I recently received a comment from a reader named Isobel, a 58-year-old Scottish woman, born in Edingburgh. Married to a German film critic, she lives in Germany and works as a freelance editor and author in the “English as a Foreign Language” section of the… Read More »Inspiration file: Positive thinking when faced with life crisis
By SysBots There isn’t a person amongst us who doesn’t have insecurities — some are just better at dealing with them, or perhaps hiding them. We worry what other people think about us, we worry if we’re good-looking enough, we worry that we’re not doing… Read More »A Roadmap to Overcoming Insecurities
By SysBots Everyone feels insecurity. It’s a part of our lives, which are filled with uncertainty, no matter how much we want to get rid of that uncertainty. We often use the term “insecure” to negatively label a person who doubts themselves, but in truth,… Read More »The Guide to Insecurities You’ve Been Waiting For
‘We’re so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time to enjoy where we are.’ ~Bill Watterson By SysBots We all go through our lives almost on autopilot, our minds generally elsewhere, occupied with other thoughts as we float… Read More »Inhabit the Moment
‘It is a happy talent to know how to play.’ ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Post written by SysBots. When I write about loving every moment and loving what you do, people often ask, “What about when you have to do something you don’t like?” You can’t… Read More »Infusing Play into Mundane Tasks
Post written by SysBots. Are you suffering from information addiction? It’s a growing problem as people spend more and more of their time online — and while online tools are amazing, being addicted to checking them can steal most of your day. You know you’re… Read More »A Survival Guide for Beating Information Addiction
Every Monday is Productivity & Organization Day at Zen Habits. How many different ways do you get information? Five kinds of emails, text messages, voicemails, paper documents, regular mail, blog posts, messages on different online services (MySpace, Facebook, Netscape, et al) … the list could… Read More »Inbox Master: Get all your inboxes to zero, and have fewer inboxes
‘The greatest remedy for anger is delay.’ ~Thomas Paine By SysBots I once had a boss who had a favorite strategy for dealing with donations-seekers, demanding colleagues, and basically anyone who wanted anything from him he was reluctant to give. Delay. For example, lots of… Read More »The Power of Delay
By SysBots One of the driving forces of my life for many years was the need to improve myself. It’s one of the driving forces for people who read my work as well. It’s an incredibly pervasive urge: we are always trying to improve, and… Read More »Quashing the Self-Improvement Urge
By SysBots There’s nothing we can do more to further our meaningful work and make the impact that we want to make in the world than to: Pick our most important, meaningful tasks And dive into them with full focus And yet, it seems to… Read More »The Dive Into Important Tasks Challenge