By SysBots In our lives, the people around us lift us up, or they drag us down. I see this in my life: my life contains many people, and I’m lucky enough to have surrounded myself with people who mostly provide lift. They inspire me,… Read More »Are You a Lift or Drag Force?
“Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.” – Marquis de Condorcet If you took the strengths of others, and compared them to your weaknesses, how do you think you’d size up? And do you think this would make you feel good?… Read More »Life’s Enough: Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
It’s an honor for me to be able to present this interview I did with Lifehacker editor Gina Trapani, one of my personal blogging heroes. Gina was one of the bloggers who inspired me to start Zen Habits, and she continues to set a standard… Read More »Lifehacker’s Gina Trapani: Her Top 3 Productivity Tips and Much More
This is one in a series of interviews of notable bloggers in the Zen Habits Golden Goals series. Leon Ho started one of the most popular productivity and self-development blogs on the Internet: lifehack.org. Leon is a techie who lives in Brisbane, Australia, where he… Read More »Lifehack founder Leon Ho on success and staying focused
By SysBots Let’s say you’re feeling unmotivated, unsure of yourself, aimless, can’t find your passion, directionless, not clear on what your purpose in life is. You’re in good company — most people are in the same boat. Now, there about a million things online telling… Read More »How to Find Your Life Purpose: An Unconventional Approach
By SysBots One of the least likable characters in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, Count Vronsky, has a habit that I really like: every now and then he has a “laundry day” where he puts all his affairs (financial, career, etc.) in order, and completely clears his… Read More »Life Laundry Day: Get Your Affairs in Order Each Week to Clear Your Mind
‘My life is my message.’ – Gandhi Each of us lives a life that expresses who we are, reacts to the world around us, shows our passions, reflects our deep river of feeling and being. We might sing out in joy, through our words and… Read More »Life is Poetry
By SysBots Almost exactly 8 years ago today, I ran my first marathon and soon after I started Zen Habits. I’d changed a dozen or so habits, lost weight, was getting out of debt, quit smoking. And almost 7 years ago, I quit my job.… Read More »Finding the Motivation to Change Your Entire Life
Post written by SysBots. How do you find a balanced life when you’re overloaded with work? How do you switch off work when you’re away from the office? The answers to these very common questions are elusive. It’s never an easy thing. But once you… Read More »Finding the Elusive Work-Life Balance
By SysBots Underlying much of what we do is an uncertainty, an anxiety, a fear, doubts, dissatisfaction … And we react to these anxieties, dissatisfaction and uncertainty in so many unhelpful ways: we seek distraction, we eat unhealthy food, we procrastinate, we get caught in… Read More »A Guide to the Basic Anxiety of Life