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You don't actually do a project you can only do action steps related to it. When enough of the right action steps have been taken, some situation will have been created that matches your initial picture of the outcome closely enough that you can call it done.
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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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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 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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It's easier to change directions if you are in motion.
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Distracting reactions about anything undermine a clear mind about anything else.
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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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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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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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The ancestor of every action is a thought. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Review your list as often as you need to get them off your mind.
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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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The better you get, the better you better get.
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Want freedom? Get organized. Want to get organized? Get creative.
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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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Mosquitoes can ruin the hunt for big game.
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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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Most of the stress people experience comes from inappropriately managed commitments they make or accept.
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Procastination is not about not doing is about not doing and feeling crappy.
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