#Things to consider
- Create playlists for different types of activities. For instance writing, mindfulness, sleeping.
- Great opportunities never have ‘great opportunity’ in the subject line.
- Vary by alternating between elimination months and daily behavior months.
- Write down three things that made you happy during the day.
- That in order to “have” you must “do,” and in order to “do” you must “be”—and this process is immediate. Although it takes time for these desires to manifest in our material world, you must see the thing you desire as completed, finished, and real, now. The better you can do this, the more you can accomplish.
- Intelligence is like following a GPS route right into a body of water until you drown. Wisdom looks at the route but when it takes a turn into the ocean decides not to follow it, then finds a new better way. Wisdom reigns supreme.
- Never worry about the competition. When you’re creative, you can, in fact, cheer others on with the full knowledge that their success will undoubtedly be your own.
- You don’t find the time to do something; you make the time to do things.
- The means of learning are abundant—it’s the desire to learn that’s scarce.
- Ignore: The news; complainers; angry people; high-conflict people. Anyone trying to scare you about a danger that isn’t clear and present.
- The people who matter most are always in competition for your time with both your work and with other people, and the Deathbed Test can be a good reminder that the only way to dedicate the proper amount of time to your key people is by saying no to a lot of other stuff and a lot of other people.
- Instead of New Year Resolutions, start doing New Month Resolutions.
#Saying no
You don’t owe anyone lengthy explanations. Brief, one-line responses like “I can’t make it but thank you for the invitation” or “Thanks for thinking of me—unfortunately my hands are full with [my company] so I can’t meet right now” are more than adequate.