the best goal is no goal “With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Post written by Leo Babauta. The idea of having concrete, achievable goals seem to be deeply ingrained in our culture. I know I lived with goals for many years, and in fact a big part of my writings here on Zen Habits are about how to set and achieve goals. Nurse reveals the top 5 regrets people make on their deathbed The Key to Happiness Literally Lies Within You Are you sick and tired of searching for the answer to health and happiness outside of yourself? On the internet, at the doctors, in a book, on a course? We live in a world that tells us the more information we know, the better we will be able to live, heal and thrive. This is just not true.
TalkTyper: Online Speech To Text Service Speech to text software is widely available on mobile devices for free. However, you will find less luck in desktop apps as good voice dictation software costs a lot. Of course Apple will be adding voice dictation to Mountain Lion, and Windows probably has some apps that can do the job, but if you need an online solution right now, then Talk Typer is a valuable option. Talk Typer’s interface cannot be any simpler. Your Message Subject or Title On New Year’s Day my family, friends and I create Vision Boards for the upcoming year. This ritual of creating images and words of our ideals for the year sets a particular inspirational tone for the day and year. I take up the entire afternoon making mine. Even as the others retire to a movie or return home, I remain arranging and pasting my ambitions to a board. When I showed mine to my daughter this year she said, “Looks like your others.” I have made manifestation boards for over twenty-five years and she’s right.
Online Dictation: Have Your Speech Converted to Text Online Typing long passages is not something that people are fond of. This is precisely why we have various computer applications that convert speech to text for your convenience. Here to offer you the same service online is a web app called Online Dictation. 15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy Here is a list of 15 things which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier and much, much happier. We hold on to so many things that cause us a great deal of pain, stress and suffering – and instead of letting them all go, instead of allowing ourselves to be stress free and happy – we cling on to them. Not anymore. Starting today we will give up on all those things that no longer serve us, and we will embrace change. Ready? Here we go:
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Why Forgiveness Is Power? To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness. ~Robert Muller Do you consider yourself to be a forgiving or resentful person? 15 Useful Online Mind Mapping and Brainstorming Tools Concept mapping and Mind mapping software are used to create diagrams of relationships between concepts, ideas or other pieces of information. It has been suggested that the mind mapping technique can improve learning/study efficiency up to 15% over conventional note taking. It is also a popular planning technique with applications across all business sectors and industries.
Russell Bishop: Soul-Talk: How to Rise Above Your Negative Emotions How do you respond when negative emotions show up in your life? Do you wind up adding even more negativity to the already-not-so-great feelings? If this sounds familiar, then you may need to turn down the volume on your Self-Talk and learn how to listen instead to your Soul-Talk when negative feelings show up. Most of us simply let the negative emotions run their course until we "get over it." Unfortunately, getting over it typically means simply stuffing those feelings into the background as though hiding from them or denying them will somehow change the situation. You know that nothing changes and you have proof as well: If hiding or stuffing worked, then the negative emotion would be gone, unlikely to resurface again later.
20 Things I Wish I Had Known When Starting Out in Life “Everything has been figured out, except how to live.” - Jean-Paul Sartre I’m nearly 35 years old, and I’ve made my share of mistakes in my life. I’m not a big believer in regrets … and I have learned tremendously from every single mistake … and my life is pretty great. However, there are a few things I wish I had known when I was graduating from high school and starting out as an adult in life.