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The ancestor of every action is a thought. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

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First of all, if it's on your mind, your mind isn't clear. Anything you consider unfinished in any way must be captured in a trusted system outside your mind, or what I call a collection bucket, that you know you'll come back to regularly and sort through.
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You can fool everyone else, but you can't fool your own mind.
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Most people move actually into high performance in a crisis because that creates the kind of focus that creates high performance.
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A lot of people have nothing very well organized, and a lot of people have nothing, very well organized.
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Most of the stress people experience comes from inappropriately managed commitments they make or accept.
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Want freedom? Get organized. Want to get organized? Get creative.
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You won't see how to do it until you see yourself doing it.
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The better you get, the better you better get.
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