That was the beginning of a massive shift in my life. A line in the sand. The beginning of a brand-new connection to the most important person in my life—myself. The high five was hands down the best motivator. Here’s why: The kids who were told they were smart, talented, or skilled were the least motivated and had the least fun. Those praised for their effort showed greater enjoyment and exhibited a higher level of persistence. But kids who got a simple high five? They felt the most positive about themselves and their efforts, and they kept going for the longest time (persistence, people!), despite making mistakes. In fact, the results were so clear that the researchers titled the study “High Fives Motivate” when they published it in the academic journal Frontiers in Psychology.

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Follow through on the High five habit-forming promises to make a difference in your life for the better. Then stand in front of the mirror and ask yourself which of the tasks included in your to-do list is most important. Remember that while doing this, focus on something other than meaningless commissions.

RAS (part of the brain): Decides what information gets into the conscious brain and what gets filtered out. Even if a team has good players, that’s not enough. When you are high fived through every moment of practice, through the whole season, and right to winning a championship. It creates a culture of celebration and encouragement. It makes you selflessly give it your all. That’s the feeling you need, and you can create that partnership with yourself. Don't let the title fool you. This isn't a book about high fiving everyone else in your life. You're already doing that. Cheering for your favorite teams. Celebrating your friends. Supporting the people you love as they go after what they want in life. That study concluded that the number one predictor of how happy and satisfied you could be was self-acceptance. Meaning, how kind you were to yourself and how much you cheered for yourself had a direct and proportionate impact on your happiness. Being kind to yourself has the power to completely change your life—yet self-acceptance is what we practice the least. You’ll drink the kale smoothie, go to the gym, get up earlier, cut out gluten, and meditate and the entire time beat yourself up about the fact that you’re still not doing enough or not doing it right . . . That’s why being kind to yourself is what really matters.

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Your mind is designed to help you achieve your dreams. Your job is to believe it is possible and encourage yourself to keep walking toward it.”This question often comes to everyone’s mind before starting any work. However, it is straightforward to create. Now, if we talk about adopting the High Five habit, every morning before you look at your phone or put things around the world in your mind, take a moment to be with your reflection. While researchers research all the things you can change in your life that make a meaningful impact on the quality of your life, there is one most important change you need to make. This change is about creating a habit of being kind to yourself. Play a game with yourself that the universe is giving you clues that you are making progress on the thing that you really want. Hi there Mel! I like your positive attitude to life. I like that you are a go-getter, and I am ecstatic that you succeeded!