Psychologically speaking, the habit of asking for

9 min readNov 28, 2020

Many people like my client suffer silently with chronic insecurity because they don’t think it’s a serious enough problem to get help for. What’s more, they usually just chalk it up to a personality trait:

2. Pulse until rough, chunky paste forms. ( I have a food processor from the 1980s, so I shake mine back and forth to get everything combined; you may need to do so as well to get everything gets incorporated.)

If you want to stand out, you have to be willing to do what other people don’t do. Being the type of person who rejects the notion that you always have to be busy to reach your goals is an easy way to start.
Learning that having a picnic is just as fun — if not more so — than going to a fancy restaurant has the potential to save you a small fortune over the span of your life. The same goes for developing the habit of only drinking coffee at home.
When you feel chronically insecure, you’re starved for good feelings about yourself and often desperate to find ways to make yourself feel better — even if it’s short-lived.
Unfortunately, we’re often lazy, especially when it comes to building genuinely helpful sources of motivation. So we rely on our default motivational strategy of self-criticism which keeps us feeling insecure.
For pasta, reserve 1/4 to 1/2 cup of pasta cooking liquid and add this to the pesto right before mixing it in within the pasta. The resulting mixture should be the thickness of store-bought tomato sauce. I recommend serving pesto with whole wheat fusilli: the nuttiness of the pasta compliments the nuttiness of the pesto and the shape of the fusilli noodles really hangs onto the sauce. Good additions to pesto pasta are fresh chopped tomatoes, grilled chicken, or mini balls of fresh mozzarella.

Walking out the door on the way to the market my wife said something jokingly that has seriously improved my quality of life: “Is there anything you don’t want me to buy?”

If you want to improve your productivity, keep asking yourself what you need to do each day. But don’t underestimate the importance of building the habit of also asking yourself what you need to keep out of your environment to better focus.
The best things in life aren’t always cheap. But if you limit yourself to $10 a day during the week, over time you’ll begin to have options to pursue those high ticket items without stressing over the decision to buy them.

If you want to increase your happiness levels, keep track of the things that make you smile. But don’t underestimate the importance of building the habit of also asking yourself what makes you miserable and working like hell to avoid these things.

If you want to improve your relationships, keep track of your behaviors or the things you say that light people up. But don’t underestimate the importance of building the habit of also taking note of what turns the people around you off.

If you learn how to look at things from a different angle, reserve time for yourself each day, learn how to make do with less, and ask yourself who you can support, these 4 habits have the power to seriously improve your quality of life.

Not only does asking yourself how you can best support the people around you help you to get out of your own head. But if you make it a point to do something nice for someone first thing in the morning, it’s hard not to feel good about yourself.

4. With the food processor on, stream in the olive oil and water. Continue to pulse until fully combined. The thickness of the pesto should resemble ketchup: thick enough not to run off the spoon, but still a bit liquidy. You may have to add a bit more olive oil to achieve the desired texture. Taste and add salt if desired. Buon Appetito!For pasta, reserve 1/4 to 1/2 cup of pasta cooking liquid and add this to the pesto right before mixing it in within the pasta. The resulting mixture should be the thickness of store-bought tomato sauce. I recommend serving pesto with whole wheat fusilli: the nuttiness of the pasta compliments the nuttiness of the pesto and the shape of the fusilli noodles really hangs onto the sauce. Good additions to pesto pasta are fresh chopped tomatoes, grilled chicken, or mini balls of fresh mozzarella.If you learn how to look at things from a different angle, reserve time for yourself each day, learn how to make do with less, and ask yourself who you can support, these 4 habits have the power to seriously improve your quality of life.

Psychologically speaking, the habit of asking for

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