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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.

Psychology

On the Importance of Self-check

If you are working with texts, details, numbers, and your mistakes may result in wrong decisions and have financial implications, read this post. 1. Complete your work and only then proof-read or check it. While writing or working with numbers, your brain is in creative or computational mode. Let it flow rather than switch it in the auditing mode. 2. Interruptions are hard to avoid. When they do happen, make

The Link Between Self Compassion and Peak Performance

If you’ve ever been stuck with a crying baby you know that yelling back at it does not make matters better. It only makes them worse. There are two skillful ways of working with a crying baby: 1) Hold it, rock it, cradle it, and show it love. 2) Let the baby cry it out; stop trying to intervene; and create a safe space for the baby to exhaust itself.

Habit Relapse: What To Do If You Fall From Your Diet or Good Habits : zen habits

A few people have written me recently about falling off their good habits: a relapse after months of healthy eating, or getting derailed from good habits they’ve been forming like exercise or writing. It’s discouraging to fall off your diet or good habits, and you an get to a point where you don’t even want to think about it. So what to do? How do you deal with a relapse?