Taking on roles and responsibilities | Calculated risk taking |
Facing fears | Solve problems that you are facing |
Doing things that are difficult to build resilience | Refusing to make excuses |
Setting high standards for yourself | Setting goals and developing action plans |
Leadership roles | Improving your performance at work |
Listening with intent to understand | Public speaking |
Developing skills | Mastering a talent |
Formal education | Self-study |
Professional training | Career changes |
Reading more | Lifelong learning |
Making friends | Pursuing sports and recreation |
Joining a sports team | Being open to new ideas and experiences |
Trying to be flexible and adaptable | Pursuing curiosity with research |
Cultivating positive thinking | Sidelining negativity |
Blocking time for family, friends and time alone | Pursuing hobbies and interests |
Joining hobby groups | Lifestyle changes |
Living below your income | Carefully and slowly considering purchases |
Saving money | Reflecting on your emotions, behavior and thoughts |
Reviewing failures and thinking how to improve | Learning not to repeat mistakes |
Learning from the mistakes of others | Not being afraid to ask for help |
Not being afraid to admit weakness | Fake it till you make it – extending yourself beyond your current capacities |
Not being afraid to admit what you don’t know | Making timely and reasonable decisions in the face of ambiguity |
Asking important questions | Challenging assumptions, including your own |
Learning a language | Travel experiences |
Cultural immersion | Living abroad |
Creative expression such as art | Cultural experiences such as art museums |
Media experiences such as films | Buying a home |
Diy projects | Living with intention |
Working to align your behavior to your ideals | Saying no more to avoid wasted time and energy |
Saying yes more to pursue experience and build relationships | Developing a productive routine |
Breaking bad habits | Establishing positive habits |
Forgive others | Seeking forgiveness and reconciliation |
Keeping in touch with people | Leading something |
Organizing parties, events and outings | Nature experiences |
Gardening | Listening to music |
Singing | Joining community organizations |
Joining local cultural activities and groups | Attending festivals, concerts and events |
Learning a musical instrument | Musical performances and composition |
Being yourself without comprise | Being pragmatic and flexible to get things done in the real world |
Developing your own style in your work and life | Pursuing philosophy, spirituality or religion |
Sustaining traditions | Taking small daily risks such as introducing yourself |
Taking time for joy and celebration | Taking time for discipline and hard work |
Viewing time with a sense of urgency | Blocking time to slow down |
Test ways to do more with time | Engage in debate |
Consider the perspective of the other side | Try to view people in a positive light |
Political participation | Entrepreneurship and invention |
Keeping a journal | Exercising regularly |
Volunteering | Sleeping according to a schedule |
Develop wellness routines such as daily periods of relaxation | Plan ahead |
Stop overthinking | Be nice to everyone – even where there are no repercussions |
Try to be the bigger person in arguments or conflict | Be responsible to become someone others rely upon |
Gestures of gratitude | Telling others how wonderful they are |
