PCI Weekly Issue #2
Learn the Secrets of Reading, Thinking, and Becoming Your Best Self
Hello, and welcome to another issue of PCI Weekly, where we bring you the best articles on Neuro-linguistic Programming, personal development, and self-help every week.
This week, we’ve curated some interesting and informative articles for you to read and learn from. Here are the topics we’ll cover in this newsletter:
How to Improve Your Reading Comprehension Skills
Negative Self-Help: How to Be Less of a Shi**y Human
How to Become Your Best Self by Studying Your Successes
Let’s dive in.
How to Improve Your Reading Comprehension Skills
Reading is one of the best ways to learn new ideas and expand your knowledge. But reading alone is not enough. You also need to remember and apply what you read. In this article, you’ll learn some effective strategies to improve your reading comprehension skills and retain more information from the books you read, such as:
How to choose books that are relevant and useful for you
How to keep notes on what you read and store them in a searchable format
How to connect what you read to other knowledge and experiences
How to summarize what you read in a few sentences or paragraphs
How to revisit the books that are worth reading more than once
If you want to get more out of each book you read and become a lifelong learner, read the full article here: How to Improve Your Reading Comprehension Skills
Negative Self-Help: How to Be Less of a Shi**y Human
In this article, you’ll learn about a new approach to personal growth that is based not on what feels good, but rather on what feels bad. This approach is called “Negative Self-Help”, and it challenges some of the common assumptions and practices of positive self-help. Here are some of the main points of this article:
Humans are deeply flawed and troubled creatures, and we should come to terms with that. We should question our own beliefs, desires, and impulses, and train ourselves to act against our default tendencies.
Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional. We can choose to avoid our pain or engage our pain. When we avoid our pain, we suffer. When we engage our pain, we grow.
Everything we believe will one day fail us, and this is how we grow. We should embrace not knowing, and be willing to change our beliefs based on new evidence and experience.
No one deserves anything. The idea of “deserving” is subjective and harmful. We should let go of the idea of “deserving” and focus on doing the right thing.
Everything you love will one day be lost, and this is what makes life meaningful. Death is the only thing that makes life feel valuable. We should not run away from loss, but accept it and learn from it.
If you want to learn more about Negative Self-Help, and how it can help you become less of a shi**y human (as the author puts it), read the full article here: Five Ideas That Can Change Your Life
How to Become Your Best Self by Studying Your Successes
In this article, you’ll learn about a simple but effective technique to become your best self by studying your successes. The technique involves:
Identifying a specific situation where you performed well or achieved a positive outcome
Analyzing what you did, how you did it, and why you did it
Extracting the key principles or lessons that contributed to your success
Applying those principles or lessons to other situations where you want to improve or excel
The article also provides some practical tips on how to collect and use positive feedback, how to create space for your best self to show up, and how to share your best self with others. By following this technique, you can discover and leverage your strengths, enhance your confidence and resilience, and achieve your personal and professional goals.
Read the full article here: To Become Your Best Self, Study Your Successes