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A Simple Way to Create Your Own Personal Magic (and More Money)
The science and real-life benefits of learning to like yourself
The more positive you feel about yourself, the more abundance that will naturally flow your way as a by-product of these positive feelings. So, in essence, to give yourself more money… you need to identify, change or decharge anything in your mental environment that doesn’t contribute to the highest degree of self-valuation that is possible. ~Mark Douglas
I’m not a fan of feel-good aphorisms. They make me cringe or reach for the nearest receptacle.
“You have to love yourself before anyone else can truly love you.”
Ugh, where’s that receptacle?
Where’s the proof of it?
I’m a physicist (and serial entrepreneur), not a psychologist… and I haven’t found any confirmatory studies to show that liking yourself is important at all (although it feels good to say it).
There’s a 2017 study published in Health Psychology Open that found that people who have higher levels of self-compassion tend to handle stress better, but that’s hardly the same thing.
The study also found that self-compassionate people are more likely to adopt health-promoting behaviors and maintain…
