting statutes as well as identifying and helping implement long-term changes needed within the organization. Youll a lso need to understand the tax implications of healthcare legislation and possess superior research and analytical abilities.Explore Robert Halfs many free resources, including research into salary and hiring trends, to help in your search for legal employment.Contract managerIf you prefer precise and detail-oriented work, you may want to consider this position. Contract managers can work for private business, in academia or for government entities. In this assignment, you deal with both sides of the customer-supply chain to help reduce risks and costs. Responsibilities may include contract drafting and review, communication with involved parties, development and implementation of contract standards, monitoring compliance of internal contract procedures, and closing contracts.You may have a variety of reasons for looking into an alternative legal career - a desire for a better work/life balance, a position that coincides with your passions or a work culture in which you feel more c omfortable. Regardless of your motivation - or even if youre happy with your current legal job - exploring nontraditional legal employment options may provide you with a new opportunity you cant pass up.Whether youre looking for a nontraditional legal employment option or not, Robert Half Legal can help find contract and full-time positions that match your experience and goals. Let us help with your next career move.Search Legal Jobs Now

Customize this Asp .Net Web Developer Resume

Customize this Asp .Net Web Developer ResumeCustomize this Asp .Net Web Developer ResumeCreate this Resume Jenniffer Campbell2671 Benedum DriveAmenia, NY 12501(123)-787-4582j.campbellsmail.comObjectiveTo secure a position as ASP.NET Developer who will be responsible in application design, development implementation of web-based applications and analytic tools to support Finance and Reporting Services.Summary of QualificationsExperience in information systems with client and project management exposureBasic experience in FinanceProficiency in ASP.NET, VB.NET, JavaScript, DHTML and VBScriptExperience in IIS Server Installation, maintenance and supportExcellent team playerProfessional ExperienceAsp.Net Web Developer, January 2007 PresentBizcom Web Services Inc., Raleigh, NC ResponsibilitiesWorked for the VO of IT within a small team environment.Developed web applications.Designed and built web applications and software.Maintained web applications and software.Created key reports as n eeded by various departments.Asp.Net Developer, May 2004- December 2006Volusion, Simi Valley, CA ResponsibilitiesDeveloped plans and designs of ecommerce applications.Developed and tested applications using ASP, ASP.NET and .NET framework.Contributed design, development and implementation using ASP.Developed web applications by using asp.net and other software development cycle.Supervised the evolution of an existing application.EducationMasters Degree in Computer Information Science, 2004Yale UniversityBachelors Degree in Computer Information Science, 2002Yale UniversityCustomize ResumeMore Sample ResumesArea Manager Resume Armed Security Guard Resume Art Director Resume bewegungsknstler Resume Asp .Net Web Developer Resume Assistant Buyer Resume Assistant Principal Resume Assistant Property Manager Resume Assistant Resume

Working mothers should move to Vermont, study says

Working mothers should move to Vermont, study saysWorking mothers should move to Vermont, study saysAs Mothers Day approaches, we want to give a shoutout to all the working moms out here. We know that it can be a grind 40% of full-time working mothers told the Pew Research Center that they dont spend enough time with their kids and that being a working parent makes it harder to advance in their careers.Nor are working moms some kind of minority this is a reality for millions of American women in the workforce70.5% of all motherswith children under age 18are working or looking for work in the U.S.Theres a new study that wants to make it easier for working mothers by highlighting the best and worst states for them to balance raising their families and advancing their careers.Using child care, professional opportunities and work-like balance as the criteria, finance website WalletHub analyzed government data sets and parental-related researchfor 50 states and the District of Columbia. T hey scored each state based on13 metrics that included day-care quality and costs, gender pay gaps, share of families in poverty, commute times and parental leave policies. Child-care policieswereweighted the most at 40 points.Vermont is the best state, Alabama is the worst stateWalletHub concluded that Vermont, Minnesota and New Jersey were the overall top three states for working moms. Meanwhile, Nevada, Louisiana and Alabama ranked the lowest.WalletHub analyst Jill Gonzalez explained the disparity between the best and worst state Vermont did well across all three categories analyzed, she told Ladders. It has the highest number of pediatricians in the country at 32 per 100,000 residents.The lack of pediatricians sunk Alabama, however. For this specific metric, Alabama ranked below average, 28th, with just seven pediatricians per 100,000 residents, Gonzalez noted.Vermont was overall the best for womens careers because in terms of professional opportunities, Vermonthas the 6th highe st ratio of female executives to male executives at 61%, almost two times higher than in Alabama at just 33%, Gonzalez noted.Additionally, female unemployment in Vermont is low at just 3.1 percent, while in Alabama the unemployment rate is two times higher at 6.2 percent.Other interesting facts from the study Hawaii has the lowest gender pay gap as a state and South Dakota has the best male-to-female executive ratio.As part of the top ten states for working moms, New York hadthe top day-caresystem in terms of quality but also heldthe dubious honor ofthe 48th most expensive day care system in America.We considered that the quality of care that the states offer is more important than the costs, given the get what you pay for mentality surrounding childcare, Gonzalez said.Flexibility is needed for working parentsFor states to get ranked higher, government and employee policies will need to be part of the solution. Finding flexible work policies and better parental leave are at the top ofevery working parents mind.As sociology professor Harmony D. Newman told WalletHub Although these policies have been linked with numerous positive outcomes forparents, children and employers, that they are few and far between, continues to leave many American families in the lurch.Newman saidthat government-funded pre-schools and better parental leave policies are key When parents can afford and feel secure in where their children are spending time while they are at work, parents are much more likely to be productive and remain committed to their work environment.

Resume for Internship No Experience - a Quick Overview

Resume for Internship No Experience - a Quick Overview Vital Pieces of Resume for Internship No Experience Learning how to do a resume when dont have any work experience is a lot easier if youre able to demonstrate some seasonal or short-term work experience. Before starting a career, it will help to have some experience first. If your work experience is more recent and includes impressive positions that relate to the market, include these very first, followed by means of an internship section prior to your education. Even in the event that youve never held an official job, its still true that you have life experience thats applicable to the work search. As youre inclined to be away from school during the summertime, its the ideal time to receive that experience by means of a summer internship. The exact first and the principal point to realize is the between resume and CV. When you have sufficient comprehension of the job that you will appear self-possessed. Therefore, its not a oben liegend notion to take an internship as a simple thing. Also, receive a complete comprehension of the internship position so that you can tailor your resume accordingly. You desire a good internship resume you may adapt and update for future opportunities. See the included Internship resume for a complete example. What Resume for Internship No Experience Is - and What it Is Not Finding a new job every year appears bad on a resume and will hurt your odds of being hired later on. A good way to start is by acquiring a summer internship, so kudos to you for doing the perfect things to construct the basis for your career Now its time to create your first resume. This informative article includes 11 ideas to help you begin your first resume. Whilst you write your summary for your resume, attempt to think of what you want them to discuss with you, and what exactly you desire an opportunity to discuss. Putting it all together When youre attempting to compile a cover lette r free of experience, it is sometimes a true challenge to convince an employer that you have what it requires to take care of his institutions job. We are going to walk through this together, step-by-step. Therefore, staying specific to the job which you are applying for is normally the best choice. Thus, when you sit down to compose your first resume, attempt to consider your prior jobs in a new light. Resumes may also be functional or a mix of chronological and functional, but these are typically employed for individuals with more extensive work experience. Unfortunately, theres a massive misconception surrounding using career objectives. Instead, the aim of an objective is to explain what you bring to the table and the way youre able to help the geschftliches miteinander meet its objectives. Deficiency of relevant experience is a frequent issue for many individuals going into the workforce, and for people who need to modify career paths. Do not allow your lack of experienc e hinder your inherent abilities to perform a job. Finding the Best Resume for Internship No Experience There are a lot of solutions to submit your resume on the internet. Make certain theres a summary statement on top of your resume, following your header. While the functional resume format may be an attractive solution for job seekers with very little experience, most employers would rather have a chronological or hybrid resume format. Our tremendous range of downloadable resume templates is wholly free for all to use and an excellent resource to kick off the writing process.

Is Your Video Interview Candidate Naughty or Nice

Is Your Video Interview Candidate Naughty or NiceDuring the holiday season, we might be more focused on perfecting our cookie receipes than finding the perfect candidate. But just because we have wrapping paper on the brain and presents to hide doesnt mean the hiring process stops. Smart candidates wont give up looking for their perfect job this holiday season just because the winter winds are howling a little louder.But this holiday season, how can you tell if the motivated job seeker youre watching in the video bewerbungsgesprch is naughty or nice? Will they be a gift to your organization, find new ways of improving your company culture, and think up great innovations? Or once they get the job will they revert back to the office Grinch theyve always been? You want to know if youre candidate is a superstar or a lump of coal in the video vorstellungsgesprch before they ever set foot in the office.Here are some clues to watch out for directly in the video interview in order to tell if your worker will be as efficient as one of Santas elves or as bah-humbug as ScroogeWatch Body LanguageIn your video interview, its important to watch how a candidate holds themselves in addition to what they say. Words are important, but nonverbal cues are a prime reason to use job interview videos to connect with candidates.In the virtual interview, make sure to watch not just what the candidate says but how exactly they say it. Is their posture defensive? Do they have their arms crossed? If so, this might signal a defensive worker who wont be open to criticism or learning from their mistakes.Likewise, are they paying attention to you in the virtual interview or is their attention seemingly wandering along with their eye contact? Good eye contact tells you the job seeker is listening and paying attention. Bad eye contact in the video interview lets you know the candidate is either distracted or uncomfortable. You want the job seeker to be able to go from the virtual interview into the office without a hiccup and this will certainly be hard if theyre terrified.For a successful video interview, make sure your candidate is making good eye contact and will answer questions calmly. Closed-off candidates with poor eye contact in the virtual interview should probably end up on your naughty list, because their body language tells you they probably wont be able to fit into your company culture with ease.Watch Out for Candidates Who Avoid Real World ExamplesYou want job seekers who can show you examples of the way theyve brought value to former companies and in former positions. You will want to use job video interviews to encourage candidates to share specific examples of their prior experience. For instance, a candidate might spend the entire virtual interview telling you how good they are at keeping organized. But are they really? How do you know if the candidate is really naughty or nice when it comes to their organizational skills? They might just be telling you what you want to hear, and by keeping it general, you have no specific evidence to the contrary.Instead, look for candidates who can answer questions calmly while also giving you specific examples of the way theyve brought value. Instead of hearing about a candidates organizational skills, this smart applicant would use the video interview to provide you with specific examples of a new organizational system they established at their old company. This is an example providing you with real-world value, instead of a lot of hot air which cannot be measured.Watch Out for EgoWhen trying to determine whether your job seeker is naughty or nice, make sure to check their ego. Egotistical candidates wont be a good fit for your organization, company culture, or open position. This is because egotistical candidates dont learn from their mistakes and often refuse to accept responsibilities for their own failings. In the video interview, watch out for candidates who purposefully shift blame onto f ormer coworkers or bosses.A good way to do this is to ask a question about a time the job seeker has failed in the past. If candidates answer questions calmly and accept responsibility for their mistakes, you know their ego isnt likely to block their ability to learn. However, if the candidate gets defensive and starts to rattle off a list of excuses, this is most likely a candidate who cant accept responsibility for their actions. unterstellung employees will drag down your company culture with their lack of accountability.This holiday season, remember how important it is to find the best candidates for your open positions. This talent can impact your organization and company culture in ways both big and small. Watch out for body language, look for real world examples, and steer clear of egotistical candidatesWhat are some ways you can tell if a job seeker is naughty or nice in the video interview this holiday season? Share in the commentsIMAGE Courtesy ofFlickr by Methodshop.com.

The 7 People You Should Befriend at Work

The 7 People You Should Befriend at WorkThe 7 People You Should Befriend at WorkWhen you dont quite know your way around the office- or heck, even if you do- its good to know people in high places.But by high places, I dont necessarily mean the executive suite. While buddying up with the CEO probably wouldnt hurt, there are a few other well-known office archetypes who can really help you out.So, when youre kicking off a new job, seek out these seven officemates- stat.1. The Human Snack MachineYou know the feeling Its 3 PM, youre starting to get the maybe that rice cake wasnt enough for lunch shakes (or the a client just yelled at me for 20 minutes straight need for stress-relieving indulgence), and youre a quarter short for anything in the snack machine.This is precisely when it pays to know that guy in the marketing department who keeps a drawer full of candy- and is willing to share in exchange for a few minutes of office chit-chat. (Just make aya to occasionally offer treats in re turn or contribute to the snack fund)2. The SocialiteIf youre not actively filling the role of Happy Hour Coordinator Extraordinaire, you should befriend whoever is- and quick. At least, you should if you want to be in the loop about co-worker get-togethers, informal company sports leagues, and summer BBQs.Besides the obvious fact that this will help you make new pals, youll also get to know people in other departments- so when you need help with marketing an upcoming event or hiring a new employee, youll know exactly who to ask.3. Your Personal IT GuruWhen Monday morning brings a much-too-early alarm and an accidentally decaf pot of coffee, the last thing you want to face is the blue screen of death on your monitor. Sure, you could put in an IT ticket, but youll be forced to wait for a response- helpless- while the minutes tick away and your work continues to pile up.Or, you could get to know someone a few cubes over who can help you out in a crunch- like when you have a report due and your computer wont turn on or you cant figure out how to adjust your margins without destroying your formatting. With some quick handiwork from a techy colleague, youll be good to go.4. The Older SiblingMentors are great when you need important advice about your professional development. But an older work sibling can really help you out when it comes to your less serious career quandaries. Think I really want to get involved in the new product launch, but Im not sure how- what should I do? Or even, Youve been to the company holiday party a few times- what in the world am I supposed to wear?Typically, this person is a little higher up, has been with the company a bit longer, and, well, just generally knows more than you. (Hey, I never said the older sibling is never slightly obnoxious.)5. The Selfless VolunteerIts Friday afternoon at 430 PM, and youre working on a project with a strict 5 PM deadline. And lets just say- things are not looking good.Enter the dependable volunteer- the person who seems to pop out of nowhere asking if you need help. Even when he was planning on heading out of the office at 445 PM (oh, summer Fridays), hell hunker down and help you meet that deadline. Best of all, he wont hold it over your head the next time he needs a favor. (But yes, you should help him out anyway)6. The EncouragerMost offices have an ample supply of pessimists- the co-workers who tell you why ideas wont work, swear that youll never get a raise, and find a hole in any suggestion you make.Then- every once in a while- youll come across someone who always manages to put a positive spin on things. Even if your idea for a Sriracha-and-gummy-bear-flavored cupcake for your office cook-off isnt the best idea youve ever had, shell be sure to let you- and the team- know that by experimenting with unique flavors, youre definitely headed in the right direction.And when you find that optimist- hold onto her Theres nothing better than having a constant source of encourageme nt.7. The Helpless NewbieWhile its nice to be on the receiving end of all these benefits, its also good to step out of your way to help out someone less experienced. Spot a newbie who isnt sure which printer to use? See someone wandering the halls, aimlessly looking for office 702?By adopting a less-experienced co-worker, youll boost your leadership abilities and have the chance to become a kick-ass mentor. (And he or she might just turn out to be one of the above six must-have colleagues)Whod we miss? Any other officemates everyone should have?Photo of co-workers talking courtesy of Shutterstock.

The primary reason young women become financially independent quicker than men

The primary reason young women become financially independent quicker than menThe primary reason young women become financially independent quicker than menIn Early Adulthood The Pursuit of FinancialIndependence,Merill Lynch offers some interesting insights into the wants and needs of young American adults. Before diving into the analytics, the study notes the shift in objectives that has occurred with many young people in recent years one that sees them privilege financial milestones over mora traditional ones like marriage for instance.To 75% of the 2,000 Americans surveyed, youre not an adult until youve achieved complete financial independence. Sixty-one percent said that having a full-time job mora accurately signaled maturity, and 42% cited living away from home.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreUnder pressureSo what is making these young adults feel pressured as they pursue their financial dreams? Of all the stressors that rattle around the brain of the respondents observed, getting married and having children landed in the bottom three. The top three? Making a lot of money (82%), being more physically attractive (77%), and finding a better job/getting a promotion (77%).These percentages suggest a pretty clear objective, except women, seem to be fairing a little better at acquiring it than young men are. The authors of the recent study proffer an intriguing delineation.The race to leave the nestDespite the bold assertions mentioned above, an additional 70% of Americans surveyed in Merill Lynchs study received financial support from their parents in 2018. FIfty-eight percent of that group could not afford theirlifestyle without a little help from their folks. It should be noted that among 18-24-year-olds these statistics remain relatively equal in men and women.Although instances, where young adults requested assistance, was found to be reasonably comm on, women are much quicker than men to get their act together in the long-run-despite theheadwinds of unequal pay (median weekly earnings of full-time employed 25- to 34- year-olds is $864 for men but $766 for women). Moreover, 11%more American women have degrees compared to men.The discrepancy seems to be authored by a difference in priorities. Seventy percent of women reproached the temptation to seek help from their parents because it made them more dependent, compared to the 57% of men that agreed. This means women are making a concertedeffort to launch both more quickly and closer to the target-i.e ensuring they earn degrees relevant to their desired fields, even if it means they make up a sizeable portion of the student debt demo. However, the outlay seems to be worth it, as the study reports, Education translates into better job opportunities, and the labor force participation rate of early adult women continues to increase, while that of men has declined slightly. Given the lifetime earnings value of higher education, these trendsbode well for women in the future as more of them start their careers onhigher trajectories.The finish lineOver the age of 30, 13% more men receive support from their parents than women. Below is a breakdown of the differences in the degrees men and women over the age of thirty receive assistance with different expenses.As previously stated, having the long-view perpetually in mind continues to fuel womens edge over men in the financial ecosystem. The vast majority of women (72%) studied in the recent report said that their highest economic priority was either saving for the future or eroding an existing debt. They were also found to be much less likely to tap into retirement accounts. The majority of men said that their priorities belong to enjoying life in the moment.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people

This is the number of drinks to have on a first date if you want a second one

This is the number of drinks to have on a first date if you want a second oneThis is the number of drinks to have on a first date if you want a second oneOn balance, Millennials and Gen Zers are drinking considerably less than their elders did at their age. The reportedly self-obsessed generation, fear to have drunken lapses of judgment posted on social media so profoundly that they have surged the sales of non-alcoholic booze by 3.9% in onlyfive short years.Social media increases accountability for ones actions. People like to control their public image on social media since it is permanent rather than ephemeral. Embarrassing moments are no longer moments, but posted in perpetuity for all to see without engaging in damage control, reports Pamela Rutledge, who is the director of the Media Psychology Research Center in California. This, in chorus with marijuanas recent rebranding as the cure-all, personality steroid, contributes to a steady decline in boozing, barring a few specific occasions. In reference to the stuff, the late Christopher Hitchens once called it the only worthwhile miracle in the new testament, going on in the same breath to brilliantly note At Oxford one was positively expected to take wine during tutorials. The tongue must be untied.From the portrait of the writer, sleepily burning the candle at both ends, to the urbane rock musician, to the cultivated bohemian, Wanna grab a drink? is historys most successful cold open. unterstellung sentiments are reflected in a massive new study of Millennial drinking habits by Alcohol.org.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreOne, too fewThe researchers behind the new study began by indexing the practical benefits of choosing a bar for a first date location. The statistic heavy intro might have done too well to denounce boozing as an important and valuable cultural bedrock-viable too. Theres nothing worse than finding out youre conversing with a dud while locked into a four-course meal. Its easier to manage time with alcohol two drinks max then Ill tell this truther that I have work early in the morning.The survey of 1,002 participants establishes booze as the preferred social lubricant, as many respondents confessed to a little pre-gaming before dates. Twenty-percent of surveyees have at least one beer before meeting their date, with 13% admitting to chugging two. For most people, the volume flowed at higher volumes throughout the actual date.Although a modest, 10% of tee tolling dates ended up going all the way, moderation seemed to be the key factor for scoring second dates. If the survey is indicative of a larger trend, you might want to consider adopting a two-drink maximum if you want to see your paramour again, considering participants that occasioned this number dually evidenced the highest rates of success. One of the respondents, an unidentified male, aged 31, reported tha t this number seemed to strike the perfect balance between relaxed and level headed.It makes sense to apply a linear correlation between the number of drinks and the quality of the date, but further investigation unmasked this as precarious. For some this was true, 51% of dates that consumed five or more drinks ended up going home with one another. However, respondents would also increase their alcohol consumption if they were simply having a bad time. Thirty-one percent of male respondents reported doing so in fact, compared to the 43% of female respondents that reported decreasing their consumption. ansicht two ostensibly separate statistics meld to recall the dangerously uneven dating playing field.When I was hesitant about getting plastered on my 21st birthday, a female friend of mine hastened to remind me of how limited the privilege is. The authors behind the study seconded this goading with the following,Womens inclination to curb their drinking may be attributed to a general effort to keep their wits about them in the presence of a stranger. Recent police data from the U.K. revealed a 450%-spike over five years in rapes related to online dating specifically, 85% of which were suffered by women. Meeting up with someone you dont know can be risky and the more sober you are, the better off you may be.The report went unto reveal that men prefer their dates to drink a little more than women did. This isnt exclusively by reason of predatory motives, but there is certainly a long-established and celebrated game plan that includes sharpening the male appeal by dulling the female perception. The survey results accentuate five drinks as the maximum for consent-giving-abilities, this median being notably more nuanced among female responders.