[This is my Valentines post for this year. We are always looking out for love from our partner and from other people. We oftentimes forget a basic truth about love: that it starts with loving yourself, or it doesn't work. - editor] While many of us look for love from a partner and mate, we … Continue reading Falling In Love With Yourself
The Child That Holds Us Back
It took me a long time to figure out why I, and so many others, have difficulties changing habits and making lasting changes in our lives. It all comes down to a little child. And that child lives within each of us. I had a hard time quitting smoking in 2005, because I really didn’t … Continue reading The Child That Holds Us Back
Jealousy and Suffering
Most of us deal with jealousy in some form, and when it comes up, it’s never pretty. It might be jealousy when your girlfriend seems interested in someone else, or when one of your best friends becomes close with someone else, or when your parents give a lot of attention to your sibling, or when … Continue reading Jealousy and Suffering
Things Every Man Should Own
Many sites have created lists of things “every man should own”, coincidentally around the holiday shopping season. A reader suggested I create a Zen Habits version of this list. This list is definitive. 1. Pen and notebook. For jotting down life lessons, and starting a novel. 2. A library card. To read the Tao Te … Continue reading Things Every Man Should Own
Finding Focus
Admin's Note: It is doubly hard to find focus this Christmas season than at any other time of the year. Here's an article by Leo Baubata to help us find that much needed focus in our life and in our work. Do you ever have one of those days when you just can’t seem to … Continue reading Finding Focus
Make It Your Job
When you’re feeling resentful or angry about something, it’s worth stopping to consider why. This morning, I woke up to a dirty kitchen, and as I do most mornings, I started cleaning it up. Washing dishes, wiping counters, putting dishes away, and so on. I do this a lot. And I found myself feeling resentful. … Continue reading Make It Your Job
3 Little Tricks to Deal with People That Annoy You
Something that we struggle with daily, that eats us up and causes stress and anger: annoying people. You know those people: they cut in line, are rude to you in the office or at the restaurant, cut you off in traffic, talk loudly about obnoxious things, play loud music when you’re trying to concentrate, interrupt … Continue reading 3 Little Tricks to Deal with People That Annoy You
Joyfear
The moment my first daughter Chloe was born, I was filled with an overpowering joy — she was a living miracle! I was also filled with soul-trembling fear — here was a fragile new life, entrusted into my incompetent hands. It was overwhelming, this mixture of two powerful emotions. I call it Joyfear. Copyright pending. … Continue reading Joyfear
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