Siyabonga Nhlengethwa's Key Ideas from How to Have a Good Day
by Caroline Webb
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Energy ⚡
How you achieve any outcome you are pursuing will be based on the amount of energy you are willing to put into the task.
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The Brain🧠
Deliberate system
• The part of your brain responsible for processing information and rational decision making
Automatic System
• Alleviates the deliberate system from menial tasks e.g breathing, movement, blood flow, etc.
Your energy powers both systems mostly the deliberate system. How your energy moves between these systems will influence the output of each system.
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Defend-Discover🛡️
A mind is a survival tool it helps seek out threats and rewards.
Defend- less smart and flexible - Threat seeking
Discover - Motivated for rewards - Reward seeking
Keep a healthy balance between these two. Your body can maintain a perpetual state of stress and a dopamine overdose is not healthy for your performance.
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Perceptions determine Priorities 👀
Your perspective is influenced by the three A's:
• Aim:what matters?
• Attitude: positive/negative
• Attention: focus
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Goals and Goal-setting🎯
Use these two criteria for the pursuit of your goals:
• Approach Goals- Contribute to overall growth (Positive)
• Avoidance Goals- Doing less of the negative
Goal Setting
S.M.A.R.T
• SPECIFIC
• MEASURABLE
• ACHIEVABLE
• REALISTIC
• TIMELY
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Time⏳
Schedule your time according to your energy levels throughout your day
Your energies are normally high in the early hours of the morning (5-12pm) depleting throughout the day depending on the activities done of course.
SET TIME FOR BREAKS
• A break now and then is like hitting refresh on your computer and thinking of it as a reward for the mind
BATCH YOUR TIME
• Spend 1-3 hrs per task
• Helps with flow & focus
• ONE THING AT A TIME
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Relationships👨👩👧
The quality of your relationships determines the quality of your life and energy
• Be with those that feed your energy
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CURATOR'S NOTE
Some days are better than some.Heres some ways to have better days
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