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TUESDAY LINKS ~ Reads on Writing & Better Living: How To Find Your Groove

in Reads on Writing & Self-Publishing on 17/03/15

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Photo Credit: Vanessa (EY) via Compfight cc

Quote of the day

Take recess + Switch autopilot on + Unshackle Yourself + Cultivate Relationships + Tolerate some discomfort= The Sweet Spot

~CHRISTINE CARTER, author of The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work

SELF-IMPROVEMENT

One of the most important strategies for changing your habits, Fast Company | Tweet

The Strategy of Scheduling, of setting a specific, regular time for an activity to recur, is one of the most familiar and powerful strategies of habit formation. Scheduling makes us far more likely to convert an activity into a habit.

→Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives

 

The 5 daily rituals that will make you happy, Barking up the wrong tree | Tweet

You know what percentage of people are really happy? Not “oh, life is pretty good”, I mean people who are flourishing. They feel their lives are fulfilling, meaningful and brimming with potential.

→The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work

→Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much

→The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business


PSYCHOLOGY

Hard feelings: Science’s struggle to define emotions, The Atlantic | Tweet

While it’s possible for researchers to study facial expressions, brain patterns, behavior, and more, each of these is only part of a more elusive whole.

→The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You

 

21 things clinical perfectionists do, Psychology Today | Tweet

What’s the difference between ordinary perfectionism and a problem?

→The Anxiety Toolkit: Strategies for Fine-Tuning Your Mind and Moving Past Your Stuck Points


ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Why work is broken, Medium | Tweet

The Changing Face of Vocation and Why It Matters.

→The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do


HISTORY

The history of Lorem Ipsum, Priceonomics | Tweet

If you’re a designer, this phrase is everywhere. Known as “filler text” or “Greek copy”, people use it to simulate the appearance of whatever text will ultimately be used in a design.


PHILOSOPHY

Bad thinkers, Aeon | Tweet

Why do some people believe conspiracy theories? It’s not just who or what they know. It’s a matter of intellectual character.

→Virtues of the Mind: An Inquiry into the Nature of Virtue and the Ethical Foundations of Knowledge


RUNNING

Is it right to pull someone out of a race for being too slow?, The Guardian | Tweet

A woman was pulled out of a 20-mile race yesterday for ‘being too slow’. What message does this give to people taking up running to improve their health and fitness?

→The Running Revolution: How to Run Faster, Farther, and Injury-Free–for Life


WRITING

Writing is a profane, irrational, imperfect act, Terrible Minds | Tweet

The end result will never match the expectation. You will never get it just right.

 

Avoiding the vague swamp, Live Write Thrive | Tweet

Using vague or generalized words to describe the world you so fully imagined takes away from the experience you wish readers to have.

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