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Elegant & curated articles by Omar M Almahmoud, selected from his daily writings and reading list in life, business and self improvement. All republished articles are owned by their original authors. The articles are reblogged here under Fair Use for educational and non commercial purposes.

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Book Summary: Atomic Habits by James Clear | Sam Thomas Davies

Print | Audiobook | Get My Searchable Collection of 100+ Book Notes The Book in Three Sentences An atomic habit is a regular practice or routine that is not only small and easy to do but is also the source of incredible power; a component of the system of compound growth. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don’t want to change, but because you have the wrong system for

Listening to People

Recently the top executives of a major manufacturing plant in the Chicago area were asked to survey the role that listening plays in their work. Later, an executive seminar on listening was held. Here are three typical comments made by participants: “Frankly, I had never thought of listening as an important subject by itself. But now that I am aware of it, I think that perhaps 80% of my work

I Tried the Wim Hof Method to Find Happiness Through Suffering

In I Did The Thing, Rachel Sugar sacrifices her time and her sanity in the name of wellness “research.” Up next: a day of ice baths at a Wim Hof Method class. I’m sitting in a blow-up birthing pool filled with bags of bodega ice on an industrial street in Brooklyn, trying very hard to regulate my breath, because this is the method of Wim Hof, a.k.a., the Iceman. If