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Want freedom? Get organized. Want to get organized? Get creative.

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The ancestor of every action is a thought. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
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You can do anything, but not everything.
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You don't actually do a project you can only do action steps related to it.
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Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because the doing of them has not been defined.
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Review your list as often as you need to get them off your mind.
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Focusing on your values may provide you with meaning, but it won't simplify things.
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It's hard to be fully creative without structure and constraint. Try to paint without a canvas. Creativity and freedom are two sides of the same coin. I like the best of both worlds. Want freedom? Get organized. Want to get organized? Get creative.
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Why do people complain that there's no time to get their work done? Because there is more work to do than the work they think they have to do.
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'I need milk' and 'I need to decide whether to buy this company' both tie up space in psychic RAM. The solution is simple. Write it down. Look at it. Do it or say to yourself 'not now'.
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Change - even change meant to improve our lives - creates stress. We can get comfortable with our problems.
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Decide the outcome and the action step, put reminders of those somewhere your brain trusts youll see them at the right time, and listen to your brain breathe easier.
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Trust yourself to do what you really feel like doing, and what you feel like doing will change. Don't, and it will plague you.
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The real issue is how to make appropriate choices about what to do at any point in time. The real issue is how we manage actions.
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You can fool everyone else, but you can't fool your own mind.
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A complete and accurately defined list of projects, kept current and reviewed on at least a weekly basis, is a master key to stress-free productivity.
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