Life Hacks - StumbleUpon. Calmer. Cutting Out the Crap 1/3: Just Say No. There are a lot of things that we say yes to in life that we.. 1) Know inside that we SHOULD not do OR 2) Know we do NOT want to do. These are two very distinct problems and I want to address both right now as bluntly as possible. Solution 1: Stay Focused I think focus is the most important component of success. Unfortunately we’re all social animals and other people just love to (unintentionally) get in the way our goals. If you’re considering saying yes or no to something and you hear that little voice saying “ehhh, I really don’t think this is wise,” here is a handy hint: DO NOT DO IT.
Listen to it. Solution 2: Stop Being A Wuss! You can probably come up with a 100 reasons in your head as to why you’re saying yes to something you don’t want to do. . - You can’t say no to family! - It’s the “right” thing to do - He/She would do the same for me - If I do it now, I won’t ever have to do it again - He/She asked me in person, how could I say no? To be frank, those are reasons are all weak. The Beginner’s Guide to Zen Habits – A Guided Tour | zen habits. Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter. While some of you have been following Zen Habits since its early days (beginning of 2007), many of you are fairly new readers.
To help you through the fairly overwhelming archives, I’ve compiled a beginner’s guide. Kind of a Quick Start guide. First, a note: Please don’t try to go through this all at once. Take it in small chunks. Where do you start when you have a thousand posts to read through? So here they are: The All-Time Most Popular Posts on Zen Habits But those are just the stars of the All-Star team. Or you can go through a few compiled guides I’ve hand picked for some of the more popular categories: And if that’s not enough for you, here’s a month-by-month Best of Zen Habits: By now, you might want to know more about Leo, the guy who writes this blog … well, here’s more than you ever wanted to know: Whew!
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