When we give more to ourselves, we can ask more of ourselves.
The Hawthorne effect, in which people being studied improve their performance, simply because of the extra attention they’re getting. In
Studies show that the absence of feeling bad isn’t enough to make you happy; you must strive to find sources of feeling good. One
Six obvious ways to make an activity less convenient: • Increase the amount of physical or mental energy required (leave the cell phone in another room, ban smoking inside or near a building). • Hid...
One Secret of Adulthood is Never start a sentence with the words ‘No offense’? And
Note: people weigh their highest on Sunday;14 their lowest, on Friday morning.)
Leisure must be entered on the schedule as its own activity; it’s not something I get only when I have nothing else to do. Because I always have something else to do.
Leisure must be entered on the schedule as its own activity; it’s not something I get only when I have nothing else to do. Because I always have something else to do. Having
Happiness is not having less; happiness is not having more; happiness is wanting what I have.
Gave up Nutella in December 2011. A few years later I thought I would be able to handle the Nutella once more so I bought two jars on sale. I ate 4,000 calories of Nutella over 36 hours.
As always, Upholders must make sure to articulate their inner expectations.
Another reason not to say critical things about other people: spontaneous trait transference. Studies show that because of this psychological phenomenon, people unintentionally transfer to me the trai...
A Secret of Adulthood: things often get harder before they get easier—but
When you cannot express it in number, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind.
When we do stumble, it’s important not to judge ourselves harshly. Although some people assume that strong feelings of guilt or shame act as safeguards to help people stick to good habits, the opposit...
Whatever liberates our spirit without giving us mastery over ourselves is destructive. And whatever liberates our spirit while giving us mastery over ourselves is constructive.
We often learn most about ourselves by learning about other people,
Tomorrow Loophole: As part of my investigation of First Steps, I’d identified tomorrow logic. Now doesn’t matter, because we’re going to follow good habits tomorrow.
To be happy, I need to think about feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right, in an atmosphere of growth. I
This self-knowledge is crucial because we can build a happy life only on the foundation of our own nature, our own interests, and our own values.