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3 Practical Tips for Making Things Better around You

February 14, 2020 by Alison Leave a Comment

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Most people like the idea of making things around them better, in one way or another.

Sometimes, this leads to the person in question becoming a positive force in the lives of the people they interact with. At other times, it results in the person becoming a busybody, and doing more harm than good.

As with everything else in life, it’s important to do things right, if you’re interested in trying to make things better around you.

On that note, here are a few practical tips that you can use that are likely to do good, instead of harm.

Focus on self-improvement and self-care

Paradoxically, one of the best things that you can do in order to improve the lives of the people around you, and to make the world at large a bit better, is to focus first and foremost on self-improvement and self-care.

If you are happier, healthier, more energetic, and more focused, you are inevitably going to be a more positive force in the lives of your loved ones. What’s more, you’ll also be better able to help them with their own problems, in a variety of different ways.

In addition to that, it’s often best to lead by example, and to do good by first embodying the values that you want to project into the world. 

The best thing about doing things this way, is that these sorts of benefits often happen automatically, and sometimes in ways you wouldn’t ever have imagined.

Maybe you’ve got a certain colleague, for example, who will be motivated by the positive changes you’re making in your life, and will then follow suit and in turn inspire their friends and family, and so on.

Focus on your immediate sphere of influence, and try to do good there, first and foremost

There is a major difference between trying to do good in your immediate “sphere of influence,” and trying to do good in an abstract and broad context that encompasses the whole world.

For one thing, there are always practical things that you can do to effect positive change in your immediate environment. You could, for example, recommend a good in home care service to someone who needs it.

The further away from your own direct sphere of influence your actions are directed, though, the less likely they are to have the desired impact.

Put yourself in the mindset of doing a good deed every day

Often, a lot of good can be achieved simply by committing to doing a “good deed every day.”

Among other things, this is a great principle to carry with you throughout the day, because it can be adapted to any particular situation. One day it might mean helping someone carry the groceries, the next it might mean making a cup of tea for someone, the next it might mean going the extra mile at work.

Many of the things that you can do each day to positively influence situations, will be small. But, those small deeds all add up – and when you are in the habit of doing good deeds on a regular basis, you are generally more inclined to do good, in general.

Simple lifestyle changes can make all the difference to others. Consider things like cruelty free makeup. The makeup is just as good quality for you, but it can prevent cruelty to endless animals throughout your life. If everyone made such a simple switch it would make the world of difference to endless animals!


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