Tag: motivation
Three Principles of Changing Habits
A lot of the times, people want to change; they want to form new habits, to break certain old ones. They sincerely wish to have a certain discipline in life by changing their habits. They kick off with great enthusiasm, they even gather momentum, but often, somewhere in between seeingRead More
How to Keep Motivated During the Dog Days of Work
It’s a story to which many people can probably relate: A few months after I started at a new job, the excitement of the new opportunity had begun to pass, I had finished my first few major projects, and the arrival of summer began to divert my attention elsewhere. Suddenly,Read More
How to Become a Go to Person
What’s your resolution for 2012? Want to improve your time management skills? Looking for ways to create more effective communication between colleagues? Or do you want to be known for producing professional results under aggressive deadlines to give your career more momentum? If you answered “all of the above” thenRead More
How to Beat Post Holiday Blues on the Job
Whew! The holidays are over and you have either been enjoying some down time off to lounge around, or you have been going a million miles per minute. Now. . . it’s time to get back to reality! Getting back into the swing of things can be quite jolting. DidRead More
Master the Art of Motivation by Making Pain-to-Passion Transition
If you want to become a master of your own motivation, so that you have relentless discipline and persistence to achieve your goals, you must understand that there is a past, present and future to the evolution of motivation. In the past. . . You had no motivation. But thenRead More
How to Find Motivation for Boring Work
Let’s face it. Even at the most interesting work places, boring work will exist. Good days wouldn’t be so good if it weren’t for the bad days. But how do you get motivation to work the boring yet important tasks? 13 Steps to Find Motivation for Boring Work Let’s digRead More
How to Practice Perseverance
“Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don’t quit when you’re tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.” ~Robert Strauss We love stories about people who never quit. From the movies like Rocky and The Pursuit of Happyness to The Little Engine that Could, we are inspired byRead More
Awesome Links #36: Mac Apps, Fitness, Getting More Freelance Work
How I Train: Fitness for the Everyperson If you read Zen Habits regularly, you would know that its creator Leo Babauta likes to talk about his fitness and exercise routine. IAnd to think that just 5 years ago he was in terrible shape. In this post, he talks about hisRead More