“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” – Henry Ford By SysBots One of the biggest challenges in trying to accomplish any personal goal is that we tend to put them off until tomorrow, or next week,… Read More »How to Make the Time for Your Personal Goals
By SysBots These days there are a proliferation of digital tools we use for productivity, for time management, for communication, for social networking, for keeping track of our lives, online and off. It can be a nightmare to keep track of it all, and frankly,… Read More »How to Make Gmail Your Ultimate Productivity Center
Post written by SysBots. Follow me on Twitter. Recently my friend and fellow blogger Scott Young did a great post entitled, “New to exercise? Make workouts daily“. It was an excellent post, and perfectly timed as it mirrors my own recent efforts at making exercise… Read More »How to Make Exercise a Daily Habit
Post written by SysBots. Follow me on Twitter. I’ve worked for more than 5 years now to simplify my life, and while I’ve discovered the sublime joys of living a simple life, I’ve realized most people don’t get it. “Why would I want LESS?” they… Read More »How to Live a Better Life with Less
“If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.” – C.G. Jung Post written by SysBots. Follow me on Twitter. If you’re a… Read More »How to Let Go of Hyperparenting and Learn to Relax With Your Kids
Post written by SysBots. Follow me on Twitter. We’ve all been hurt by another person at some time or another — we were treated badly, trust was broken, hearts were hurt. And while this pain is normal, sometimes that pain lingers for too long. We… Read More »How to Let Go and Forgive
Post written by SysBots. Follow me on Twitter. We all make excuses. But the successful ones are those who can kill the excuses like the miserable maggots they are. I’m too tired. I don’t have the time. I don’t feel motivated. I’d rather do nothing.… Read More »How to Kill Your Excuses
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” – Jorge Luis Borges Post written by SysBots. Follow me on Twitter. A teen-ager wrote to me the other day, asking how he could build the habit of reading — he spends too… Read More »How to Instill the Love of Reading – In Your Child, or Yourself
By SysBots As a runner, there is almost nothing in this world that can take me to the places that running does. I find solitude in my running, I find my thoughts and my peace, I find energy and motivation, I come up with my… Read More »How to Go From Sedentary to Running in Five Steps
Post written by SysBots. Follow me on Twitter. The prevailing way of living in our Western societies is to plan out our lives, both for the long term and on a day-to-day basis. We have planners and digital calendars that map out our lives, sometimes… Read More »How to Give Yourself to Whatever the Moment Brings, and Forget Stress