Leo Babauta
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Get Better At Habits Every Week With The Habit Sprint
One of the problems most people face when creating new habits is that when things go wrong, the habit change falls apart. That’s because every habit plan starts out as a fantasy: “this is how I hope things will go.” And then when reality gets in the way, the plan breaks.
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How To Keep Your Cool As A Parent
1What parent hasn’t lost their temper when a kid misbehaves? Of course a parent who hasn’t lost their cool from time to time is a rarer than a unicorn, but losing your temper and yelling can be ineffective parenting. It’s better for everyone if you keep your cool.
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The Busy Person’s Guide To Reducing Stress
Stress is one of the biggest causes of health problems in many peoples’ lives: it can cause heart disease, depression, anxiety attacks, sleep problems, auto-immune diseases, weight problems and more. But we’re busy — how do we drop the stress levels down while still getting our jobs done, and taking care of ourselves and our…
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Three Mental Tricks To Deal With People Who 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…