Align yourself with the natural lawfulness of the universe, knowing you can always choose your response in the space between stimulus and response, exercising freedom and power.
Cultivate awareness (clear seeing), acceptance (embracing what is), compassionate action (wise choices), and assessment (learning from outcomes) as an ongoing feedback loop for life’s challenges.
Consciously move from fear mode (fight, flight, freeze) to love mode (rest, digest, openness, open heart, open mind) to enhance cognitive functioning and broaden your perspective.
Recognize you are ‘wired for success’ and cultivate wholesome mind states by skillfully directing your attention, which helps you relate to situations wisely.
Research suggests happiness precedes success; cultivate a positive mind state, open heart, and full presence to achieve better results.
Practice ‘joy now and never’ by recognizing that in the present moment, there is inherently nothing wrong, allowing for immediate access to joy.
Experience pain and discomfort without identifying with it or making it worse by projecting negative future scenarios; instead, hold the pain with a sense of inner peace.
When fear arises, notice it without judgment, investigate its physical sensations in your body, and relate to the bare sensation without attaching to mental stories or negative scenarios.
Embrace uncertainty, illness, aging, and death by saying ‘yes’ to what is happening, then generate hope by deciding how to relate to the situation to bring more peace, ease, and understanding.
Transform suffering by finding meaning in it, understanding it as an opportunity to generate hope, find peace, and identify the compassionate action required.
Cultivate hope not by fixating on specific outcomes, but by equipping yourself with the right mindset and skills to effectively deal with whatever arises.
Be hopeful and optimistic about the outcome, but commit to the process with right effort and persistence, using feedback to stay on target rather than quitting.
Manage each moment with intention, trusting the process and maintaining ‘stick-to-itiveness’ to stay committed to your task regardless of external circumstances.
Shift your focus from pathology (what doesn’t work) to what does work, and then concentrate on sustaining those effective actions and strategies.
Reframe ‘hard’ situations as ‘challenges’ or ‘opportunities,’ adopting the mindset of elite performers who seek lessons and growth in difficulties.
Assert your power to choose your attitude and how you relate to any situation, as this inner freedom cannot be taken from you unless you surrender it.
Practice uncritical, mindful observation of your actions and urges without judgment, simply noticing what happens and how you feel, then learn from it to replicate desired behaviors.
Integrate ‘pockets of stillness’ into your daily life by taking moments to sit, breathe, and be fully present wherever you are.
In meditation, if a strong distraction arises, shift your focus to the distraction itself, making it the object of meditation with awareness and acceptance, allowing it to rise and fade naturally.
Be adaptable like water; when an obstacle arises, accept it, shift your focus to what can be done, and say ‘yes’ to whatever happens to stay in the flow.
Engage in self-care (tending to physical, mental, emotional, spiritual needs), self-responsibility (responding to those needs), and self-respect (knowing and allowing your true essence to express itself).
Strive to know yourself deeply, which enables you to authentically be yourself, express yourself, and share yourself with the world.
Practice stillness and introspection to listen to your heart and discern what truly excites you, guiding your internal journey of self-discovery.
Honor your innate needs, such as intellectual stimulation, by engaging in practices like reading regularly and teaching, as teaching helps deepen your own learning.
Greet all mental phenomena, including difficult emotions like meanness or jealousy, with friendliness and hospitality (awareness and acceptance) rather than aversion.
If prone to anxiety and fear, practice loving kindness or compassion meditations to ‘warm the system up’ and cultivate a mindset of love rather than fear.
Practice appreciation for the simple fact of being alive and breathing, recognizing that as long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than wrong.
Approach people and situations with an open heart and mind, seeing them from a place of love and embracing their essence without trying to change them.
Even in moments of profound difficulty, choose to be present, loving, and use the moment for awareness, acceptance, and compassionate action.
Apply awareness and acceptance to immediate dangers, then take compassionate action to protect yourself, rather than getting stuck in fear or inaction.
When you notice an unskillful action, practice compassionate action by forgiving yourself and learning from the experience.
In times of crisis, embrace both danger and opportunity, using the situation to gain clarity, learn, express latent abilities, and practice mindfulness and wisdom to choose wisely.
Cultivate positive emotions and a positive mindset to broaden your perspective and enhance cognitive functioning, allowing you to access more ‘channels’ or resources for desired outcomes.
Combine hope with action, making right effort, using right speech, and understanding the interconnectedness of self and others to move beyond the illusion of separateness.
Cultivate a mindset of love, openness, and willingness to see clearly and act compassionately, as this perspective fosters hope and optimism.
Consciously direct your attention and program your mindset to cultivate ‘right view,’ which is a wholesome and accurate perspective.
When in ’love mode,’ approach situations with openness, rest, digestion, interest, and curiosity to better understand and relate to them.
Gain conviction by having direct experiences of successfully navigating challenges, reinforcing the belief that you can overcome future difficulties by being still, understanding, and accepting.
Stay focused on what you are doing in the present moment, rather than getting caught up in evaluating ‘how you’re doing,’ to maintain engagement and effectiveness.
Recognize that being mindful of your unmindfulness is itself a form of mindfulness, allowing you to observe distractions without judgment.
Distinguish between rational and irrational fear, and when experiencing fear, recognize that it can hinder presence and genuine hope.
Cultivate peace, ease, and understanding to shift your mental scenarios from negative projections to positive possibilities, trusting that things will work out.
Be a role model by sharing your experiences and demonstrating that hope is a skill that can be generated and chosen, inspiring others to cultivate it.
Find role models and focus on emulating their positive qualities or virtues (like love, curiosity, compassion, courage) to cultivate those skills within yourself.