1. Learn to ask why (over and over)
We start out with the hardest question on the planet for most people to answer: "Why? "
- Why do you want that job?
- Why are you so interested in that reward?
- Why are you spending your time--your most valuable and limited resource, by the way--on the specific things that consume your day?
We can answer "why" to most things superficially, but that's not enough.
- I want the job because I want to make money. (OK, but why?)
- Well, I need money because I have to maintain this lifestyle. (OK, but why?)
- If I don't maintain this lifestyle, I'll feel like a failure. (OK, but why?)
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