2. Adopt a bias towards action.

Most people's approach to work motivation goes like this: they wait to be inspired, then they get to work.

But successful people don’t sit around and wait for inspiration. They just show up and get to work.

• Focus on and give gratitude for what you have, and not what you have lost.
• Take a deep breath when you try to change someone, understand that their faults are part of the package.
• When you have an urge to buy something, wait for 30 days.
• Appreciate your life, refl...

If you want to change the world, it helps to be disciplined, to sit down and do your work even if it’s tedious. 

This is true for farmers, painters, programmers, writers. It takes training to create something, whether it’s a painting or a successful startup. Great success will come to those...