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The Wabi-Sabi Way: Simple Principles to Bring Calm, Meaning & Authenticity to Your Daily Life

The Wabi-Sabi Way: Simple Principles to Bring Calm, Meaning & Authenticity to Your Daily Life

Explore the six guiding principles of wabi-sabi, including simplicity, authenticity, contentment, detachment, spontaneity, and a return to nature.

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What If an Index Card Could Make You More Productive?

I tried all the popular productivity systems. This is what finally stuck.

7 min readOct 19, 2021

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Trying to Be a Magician vs. Doing the Magic

On the noble and ignoble intentions for publishing one’s writing, and the world of difference between th

4 min readDec 18, 2023

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Trying to Be a Magician vs. Doing the Magic

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The Optimist OS

A Structured Approach to a More Positive Life

6 min readMay 10, 2023

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The Optimist OS

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More Luxurious Chains: A Study of Contemporary Freedom

How our sense of personal freedom has degraded throughout history and how we can reclaim it

5 min readAug 20, 2022

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More Luxurious Chains: A Study of Contemporary Freedom

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Feelings First: A Modern Management Manifesto

Homo Sapiens may be the “wise” species, but we confuse “wise” with “rational” at our own peril

6 min readJul 11, 2022

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Feelings First: A Modern Management Manifesto

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The 2 Cardinal Sins of Active Listening and How to Overcome Them

Learn to reap the benefits of being known as a good listener

4 min readJun 15, 2022

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The 2 Cardinal Sins of Active Listening and How to Overcome Them

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The Tragedy of the Forward-Progress Bias

What we miss when we think we know what progress looks like

4 min readJun 5, 2022

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The Tragedy of the Forward-Progress Bias

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The 2,000 Year Old Temple Inscriptions That Sum Up How Self-Improvement Works

It turns out that the ancient Greeks knew some things that we’re still struggling to learn

4 min readMar 27, 2022

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What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

How we unintentionally limit ourselves and the next generation — and the paradigm shift that can fix that

6 min readFeb 27, 2022

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What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

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My System Won’t Work For You

Why the changes we try to make usually don’t stick, and what we need to do to see sustained progress

6 min readJan 27, 2022

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My System Won’t Work For You

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Mike Sturm

Mike Sturm

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Creator: https://TheTodaySystem.com — A simpler personal productivity system. Writing about productivity, self-improvement, business, and life.

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