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12 Proven Habits Of Happy People

When I was in my twenties, I wrote a happiness list. I remember clearly writing the list and believing once I attained those things, I would feel content and free to enjoy life. I’m embarrassed to tell you everything I put on the list. It seems so materialistic to me now. But let’s just say […]

How To Break Bad Habits By Forming Good Ones

Bad habits creep up on us. One day we smoke that first cigarette, eat that first bag of Cheetos, or discover how easy it is to charge things on a credit card. Before you know it, that one decision has mushroomed into big, bad habit. We become physically or mentally addicted to substances, food, spending, […]

6 Healthy Eating Habits You Will Love

Sometimes I cringe when I think about how many times during my teens and twenties I cruised through Wendy’s drive-thru for a cheeseburger, fries, and frosty. Man, I loved that combo back in the day, but I don’t even want to calculate the calories I was taking in during one meal. Of course back then, […]

Sleep Habits: 10 Steps To Better Sleep

Your sleep habits can save your life. This sounds like a dramatic statement, but it’s true. According to a poll conducted by the National Sleep Foundation, 60% of adult drivers in the U.S. (about 168 million people) have driven while feeling drowsy in the last year. A third of adult drivers admit to falling asleep […]

How to Create Habits That Stick [Updated]

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day, and at last we cannot break it. ~Horace Mann Isn’t it amazing that every day, we have the ability to reinvent ourselves? We can learn new skills and create habits that make us healthier, more interesting, more productive, and more valuable in the eyes of […]

No Motivation? 7 Ways To Overcome Your Lack Of Motivation

A guest post by Kayla Matthews It seems like the only habits that stick are the ones we wish we could break: smoking, checking phones every 27 seconds, or using the words “awesome” or “literally” in every sentence. Good habits are hard to build and bad habits are hard to break. Make a resolution to […]

42 Bad Habits That Suck Your Energy

Ever have those days when you feel you’re dragging a ball and chain behind you? Everything is a struggle. Your productivity has tanked, your energy is at rock-bottom, and you just want to crawl in a hole and suck your thumb. Sometimes it’s easy to identify why we’re so lethargic. We might feel physically ill, […]

Keystone Habits: 7 Small Changes That Create Big Results

If you could accomplish one big goal in the next year, what would it be? What important aspirations do you have to improve your life, your career, or your health? For me, it’s to write and publish several books on Kindle. Also, I’d like to lose some weight and increase my running speed and distance. Big goals […]

The Ultimate List Of Habits: 175 Positive Actions For A Better You

Every day you make choices. Those choices create your thoughts and actions. Your thoughts and actions develop your habits. And your habits define your life. If you examine many of the activities of your day, you’ll see they are actually good and bad habits you’ve developed over the years. Some of them were developed in […]

The Habits Of Happiness: 8 Core Truths From Author Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin knows a lot about happiness. She spent an entire year, using herself as a test subject, to determine what makes us happy and how we can be happier in our everyday lives. The results of her year-long journey are chronicled in the #1 New York Times and International bestselling book, The Happiness Project, […]

Changing Habits: 7 Lessons From Ultra Athlete Rich Roll

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Rich Roll, an ultra-endurance athlete named one of the 25 fittest men in the world by Men’s Fitness magazine. I interviewed him for my Sticky Habits Course. Rich’s story is fascinating and inspiring. He wasn’t always an ultra-endurance athlete and for most of his life would not have […]

Growth Mindset: 6 Keys To Unlock Your Potential

I learned something really amazing today. This afternoon I interviewed Dr. Carol Dweck, a Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of motivation. She’s a guest expert for my upcoming Sticky Habits Course. Dr. Dweck has spent decades researching achievement and success, and through her research […]

Self-Motivated? 4 Science-Based Secrets To Achievement And Success

I run every other day. However, only about a quarter of the time do I feel motivated to run before I begin. Even less so in the winter. It’s cold outside, and I’m quite comfortable inside. Most of the time, I’d rather stay put than put on my running clothes and push my body. But I […]

10 Positive Life Changes You Will Never Regret

After reading this sentence, close your eyes and think about how many proactive, substantial life changes you’ve made in the last year. Got it? Now I’m not talking about deciding to change your hair color or getting a new car. I’m talking about those big life changes that shift the course of your life in […]

Positive Habits: 5 Small Changes To Dramatically Upgrade Your Life

Sometimes it’s the smallest changes that make the biggest differences in our lives. Look back over your life and consider the little tweaks you’ve made that led you to be happier, healthier, or more fulfilled. At the time you initiated these changes, you may have felt little impact. But in retrospect you see how profound […]

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