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Re-work Is The Key
- Re-work being more important than more work.
- Showing up matters. It’s better to go to class than to skip the lecture. It’s better to respond to your emails than to not write them. It’s better to go to the gym than to avoid working out.
- For top performers the key is re-work, not simply more work.
- Re-work eventually produces the type of works that's distinct and unique to your own vision, strength and individuality.
- The result is that creative sparks that makes your work unique from the others.
- It's like sharpening your own knife to the shape that's yours truly.
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Consistency Lead to Success
- Mastery requires consistency. That includes ideas like putting in your reps, improving your average speed, and falling in love with boredom.
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You Have the Choice
- How do you know the right answer? You don’t.
- Nobody knows the best bus, but if you want to fulfill your potential you must choose one.
- This is one of the central tensions of life. It’s your choice, so you must choose
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How to Achieve Your Goals / Destination Easily With Predictability
- Stay on the bus.
- Go on your own unique different route while staying on the bus.
- Keep on doing that (specialisation, focus & deliberate consistency), progress & improve.
- Reach t...
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“Stay on the Bus”
"Stay on the bus. Stay on the f*cking bus. Because if you do, in time, you will begin to see a difference.”
The buses that move out of Helsinki stay on the same line, but only for a while—maybe a kilometer or two. Then they begin to separate, each number heading of...
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It’s Not the Work, It’s the Re-Work
- Average college students learn ideas once. The best college students re-learn ideas over and over.
- Average employees write emails once. Elite novelists re-write chapters again and again.
- Average fitness enthusiasts mindles...
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A lot of people put in 10,000 hours. Very few people put in 10,000 hours of revision. The only way to do that is to stay on the bus.
JAMES CLEAR
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Which Bus Will You Ride?
- We are all creators in some capacity.
- Any creator who tries to move society forward will experience failure.
- Too often, we respond to these failures by calling a cab and getting on another bus line. Maybe the ride will be smoother over there.
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Stay On the Bus: The Proven Path to Doing Unique and Meaningful Work
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For example: you are more likely to go to the gym if it is literally on the way home from work than if the gym is only five minutes away, but in the opposite direction of your commute.
E is for Extend
... you must extend beyond what is expected of you. Don’t just complete the task in front of you, go out of your way to make sure it’s done better than anyone else around you could have done it. Do background research. Be more thorough than you think you need to be.
Focus on the Attainable
- If you have never stepped into a gym before, your goal shouldn't be doing 30 minutes on the elliptical on day one. A better goal may be to go for a 20-minute walk.
- If you want to cook more, but have little experience with healthy recipes or are strapped for time, don't exp...
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