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• Category: Creativity
  • 11 Reasons Why Perfection is Overrated! (12)
  • Downtime with Nature: What You Need to Reduce Stress, Increase Attention, and "Create Again" (5)
  • Finding Time to Write (Or to Get Into Creative Mode)
  • How to Keep the Creativity Train Running on Time (3)
• Category: Exercise
  • 26 Things I’ve Learned Through Intense Exercise
  • 4 Steps to Learn Any Physical Activity (3)
  • 7 Tips to Make Exercise a Habit (and Keep It That Way) (1)
  • Become a Runner to Think and Feel Better (2)
  • Building the Perfect Home Gym (Without Going Too Far) (5)
  • Forget About Getting in Shape... Become an Athlete (3)
  • How to Keep the Creativity Train Running on Time (3)
  • Strength Training 101 (6)
  • The Exercise and Science of Self-Control (2)
  • The Unconventional Gym Bag Continued: 5 More Things (5)
  • The Unconventional Gym Bag: 5 Cool Things You Don't Use (5)
• Category: Fear Management
  • 11 Reasons Why Perfection is Overrated! (12)
  • 5 Keys to Overcome Your Fear (9)
  • 9 Ways To Stop Overthinking Everything (192)
  • Make Your Training Harder Than The Real Thing
  • Only Perfect Practice Makes Perfect (5)
• Category: Finances
  • Going Paperless at Home in 6 Easy Steps (6)
  • Trick Yourself Into Saving More Money (3)
• Category: Flow
  • Focus: How Rapt Attention Changes Who We Are (3)
  • Introduction to the Flow State (part 1 of 2) (7)
  • Introduction to the Flow State (part 2 of 2) (1)
  • Only Perfect Practice Makes Perfect (5)
• Category: General
  • Great Books I Read In 2009 (3)
  • Refocuser in 2009: Year in Review (1)
  • Welcome to Refocuser
• Category: Goal Setting
  • 12 Goals: Create Your Vision (Step 1) (2)
  • 12 Goals: Define and Track Your Habits & Tasks (Step 3) (2)
  • 12 Goals: One Goal, Each Month, All Year (Introduction) (3)
  • 12 Goals: Set Your Monthly Goals (Step 2) (3)
  • 12 Goals: Tools You Can Use (1)
  • 12 Ways to Make Your Goals Smarter (2)
  • Action Triggers: Getting Back on the Self-Control Wagon (3)
  • Does Goal Setting Hold Us Back? (2)
  • Form Positive New Habits Through Active Association
  • Harnessing the Power of Long-term Thinking
  • Pick Your Top 3 Focus Areas… and Drop Everything Else (13)
  • Precommitment: Commit in Advance to Keep Yourself On Track
  • The Beginner’s Guide to Self-Tracking & Analysis (7)
  • Use Controlled Bursts of Focus to Leap Ahead And Find Balance (2)
• Category: Happiness
  • Downtime with Nature: What You Need to Reduce Stress, Increase Attention, and "Create Again" (5)
  • Give up on Work/Life “Balance” Now (2)
  • My Happiness Interview: Bookstores, Hugs, and Making Movies (1)
  • The Beginner’s Guide to Self-Tracking & Analysis (7)
• Category: Leadership
  • 7 Ways to Improve Your Presentations and Speak With Presence (3)
  • Be a Thermostat, Not a Thermometer (3)
  • How it Feels to Ship Stuff
  • Real Artists (Plan to) Ship (6)
  • The Self-Serving Bias: 3 Steps to Total Eradication! (3)
• Category: Memory
  • Hack Your Memory: 3 Basic Tricks to Remember Anything (5)
• Category: Nutrition
  • How to Keep the Creativity Train Running on Time (3)
  • Increase Focus With Greek Yogurt, Almonds, and Green Tea (4)
  • Increase Focus With Low-fat String Cheese and an Apple (1)
  • The Unconventional Gym Bag Continued: 5 More Things (5)
• Category: Positivity
  • 9 Ways To Stop Overthinking Everything (192)
  • How the Psychology of Time Can Help Channel Focus (3)
  • Neuroplasticity: Your Brain’s Amazing Ability to Form New Habits (28)
  • The Self-Serving Bias: 3 Steps to Total Eradication! (3)
• Category: Productivity
  • 11 Reasons Why Perfection is Overrated! (12)
  • 15 Ways To Get a New Habit To Stick Forever (13)
  • 5 More Ways to Protect That Time! (3)
  • Action Triggers: Getting Back on the Self-Control Wagon (3)
  • Always Late? Stop Living in Time Denial (10)
  • Bouncing at Zero – “ZBB” in Life (2)
  • Downtime with Nature: What You Need to Reduce Stress, Increase Attention, and "Create Again" (5)
  • Efficiency Is Anything That Scores
  • Focus: How Rapt Attention Changes Who We Are (3)
  • Form Positive New Habits Through Active Association
  • Give up on Work/Life “Balance” Now (2)
  • Going Paperless at Home in 6 Easy Steps (6)
  • Guarantee Success By Tracking Your Habits with Joe’s Goals (1)
  • How it Feels to Ship Stuff
  • How to Beat Procrastination One Step at a Time!
  • How to Keep the Creativity Train Running on Time (3)
  • How to Read 200+ Blogs and Other Sites Everyday
  • How to Read 3 or More Books a Month (4)
  • It’s Hard To Focus If You Can’t Find Anything (2)
  • Just Do Something! 6 Ways to Unblock Yourself & Get Moving (6)
  • Keep the Plates Spinning (2)
  • Making Your Choices in 2010
  • Mind the Gaps: Get a Little Ahead Each Day (2)
  • Multitasking vs. Background Processing
  • My Day: The Way I Work, Rest, and Play (13)
  • Project Management: Starting a Blog (Part 1 of 2) (2)
  • Project Management: Starting a Blog (Part 2 of 2)
  • Protect Your Time: 8 Ways to Stay Focused on Important Stuff
  • Real Artists (Plan to) Ship (6)
  • Spontaneity: Enabled Through Order and Organization
  • Staying Focused With Microsoft Outlook: Email (13)
  • Take Micro-vacations to Boost Focus (2)
  • The “3S” Approach: The Lost Art of the GTD Weekly Review (6)
  • The Exercise and Science of Self-Control (2)
  • Use Controlled Bursts of Focus to Leap Ahead And Find Balance (2)
  • Your Master Habit: Get One Thing Clicking, Watch Others Follow (2)
• Category: Sleep
  • 5 Steps To Use Lucid Dreaming To Improve Any Skill (5)
  • How to Keep the Creativity Train Running on Time (3)
  • Sleep Better: 6 Sleep Habits To Help You Focus (10)
• Category: Tools
  • 12 Steps to Simplify Your PC (with Windows 7) (9)
  • Backup: The Most Important Thing Your Computer Can Do (4)
  • Guarantee Success By Tracking Your Habits with Joe’s Goals (1)
  • How to Read 200+ Blogs and Other Sites Everyday
  • Staying Focused With Microsoft Outlook: Email (13)
  • The Unconventional Gym Bag Continued: 5 More Things (5)
  • The Unconventional Gym Bag: 5 Cool Things You Don't Use (5)
  • Writing in Microsoft Word Without Any Distractions

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