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You won't see how to do it until you see yourself doing 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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The reason that deadline actually can work very well for you is what it forces you to do is make decisions.
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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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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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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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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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Focusing on your values may provide you with meaning, but it won't simplify things.
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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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You don't actually do a project you can only do action steps related to it.
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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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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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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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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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You can do anything, but not everything.
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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 better you get, the better you better get.
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You can fool everyone else, but you can't fool your own mind.
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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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It's easier to change directions if you are in motion.
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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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