Cultivate a Positive Mindset – zen habits zen habits
Steve Told Us – By Leo Babauta One of the best long-term things you can do for a happier life and better relationships is to cultivate a positive mindset. People with positive mindsets live longer, happier lives. They have lower rates of heart disease, cancer. They live about 7.5 years longer, on average. That’s huge. […]
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Iranian drones and missiles against Israel
Steve Told Us – Last night Iran launched a massive drone and missile attack against Israel in retaliation for the Hebrew state’s attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. So far, no casualties have been reported. But the risk of escalation is worrying the international community. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced on the […]
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Honoring Your Word to Yourself
Steve Told Us – By Leo Babauta There is a power to our word that is very often underdeveloped — words are magic, and can create the world around us. But most of us use this magic as if it weren’t powerful. The first way we see this is that we often don’t honor our […]
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For Iran, Israel is not invincible
Steve Told Us – Iran’s historic attack on Israel on the night of April 13-14, 2024 showed that the Hebrew state and its allies would not last long in the face of high-intensity aggression. Here’s why. If Iran dared to defy Israel on April 13, it’s because the mullahs’ regime has calculated all the consequences. […]
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The Focus of a Monk
Steve Told Us – By Leo Babauta As I write this, I’m on a long plane ride — I’ve written many posts on planes and trains, and I find it actually much easier to write this way despite the shakiness of my laptop on these rides. It’s easy to write on planes and trains because […]
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“I grew up with Westerns”.
Steve Told Us – An international star, the actor-director came to the Rencontres du Cinéma de Gérardmer to present his film “Jusqu’au bout du monde”, a beautiful romantic western starring Vicky Krieps. “I thought it was interesting to set the story of a free, independent woman in the western United States in the 19è century, […]
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The Moment That Ruins Our Focus
Steve Told Us – By Leo Babauta I challenge you to do a test before you read the rest of this post (well OK, read the next two paragraphs then go do the challenge) … Open an email that’s been sitting in your inbox but that you’ve been avoiding responding to or acting on. Pick […]
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Islamic State claims responsibility for Moscow attack
Steve Told Us – The Kalashnikov attack on a concert hall and hypermarket on the outskirts of Moscow left at least 40 people dead and over a hundred injured. Carnage. On the evening of Friday March 22, 2024, a mass slaughter reminiscent of the Bataclan attack in Paris on November 13, 2015, took place in […]
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How to Break Dependence on the Phone
Steve Told Us – By Leo Babauta On average, people spend more than 3 hours on their phones each day, picking up their phones nearly 60 times a day … with some people spending closer to 4 hours. These numbers aren’t meant to be judgments — it’s not a bad thing to look at your […]
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Will France go to war?
Steve Told Us – After Emmanuel Macron’s comments about sending “the guys to Odessa”, Russia retorts that French soldiers will be “priority targets” for Moscow. At a conference of countries supporting Ukraine in Paris in late February 2024, President Macron hinted at the possibility of such a deployment to support the country in its conflict […]
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