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Cultivate Self-Awareness

How to Cultivate a Healthy Level of Self-Awareness

Get better at reading between the lines

Fail a lot

Avoid assumptions wherever possible, and look for the data

Personality quizzes such as a DiSC Profile, Myers-Briggs types, or the Yohari Window are a good place to start

“Self-awareness is the key to recognizing and managing Hate.”

Am I Good Enough?

“There is no magic bullet that will kill Hate off for good. Instead, you need to constantly practice creating more. You can’t just become creative or be creative indefinitely.”

“If you really feel like you can’t be good at something, and you are really honest with yourself, you can do something else.”

“No matter what you do, it always helps to be as good as you can be. But you don’t always have to be the best in the world to do something successfully.”

“If you feel like you aren’t good enough, the first thing to think about is whether or not you have to be good.”

“Perfectionism is another trick Hate will use to stop you from making things. If Hate can convince you that everything has to be perfect, it knows you won’t begin, or at least that you won’t finish the task you are striving to complete.”

“One of the biggest reasons people don’t make things is because they let Hate convince them that they aren’t good enough.”

Create More Than You Consume

“Create with others, help others, and creativity will flourish.”

“There’s something about a change of scenery that puts you in the mood to create.”

“In order for your creativity to thrive, you need to feed it.”

“Make your creative projects simpler, and you’ll be more likely to start.”

“If you want to be an actively creative person, you have to create more than you consume.”

“Understand that you have two choices: to create something or consume something.”

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” —Henry David Thoreau

“Create so much they can’t ignore you.”

Be More Grateful, Be More Creative

How to Become More Grateful

Take a week off complaining, or at least a day

Don’t watch the news

Change, ‘I have to do x,’ to, ‘I get to do x.’

Helping out people who are less fortunate

Build variety into your life through your routine or with travel or become more observant to variety around you

Attack a ‘Difficult Gratitude Problem,’ (or DGP). Let difficult circumstances trigger gratitude

Notice when others aren’t being grateful, so you can get constant reminders of the importance of gratitude

Practice gratitude daily

“A lot of Hate stems from a lack of gratitude. Having a lack of gratitude will lead directly to negativity, which is the currency of Hate. If you can become more grateful, you will become less hateful and, therefore, more creative.”

Empathy Breeds Creativity

How to Be More Empathetic

“If you are an entrepreneur, empathy is your business.”

Learn to become a better listener and communicator.

Practice reading other people’s emotions. The more you can understand how people express emotions, the more you will understand other people.

The next time you are in a conversation, stop yourself from talking unless you absolutely have to. Just ask the occasional question if the silence is unbearable.

Realize that empathy and sympathy are not the same thing. Take your time and really try to understand how it might feel to be that person. Avoid amplifying the grief of others by dwelling on their suffering.

Create more things. The more you create, the more you will understand what people go through while putting their ideas out into the world.

Don’t talk as much. During a conversation, listen more and ask open questions.

Spend more time in person with friends, customers, and business colleagues. Spending more time in person cuts through it all and helps you to remember and really understand the individual.

Notice empathy in others. If you can notice it when you see it, you are more likely to improve your own skills. Notice people who are curious, who don’t just talk about themselves but eagerly want to hear about others.

Don’t be so quick to assume you know everything about that person and why they are doing it. If you can judge people less, you can understand people better.

Don’t rush into responses and don’t rush to judgment.

Admit that: “I actually don’t understand anyone unless I make an attempt to understand them.”

“When you prescribe simple solutions to people’s problems, that’s mistakenly putting yourself in someone else’s shoes.”

“The secret to empathy is not imagining what it’s like to be in someone else’s shoes. Because all that does is put you in their shoes. It’s them in their shoes we need to understand, not you in their shoes.”

“Becoming a more empathic person makes you more understanding, more grateful, less negative, and therefore more creative.”

“Empathy is another way to kill negativity.”

Zero Tolerance for Negativity

How to Avoid Negativity in Yourself

Practice self-awareness, gratitude, and empathy on a regular basis.

Listen to yourself next time you are communicating online or in person. Are you being negative about what is going on? Are you listening to what the other person has to say? Or are you only talking about yourself and your so-called ‘problems’?

Realize that negativity is boring and people don’t actually care

Completely eliminate negative self-talk

How to Avoid Negativity in Other People

Avoid friending negative people on social media.

Leave any groups that are dominated by negative people

Spend less time with negative family members

Stop being friends with negative people

“Negativity is Hate’s currency.”

The Excuses That Hate Comes Up With

7. “I need permission”

“You don’t need approval. You don’t need permission. You aren’t a child anymore.”

6. “It’s probably been done”

“Doing things that have already been done might just be a smart way to go. If it’s already been done, good. Do it again, and do it better.”

“The biggest challenge in business isn’t having the best idea, it’s commanding the most attention. If you can get more attention for your idea than your competitors, you will win.”

“When entrepreneurs think up new ideas, Hate convinces them that someone else has probably done it before.”

5. “It’s too hard”

“Once you start, you are OK.”

“The thing you need to remember about achieving anything significant is that the biggest reason for failure is not starting.”

“Feeling overwhelmed is another effective tactic that Hate uses to stop you from making things.”

4. “I should be doing X”

“Do more of what you love and you will be more successful.”

“Hate will try to convince you that you should be doing something other than creating.”

“One of the ways Hate presents this is via guilt.”

3. “What if I suck?”

“If Hate is telling you that you suck, just take a step back and think: do you actually suck? Probably not, so let’s just move on. If you do, then we can fix that too.”

“Comparison is a major creativity killer.”

“If you are telling yourself you suck, then what you are really saying is that you suck compared to someone else.”

2. “What if I fail?”

“Aim to fail at 97% or better, and you will be on par with the world’s smartest and most successful people.”

“If you aren’t regularly failing, you aren’t seeking a new destination.”

“Failure is just course correction. “If you can fail quickly and without worry, you can correct course quicker, improve quicker, learn more, and achieve more.”

1. “I don’t have enough time”

“When you have less time, you become more productive. It’s often then that you really start to see where your priorities lie.”

“Things like single-tasking, smaller projects, tracking your progress, setting goals, doing timed work sessions free of interruption, and adding accountability are all proven methods for maximizing your productivity in a short amount of time.”

“Research has shown that elite performers don’t necessarily spend more time practicing. They are just more productive when they do practice. Learn how to use your time more productively to free up time for making things.”