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The Definitive Guide to Sticking to Your New Year’s Resolutions


‘Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables.’ ~ Spanish Proverb
Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter.
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... Read more »

20 Key Questions on Motivation and Habits, Answered


"Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables." - Spanish Proverb
Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter.
It's that time of year -- the end part -- when people start thinking about their lives, their goals, their habits, and how to change everything... Read more »

The Habit Change Cheatsheet: 29 Ways to Successfully Ingrain a Behavior


We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle
Our daily lives are often a series of habits played out through the day, a trammeled existence fettered by the slow accretion of our previous actions. But habits can be changed, as difficult as that may seem sometimes. I'm a living example: in tiny, almost infinitesimal... Read more »

The Slow Secret: How to Make Lasting Changes in Your Life


“Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.” - William Shakespeare
Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter.
How many times have you rushed into making changes in your life -- a habit change, learning a new skill -- only to have it flop? It's... Read more »

Three Effective Ways to Enhance Your Willpower


Editor's note: This is a guest post from Ian Newby-Clark of My Bad Habits. Control yourself!” We all say it, mostly to ourselves. We say it when we ‘indulge’ in behaviors that cause short-term gain for long-term pain. And guilt. I cite many of the usual suspects: eating the wrong things, being lazy, staying up too late, drinking... Read more »

The Best Way to Successfully Overhaul Your Life


I've done it before and I'm sure many of you have as well: decided I wanted to completely change my life, from diet to exercise to productivity habits to spending and career and family and more. I've failed in the attempt to do this at least a few times. I've also done it successfully. You might have read my story, but basically I went from... Read more »

6 Small Things You Can Do When You Lack Discipline


Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter.
One of the biggest problems people face is the lack of discipline -- they have goals or habits they want to achieve, but lack that discipline needed to stick with it. Then we beat ourselves up about it. We feel crappy because we can't stick with it. And... Read more »

Stop Reading About It and Do It


Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter.
We learn more by doing than by reading. That's a simplified statement, of course, because reading teaches us a lot, but it's in the actual doing of things that we do our real learning. It may be a fairly harmless statement for most of us, but think about... Read more »

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