Category: Goals and Habits
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Take a step forward
Just start. Don’t start by asking, ‘what is my passion?’. Start by asking, ‘what are the problems that need to be solved? Which ones attract me?’ And take a step towards that.” – Jacqueline Novogratz We get hung up on the idea of passion or purpose is. We feel constant pressure to have it all…
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Wait ten minutes
“While we can’t control the feelings and thoughts that pop into our heads, we can control what we do with them.” – Nir Eyal
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On the path to success
“What does it take to achieve success? Three Things: 1. A clear goal. 2. A specific plan to accomplish that goal. 3. The discipline to invest the time, energy, and effort to execute that plan.” John Lee Dumas I have been thinking a lot about goals, failure and success as I struggle back and forth…
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Make time for thinking
“You were born with the greatest weapon in all of nature—the rational, conscious mind. It has the power to expand your vision far and wide, giving you the unique capacity to distinguish patterns in events, learn from the past, glimpse into the future, see through appearances.” Robert Greene We all have a powerful tool in…
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You cannot change without changing something.
“Start doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” Francis of Assisi How many of us want to change but do nothing about it? Let’s say you want to run a marathon. How far have you run over the last month? Let’s say you want to read more books.…
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The disease of ambition
“The ease of having an ambition is that it can be explained to others; the very disease of ambition is that it can be so easily explained to others.” David Whyte I have been pondering David Whyte’s thought-provoking chapter on ‘Ambition’ in his book Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words. It…
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When missing becomes the habit
“The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It is the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows. Missing once is an accident. Missing twice is the start of a new habit.” James Clear It can be hard to strike a balance between work and play while maintaining our sanity. Take, for instance, this…
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Respond, not react
“So why is meditation worth the trouble? For beginners, I think there are two benefits. The first is focus. In our modern info blitzkrieg, we are more distracted than ever, and mediation can boost your mental muscle of focus. The second benefit is that it can help you be less yanked around by your emotions.…
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Breaking the time shackles
“Routine is not a prison, but the way to freedom from time.” May Sarton We all know some form of routine is key to achievement. Set good habits, and success will follow. Wait. Just scheduling the tasks isn’t enough. You have to take action and follow through on them. Do you ever find you can’t…
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Who is it you’re trying to be?
“Specify your damn goals. Because how are you going to hit something if you don’t know what it is?” Jordan Peterson I came across an article that Jordan Peterson has a new book coming out, Beyond Order. It got me thinking about the balance of order and chaos in our lives and the goals we set…