How to Relax

It is funny  (or perhaps a sad commentary) that I would even need to write on this topic — how to relax. It seems like it should be something we all know how to do.  After all, aren’t we constantly searching for ways to be less lazy? So then, does it not  logically follow that we already know how to be lazy? It is possible you already have mastered the art of relaxing.  If so, congratulations. You are...

Email sanity: Get a Handle On Your Inbox

The beauty of an empty inbox is a thing to behold. It is calming, peaceful and wonderful. An inbox that is overflowing with actions, urgent calls for responses, stuff to read … it’s chaos, it’s stressful, it’s overwhelming. A friend recently posted: “Help! I’m drowning in email!” Let’s look at how to get your head above water first, and then how to get safely to dry land. Head Above Water You need...

Living Goal Free

“With the past, I have nothing to do, nor with the future. I live now.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson The idea of having concrete, achievable goals seem to be deeply ingrained in our culture. I know I lived with goals for many years, and in fact a big part of my writings here on Zen Habits are about how to set and achieve goals. These days, however, I live without goals, for the most part. It’s absolutely liberating,...

NLP, Sales & Persuasion…

I recently sat down with an old friend, Janet who works in commercial real estate. Janet was asking me about “this NLP stuff” (as she called it) and how she could apply some of the principles to her business in order to increase sales. Needless to say… Our “30-minute lunch” quickly became a 3 1/2 hour NLP lesson on how she could make a few small adjustments and increase her number of...