February 10, 2011

Stillness is a Powerful Action

Filed under: Attitude Management — Tags: , , , , — Freedom Personal Development @ 6:00 am

Guest Post by Leo Babauta courtesy of www.zenhabits.net

“Activity conquers cold, but stillness conquers heat.” ~ Lao Tzu

It’s a bias of our culture that stillness is regarded as lazy, as being stuck in inaction, as a negative.

It’s not. It’s an action, and a powerful one.

What’s more, it can change your day, and in doing so change your life.

You’re in the middle of a frazzled day, swamped by work and meetings and emails and interruptions, or hassled by kids and phone calls Read More...

June 24, 2009

Spring Cleaning for Your Brain

Filed under: Personal Freedom — Tags: , , , , , , , — Tom Weber @ 6:00 am

How many times have you felt completely overwhelmed in your life? If you are anything like most people, that answer is too many times to count. So today, I am going to show you how to do one simple thing. Make space. That’s it, make space. And we are going to make space in the place you need it the most, inside.

We live in a fast paced world. Most of us are juggling five million things throughout our day. As a result, our brain becomes cluttered like our office or our desk. Do you know the feeling you get when your office or home become overwhelmed with papers, piles, lists, contracts to sign, junk mail, dirty laundry, dirty dishes and it reaches the point where you finally say “That’s it! Read More...

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