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Cultivating self-awareness and self-reflection
Prioritizing and setting boundaries for self-care
Practicing mindfulness and presence
Motivation
Truth is, our real motivation is to be lazy and do what is convenient.
Energy is precious and the brain is wired to conserve it whenever possible. It's human nature to follow the Law of Least Effort.
When trying to build a habit, the idea behind make it easy is not to only do easy things. The idea is to make it as easy as possible in the moment to do things that payoff in the long run.
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Planning vs taking action
Motion makes you feel like you're getting things done. But really, you're just preparing to get something done.
Most of the time we're so focused on figuring out the best approach that we never get around to taking action.
Planning and strategizing are all good things, but they don't ...
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The two minute rule
The two minute rule states, "When you start a new habit, it should take less than two minutes to do".
The idea is to make your habits as easy as possible to start.
A new habit should not feel like a challenge. The actions that you follow can be challenging, but the f...
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Waiting for Motivation
Self-disciplined people view motivation as extra credit — nice to have when it shows up, but never to be expected or counted on.
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Why Effective?
The idea behind the technique is that the timer instills a sense of urgency. Rather than feeling like you have endless time in the workday to get things done and then ultimately squandering those precious work hours on distractions, you know you only have 25 minutes to make as much p...
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