Post written by Leo Babauta. Kids in today’s school system are not being prepared well for tomorrow’s world. As someone who went from the corporate world and then the government world to the ever-changing online world, I know how the world of yes… - 7 hours ago, 14 Feb 12, 5:05pm -
Post written by Leo Babauta. There is one little habit I’ve learned that has changed everything else in my life. The pause. When we fail, it’s because we act on urges without thinking, without realizing it. We have the urge to eat junk, and we do… - 5 days ago, 9 Feb 12, 3:56pm -
Post written by Leo Babauta. I’ve trained for marathons, triathlons, 10Ks, a 13.5-hour challenge, Ubanathlons, and more. But my favorite fitness program isn’t one where you train for a major event. It’s where you get fit by a thousand little ac… - 8 days ago, 6 Feb 12, 5:43pm -
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Tyler Tervooren of Advanced Riskology. I used to have a lot of bad habits. I still do, but I used to have a lot more. Here’s just a small sampling: I woke up late and went to bed early. I procrastinated on… - 12 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 4:20pm -
Post written by Leo Babauta. It’s something I should have created a long time ago: the Zen Habits Premium Membership, and a mini-course that’s included with it called Create the Habit of Meditation. The membership is a monthly subscription of $19… - 14 days ago, 31 Jan 12, 10:03pm -
Post written by Leo Babauta. We are often afraid of silence, because its emptiness feels idle, boring, unproductive, and scary. And so we fill our lives with chaos, noise, clutter. But silence can be lovely, and therapeutic, and powerful. It can be t… - 18 days ago, 27 Jan 12, 10:20pm -
‘Don’t panic.’ ~Douglas Adams Post written by Leo Babauta. Why is it that we cannot break the bad habits that stand in our way, crushing our desires to live a healthy life, be fit, simplify, be happier? How is it that our best intentions are ne… - 22 days ago, 23 Jan 12, 6:26pm -
‘All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.’ ~Blaise Pascal Post written by Leo Babauta. Think about some of the problems of our daily lives, and how many of them would be eased if we could learn to sit alone, i… - 28 days ago, 17 Jan 12, 8:49pm -
I’m going to cut to the chase here. Why should Valentine’s Day be the only day where you show your significant other how much you love and care for them? Why shouldn’t you do it each and every day of the year – making sure you take a lit… - 6 hours ago, 14 Feb 12, 6:00pm -
Valentine’s Day marks a day or fresh romance for some and also offers the opportunity for the rekindling of romance for those who’ve been in relationships for some time. With everyone having such busy lives in this day and age, coming up wit… - 13 hours ago, 14 Feb 12, 11:00am -
Are you facing a Valentine’s Day alone? Feeling left out because the most romantic meals for the day are geared for, well…two? Well, if you are dining solo for the day and you have a toaster oven…never fear, we have some delicious treats y… - 1 day ago, 13 Feb 12, 10:00pm -
“He who knows others is wise, he who knows himself is enlightened” – Lao Tzu One of the first steps in change is awareness — understanding how and why you do things the way you do. But why is it important to know yourself? Awareness of s… - 1 day ago, 13 Feb 12, 6:43pm -
It’s amazing out how much market share the Google Chrome browser has snagged given that it has only been on the market for a few years. With the addition of the Google Chrome Web Store, users have a new way to find tools and extensions to make… - 2 days ago, 13 Feb 12, 11:06am -
Ask The Entrepreneurs is a regular series where members of those involved in the Young Entrepreneur Council are asked a single question that aims to help Lifehack readers level up their own lives, whether in a area of management, communication,… - 2 days ago, 12 Feb 12, 7:30pm -
We here at Lifehack love to bring you fresh and helpful content on productivity, lifestyle, and technology everyday of the week. But there are sometimes that we want to bring our diehard readers content, ebooks, and offers that they can’t find… - 3 days ago, 11 Feb 12, 2:17pm -
Valentine’s Day is normally a fun and romantic occasion for you if you’re in a loving relationship, yet it can be an off-putting and frustrating day if you’re single. A day that celebrates couples often challenges singles. The good news i… - 4 days ago, 11 Feb 12, 2:46am -
Boot-to-Gecko could be great for developers, but will any hardware use it? The creators of the Firefox Web browser have revealed further details of a bold plan to release a purely Web-based OS for mobile devices. - 3 hours ago, 14 Feb 12, 9:22pm -
The rise of sensors, surveillance cameras, and other automated devices can be seen in a new analysis of Internet traffic.As one of the leading manufacturers of the equipment that routes data around the Internet, Cisco Systems is in good position to… - 5 hours ago, 14 Feb 12, 7:01pm -
A startup says its test can distinguish between subtypes of lung cancer.Someday soon a breath test could do more than just tell if you've been drinking. Metabolomx, a startup in Mountain View, California, recently completed a clinical trial that sho… - 12 hours ago, 14 Feb 12, 12:00pm -
Can you trust writers who have a financial stake in the companies they cover?Dan Lyons, tech journalist at Newsweek (and doer of that other thing) thinks that people who write about companies in which they are investors can't be objective about them… - 19 hours ago, 14 Feb 12, 5:05am -
A new approach detects when a driver is using a phone to inhibit dangerous phone use.Smart phones are a growing source of driver distraction, but researchers hope to use their capabilities to make the devices' use less dangerous. New sensing techno… - 19 hours ago, 14 Feb 12, 5:00am -
A new generation of biologists embraces the do-it-yourself ethic of computer programming.In a spare bedroom of his family's house in County Cork, Ireland, Cathal Garvey is repeating the feats that led to the dawn of the biotechnology age. He's gro… - 19 hours ago, 14 Feb 12, 5:00am -
Mashups and remixes could be protected by law.Much to the displeasure of the wider EU, the Dutch want to liberalize their copyright laws to explicitly allow remixes and mashups. The irony is that their inspiration is not political movements like Swe… - 20 hours ago, 14 Feb 12, 3:50am -
