Monthly Archives: October 2015

Finished eating? Wash your bowl.

It’s the idea that you take care of the right things in the moment. Not later. Not tomorrow. No, right now. When you finish eating, you wash your bowl right away. When you finish writing on your computer, you close … Continue reading →

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Could ‘Do What You Love’ be the worst advice?

Miya Tokumitsu looks at the popularity of ‘Do What You Love’ as career and life advice and has some hard questions: There’s little doubt that “do what you love” (DWYL) is now the unofficial work mantra for our time. The problem … Continue reading →

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Immediate rewards better than long term goals

In a fascinating article on motivations for exercise, Jane Brody looks at some research into helping people maintain their motivation to exercise, a subject close to my heart: Though it seems counterintuitive, studies have shown that people whose goals are weight loss … Continue reading →

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