While I bask in the glow of the RNC, I’ll leave you guys with some of my favorite links in the past week or so. If you’re a subscriber to my tumblelog, many of these will seem familiar.
Also, see below for an open-source-style way to share links with the Zen Habits community …
If you’re a writer or blogger, you might be interested in my latest post at Write To Done:
Learn from the Greats: 7 Writing Habits of Amazing Writers
If you like it, I’d appreciate you sharing it on delicious, Digg or StumbleUpon!
Also: if you like Write To Done, please vote for it here: Nominate Your Favorite Writing Blog.
Editor’s note: This is a guest from Andrew Flusche, a lawyer and blogger.
Legal issues don’t have to be stressful. In fact, you can use the law to reduce your risk, eliminate uncertainty, and plan for the unthinkable. The law can help with your overall peace of mind.
1. Execute a will
“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” - Abraham Lincoln
“There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be.” - George Sheehan
A number of people have asked about my basic running program. Here it is:
10 FOR I = 1 TO 60
20 RUN
30 NEXT I
40 INPUT “Do you feel fantastic? “, A$
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” - Dalai Lama
I don’t think anything like this exists yet, so if you’re looking for an idea for a website/service, I’ve got one for you:
Random Acts of Kindness: A Social Site to Create Happiness
This site would be a way to do nice things for other people, and get rewarded for it.
Here’s how I envision it working:
OK, if you’re a programmer/coder/techie type, I’ve got a challenge for you.
After using Twitter for more than a week (follow me here), I’ve really grown to like the Twitterific app for the Mac. It has a really nice little interface, and scanning through new updates is easy.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” - Aristotle
If you could just pick one or two (or seven) habits to create in the next few months — habits that will have the most impact on your life — what would they be?
I often get asked this question, because people are overwhelmed when it comes to starting positive life changes.
They ask me: what one or two habits should they start with?
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Mark Hayward of the MyTropicalEscape blog.
In a word: Kindness.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary defines kindness as - the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.
It’s a simple concept in theory, but in reality it is an action that can sometimes be difficult to implement on a day-to-day basis.
“Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.” - Marquis de Condorcet
If you took the strengths of others, and compared them to your weaknesses, how do you think you’d size up? And do you think this would make you feel good?
The funny thing is, this is what most of us do at one time or another — and some of us do pretty often.
It’s a sure-fire recipe for a drop in self-confidence and for unhappiness. It’s also not that useful.
