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There are no interruptions, only mismanaged inputs
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The ancestor of every action is a thought. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It's easier to change directions if you are in motion.
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What you'll tend to avoid doing is probably the most important thing you need to do because it'll probably be the most daunting and the most potentially successful thing you could be doing and that's usually out of people's comfort zone.
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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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Your brain has an in-built mechanism for finding patterns you've programmed because of where you've put your attention. Solutions, innovations, and success come not from greater intelligence or creativity but from what we notice because of where we point those attributes
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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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My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard
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There's a lot of reasons why deadline-driven may actually - it's not necessarily a bad thing, it just all it does is it speeds up and makes you a little proactive about decision making.
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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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Distracting reactions about anything undermine a clear mind about anything else.
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There is no reason ever to have the same thought twice, unless you like having that thought.
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You can fool everyone else, but you can't fool your own mind.
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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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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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Review your list as often as you need to get them off your mind.
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You won't see how to do it until you see yourself doing it.
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Procastination is not about not doing is about not doing and feeling crappy.
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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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