“Bronnie Ware is a palliative care nurse who looks after patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. In her years working with dying people she put together a list of the top five regrets she heard most often. They were: I run a startup and my days are filled with urgent but often trivial tasks.”
“Normally before and after photos follow the same formula: left is a sad and overweight person. On the right is a happy, satisfied, and self aware figure – because she lost weight.”
“If you’re looking for ways to improve your productivity, there are plenty of educational resources to be found online. The hardest part about finding new productivity tips is making sure you’re looking at something helpful and accurate.”
“HIIT is all the hype lately. According to a survey conducted by The American College of Sports Medicine, it’s one of the two top fitness trends for 2014 (the other being bodyweight training). So what’s this type of training all about? What is it with HIIT?”
“Relaxing vacations on the French Riviera, huge donations to your favorite charity and an early retirement. These are the kinds of things people think of when they hear the word “millionaire.” It’s unlikely you’ll ever experience that. Sorry.”
“We have explored the world of brain waves together. We have worked on becoming aware of our thoughts and feelings, and of the intensity of our emotional landscape.”
“Often, the moments that you overcome adversity are the moments when you appreciate the gift that life offers us the most.”
“If anyone knows how difficult it is to lose weight and keep it off, it’s me. My struggle took off as soon as soon as I entered adulthood. At 18, in my last year of high school, I moved to Italy. In six months, in a town near the Adriatic sea, I managed to put on 25 pounds.”
“Few of us like to talk about money. It’s a subject that’s often considered impolite to discuss, even among close friends and family. It turns out that this buttoned-up approach to our finances isn’t doing us any favors.”
“One of the most common questions I get from my clients is how to actually leave thoughts of work at work. After a grueling day of at the office, a lot of people have a difficult time transitioning into their life at home, or some even feel guilty for putting work aside when they are home.”