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Isn't it interesting that people feel best about themselves right before they go on vacation? They've cleared up all of their to-do piles, closed up transactions, renewed old promises with themselves. My most basic suggestion is that people should do that more than just once a year.
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Distracting reactions about anything undermine a clear mind about anything else.
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Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started.
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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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The hardest thing about being productive is not the work, but the split second it takes to decide to take control.
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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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You don't actually do a project you can only do action steps related to it.
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Mosquitoes can ruin the hunt for big game.
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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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Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax
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If you don't pay attention to the things that have your attention, you'll give them more attention than they deserve.
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Once a week, do a thorough review of all your projects in as much detail as you need to. If you do, your systems will work. If you don't, no system will work.
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The problem is, is when your focus is created by a crisis, then the frontal lobe shuts down essentially, the frontal cortex which is your intuitive intelligence. So you get very clever and very stupid in a crisis. Also, you pump adrenalin into your body from what you - physiologically you'll crash.
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Some people have to move, physically, to get something. But if you're stuck in a chair, that's not your limitation - it's simply not an optimal condition for you.
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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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Procastination is not about not doing is about not doing and feeling crappy.
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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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There is usually an inverse proportion between how much something is on your mind and how much it´s getting done!
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People allow themselves to get distracted I think ultimately, probably the biggest thing that gets in the way of people doing what they ought to be doing at any point in time is distraction.
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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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