[Guest Post]Do One Thing Well
Post written by Leo Babauta. I’m often asked how you can start doing work you love — how you can make a living doing something you’re passionate about. I don’t profess to have all the answers, but the answer for me has been fairly simple: Do one thing really well. People want a more comprehensive…
[Guest Post]Toss Your Expectations into the Ocean
Post written by Leo Babauta. How much of your stress, frustration, disappointment, anger, irritation, pissed-offedness comes from one little thing? Almost all of it comes from your expectations, and when things (inevitably) don’t turn out as we expect, from wishing things were different. We build these expectations in our heads of what other people should do,…
[Guest Post]Would You rather be a Butterfly or a Caterpillar?
by JONATHAN www.advancedlifeskills.com Why would I even ask that question? Well, let’s think about the differences between the two for a minute. A caterpillar crawls from leaf to leaf, eating, sleeping, and crawling. He does the same thing, day in and day out, not realizing that anything else is possible. A butterfly, on the other hand,…
[Guest Post]Life is a Creation: Are you Sculpting a Masterpiece?
Guest post by Joe Wilner from www.shakeoffthegrind.com. What if life was an open canvas where you were free to create a stunning vision and express yourself fully? One of the most empowering ways to view life is as a creation that we are free to mold and shape as we desire. We all have behaviors, circumstances, and past…
Through the Eyes of a Child
It might be impossible (and even undesirable) to avoid the responsibilities of life, but how we choose to view the world that we live in can mean the difference between a life filled with happiness, optimism and enthusiasm and one that is laden with misery and depression. When things begin to feel a bit lackluster
Your Story
This blog post directly ties to the story I am sharing this week in my eZine. I am raising money for the Relay for Life of Altadena to benefit the American Cancer Society and the wonderful work they are doing to help cancer survivors and their caregivers. Why “my story” is important is that it…
achieving, without goals
Guest Post written by Leo Babauta. It was only a couple years ago that I was completely focused on goals … and I accomplished a lot by setting and working on goals. I ran several marathons, lost a lot of weight, got out of debt, started a fairly successful blog … the list of goals I…
Kathy Ireland – One Smart Cookie
This past weekend I had the opportunity to hear Kathy Ireland speak at a marketing conference in Chicago. Just before she was scheduled to be on, I was headed to the restroom and ran into her. She smiled brightly and said “hello” – like we were old friends just running into each other. I returned…
[Guest Post]Create.
‘Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.’ ~Albert Camus Post written by Leo Babauta. It’s amazing how many people I talk to who tell me they want to create a new blog, write a book, start a new business, change careers, make something new. But they keep putting it off. Does…
[Guest Post]How to Stay Calm and Effective When Chaos is Swirling Around You
There’s a photo on the wall in a restaurant near the Grand Canyon. It shows a rubber pontoon raft in the middle of a rapid on the Colorado River in the Canyon. It’s in the process of flipping over, and inside are a bunch of folks about to go for a swim. This is not the photo, but it…