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An Astronaut's Guide to Self Isolation
· Chris provides four useful steps to productive self-isolation · Shared by 153, including Neil Hart 💙, jeremywaite, Mike Butcher, Liv 😷, Chris Hadfield, Thomas Power, Dr. Alec Couros, Andy Stanford-Clark, Mark Kaigwa, Geeks are Sexy, Tris Hussey
Mark Manson
What’s the Point of Self-Improvement Anyway?
5 min · · The ultimate goal of self-improvement can be paradoxically self-defeating. This is what healthy self-improvement looks like. · Shared by 66, including Dez S. Papp, Liv 😷, Tom Connor
John Jantsch
The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur Book
6 min · · What would it take to fiercely insist on yourself every day?Introducing: The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur The Self-Reliant En · Shared by 86, including Neil Patel, Tom Martin, Roger Dooley, AndreaVahl, Larry Kim, Mandy McEwen, C.C. Chapman, David Meerman Scott, Joe Pulizzi, Shep Hyken, Jeanne Bliss, Brian Clark 🤙, MarketingProfs, Ian Cleary, 🔥 Sir Lord Joel Comm 👑, Lee Odden - B2B Marketing, Liv 😷, Mark Schaefer
Mark Manson
Why You Suck at Self-Awareness
19+ min · · It's possible to be self-aware to some degree and still be unhappy and unfulfilled. And while self-awareness has many benefits, it is, by itself, not the point. This is how you can cultivate and develop healthy self-awareness in your own life. · Shared by 116, including John Hues, Shane_potter, Herbert Bay, Tom Connor, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Mark Kaigwa, Esther Schindler, Liv 😷, shishir das, Dominik Grolimund, @mainec@fromm.social, Amaury Martiny
The New York Times
Why You Procrastinate (It Has Nothing to do With Self-Control)
Summary · 8 min · · Procrastination is a self-reinforcing cycle. The more you stall important work, the more you’ll continue to do so. Yet procrastination doesn’t result from a dearth of motivation or productivity; it manifests from a failure to regulate negative emotions. If you are mired in a chronic procrastination cycle, journalist Charlotte Lieberman helps you dig your way out. She interviewed an array of psychologists, authors and professors to figure out how best to end the self-destructive cycle. Lieberman provides a range of tips to guide procrastinators into a more positive frame of mind. · Shared by 1043, including Florian Hanke 🍎, Gabriele, Jess 🇺🇦, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Liv 😷, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Sachin Rekhi, Ward Plunet, Jane, Alexandra Wong, Katja Evertz, Ines Bieler, Chris Messina, Dominik Grolimund, Nir Eyal, Meghan Duffy, ̗̀ ̗̀Manuel Marquina, getAbstract, Marco Unternaehrer, Gretchen Rubin
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My Body Is Not a Temple
10 min · · All the good habits and self-optimization in the world don’t give you real control over your body. Back away from the bread starter. · Shared by 169, including Liv 😷, Katja Evertz, Lali, Neil Hart 💙, Mathew Ingram, Mark Armstrong
Vulture
My Appetites
20+ min · · Jerry Saltz on eating and coping mechanisms, childhood and self-control, criticism, love, cancer and pandemics. · Shared by 110, including Jerry Saltz, Scott Galloway, Liv 😷, Museum Nerd (Since 2008), Annie Lowrey, Max Niederhofer, Kyle Chayka, Gretchen Rubin, Paddy Johnson, Alison Willmore / alisonwillmore.bsky.social, Casey Newton, Felix M, Carolina A. Miranda
Harvard Business Review
How to Communicate Your Self-Care Needs to Your Partner
5 min · · Practical suggestions for a productive conversation. · Shared by 176, including Katja Evertz, Guy Kawasaki, Stephanie A Kowalski, Charles Duhigg, Eric Kasyoka, Thomas Power, Liv 😷
The Cut
All the Ways I Failed at Self-Improvement
4 min · · How could anyone possibly get through weeks of terrorized confinement without coming out the other side a worse version of their former self? · Shared by 147, including Liv 😷, Stephanie A Kowalski, Kelsey Jones, Daniel Schwarz
WIRED
Productivity Is Not Working
2 min · · My generation learned that relentless self-optimization was a way to cope—but in this crisis, everything looks different. · Shared by 586, including José Rodrigues, Mathew Ingram, J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்), 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Neil Hart 💙, ahg, Chris Isak, Jonathan Kogan, Marsha Collier, Marcos, Stephanie A Kowalski, Ahiesh PVS, Backchannel, Liv 😷
Human Parts
How to Stop Overcorrecting Your Life
14+ min · · Self-improvement has a dark side, and you’ve probably already fallen for it · Shared by 317, including Liv 😷, برج القوس, Rich, Thomas Power, Katja Evertz, Stephanie A Kowalski
Psychology Today
The 90-Second Rule that Builds Self-Control
5 min · · The key to greater happiness and peace of mind · Shared by 531, including Fabrizio Bianchi, Tim, Johannes Dornisch, Liv 😷, Katja Evertz, Scott Monty, Tah Wesley 22, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Eric Kasyoka, Tauno
Darius Foroux
Build Self-Discipline By Forming These Habits
8 min · · Without self-discipline, we will revert back to giving up. Because whether you’re aware of it or not, we’re all headed towards chaos. · Shared by 316, including Matthias Kahr, Katja Evertz, George Waititu, Liv 😷
The New York Times
The Self-Help Life Cycle
· When we’re at home and searching to better ourselves, a certain genre of books beckons, again and again. · Shared by 7, including Liv 😷
The New Yorker
Improving Ourselves to Death
17+ min · · What the self-help gurus and their critics reveal about our times. · Shared by 1384, including Moritz A. Mihatsch, Kim Schläpfer, Kevin Ho, Gerald Soparkar, Manos Hatzimalonas, Nichole, Andy Park, Liv 😷, Florian Hanke 🍎, Jacob Jarnvall, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Jane, luis antónio santos, Dominik Grolimund, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Stephanie A Kowalski, Dayyan Smith, 瑞拿頭, Alain
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Talking to Yourself Out Loud: How Your Own Words Shape How You Think
5 min · · Talking to myself has helped me to think with intention and clarity when it comes to problem-solving, learning, decision-making, and overcoming self-doubt. · Shared by 261, including Ines Bieler, Liv 😷, Nir Eyal, Tom Connor, Matthias Lampe, Tauno, Niklaus Gerber