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Leo Babauta
JoinedMarch 22, 2019
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Leo Babauta is a father, husband, writer and the creator of Zen Habits. Zen Habits is about finding simplicity in the daily chaos of our lives. It’s about clearing the clutter so we can focus on what’s important, create something amazing, and find happiness.
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The #1 habit of highly-creative people

After you see the #1 habit, please scroll down for #2. They might seem contradictory, but you can't hit your creative stride until you find a way to balance both.
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Don’t just read about it! Do it

Reading teaches us a lot, but it’s in the actual doing of things that we do our real learning.
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Purpose your day: Most Important Task (MIT)

It’s very simple: your MIT is the task you most want or need to get done today.
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Personal branding: Be aware of your pigeonhole, because it’s hard to switch

Many people aren't aware that when they begin to make a name for themselves, they are creating a brand… and what’s more, that brand becomes hard to change once it’s become established in people’s minds.
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5 great ways to find work you love

One of the keys to happiness -- as well as productivity and effectiveness at work -- is finding work you love, that you’re passionate about. Work you want to do, instead of just have to do.
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How to reclaim your focus

Our attention is often pulled in too many directions, leaving us feeling overloaded, distracted, chaotic, spread thinly, without focus. So what can you do?
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10 ways to do all that stuff you don’t want to do

Life would be grand if we only did what our fleeting hearts wanted to do, each moment of the day. Unfortunately, the laundry, taxes and difficult conversations would never get done.
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The short but powerful guide to finding your passion

Following your passion can be a tough thing... but figuring out what that passion is can be even more elusive.
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Why to encourage others to be brilliant

It is a beautiful thing to create, to produce, to go out there in the world and make a contribution. But it is just as important that we teach others to create and produce, that we encourage them...
People with success and business (2)

Frictionless work: How to clear your life of non-essential tasks

How much of your day is spent doing administrative tasks, and not creating or doing other important work?
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Stop reading. Start doing.

There are a lot of people who read self-improvement blogs and books, but never put them into action. Are you one?
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Blogging success cheat sheet: 10 tips from a pro

If you have ever wanted to know how to turn a content site into a virtual gold mine, you'd be smart to ask an expert how he or she managed it.
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How to stop being a workaholic

A reader recently asked, “How can an achievement-motivated workaholic learn to back off, relax, de-stress, and feel good about doing it? I am too driven!”
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20 strategies to defeat the urge to do useless tasks

Procrastination is in all of us, and one of the best ways to procrastinate is to do all the busy-work that makes us feel like we’re doing stuff -- while not doing the stuff we know we should be doing.
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A guide for teens: What you can do with your life

What an extremely tough thing for teens to figure out: What should you do with your future?
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It’s the hard stuff that usually matters most

Some lessons that apply equally to getting buff and to building your business
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How to achieve without goals

Let’s say you have an agenda, and every time one of you wandered off the agenda, you forced yourself to get back on it. Would the conversation be better or worse, with a set outcome?
Entrepreneurship - Starting your own business (10)

Having – and growing – confidence in your business

The urgent desire for a successful business -- and the fear of losing business -- drives many a good person to do sleazy things.
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How to achieve your dreams, despite everyday pressures

Do you have dreams you want to pursue, but never seem to have the time because of the twin demands of work and family?
Entrepreneurs - creating your own company (7)

Tapped out? Tips to find fresh inspiration

We all have days when we’re just not very inspired, when we need passion and creativity breathed into us.
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Feeling self-doubt & a lack of motivation? 4 ways to fix it

I couldn't motivate myself to do anything important this morning, which is a rare thing for me. I started to doubt myself, and wonder whether anything I do is worthwhile.
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Do you jump around from task to task?

You know what it's like: No focus, lots of stress, lots of mental exhaustion without really getting anything done.
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The 3 do-what-you-love conundrums

I make a living doing what I love, and doing what you love for a living is fantastic.
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Success isn’t a competition: How boosting others can help you in the long run

How does someone else’s success mean anything bad for you?
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What I’ve learned as a writer

I've been a professional writer since I was 17, so nearly 24 years now. I’ve made my living with words, and have written a lot of them -- more than 10 million.
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Finding your focus

Do you ever have one of those days when you just can’t seem to find focus?
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Gretchen Rubin of The Happiness Project on taking the plunge

Gretchen Rubin is a published author who wrote 'The Happiness Project' -- a memoir about how test-driving every principle, tip, theory, and scientific study she could find -- whether from Aristotle or St Therese or Martin Seligman or Oprah.
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How simplicity can help with creativity

Creativity is often made out to be a nebulous, messy, complicated, difficult thing, and it can be. But it doesn't have to be.
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20 ways to sustain motivation when you’re struggling

It's hard to keep yourself going when you don’t feel the same excitement as you did in the beginning.
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The little rules of action

Too often we get stuck in inaction -- the quagmire of doubt and perfectionism and distractions and planning that stops us from moving forward.
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