{"id":507,"date":"2010-04-01T09:43:38","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T16:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/?p=507"},"modified":"2010-04-01T09:43:38","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T16:43:38","slug":"how-to-become-a-better-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/life\/how-to-become-a-better-person\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Become A Better Person"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Jai-Ganga-Ma.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-509 alignright\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Jai-Ganga-Ma\" src=\"http:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Jai-Ganga-Ma.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Jai-Ganga-Ma.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Jai-Ganga-Ma-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 85vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>How To Become A Better Person (in under 300 words)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Think of other people<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 Consider how you can make others happy and encourage them to do the right thing. Spend time to appreciate their good qualities\u00c2\u00a0 and boost their self-esteem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t act for selfish motives<\/strong>. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seek to gain at the expense of others.\u00c2\u00a0 Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t speak ill of friends for the motive of impressing other people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t waste time in seeking praise<\/strong>. Learn to let go of your ego. Humility does not mean putting yourself down. It means being content with what you are, without external praise \/ blame.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Never be jealous of others\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 success or happiness<\/strong>. Learn to be happy through the well being of others. If others do good things, feel it is partly your achievement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be attached to a negative frame of mind<\/strong>. As frequently as necessary, let go of negative thoughts. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t brood and be despondent. Be wary often the ego is involved in moods of despair and unhappiness. Cultivate cheerfulness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Smile<\/strong>. If nothing else try to smile when meeting others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be enthusiastic in what you do<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 Whatever you find yourself doing, try to be enthusiastic and positive. Even the smallest act done with love and enthusiasm can make a difference.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t force your opinions on other people<\/strong>. Also, listen patiently to others, but at the same time don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be swayed by what other people think you should do. Test their advice against your inner wisdom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inner Peace<\/strong> Take time to find the inner peace and inner joy that is part of your real nature, but often hidden under the layers of our mental imaginings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the promptings of the heart<\/strong>. Be sceptical of the cold judgements of the mind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Better to make mistakes than to sit idle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t complain, make a difference<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/self-improvement\/eliminating-your-weakness-the-positive-way\/\">Eliminating Your Weaknesses the Positive Way<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/self-improvement\/7-secrets-of-self-improvement\/\">7 Secrets of Self-Improvement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Photo: Sri Chinmoy Centre Gallery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How To Become A Better Person (in under 300 words) Think of other people.\u00c2\u00a0 Consider how you can make others happy and encourage them to do the right thing. Spend time to appreciate their good qualities\u00c2\u00a0 and boost their self-esteem. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t act for selfish motives. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seek to gain at the expense of others.\u00c2\u00a0 Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/life\/how-to-become-a-better-person\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How To Become A Better Person&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions\/511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}