The following is the transcript from the conversation. Hi. Welcome back to Stronger with Rakesh Shukla and hopefully we’ll take another step today to make you stronger – emotionally, physically, and mentally. Most of the time they are pretty much the same thing. For today, let me first ask you this question. If you look…
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Here’s how to stay on top, even in the face of the most trying circumstances. What was your New Year’s resolution this year? Do you sustain it? Did you have a New Year’s resolution last year? Did you sustain that one? This is an interesting test of motivation. Chances are that your resolution was something…
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The best time to have a conversation is right now. Setting an expectation, listening, reflecting, and observing are fundamental. A whole category of adult-to-adult conversations is hard — you focus on getting a viewpoint across to your partner, parent, or colleague but it is counter to what they want to hear. This includes giving and…
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Why ‘Stronger with Rakesh Shukla’™ is more than just self-help psychobabble. Life is a complex journey and growing up is a painful process — one that often leaves us feeling unfulfilled and with emotional aches and pains. We feel the need for help. From the time of Dale Carnegie and Steven Covey, truths about human…
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Replace “I must” with “I want to” to break through procrastination My struggle with lack of motivation, procrastination, or activity paralysis due to depression had been very real for over a few years (see why here). But these are common enough roadblocks that can afflict all of us. In the years of looking into myself…
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…instead, become kinder and forgiving to yourself I have written earlier in one of my blog posts on how one of my life’s greatest lessons was when I started forgiving myself for what I was not and started focusing on what I was. Here I explain what it means to be forgiving and kinder to…
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Turning away from negative emotions is unhealthy; positive action is the antidote — is the principle approach Rakesh Shukla uses What happened the last time you looked pensive, worried, or anything other than smiling and happy? Chances are your colleagues, friends or your spouse joined the chorus to tell you to “cheer up”. In some…
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… not how long you can endure Have you felt low in energy and motivation and wished you could be tougher? You’re not alone if you do. We all believe that the longer we tough it out, the tougher we are, and therefore the more successful we will be. That is how most of us…
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