The Rocco Effect

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. - Victor Frankl Meaning and purpose are what push us through the worst of times. Depression rushes in when we lose track of our purpose. Don't let it rush in, take time to focus on what's important to you and honor those values. You'll be happier and filled with a new sense of meaning every time you do. Comic Video Reading Task   1. Spend 15mins to write down your values. A list of things that are important to you.  2. Pick your top 5 values  3. Ask yourself 'How can i honour one of these values today?'  4. Go out and do it   Journal Questions   1. How did you honour your values today?  2. How does honouring your values make you feel?  3. How can you honour your values tomorrow?

Value learning above everything else. This will lead you to all the right choices. - Robert Greene  People aren't happy about where they are their happy about where they're going.  Would you be happy with a $1,000,000 ? What if you had just lost $20,000,000 and that's all you had left?  It's not what you have, it's the direction you're moving that matters.  Happiness is as simple as moving in a positive direction.  I do this by learning something new.  I read, watch videos and listen to podcasts, then take notes on what was taught.  I then share those lessons with others to help reinforce my own knowledge as well as theirs.  Learning allows us to solve problems in new ways.  Think about what your life would look like after doing after gaining a week, moth, years worth of new knowledge.   Growth = happiness. Comic Video Reading Task     1. Learn something new, each day   2. Take notes to remind yourself what you learned ...

Always remember, your focus determines your reality. - George Lucas Focus is the key to a better life. What we focus on is what we see, what we see determines your reality. To see this for yourself watch the 'selective attention test' on Youtube. Since focus is directly linked to our reality, does it make any sense to focus on the negative? Of course not. It makes sense to focus on solutions you can take to make things better, but that's a positive, don't confuse the two. Should a negative thought creep into your head tell it with as much passion an emotion as you can to 'F**k Off!' and replace it with the exact opposite or a solution. e.g 'I suck, no one will ever love me' changes to 'I'm awesome. Everyone loves me' (both are untrue, but one leads to a much better outcome.), What we focus on will become our reality, stop focusing on being a loser and start focusing on being the hero you where born to be Comic Video Reading Task For the next ...

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel – Maya Angelou A happy ending can make you forget about all the rubbish before hand. If you leave happy, you'll soon forget the bad. I learned about this trick whilst working for a supermarket. If a customer leaves happy, they'll want to return, if not ,they will likely find somewhere else to shop. I took this lesson into my next job, teaching, and made sure every class ended with happy kids. They all left smiling and wanting to return to the next class. Wanting to return also made them want to learn and study harder at home. The customers could have had a bad time in store, the kids could have been crying during class, but that was all forgotten when the customers concerns where dealt with and the kids got to play a game. I then expanded this practice into my day to day life. If I meet someone I do my best to make sure they leave happy an...

Fear does not go away by itself. You have to confront your fear, mold it, then learn to control it in it’s own irrational reality. Every human being has the power to do just that. To go deep within and confront your inner being is a powerful act. Going deep and developing the willpower is the only way. - Wim Hof If you where more confident how would your life look? You'd ask your crush out, you'd demand to be paid your worth and you won't let others push you around. Being more confident is a skill we should all want to improve, but how can we improve it? Easy, it's as simple as taking a cold shower after your normal shower. Facing fear is what breads confidence and no matter how often you do it, stepping into the cold requires requires you to face your fear. Reminding yourself of what your capable of, every morning will make it easier to be more confident throughout the day. How to Have your normal shower. Once your finished, step aside, breath and turn it to freezing. ...