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How to focus on the present moment
How to cultivate empathy and understanding towards others
How to set personal and professional goals
Rapid experimentation
Experiments are so useful because you have facts, not assumptions.
Experiments show you what’s working. You can learn from your mistakes and obtain feedback from others.
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Reflect
The five-hour rule also includes reflecting and thinking. This could be just staring at the wall or jotting down your thoughts.
Focusing on the past gives you a chance to learn from mistakes you've made, as well as assess what you did correctly. As a result, you’ll be better suited t...
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Read
Besides expanding your knowledge, reading can give you a good head start; this is often what your peers cannot obtain.
Even if you can't commit to an hour or more of reading every day, start with 20 to 30 minutes.
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The five-hour rule
No matter how busy successful people are, they always spend at least an hour a day (thus five hours a week) learning or practicing. And they do this across their entire career.
Barack Obama is far from the only leader to credit his success to reading. Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, O...
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Effective feedback
Effective feedback is:
- Objective. Don't let your personal feelings get in the way.
- Timely. Feedback should follow when the event is still fresh.
- Constructive. Give respect and show that you have their best i...
Big decisions are significant because they are rare
We make decisions throughout life. Some decisions are big and affect our lives for years or even decades.
A big decision is so significant because it is rare. You don't get an opportunity to learn from your mistakes. This makes it important to learn from others who have been there ...
Make history your teacher
You can learn from your mistakes.
Instead of [beating yourself up] when you fail to keep your promises to yourself, seek to gain self-knowledge so you won't repeat the error. Be sure to acknowledge what you are doing right, not just what isn't working.
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