We often struggle to pick up the simplest habits. Routines like taking vitamins sound easy but you’ll still find it hard to stick to a new habit if you’re short…
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Habit of the Day: Reflection
“Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.” ~ Peter Drucker Six months ago many of us set New Year’s resolutions. Statisticallyonly…
Habit of the Day: Random Acts of Kindness
BART’s on strike in San Francisco, which meant that I had to face my fear of road biking if I wanted to get to work. As I nervously cycled on…
Habit of the Day: Why Meditation Increases Your Performance
Meditation might be the closest thing to a silver bullet for performance: regular practice reduces stress, improves creativity, and increases focus and memory. Entrepreneurs like Loic Le Meur and Evan Williams meditate to build…
Lift for Everyone
Starting today, Lift is available for everyone. Head to our new web app from any browser on any computer or smartphone. Lift is a goal tracker with community support. You can’t…
Optimize Your Daily Routines: Productivity Tip from Joel Gascoigne
Takeaway: You can plan your daily schedule so that different habits support each other, maximizing the benefits you receive from all of them. Joel Gascoigne, the founder of Buffer, is famous…
Build Tiny Habits: They Can Be Surprisingly Powerful: Productivity Tip from Chris Messina
Takeaway: The smallest habits like looking people in the eye during conversations can be your most effective productivity tools. Chris Messina, UX Designer at Google and the inventor of the Twitter hashtag…
Leave Work by Noon: 7 Surprising Productivity Hacks from Entrepreneurs
How often does this happen to you: you start the week with a list of very feasible goals but by Friday, the project launch has been pushed to next week,…
Lift Groups: Simplify Your Day with Zen Habits
We could all benefit from making our lives a little simpler: less meetings, fewer projects, and shorter to-do lists. If simplicity is on the top of your mind, check out…
36 Lives Changed by Simple Habits
Last week we asked Lifters to send in photos and stories about how they use Lift so that we could incorporate them into our landing page (in the works). From…