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Gaming Mindfulness

Janet Fouts

In case you’re not familiar with the term, gamification is the process of using gaming elements like scoring, competition, play, and rewards to encourage action. It works particularly well with problem-solving where badges or scores indicate competency. Gamification is certainly not a new way to engage us and create good learning habits.

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What’s the best social media marketing tool for scheduling your updates?

Janet Fouts

And you also need to be active; not only are you keeping people interested, but it also helps you drive results: you reach more people, get more clicks, more traffic, and so on. Plus, you can preview the update on each social network so you can make sure that your post looks OK (for example, images could be too wide/small).

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Acceptance as a success strategy

Janet Fouts

BUT, in psychology, acceptance means “ taking a stance of non-judgmental awareness and actively embracing the experience of thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations as they occur ”. For example, Tara Brach writes, “believing that something is wrong with us is a deep and tenacious suffering”. Why Acceptance Is Important.