Processing email can be a stressful activity. While email is important for most jobs, it can take hours of your time and often add little value in return. The problem? Many people often let hundreds (even thousands) of message pile up in their inbox. This can cause a lot of stress and anxiety due to … Read more
Today I’m pleased to announce the first guest post on Develop Good Habits. The following article is written by Michal Stawicki who recently published the book Master Your Time in 10 Minutes a Day (which is free for the next few days.) The habit that Michal is about to discuss can have an amazing impact … Read more
Welcome back to our discussion on willpower. In the first part of this series we talked about how even successful people (like Oprah Winfrey) often succumb to temptation. Plus we went over three experiments that showed “why” you can’t rely on willpower alone to stick to a new habit. And we finished off with a simple … Read more
Willpower is a concept that’s often misunderstood. It’s easy to give credit to willpower when you successfully build a new habit, but it’s also equally easy to chalk up a failure due to a lack of willpower. So what is willpower? How does it affect your ability to stick to a new routine? Is it … Read more
For many years, I struggled with procrastination. In school I was always “cramming” the night before a big test, my papers were chronically late and I was always forgetting to do the simplest of tasks. What finally got me to “take action” was forming a number of anti-procrastination habits. I know other people also struggle … Read more