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Engage 3: Exploration Goals

Engage 3: Exploration Goals

Here’s lesson 3 of the Engage course. This one covers exploration goals, including why to set them and the transformational arc of what it’s like to pursue them. Exploration goals can unlock compelling new forms of growth. New Engage lessons will be added when they’re ready (42 lessons total). Join the Engage Email List Join…

The Practice of Examining Our Beliefs

The Practice of Examining Our Beliefs

By Leo Babauta There’s a practice that I find to be really valuable, and I call it “Examining Beliefs.” If you regularly engage with this, it will transform you. Let’s say there’s something you want to do but you feel stuck — maybe you’re procrastinating a lot, maybe you’re stuck in an old habit. The […]

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The Practice of Letting Go

The Practice of Letting Go

By Leo Babauta Most of our stresses and frustrations come from our unwillingness to let go. Hear me out: think about something you’re stressing about, or someone you’re frustrated about. What thought do you have about that person or situation that causes the frustration? It’s often an invisible thought, that we don’t realize we have, […]

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Turning Towards a Task You’ve Been Avoiding for Weeks

Turning Towards a Task You’ve Been Avoiding for Weeks

By Leo Babauta Let’s imagine that there’s a big task you’ve been avoiding for weeks (or maybe a bunch of them!) … it just becomes this ball of dread that you don’t want to think about, but that you feel really bad that you’ve been putting off. Sound familiar? Everyone has something like this, whether […]

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Bucket List Challenge Round 1 Recordings Now Available

Bucket List Challenge Round 1 Recordings Now Available

Yesterday we completed Round 1 of the Bucket List Challenge, which covered in depth how to select, probe, advance, commit to, and embrace new experiences. It was rewarding to do this together with action-oriented members of the community and see what types of experiences they chose to invest in – quite a lot of variety…

Transforming Overwhelm into a Creative, Productive Energy

Transforming Overwhelm into a Creative, Productive Energy

By Leo Babauta I talk to dozens of people every month — Zen Habits readers, coaching clients and Fearless Living Academy members — who struggle with a feeling of overwhelm from all of the things on their plates. Overwhelm from tasks, messages, and more is completely normal. It’s based on a fear that we can’t […]

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Transforming Our Complaints into Something Generative

Transforming Our Complaints into Something Generative

By Leo Babauta Something that has long been a struggle for me is when people complain a lot — I really don’t love the negative energy, and I tend to turn away from people who are complaining. So I’ve been examining this in recent years … and I’ve been learning a lot about myself. The […]

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