In bed or not, have a great Monday folks!
(the happy doodle by pi1ihp)
Intrinsic Motivation
The Solution to Procrastination?
Don’t wait until you feel like doing something.
Boom. Oliver Burkeman’s one-sentence solution to procrastination.
Just Take The First Step
Can’t get anywhere without that first step!
To-Do Lists and Keeping It Positive
Recently, we highlighted a method of planning your day that consisted of asking yourself what you’d say “No” to. Just as important is to ask yourself “Why?” when it comes to the items on your to-do list. Psychologist Michael V. Pantalon recommends making a Why-Do list to increase your motivation on those items that just never seem … Read more
Lessons in Lifehacking
Life — the only one you get — consists of what you pay attention to. There is literally nothing else.
John Pavlus’s Confessions of a Recovering Lifehacker should be required reading for anyone interested in 1) productivity or 2) a life well-led. Hopefully that covers all of you.
Tips and tricks aside, lifehacking neither reaches the roots of the how’s and why’s nor the wants and cares of life. The ultimate true lifehack is to figure out what to pay attention to. Then, pay attention “effectively, meaningfully, and relatively unselfishly.”
Success Comes in Cans
Start off your week with some cans!
Just Be Happy
Just a reminder that happiness and health is just as important as working hard in getting more awesome stuff done! Happy Friday!
Focus and Ignore Lists
The key to success is not just focusing on what’s important but knowing what to ignore, to say “No” to. The decision to achieve something requires decisions not to achieve other things. HBR’s Peter Bregman recommends looking at Focus and Ignore lists every morning to direct your day to success: List 1: Your Focus List … Read more
Wise Words from Franklin D. Roosevelt
This 1932 quote from FDR may be about the U.S., but it stands as pretty good personal advice too! The country needs, and unless I mistake its temper, the country demands, bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it; if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above … Read more
Embracing Life’s Challenges
Like accolades ought to be, the fulfilled life is a consequence, a gratifying byproduct. It’s what happens when you’re thinking about more important things. Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.
English teacher David McCullough Jr. delivered a rousing commencement speech at Wellesley High School, advising the graduating class to reach for achieving something good and genuine rather than for accolades.
The entire speech is worth a read, or watch the video:
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