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We don’t have to distance ourselves from the spirit of the holidays and avoid gift-giving altogether. But instead, we can choose to think out of the box and come up with newer, better ways to enhance the holiday experience for ourselves and our loved ones.

This episode of Daily Success features a short meditation by Melody Beattie for Motivation Monday. In this meditation, Melody discusses why we must let go of our limiting beliefs and start believing in ourselves and that we can achieve whatever we set our minds to.

Black Friday is upon us. And it’s that time of the year when retailers will bombard us with deals on everything from televisions and tech gadgets to toys and clothes.

But we all have the choice to not fall into the consumerism trap and make intentional purchases. There’s no need to succumb to the pressure and the best thing we can do for ourselves this holiday shopping season is to not buy into the hype. We can convert our shopping holidays into simple holidays, and enjoy meaningful things and experiences instead of participating in meaningless purchases to showcase our love for others. We can let go of trampling people for things we don’t need, and instead treat them with love and respect.

In this episode of Daily Success, Parth discusses why we must still find the blessings and the silver linings to celebrate a peaceful, joyful, and grateful Thanksgiving this year in spite of the difficult circumstances that we're all going through.

The social movement of effective altruism basically distills down to answering one simple question: how can we use our resources to help others the most?

It not only involves doing what we feel is right and fulfilling the moral obligation to help other people, but it’s also trying to be as effective and efficient as possible.

A great example is Will MacAskill, one of the pioneers of this movement and the co-founder and President of the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA). He is the author of Doing Good Better and has given a very popular TED Talk as well.

The way he incorporates effective altruism in his life is that he only keeps $30,000 a year out of his annual income for himself. Then, he deliberately donates every penny above that amount to charities that support the causes he feels aligned to. This is a lifetime commitment that Will has made for himself. Like Will, we can all make giving an active part of our life.

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Retailers prepare months in advance for Black Friday and come up with creative ways to stimulate our insatiable desire to buy more.

Retailers throw all kinds of temptations our way. By employing anxiety-inducing buzzwords, retailers fuel the frenzy of Black Friday. They cultivate the illusion of scarcity, and hence pressure people into buying items now and asking questions later.

Retailers also take advantage of human psychology and invoke our primal brain, forcing us to behave like our hunter-gatherer ancestors, by creating false scarcity and using alarming and somewhat frightening colors to highlight their offers and deal prices.

As a result, many people end up spending more on items even if they can’t afford those items. And due to this, they accrue heaps of credit card debt.

This episode of Daily Success features a short but impactful talk by Steve Harvey for Motivation Monday. In this clip, Steve shares how we can block all the negativity that comes our way by expressing gratitude every single day.

Audio Clip Source: How To Block Negative Thoughts | Motivated [YouTube video]

Steve’s website: steveharvey.com

Take this free 72-hour challenge to strengthen your gratitude muscle.

Join me for The Karma Yogi Gratitude Challenge here.

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It’s the most joyous time of the year: the holiday season. For some, it’s all about enjoying beautiful moments with their loved ones, for the majority of the population, as the Minimalists point out, it’s the holiday “shopping” season.

For the uninitiated, the last Friday of the month of November, the day after Thanksgiving is the busiest shopping day of the year in the US and it’s called Black Friday.

The day after Thanksgiving is generally perceived as the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season. Many stores offer highly promoted sales on Black Friday and open very early, such as at midnight, or may even start their sales at some time on Thanksgiving. A majority of schools and organizations (not counting the retail companies) have both Thanksgiving and the following Friday off, which, along with the following regular weekend, makes it a four-day weekend, thereby increasing the number of potential shoppers.

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In this episode of Daily Success, Parth talks about his new morning routine in explicit detail.

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We need to stop our negative patterns from sabotaging our success and our well-being once and for all. It’s time to take control of the reins and move your life in the direction of where you really want to go.

You have the power to create your destiny, you just need to believe in it and own it.

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