Stay a verb—don’t become a noun.
4
ARTICLE
Swami Vivekananda on the Secret of Work: Intelligent Consolation for the Pressures of Productivity from 1896
By Maria Popova — 2014
“Every work that we do . . . every thought that we think, leaves such an impression on the mind-stuff.”
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
CLEAR ALL
BY TOPIC
BY TYPE
FILTER
TOPIC
- Personal Development (35)
- Self-Development (32)
- Awareness (29)
- Self-Reflection Practices (19)
- Creative Well-Being (17)
- Goal Setting (17)
- Mindfulness (16)
- Entrepreneurship (15)
- Self-Discovery (14)
- Spiritual Life (14)
- Communication Skills (13)
- Habit Formation (13)
- Transformation (13)
- Work-Life Balance (13)
- Focus (12)
- Mindfulness Practices (12)
- Spiritual Awakening (12)
- Spiritual Growth (12)
- Work Relationships (12)
- Motivation (11)
- Authenticity (10)
- Leadership (10)
- Mind-Body Connection (10)
- Self-Realization (10)
- Anxiety (9)
- Athlete Well-Being (9)
- Consciousness (9)
- Empowerment (9)
- Finding Meaning (9)
- Human Potential (9)
- Imagination and Creativity (9)
- Inner Life (9)
- Peak Performance (9)
- Self-Actualization (9)
- Self-Control (9)
- Self-Discipline (9)
- Self-Limiting Beliefs (9)
- Time Management (9)
- Work Ethic (9)
- Buddhism (8)
- Cancer (8)
- Connection with Nature (8)
- Fear (8)
- Growth Mindset (8)
- Honoring Emotion (8)
- Identity (8)
- Meditation (8)
- Perception (8)
- Spiritual Healing (8)
- Stress Management (8)
- Burnout (7)
- Confidence (7)
- Courage (7)
- Happiness (7)
- Relationship with Time (7)
- Search for Purpose (7)
- Self-Love (7)
- Well-Being (7)
- Decision Making (6)
- Emotional and Mental Health (6)
- Emotional Intelligence (EQ) (6)
- Female Empowerment (6)
- Inner Peace (6)
- Letting Go (6)
- Love (6)
- Problem Solving (6)
- Relationship Challenges (6)
- Resilience (6)
- Suffering (6)
- Young Adult Well-Being (6)
- Breathwork (5)
- Fellowship and Community (5)
- Grit (5)
- Inner Strengths (5)
- Life Challenges (5)
- Self-Acceptance (5)
- Self-Reckoning (5)
- Self-Reliance (5)
- Spiritual Development (5)
- Women’s Well-Being (5)
- Acceptance (4)
- Addiction Recovery (4)
- Anger (4)
- BIPOC Well-Being (4)
- Black Well-Being (4)
- Conflict Resolution (4)
- Curiosity (4)
- Depression (4)
- Enlightenment (4)
- Failure (4)
- Habits of Mind (4)
- Intimacy (4)
- Journaling (4)
- Negative Self-Talk (4)
- Non-Duality (4)
- Oneness (4)
- Parenting (4)
- Passion (4)
- Prayer (4)
- Psychology and Spirituality (4)
- Rest (4)
- Self-Healing (4)
- Self-Worth (4)
- Soul Mission (4)
- Spiritual Direction (4)
- Tibetan Buddhism (4)
- Visualization (4)
- Zen Buddhism (4)
- Autism (3)
- Collaboration (3)
- Competition (3)
- Diamond Approach (3)
- Digital Life (3)
- Disabled Well-Being (3)
- Disconnection (3)
- Ecospirituality (3)
- Embodiment (3)
- Exercise (3)
- Freedom (3)
- Gender Challenges (3)
- Grief (3)
- Inner Child (3)
- Intention (3)
- Interdependence (3)
- Jealousy/Envy (3)
- Learning Styles (3)
- Loneliness (3)
- Manifestation (3)
- Mindfulness Meditation (3)
- Neuroscience (3)
- Offering Support to Others (3)
- Positive Self-Talk (3)
- Quitting Your Job (3)
- Relationship with Money (3)
- Ritual (3)
- Romantic Relationships (3)
- Science and Spirituality (3)
- Self-Care (3)
- Self-Compassion (3)
- Setting Limits and Boundaries (3)
- Social Media Addiction (3)
- Social Presence (3)
- Stoicism (3)
- Stress (3)
- Sufism (3)
- Trauma Healing (3)
- Vulnerability (3)
- Willpower (3)
- Yoga (3)
- ADD/ADHD (2)
- Addiction (2)
- Aging (2)
- Comparing Belief Traditions (2)
- Compassion (2)
- Conscious Evolution (2)
- Criticism and Rejection (2)
- Dark Night of the Soul (2)
- Ego (2)
- Ego Transcendence (2)
- Emotional Labor (2)
- Family Dynamics (2)
- Goddess (2)
- Guided Meditation (2)
- Guilt (2)
- Hope (2)
- Integrity (2)
- Intuition (2)
- Islam (2)
- Joy (2)
- Jungian Analysis (2)
- Kindness (2)
- Managing Energy (2)
- Memoir (2)
- Mysticism (2)
- Physical Health (2)
- Poetry (2)
- Positive Thinking (2)
- Quantum Physics (2)
- Racism (2)
- Self-Expression (2)
- Shadow (2)
- Shame (2)
- Social Psychology (2)
- Social Responsibility (2)
- Storytelling (2)
- Subconscious (2)
- Sutras (2)
- The Divine (2)
- Unfulfilled Career (2)
- Values (2)
- A Course in Miracles (1)
- Abandonment (1)
- Accepting Love (1)
- Access to Education (1)
- Adjusting to Parenthood (1)
- Affirmations (1)
- Altered States (1)
- Anger Management (1)
- Awe (1)
- Brain Health (1)
- Building Character (1)
- Building Culture (1)
- Bullying (1)
- Caregiver Well-Being (1)
- Child’s Trauma (1)
- Christian Mysticism (1)
- Christianity (1)
- Codependency (1)
- Collective Trauma (1)
- Compassion Fatigue (1)
- Connection (1)
- Conscience (1)
- Diet and Nutrition (1)
- Doubt (1)
- Drug Addiction (1)
- Dysfunctional Childhood (1)
- Empathy (1)
- Energy Balancing (1)
- Energy Healing (1)
- Fate (1)
- Following Bliss (1)
- Forest Bathing (1)
- Friendship (1)
- Gender Discrimination (1)
- Generosity (1)
- Global Challenges (1)
- Gratitude (1)
- Healing Approaches (1)
- Higher Calling (1)
- Humility (1)
- Identity Shifts (1)
- Imposter Syndrome (1)
- Incarceration (1)
- Indigenous Healing Approaches (1)
- Indigenous Well-Being (1)
- Inspiration (1)
- Integrative Medicine (1)
- Judaism (1)
- Kids and Sports (1)
- Life Force Energy (1)
- Mantra Meditation (1)
- Marriage (1)
- Masculine/Feminine Dynamics (1)
- Mental Health Challenges (1)
- Midlife Crisis (1)
- Motherhood (1)
- Mythology (1)
- Neurodiversity (1)
- Optimism (1)
- Patience (1)
- Performance Pressure (1)
- Personality Typing (1)
- Play (1)
- Psychedelic Journey (1)
- Qi (1)
- Race and Gender (1)
- Racial Discrimination (1)
- Racial Identity (1)
- Religious Experience (1)
- Self-Esteem (1)
- Self-Pressure (1)
- Sexuality (1)
- Sleep (1)
- Somatic Experiencing (1)
- Speaking Your Truth (1)
- Spiritual Fasting (1)
- Spiritual Quest (1)
- Spirituality and Health (1)
- Sustainability (1)
- Synchronicity (1)
- Tarot (1)
- Teacher Burnout (1)
- The Unconscious (1)
- Toxic Relationships (1)
- Transitions (1)
- Transpersonal Psychology (1)
- Trust (1)
- Wholeness (1)
- Women’s Rights (1)
- Zen Meditation (1)
FILTER
TEACHER
- Brian Tracy (4)
- John Bradshaw (4)
- Luisah Teish (4)
- A. H. Almaas (3)
- don Miguel Ruiz (3)
- Edward Hallowell (3)
- Kabir Helminski (3)
- Noah Elkrief (3)
- Thich Nhat Hanh (3)
- Brendon Burchard (2)
- Brené Brown (2)
- Caroline Welch (2)
- Chalene Johnson (2)
- Daniel Goleman (2)
- Danya Ruttenberg (2)
- David Steindl-Rast (2)
- Debbie Ford (2)
- don Jose Ruiz (2)
- Elizabeth Lesser (2)
- Harriet Lerner (2)
- Ken Wilber (2)
- Kim Eng (2)
- Lorin Roche (2)
- Marcus Aurelius (2)
- Mark Nepo (2)
- Michael Brown (2)
- Noah Levine (2)
- Oprah Winfrey (2)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (2)
- Roger Walsh (2)
- Adyashanti (1)
- Alan Watts (1)
- Alison Green (1)
- Amishi Jha (1)
- Amy Morin (1)
- Andrew Harvey (1)
- Andy Puddicombe (1)
- Bruce Lipton (1)
- Cal Newport (1)
- Charlotte Joko Beck (1)
- Chip Conley (1)
- Craig Hamilton (1)
- Daisy Khan (1)
- Dan Millman (1)
- Daniel Amen (1)
- Daniel J. Siegel (1)
- David Whyte (1)
- Diane Stein (1)
- Edgar Cayce (1)
- Elena Brower (1)
- Evelyn Underhill (1)
- Gangaji (1)
- Gary Zukav (1)
- Grandmother Flordemayo (1)
- Guru Jagat (1)
- Jack Canfield (1)
- Jacqueline Carter (1)
- James Hollis (1)
- Joanna Macy (1)
- Joe Dispenza (1)
- John C. Parkin (1)
- José Shinzan Palma (1)
- Judith Blackstone (1)
- Judith Orloff (1)
- Judson Brewer (1)
- Karen Johnson (1)
- Karen May (1)
- Krista Tippett (1)
- Leah Guy (1)
- Louise Hay (1)
- Marianne Williamson (1)
- Marie Forleo (1)
- Mark Victor Hansen (1)
- Matt Kahn (1)
- Michael Bernard Beckwith (1)
- Naomi Shihab Nye (1)
- Norman Fischer (1)
- Osho (1)
- Patanjali (1)
- Pema Chödrön (1)
- Peter Senge (1)
- Philip Goldberg (1)
- Piero Ferrucci (1)
- Rich Fernandez (1)
- Rich Roll (1)
- Robert A. Johnson (1)
- Robert Augustus Masters (1)
- Rudolph Ballentine (1)
- Rumi (1)
- Rupert Sheldrake (1)
- Russell Brand (1)
- Sam Harris (1)
- Shakti Gawain (1)
- Sharon Salzberg (1)
- Simon Sinek (1)
- Stephen Covey (1)
- Steven Kotler (1)
- Sylvia Boorstein (1)
- Terri Cole (1)
- Tony Robbins (1)
- Wendell Berry (1)
- Wim Hof (1)
- Yogi Bhajan (1)
- Yung Pueblo (1)
