Forbearance is a form of generosity.
By mindfully deciding how to act in line with my values instead of mindlessly applying my rules, I was better able to make the decisions that supported my happiness.
By mindfully choosing our habits, we harness the power of mindlessness as a sweeping force for serenity, energy, and growth.
Like most people, I have several pet subjects - that may or may not be interesting to other people. Don't get me started on happiness, or habits, or children's literature, or Winston Churchill, unless...
Turn off your email; turn off your phone; disconnect from the Internet; figure out a way to set limits so you can concentrate when you need to, and disengage when you need to. Technology is a good ser...
We can use decision-making to choose the habits we want to form, use willpower to get the habit started, then - and this is the best part - we can allow the extraordinary power of habit to take over....
Impunity.
Colorful tin trays from my grandmother? A friend confided
We all must pay, but we can choose that for which we pay.
Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
Things often get harder before they get easier.
Studies show that if you reward people for doing an activity, they often stop doing it for fun; being paid turns it into work.
Progress, not perfection, is the goal. I’m a gold-star junkie,
Perfection may be an impossible goal, but habits help us to do better. Making headway toward a good habit, doing better than before, saves us from facing the end of another year with the mournful wish...
Many assume that offering a reward will help people to jump-start a healthy habit, which will then persist after the reward fades away. Not so. Often, as soon as the reward stops (and sometimes before...
For this reason, we should pay close attention to the convenience of any activity we want to make into a habit.
For people who want to eat and drink more healthfully, keeping a food journal can be extremely effective. For instance, one study showed that dieters who kept a food journal six or seven days a week l...
Exercise for sanity not vanity.
Being asleep is a great way to avoid being critical.
Happiness is a critical factor for work, and work is a critical factor for happiness. In one of those life-isn't-fair results, it turns out that the happy outperform the less happy. Happy people work...