Mark Botros
28 Healthy, Fun, and Motivating Ways to Reward Yourself
How You Know a Reward is a Good Reward
I’m a huge fan of productivity, but I’m an even bigger fan of giving yourself rewards when you’ve really earned them like overcoming procrastination and taking action on something you’ve been putting off. What follows is a list of ideas to reward yourself in a healthy, fun, and sustainable way. Admittedly, these are small rewards […]
Why The Stories We Tell Ourselves Matter So Much
2 Kids, 1 Swim Meet, and the Insight of an 11-Year Old Boy That Will Impact Me Forever
How to Develop Thick Skin
One of my observations of our current society is that we have lost the sense of thick skin that I feel we used to have. There is such a heightened sense of political correctness and hypersensitivity, that we have created “safe spaces” and have new labels like “micro-aggression” to insulate us from what someone would […]
If you want balance you have to fight for it yourself. It’s a lonely battle, because no one is going to give it to you, and no one is going to help you. If anything, they’re trying to take it away.
Overcoming the “Sunday Night Dread”
4 Steps To Start Your Week Even When You're Not Ready
Have you ever felt the “Sunday Night Dread”? The “Sunday Night Dread” is a phrase I coined to express the feeling you get every Sunday night before going into work on Monday morning. It’s that feeling of not looking forward to what you’re going to face the next day. You’re not looking forward to facing […]
How to Conquer Procrastination Once and For All
8 Ways to start that thing you’ve been putting off
All of us are plagued by something that we don’t want to do, and we’ve been putting it off for some time. It may be starting a business, going back to school, pursuing a new certification, taking a compliance training, starting a workout regimen, re-organizing the garage or our personal space, balancing our checkbook, or […]
Meditate for 8 Minutes per Day
If you meditate for 8 Minutes a day, you will become more centered, joyful, and at peace with yourself and the world around you.
My Personal Meditation
5 Things I think about to help me become a better human everyday
One of the most enjoyable aspects of my morning routine is daily meditation. The first documented practice of meditation dates as far back as 1500 BC. So it’s not a new fad, it’s an enduring ancient practice of pursuing inner peace, and its benefits are well-documented. I had a fairly well-established morning routine, and as […]
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