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By Leo Babauta I challenge you to do a test before you read the rest of this post (well OK, read the next two paragraphs then go do the challenge) … Open an email that’s been sitting in your inbox but that you’ve been avoiding responding to or acting on. Pick the hardest one. Try […] The post The Moment That Ruins Our Focus appeared first on zen habits. http://dlvr.it/T639kx

By Leo Babauta As I write this, I’m on a long plane ride — I’ve written many posts on planes and trains, and I find it actually much easier to write this way despite the shakiness of my laptop on these rides. It’s easy to write on planes and trains because there’s not as much […] The post The Focus of a Monk appeared first on zen habits. http://dlvr.it/T5km84

By Leo Babauta There is a power to our word that is very often underdeveloped — words are magic, and can create the world around us. But most of us use this magic as if it weren’t powerful. The first way we see this is that we often don’t honor our word to ourselves. In […] The post Honoring Your Word to Yourself appeared first on zen habits. http://dlvr.it/T5QZJV

By Leo Babauta One of the best long-term things you can do for a happier life and better relationships is to cultivate a positive mindset. People with positive mindsets live longer, happier lives. They have lower rates of heart disease, cancer. They live about 7.5 years longer, on average. That’s huge. So developing a positive […] The post Cultivate a Positive Mindset appeared first on zen habits. http://dlvr.it/T56fRT