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"What you do today determines where you will be in a year, two years, and even ten years from now. Every single day, we keep on doing things that we donβt desire. Iβm not talking about paying the bills or cleaning your toilet. Iβm talking about how you invest the majority of your time. The time that sums up your life."
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Itβs easy to read an article or listen to some advice and apply it for a day. But thatβs useless. We only make real progress and achieve big things by doing small things every single day.
When you do the little things every day, they add up. And over time, they form big things like a strong body & mind, self-reliance, a large investment portfolio, and so forth.
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When you complain every day, eat junk food, and never work out, those things add up too. Thatβs how we become miserable. You almost never hear about how one single moment destroyed a personβs life. Of course, tragedies happen. But for the majority of us, we simply let life slip away from us. We decide not to do it today. Because βwhatβs the point?β Well, hereβs the point: Life is good if you know how to live it.
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"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.β
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Because focusing on a single thing is one of the hardest things at work. Thereβs always something that interrupts you, right?
Sure, you can blame those things, but everybody knows that those things canβt interrupt you without your permission. That means every time youβre not focused; youβre giving someone or something permission to enter your mind. Scary, isnβt it?
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We accumulate so much unnecessary baggage throughout the years that we consistently need to eliminate: Ideas, Projects, Work, Objects and so forth. If you find yourself struggling to focus, try this strategy: Make your life so simple that itβs a breeze to live.Β
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All you need to do [to increase serotonin levels] is remember positive events that have happened in your life. This simple act increases serotonin production in the anterior cingulate cortex, which is a region just behind the prefrontal cortex that controls attention.Β
When serotonin goes up, your focus goes up. Ultimately, thatβs what you should do.
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Procrastination is not innocent behavior. Itβs a sign of poor self-regulation.Β ResearchersΒ even compare procrastination to alcohol and drug abuse. Itβs serious.
The present evidence suggests that procrastinators enjoy themselves rather than working at assigned tasks, until the rising pressure of imminent deadlines forces them to get to work. In this view, procrastination may derive from a lack of self-regulation and hence a dependency on externally imposed forces to motivateΒ work.
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What you really need is a system for doing work. A lot of people shy away from routines, systems and frameworks because they want to have βfreedom.β Iβm sorry to disappoint you: Freedom is your enemy. The fact is that, if you want to get things done, you need rules.Β
Some things research proved to be effective:
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If you want to manage your time better, you have to know where it goes first.Β
How do you know your time? Keep an activity log. An activity log is exactly what you imagine β an hour by hour record of what youβre doing throughout the day.
Boom. Thatβs it. Know where your time goes. Identify the critical tasks from the trivial tasks in your life. And cut the trivial, time-wasting, tasks.Β
βThat simple?βΒ Yes. If you want to be a super effective person, you regularly keep a log.
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Most people are afraid to say no. Maybe you donβt want to let people down. Maybe you are uncomfortable with the word no. Doesnβt matter, really. What matters is this: If you keep saying yes, youβre living someone elseβs life.
Think about it. Deep down, we all know that itβs true. Weβre not even in control of our own time. Want to be in full control of your life? Say no to a million things and yes to a few things that matter.
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Effectiveness, however, refers to getting theΒ rightΒ things done. And if you want to do your job well, earn money, live a meaningful life, or learn skills, that is what matters the most.Β
Otherwise, you just run around in circles. You might appear busy, but you wonβt achieve anything meaningful. In other words: Itβs easy to do useless work. Work that doesnβt bring you closer to the outcomes you desire.
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"Results matter the most. Practically, that means this: You might work for 50 hours a week, but if you donβt experience any growth personally, emotionally, financially, youβre not effective."
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Also, if youβre more productive than average people:
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"βI suck!β No, you donβt. βWhy?β You got out of bed this morning, right? βYeah.β Congratulations. You survived this hard thing called LIFE. Be proud of yourself. Everything you do after getting out of bed is a win."
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