Contributed by: Leo Babauta We’ve all done it: we have an important task to do, and yet we have to do a thousand other things before we can start such as process email and reply to messages, make sure we’re up-to-date with the latest news, pay bills and check on our bank accounts, make sure […]
Continue Reading —›Contributed by: Leo Babauta I’m going to share a secret to productivity, happiness and mindfulness that you can practice right now, and every day: Devote yourself single-mindedly to anything you do. And by that, I mean anything. For example, you can single-mindedly focus on: Writing, Washing a dish, Talking to someone, Reading an online article, […]
Continue Reading —›Contributed by: Leo Babuta The two biggest obstacles to doing meaningful work are familiar to many of us: Burden & complaint : The work feels like a burden (difficult, overwhelming, annoying) … you might do the task but you rush through it or mentally complain about it, not wanting to do it. Unimportant & putting it […]
Continue Reading —›Contributed by: Leo Babauta I have a friend who is self-employed, running his own business and doing a great job … except that he finds himself procrastinating on important tasks like writing. No, I’m not talking about myself! Although, to be honest, I do the same thing too. We all do, I think: we know […]
Continue Reading —›Contributed By: Leo Babauta Many of us feel overwhelmed by all we need to do, and it can be downright stressful. I’d like to share three practices to take you from overwhelmed to just whelmed. You can’t eliminate stress, anxiety or the feeling of being overwhelmed from your life, nor would you want to. However, you can […]
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