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How to set achievable goals
How to create and stick to a schedule
How to break down large projects into smaller manageable tasks
The fact that failure will happen is not an excuse for expecting to fail.
...even if you fail. Realize that no single choice is destined to fail, but that occasional failure is the cost you have to pay if you want to be right.
Expect to win and play like it from the outset.
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Break down topics that are too big to master into smaller tasks that can be mastered.
If you want to get better at making accurate first choices, then play in a smaller arena.
As Neils Bohr, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, famously said, “An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
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Given that your first choice is likely to be wrong, the best thing you can do is get started.
The faster you learn from being wrong, the sooner you can discover what is right.
For complex situations like relationships or entrepreneurship, you literally have to start before you feels ready because it’s not possible for anyone to be truly ready. The ...
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Choices that seem poor in hindsight are an indication of growth, not self-worth or intelligence.
When you look back on your choices from a year ago, you should always hope to find a few decisions that seem stupid now because that means you are growing.
If you only live in the safety zone where you know you can’t mess up, then you’ll never unleash your...
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The time to trust your gut is when you have the knowledge or experience to back it up.
You can trust yourself to make sharp decisions in areas where you already have proven expertise.
For everything else, the only way to discover what works is to adopt a philosophy of experimentation.
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Failure Is Life’s Greatest Teacher
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Failure Is An Opportunity To Learn
To get good at a game, you need to get to know the rules of the universe well and to develop the necessary skills. To do this, you need to fail many times.
Once you get into this mindset of “failure is merely a teaching tool,” you’ll start to apply it to other aspects of life without eve...
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