“Living is like training for an athletic event. You have to have goals and challenges; you need to exercise and eat right.” NeedsGoalChallengesEventsExerciseTrainingAthletic Author:Jack LaLanne
“People who are burdened by acute misgivings about their coping capabilities suffer much distress and expend much effort in defensive action... they cannot get themselves to do things they find subjectively threatening even though they are objectively safe. They may even shun easily manageable activities because they see them as leading to more threatening events over which they will be unable to exercise adequate control.” PeopleMayActionSufferingEffortEventsExerciseActivitySafeCapabilityDistressThreateningAdequateCopingManageableSelf EfficacyMisgivings Author:Albert Bandura
“The good of man is the active exercise of his soul's faculties. This exercise must occupy a complete lifetime. One swallow does make a spring, nor does one fine day. Excellence is a habit, not an event.” MenDoeSoulEventsFineHabitExerciseSpringExcellenceLifetimeActiveFacultyFine Day Author:Aristotle
“I cannot now evaluate the events that, at the end of those thirty years, made me discover the necessity of religious belief. I was not reasoned into my disposition. Though I admire the structured thought of theology, it is to religion no more than counterpoint exercises are to music.” YearsMadeEndsBeliefReligiousEventsExerciseTheologyAdmireThirtyDispositionEvaluateThirty YearsReligious Belief Book:Expositions and Developments Source: Expositions and Developments
“Every night for the next week, set aside ten minutes before you go to sleep. Write down three things that went well today and why they went well...Writing about why the positive events in your life happened may seem awkward at first, but please stick with it for one week. It will get easier. The odds are that you will be less depressed, happier, and addicted to this exercise six months from now.” WritingFirstsWellsMaySeemsTodayNightThreeNextSleepHappenedWeekMinutesEventsMonthsEasierExercisePleaseTenSixSticksEvery NightAwkwardOddsSix MonthsThree ThingsGoing To SleepNext WeekLife Happens Author:Daniel Kahneman