"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." - Jorge Luis Borges
A teen-ager wrote to me the other day, asking how he could build the habit of reading -- he spends too much time on Facebook...
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Editor's note: This is a guest post by Ian Newby-Clark (Habit Guy) of My Bad Habits.
If you read Zen Habits with any regularity—and shame on you if you don’t—one thing should be perfectly clear: There are no quick fixes. Making change in your life takes time.
When you work at something day in and day out, you achieve...
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Article by Zen Habits contributor Jonathan Mead; follow him on twitter.
I have a secret.
But I'm not sure if I should tell you.
I mean, it pretty much lets me do whatever I want. I can overcome towering odds. I can keep going when...
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Article by Zen Habits contributor Jonathan Mead, follow him on twitter.
The same voice in your mind that told you to act, is the same voice that ridicules you later for making that choice.
Am I the only one that thinks this is ridiculous?
I want to show you how I've learned to make...
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Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Sean Platt of Writer Dad.
I’ve always thought of life as a spiraling staircase, gracefully wrapping around time and achievement, as opposed to the blunt vertical found on a ladder. Comparing life’s ascension to a set of stairs is often apt, but there are moments when life as ladder is far more...
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I've written a lot about habit changes but I'd like to address specific habit changes more directly ... and talk about more specific strategies for changing habits that all of you care about.
So I'd like to hear from you:
What are the top 1-3 habits you'd like to change or create?
These can be anything, from exercise to eating healthy to quitting smoking or alcohol to doing...
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Quitting smoking was one of the most difficult things to do -- in fact, I failed the first six times I tried quitting.
Each time I failed in my quit attempt, I felt guilty and weak and unsure of my ability to overcome such difficult hurdles. But looking...
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Editor's note: This is a guest post written by Mike O'Donnell of the IF Life.
Sugar, sugar, sugar. It’s everywhere. It’s in our drinks, it’s in our foods, and it’s hidden in places we never would think of. Many would call sugar their friend in time of need, but in fact their so-called “good friend” could turn out to be their...
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