Habits
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I clearly remember that July night in 2013. I discovered Medium and was on reading spree. Just like how I used to read any and every blog in 2006 when I discovered blogging. That Medium post was titled Deliberate Practice, one of my favorite subjects. It mainly talked about two points which I can’t recall
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Last month I read Gretchen Rubin‘s book on habits titled Better than Before. Thanks to Tony at Coach.me for sending a free copy of this book. I received it in March and I finally got to read it in June. This book is based on the premise that everyone is different. So there is no
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As much as I would love to think that I am not a coffee addict, it looks like I am on the verge of giving up on my attempt to quit coffee. Since deciding to quit coffee in the last week of April, I drank one cup in May, two in June and two so
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I did not have resolutions for 2014. Instead, I decided to plant and grow few habits that are worth pursuing for years. To help me get going, I made the following three rules for myself: Base goals on Identity. Not on Performance or Appearance. Rely on Habits and Processes. Not on Willpower. Believe in Evolution.
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I did pretty well last month learning to stop drinking coffee. I had only one small coffee in all of May. This is a significant slash given I was having one coffee every workday. It wasn’t too difficult to give up coffee, partly because I am not a coffee addict. But I had few urges.
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You don’t have to jump off the planes or cliffs to be adventurous. You can also live an adventurous life by not accepting the status quo, not giving in, not listening to cynics, and not stopping to learn. All it requires is the belief that anything you don’t like at any stage in your life
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Today I received Leo Babauta’s Zen Habits Book. Leo is the creator of one of my favorite and widely read habit blogs, Zen Habits. This book’s Kickstarter campaign was funded 5 times the pledged goal of ~ 45K USD which is pretty impressive. I pledged $22 which I think was very well spent. As a
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Last December I took the Design Your Habits: A Hands-On Introduction to Behavior Design course on Skillshare. This is a great short course and I recommend you check it, although it is no longer free, at least for me. It helped me refresh the classic habits stuff like Habit Loop, tiny actions etc. But a
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Today I am pleased to learn that the Elevate app is picked by Apple as the best iPhone app of 2014. So well done, people at Elevate Labs. Your work is awesome. We're honored to be the 2014 App of the Year on the @appstore! Thanks for all your support. http://t.co/vVIf4uSjHM pic.twitter.com/EevggM6Mkn — Elevate (@elevateapp)
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Drinking coffee is one of the habits I formed in the past 18 months. This is less so because I need to calm my nerves or stay awake. My primary motivator has been to learn and operate a manual coffeemaker in the kitchen at my workplace. Every workday during the 10 minute morning break at