Archives for the 'habits' Category
Organize IT Recap 19th Aug 2007 [Organize IT]
Organize IT recap for 19th Aug 2007
Next week I will be putting up a special 3 part series where I do a group interview of productivity bloggers to celebrate Organize IT’s first birthday. It will definitely be worth reading!
One of the questions I asked revolved around habits. I’m sure you will all agree that breaking [...]
The Organize IT Habits: Be Proactive [Organize IT]
A couple of months back I finally bought 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People. It’s been very interesting and useful, almost as much so as GTD, and was a big inspiration behind my current system (if you’ve ever read it you may recognize some of the similarities to the chart displayed in the book). Only [...]
Tips to Establish a Morning & Evening Routine (with an August Challenge) [zen habits]
I’ve written before about how morning and evening routines can create some sense of sanity and calm in your life.
These are two habits that you can start today that will make a big improvement in your day.
Now, because of different things that have come up in my life, I’ve fallen a bit out of my [...]
20 Tricks to Nuke a Bad Habit [zen habits]
This guest post was written by Scott Young; check out his blog here.
Are you letting bad habits rule your life? I started learning how to change habits a few years ago. Since then I’ve switched to a vegan diet, began exercising every day, started writing new articles every day, began waking up earlier [...]
How long to Establish a Habit? [7Breaths]
I’ve been involved recently in an interesting discussion with Stephen over at HDBizBlog, regarding the time it takes to establish a new habit. The accepted wisdom is it takes 21 days - but researching into this has revealed some interesting points. The full discussion can be found here & here. The main points are:
Maxwell Maltz [...]
Reader question: Getting personal productivity changes to stick? [Matt's Idea Blog]
(Note: I came down with a cold a few days ago, so please forgive this post’s rambling nature.)
As I grow my personal productivity consultancy (via workshops and one-on-one services) I’ve had to get my head around an issue I’m sure all teachers face - answering the question “When have I done enough?” In my work [...]
5 Powerful Reasons to Drive Slower, and How to Do It [zen habits]
Every Friday is Happiness Friday on Zen Habits.
I drive slower these days. While I used to be a bit of a driving maniac (ask my wife), passing everybody and stepping hard on my accelerator, I would also get increasingly frustrated when people would drive slow and keep me from driving fast, or cut me off. [...]
How I Work: Zen Habits Applied to My Life [zen habits]
This article comes as a request from a number of readers who wanted to see how I apply the methods I talk about, and what my typical day is like. How do the Zen Habits work in a real-life setting?
The truth is that 1) I don’t have a fixed routine that stays the same each [...]
Organize IT Recap 02 June 2007 [Organize IT]
Organize IT recap for 02 June 2007
This is a neat list of things you can do to make your offline life easier. While there isn’t anything on this list that will radically change your life, it does cover some interesting areas that people are prone to neglect.
This is a fascinating article about why bad habits [...]
Why the 30-day Challenge Worked (with a June Challenge) [zen habits]
During the month of May, dozens of people signed up for the Zen Habit May Challenge, and I’m pleased to say that it was a ringing success!
The Challenge worked for many of the participants, due to their hard work, and the power of group motivation.
Let’s take a look at what we did and why the [...]