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Customizable Planner

Jumpstart your annual goal-setting and daily planning with these customizable worksheets and planner pages. Download this free planner.

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Free Habits & Resolutions eBook

You want to lose weight. Learn to meditate. Eat more leafy greens. This is your guide to setting and keeping your resolutions. Download this free eBook.

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Unplug for 1 Day this Week

We’re all spending a lot more time online. That makes unplugging every once in a while even more beneficial! To get started,  download this free Digital Detox guide.

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Anchoring New Habits to Old Ones

Before we begin practicing a new behavior that we’d like to form into a habit, we’ll do well to consciously designate an anchor or trigger for that new habit: something that is the same every time you want to enact it. My evening walk with the dog, for example, is triggered by me leaving my …

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Making Resolutions? Track Your Progress

What we measure, we improve. (Or, “what gets measured, gets done.”) An important aspect of successfully getting into a habit is measurement. For example, we know that when people weigh themselves every day, they lose more weight than if they weigh themselves just once a week. This is because measurement drives awareness of behavior. For …

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Why an Unambitious Habit is Better Than an Inspirational Goal

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” –Aristotle (via Will Durant) You’ve set your resolutions and written out your annual goals. You’ve figured out how to make 2021 better than 2020, at least in the growth, purpose and productivity department. Unfortunately, if you stop here, the odds …

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If You Don’t Think About This, You Probably Won’t Achieve Your Goals

A fascinating line of research shows that the more we fantasize about achieving a challenging goal, the less likely we are to actually take a real-life step towards accomplishing that very goal. So much for positive thinking and visualization practices! It turns out that daydreaming about our success is relaxing, but it isn’t energizing. We …

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Confessions of a Bad Exerciser

So this is fun if you are looking for a little break from politics, pandemics, and all the other craziness: Yesterday my latest TEDx talk went up on TED.com! If you’re like me, your daily routines have been upended again and again in the last six months. Back in March, I had grand plans to …

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Coping with Constant Interruption + Tips for Focus

Several years ago, I devised a system for quickly getting into the “zone” while I worked. Free from distractions and interruptions, I wrote quickly, joyfully, and with surprisingly little effort. But now freedom from distractions and interruptions seems like a fantasy. My husband and I are both working from home and our kids are doing …

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The Real Cost of Interruption

Several years ago, I devised a system for quickly getting into the “zone” while I worked. Free from distractions and interruptions, I wrote quickly, joyfully, and with surprisingly little effort. But now freedom from distractions and interruptions seems like a fantasy. My husband and I are both working from home and our kids are doing …

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