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2022-06-03 22:35:00 “The most common way for people to give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker

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2022-06-03 07:35:00 Issue #324 | How to Protect Your Habits Against Interruptions

You work hard to establish a healthy habit, such as exercising. Then a vacation, an illness, or a job move interrupts your habit for a few days or weeks. Have you noticed how often such a temporary disruption ends up killing your habit entirely?

After all the time and energy you’ve spent building up your habit in the first place, this is a real shame. In today’s nugget, Scott Young sheds light on this critical issue. Read on to learn why temporary interruptions are so dangerous, and what you can do to protect your habits against them!

Why is it So Hard to Create Permanent Habits?

Scott H. Young • 5-minute read Open / Comment

2022-06-02 22:35:00 “Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.” – Paulo Coelho

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2022-06-02 07:35:00 Issue #323 | Relationships Require Not Only Trust, but Also Commitment

In issue 266 of One Daily Nugget, we argued that it requires two pillars for the floors of John Gottman’s “Sound Relationship House” to hold together. We’ve already covered the first of these, “trust.” Today, Zach Brittle, writing for the Gottman Institute, tackles the second one, “commitment.”

According to Brittle, while trust is something that you feel, commitment is something that you do. Read on to learn why trust is not enough, how a lack of commitment may manifest itself in practice, and what to do about it!

Commitment

The Gottman Institute • 3-minute read Open / Comment

2022-06-01 22:35:27 “Hold summer in your hand, pour summer in a glass, a tiny glass of course, the smallest tingling sip for children; change the season in your veins by raising glass to lip and tilting summer in.” – Ray Bradbury

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2022-06-01 07:35:00 Issue #322 | Another 15 Productivity Hacks by Michelle Loucadoux

Around a month ago, we featured Michelle Loucadoux’ 20 favorite productivity hacks, from turning off your notifications, to “batching and automating,” to getting a proper chair.

Today, Michelle is back for more with her refreshing pragmatism. In this new part of her guide to productivity hacking, she elaborates on some of the themes she had touched on in the previous installment, and complements them with entirely new tips: from creating “did it” lists at the end of your day, to ignoring your Pomodoro break alarm if it catches you in a flow state.

Read on to learn more!

The Complete Guide to Productivity Hacking - Part 2

LinkedIn • 3-minute read Open / Comment

2022-05-31 22:35:18 “Life must be understood backwards. But it must be lived forwards.” – Sören Kierkegaard

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2022-05-31 07:35:13 Issue #321 | How Candice Mama Forgave the Man Who Killed Her Father

In issue 277 of One Daily Nugget, Nathaniel Wade, a professor of psychology at Iowa State University, introduced us to the why and how of forgiveness. Today, let’s look at one particularly inspiring case study.

It comes from BBC’s Lucy Wallis who recounts the story of Candice Mama, whose father was murdered when she was a young child — and who, years later, went on to forgive her father’s killer.

Read on to learn more!

’I hugged the man who murdered my father’

BBC • 10-minute read Open / Comment

2022-05-30 22:35:26 “That is what learning is: You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way.” – Doris Lessing

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2022-05-30 07:35:21 Issue #320 | Stop Saving Precious Items for a Special Occasion That Never Comes

Do you own a precious item that you’re saving for a special occasion? Perhaps an expensive dress that you’ve never worn? Or fancy dinnerware that never gets used?

In today’s nugget, Gillian Dunn recounts how she once bought a beautiful candle during a trip to Mexico. After returning home, she was excited to light it, but then demurred, thinking “today is not the day, I’m going to save it for the right occasion.”

When that occasion finally arrived two years later, she opened the closet, only to be greeted with a big puddle of wax. As Dunn puts it: “What struck me as really strange about this is my candle did exactly what it’s designed to do — melt — but it did it without me.”

Read on to learn more and get inspired to stop deferring your enjoyment of items you’ve bought!

Is there an item you’ve been saving for a special day? Use it — now

TED • 6-minute read Open / Comment