By SysBots We all procrastinate, and by and large, we all know the solutions to our procrastination. I put off writing this article (ironically, I know, and yes I know you’ll put off reading this article) by doing a bunch of smaller tasks, for example.… Read More »Procrastination is a Mindfulness Problem
“Our lives are frittered away by detail … simplify, simplify” – Henry David Thoreau Post written by SysBots. Follow me on Twitter. We talk a lot about simplifying your life on Zen Habits, from simplifying your possessions and clutter to simplifying the stuff you need… Read More »The First Rule of Simplifying: Identify the Essential (or, How to avoid the Void)
Post written by SysBots. Follow me on Twitter. At the end of 2006, I thought I’d just had the best year of my life — I quit smoking, took up running, completed my first marathon, became an early riser, became organized and productive, started eliminating… Read More »The Essential Zen Habits of 2008
After interviewing people for most of my life, including some very notable bloggers in the Golden Goals series, Nneka of Balanced Life Center turned the tables on me. She’s the first person ever to interview me, as far as I can remember. She did a… Read More »Read about me on Balanced Life Center
By SysBots Your lives are always busy, I’m sure, but the holidays always seem to add even more craziness to everyone’s schedule. Christmas parties with family, friends and co-workers, gift shopping, decorating, Christmas pageants, caroling, bell-ringing, snow shoveling (unless you live on Guam like I… Read More »The Essential Time-Saving Guide for Busy People
“What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.” – Buddha Post by SysBots. I’m excited to announce that the companion to my best-selling Zen To Done ebook is released today: The Essential Motivation Handbook. I’m releasing this… Read More »The Essential Motivation Handbook
By SysBots When I sat down to interview Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You To Be Rich for my new Habits of Entrepeneur video series, I wasn’t sure what to expect. This is a man who is enormously successful, but his philosophy seems very… Read More »Ramit Sethi’s Entrepreneurial Habits
“I trust so few that it is much easier to simply keep no secrets.” – Nathaniel Summers Psst … hey, over here … I have a secret to tell you. Don’t tell anyone! What I’m about to tell you is top secret. Please don’t let… Read More »The Dirty Little Secrets of Productivity Bloggers
‘Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables.’ ~ Spanish Proverb Post written by SysBots. Let’s face it: most of us fail when it comes to sticking to resolutions — so much so that many people swear never to make resolutions again. And yet the rest… Read More »The Definitive Guide to Sticking to Your New Year’s Resolutions
By SysBots This morning it was pouring down rain outside — it was one of those hard rains that makes seeing very far impossible and makes driving downright dangerous. My first thought: “Oh no, that’s not good for our Family Day! We can’t play stuff… Read More »Rainy days and Sundays are great family days