zen habits

The Incredible Progress of Daily Practice

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 19:51:01 +0000

By Leo Babauta Lately in my life, I’ve been repeatedly reminded of the power of practicing something regularly. Daily is best, I’ve learned, but several times a week works well too. You’d be surprised how much progress you can make with even a small amount of practice, applied regularly. Some examples in my life recently: […]

Habit Mastery: My New Course to Help You Level Up Your Skills

Mon, 16 Oct 2017 22:39:45 +0000

By Leo Babauta I’m excited to tell you about my new video course, Habit Mastery, which is designed to help you practice and level up your habit skills. It’s a 12-week course with two video lessons a week, daily practice, and interviews with 11 other amazing habit experts. Guys, this is one of the best […]

The Ultimate Productivity, Simplicity, Finance, Happiness & Weight Loss Hack

Thu, 12 Oct 2017 00:01:25 +0000

By Leo Babauta I’ll share the ultimate hack in just two words: letting go. These two words, if practiced and lived, can be the key to all the self-improvement in your life: Productivity: By letting go of trying to do everything, or be updated about everything, you can focus on just what’s important. This simple […]

A Guide to Getting Good at Dealing with Chaos

Thu, 05 Oct 2017 15:34:14 +0000

By Leo Babauta It is a wonderful thing to have order to our lives, to simplify and have routines and systems that make things peaceful, organized, and calm. Unfortunately, life likes to throw chaos and disorganization our way. Things get disrupted, people interrupt, email requests pour in, our neatness gets messy, schedules get thrown into […]

The First Hour: Creating Powerful Mornings

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 19:04:40 +0000

By Leo Babauta As your day starts, it’s easy to get lost in the habit of checking messages, replying to email, checking the news and your favorite blogs. It’s easy to fritter your day away doing a thousand small harmless actions … but the essential actions get put off. The antidote, I’ve found, is putting […]

The Ideal vs. the Reality of Changing Your Life

Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:48:59 +0000

“Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.” ~Ram Dass By Leo Babauta If only life went exactly as we imagine it would go … things would be so much easier! Unfortunately, in my dozens and dozens of habit changes, I’ve never once had a change go exactly as I’d envisioned. The reality is […]

Procrastination is a Practice Ground for Life Mastery

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 20:43:37 +0000

By Leo Babauta There isn’t a person among us who doesn’t procrastinate — put off your work for the day, distract yourself, put off pursuing your dreams, put off putting your work out in the world for fear of being judged. But here’s the thing: most people think that this procrastination is a problem. Most […]

The Action Habit: Put Everything Into the First Step

Thu, 14 Sep 2017 19:12:59 +0000

By Leo Babauta The things that stop us from taking action are all-too-familiar: Feeling overwhelmed Fear Not knowing where to start A habit of procrastinating and doing easier things It’s easy to get into a mode of inaction, but building the Action Habit can be a lot more difficult. The reason is that the feedback […]

How to Train Yourself to Stay Focused

Fri, 08 Sep 2017 20:53:21 +0000

By Leo Babauta It’s a common problem these days: switching between browser tabs and apps on your phone, checking social media and messages and email, thinking about the million things you have to do but putting them off … Anything but staying focused on one task at a time. And it’s hard to break out […]

The Amazing Self-Confidence Habit

Mon, 04 Sep 2017 19:55:57 +0000

By Leo Babauta How often has a lack of self-confidence, or a feeling of inadequacy, stopped us from doing something awesome? I would guess that for lots of us, this feeling of inadequacy stopped us from: Putting ourselves into uncomfortable social situations were we might make new friends or start dating Starting a new business, […]

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