{"id":3333,"date":"2019-03-15T10:43:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T10:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nsquareit.com\/blog\/?p=3333"},"modified":"2019-03-15T10:43:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T10:43:59","slug":"learn-right-way-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsquareit.com\/blog\/learn-right-way-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn the Right Way to Live"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you stop to think about what someone might say at your funeral, you probably think about some things you could be doing better. You\u2019re not alone here in wanting your fleeting time on Earth to matter. With this in mind, you should know that there are some things that you can do better so others have a more positive view of you when you\u2019re gone.<\/p>\n

Be Generous Not Jealous<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jealousy is an ugly \u201cgreen-eyed monster\u201d that you need to nip in the bud. Being genuinely confident is always better than desiring things that other people have. After all, you can\u2019t take material things with you when you\u2019re gone so you should be striving to leave a better world behind you instead. By being free with your time, energy, and money you can help others feel free to do the same thing.<\/p>\n

Recently Cornell University\u2019s sociologists conducted a study that supports the fact that generosity is contagious. In this study, Milena Tsvetkova and Michael Macy looked at \u201cpay it forward\u201d situations (e.g. the restaurant customer who picks up the tab for another customer and sets off a chain reaction in doing so). They found that people who receive financial rewards are more likely to be generous to strangers. In conclusion they discovered that \u201cobserving an act of kindness is likely to play an important role in setting a cascade of generosity in motion, since many people can potentially observe a single act of helping.\u201d It\u2019s the receiving that helps sustain this cascading affect through the group.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t overlook your own family when it comes to being generous. While nobody can be the perfect parent, spending time in the moment with your children will encourage them to forgive you for those times you get distracted by the computer or other things you enjoy in your own personal life. This is especially true when you spend time reading a good book to your child.<\/p>\n

Books like “Green Eggs and Ham” and “Goodnight Moon” are great examples of literature that even your pre-teens will crawl into bed to enjoy with you. All it takes is 15 minutes to read some type of quality literature like this to them. Once this becomes a ritual in your home you\u2019ll be pleasantly surprised by how your children will gravitate towardsit. This is a ritual that everyone will look back on in the future and remember more than all the time you spent working.<\/p>\n

Be Appreciative Not Fearful<\/strong><\/p>\n

Inc says<\/a> that beyond being generous you also need to be appreciative. Here it\u2019s important to start by eradiating the fear of failure since this can deter you from acting. However, it\u2019s important to consciously realize that if you don\u2019t try something you\u2019ll never achieve anything either. In fact, researchers have found that \u201cfailing\u201d is a great way to learn some of life\u2019s most valuable lessons. This is something that successful entrepreneurs realize and remember when they launch a new venture. They realize that the faster they find bugs and problems, the faster they can fix these things too. Although this is never easy or fun, you can\u2019t let it dictate the way you live your life.<\/p>\n

These are all challenging issues to learn, especially if you take on a daunting task that soon becomes a devastating failure. In the future when you look back on things though you may feel proud of yourself because you managed to learn something from the experience. This is a great way to change fear into appreciation.<\/p>\n

When you take some time to look around you you\u2019ll see that there are a multitude of other things to be thankful for today as well \u2013 including:<\/p>\n