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The importance of enjoying the habit

I’ve written a lot about habits — it’s in the title, after all — and after all these years, and after all the questions that people have asked about forming habits, there’s one thing that seems [...]

The Best Goal is No Goal

“With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson The idea of having concrete, achievable goals seem to be deeply ingrained in our culture. I know I [...]

A while back I (a bit ironically perhaps) tweeted this message: ‘Consider what you give your attention to each day. It’s a precious resource, & determines the shape of your life.’ This seemed to strike a [...]

The Elements of Change

‘Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.’ [...]

The End Of Busy

“Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.” ~Lao Tzu Stop being busy and your job is half done. Think about how busy we are, and how it has become a way of bragging: I’m [...]

13 small things to simplify your workday

“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” ~Lao Tzu One of the best things [...]

Frictionless Work: How to Clear Your Life of Non-Essential Tasks

How much of your day is spent doing administrative tasks, and not creating or doing other important work? How much time do you spend responding to emails and IMs and social networks, making payments, doing paperwork, [...]

The only way to become amazingly great at something

“Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.” - Albert Einstein Very often you’ll see [...]

The Little Rules of Action

“The shortest answer is doing.” - Lord Herbert Too often we get stuck in inaction — the quagmire of doubt and perfectionism and distractions and planning that stops us from moving forward. And while I’m no [...]

Getting to Done (and getting on with life)

“If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get [...]

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