Cultivate kindness toward ourselves and others

Whenever you feel like punching someone, it’s useful to take a deep breath, pause, and ask yourself the following questions:

• What emotions am I feeling now? Is it anger? Is it hurt? Is it jealousy?
• What were the triggers that caused this emotion?
• W...

When we focus on others during a conversation, we shift our attention outward and become at ease, relatively. Our exaggerated self-consciousness is gone and we become less awkward.

Keeping our mind on the goal and not on the process makes us avoid the self-focus vortex, a...

• Focus on and give gratitude for what you have, and not what you have lost.
• Take a deep breath when you try to change someone, understand that their faults are part of the package.
• When you have an urge to buy something, wait for 30 days.
• Appreciate your life, refl...