“The most invisible form of wasted time is doing a good job on an unimportant task.”

“It generally feels better to run toward something than to run away from something. Focus on what is pulling you in, not what you're trying to avoid.”

“It's easier to notice when you lose money than when you lose time. Be sure you're making the trade you want.”

“Our earth is round, and, among other things, that means that you and I can hold completely different points of view and both be right. The difference of our positions will show stars in your window I cannot even imagine. Your sky may burn with light, while mine, at the same moment, spreads beautiful to darkness. Still we must choose how we separately corner the circling universe of our experience. Once chosen, our cornering will determine the message of any star and darkness we encounter.”

“I would recognize you in total darkness, were you mute and I deaf. I would recognize you in another lifetime entirely, in different bodies, different times. And I would love you in all of this, until the very last star in the sky burnt out into oblivion.”

What is one habit you've formed that had a significant impact on your life?

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“What is right is not always popular, and what is popular is not always right.”

“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”

“Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted.”

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

“You can’t blame gravity for falling in love.”

“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.”

“The only source of knowledge is experience.”

“A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?”

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.”

“Truth is what stands the test of experience.”

“Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.”

“There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.”

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”

“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”

“I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.”

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”

“Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.”

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.”

“The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.”

“All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.”

“To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, require creative imagination and marks real advance in science.”

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”

“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.”

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”

“I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself.”

“Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.”

“Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.”

“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” ~

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”

Albert Einstein Quotes. Here is the collection of most insightful Einstein quotes that will change your mind-set about life and success

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110 Albert Einstein Quotes that will inspire and motivate you

Just because you feel stuck doesn’t mean it’s time to overhaul your life completely. Often, it’s just a matter of finding the “friction point.” Is there one area of your life you can adjust to get back on track?Take a second to review the different facets of your life. What’s working and what’s not? Is the blockage something complex like “happiness” or “meaning” or just a matter of changing jobs or getting out of that horrible relationship?Often, it’s just a matter of clearing that one choke point. This can feel distressing because we want to think we have that area of life “solved.”

Simplify And Pivot

So you’re looking for Life 2.0. (Or maybe Life 7.2.)The first step is to start generating ideas. Don’t hold back. Remove all your “this isn’t reasonable” filters and let it pour out on paper or a Word doc.“But I couldn’t possibly…” Yes, you could. You could move to Tibet and don saffron robes. Write it all down. No self-censoring just yet. Drag your inner critic out of the building with a giant fishhook. Just vomit ideas and dreams down onto the page.Research consistently shows quantity produces quality. The people who generate the most ideas end up generating the best ideas with time.

New Idea Generation

If you are to find your ultimate life path it would be an excellent idea to look somewhere other than your living room. The only ideas that will work are those that have been tried and tested in the real world to see if they bring you joy, are interesting and have the proper “fit.”What produces “hot streaks” in careers — when someone does awesome thing after awesome thing? Research shows it comes down to “explore-exploit.” You spend time looking for ideas and cheaply test them for validity. Then, when you find one that works, you go all in.

Experiments

You’re moving forward on your new path but it’s taking longer than you thought and it’s harder than you thought. You’re in a Mexican standoff between who you are and who you want to be.It can feel like an epic Greek myth — but you’re Sisyphus. We always slow down in the middle. So break it up into sub-goals. You can’t get stuck in the middle if there is no middle.

The Muddy Middle

You were stuck and you don’t want to be stuck again. You want this to be perfect… And that’s a problem.In 1956, economist Herb Simon posited there way two perspectives on decision-making: maximizing and satisficing. Maximizing is aiming for total perfection. Satisficing is aiming for “good enough.” Which one do you think is preferable?Perfectionism makes us miserable. Are you on some kind of kamikaze mission? Satisfice and strive for excellence instead of perfection.

Excellence vs Perfection

This is not a clean, linear path. Neither is life. You’re going to have to cycle through a few times to get unstuck.

We all reach a point in life where we feel stuck. So what does the research say about how to get unstuck? Here's the answer...

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This Is How To Get Unstuck: 5 Secrets From Research - Barking Up The Wrong Tree

“Just because improvements aren’t visible doesn’t mean they aren’t happening.You’re not going to see the number change each time you step on the scale. You’re not going to finish a chapter each time you sit down to write.Early wins come easy. Lasting wins require a lifestyle.”

“One of the most valuable skills in life is being able to see another person’s perspective.If you’re going to someone’s house, think about how it might feel to be the host. If you’re creating a product, spend as much time as possible thinking like the customer. If you’re calling customer service, think about how it might feel to be on the other end of the conversation.The more clearly you understand the viewpoint of your spouse or customer or coworker, the better positioned you are to find a solution.”

“Live the Pareto Principle lifestyle:Relationships. Who are the few people that have the most positive impact on my life? Spend more time with them.Priorities. What are the few actions that have the most positive impact on my day? Prioritize them.Learning. What are the few information sources I learn the most from? Focus on them.Stress. What are the few sources that cause most of the stress and friction in my life? Eliminate them."

“You’re never ready for what you have to do. You just do it. That makes you ready.”

“The most appealing daily schedule I know is that of a turn-of-the-century Danish aristocrat. He got up at four and set out on foot to hunt black grouse, wood grouse, woodcock, and snipe. ....“Take a quick dip, relax with a schnapps and a sandwich, stretch out, have a smoke, take a nap or just rest, and then sit around and chat until three. Then I hunt some more until sundown, bathe again, put on a white tie and tails to keep up appearances, eat a huge dinner, smoke a cigar and sleep like a log until the sun comes up again to redden the eastern sky. This is living … Could it be more perfect?”

What are the current habits that are hindering your future progress?

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3-2-1: One of the most valuable skills in life, and starting before you feel ready

Everyone and their TV commercial want you to believe that the key to a good life is a more admirable job, a more rugged car, a prettier girlfriend, or a hot tub with an inflatable pool for the kids. The world constantly tells you that the path to a better life is more, more, more—buy more, own more, make more, f*ck more, be more. You are constantly bombarded with messages to give a f*ck about everything, all the time. Give a f*ck about a new TV. Give a f*ck about having a better vacation than your coworkers. Give a f*ck about buying that new lawn ornament. Give a f*ck about the latest gadget.

How Consumerism Works

“My guess: because giving a f*ck about more stuff is good for their business.And while there’s nothing wrong with good business, the problem is that giving too many f*cks is bad for your mental peace & health. It causes you to become overly attached to the superficial and fake, to dedicate your life to chasing a mirage of happiness and satisfaction.The key to a good life is not giving a f*ck about more; it’s giving a f*ck about less, giving a f*ck about only what is true and immediate and important.”-Mark Manson.

Why They Do So?

Life itself is a form of suffering. The rich suffer because of their riches. The poor suffer because of their poverty. People without a family suffer because they have no family. People with a family suffer because of their family. People who pursue worldly pleasures suffer because of their worldly pleasures. People who abstain from worldly pleasures suffer because of their abstention.This isn’t to say that all suffering is equal. Some suffering is certainly more painful than other suffering. But we all must suffer nonetheless.

About Suffering

Happiness comes from solving problems. The keyword here is “solving.” If you’re avoiding your problems or feel like you don’t have any problems, then you’re going to make yourself miserable. If you feel like you have problems that you can’t solve, you will likewise make yourself miserable. The secret sauce is in the solving of the problems, not in not having problems in the first place.To be happy we need something to solve. Happiness is therefore a form of action; it’s an activity, not something that is passively awarded to you, not something that you magically discover in a top G-articles.

Where Happiness Comes From?

Happiness is a constant work-in-progress, because solving problems is a constant work-in-progress—the solutions to today’s problems will lay the foundation for “tomorrow’s problems, and so on. True happiness occurs only when you find the problems you enjoy having and enjoy solving.Sometimes those problems are simple: eating good food, traveling to some new place, winning at the new video game you just bought. Other times those problems are abstract and complicated: fixing your relationship with your mother, finding a career you can feel good about, developing better friendships.

Happiness is a Continuous Activity

Truth is that there’s no such thing as a personal problem. If you’ve got a problem, chances are millions of other people have had it in the past, have it now, and are going to have it in the future. Likely people you know too. That doesn’t minimize the problem or mean that it shouldn’t hurt. It doesn’t mean you aren’t legitimately a victim in some circumstances.It just means that you’re not special.

You Are Not Special

The rare people who do become truly exceptional at something do so not because they believe they’re exceptional. On the contrary, they become amazing because they’re obsessed with improvement. And that obsession with improvement stems from an unerring belief that they are, in fact, not that great at all.It’s anti-entitlement.People who become great at something become great because they understand that they’re not already great—they are mediocre, they are average—and that they could be so much better.

Anti Entitlement

Consumer culture is very good at making us want more & more. Underneath all the hype & marketing is the implication that more is always better. I bought into this idea for years. Make more money, visit more countries, and have more experiences.More is not always better. In fact, the opposite is true. We are actually often happier with less. When we’re overloaded with options, we suffer from what psychologists call the paradox of choice.The more options we’re given, the less satisfied we become with whatever we choose because we’re aware of all the other options we’re potentially forfeiting.

Freedom Through Commitment

A counterintuitive Approach to a good life, Helps us to be Happier, Stronger. Stop trying to be positive all the time.

#1 New York Times BestsellerOver 10 million copies soldIn this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected American society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited—"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.

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Mark Manson (born 1984) is a professional blogger, entrepreneur, and former dating coach. Since 2007, he's been helping people with their emotional and relationship problems. He has worked with thousands of people from over 30 different countries. He regularly writes and updates his blog at: www.markmanson.net

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1."When you see a good move, look for a better one”

2.“Nothing excites jaded Grandmasters more than a theoretical novelty”

3.“The Pin is mightier than the sword”

4.“We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a Chess player's nature”

5.“All I want to do, ever, is just play Chess”

6.“A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror”

7.“The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the Universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature and the player on the other side is hidden from us”

8.“Adequate compensation for a sacrifice is having a sound combination leading to a winning position; adequate compensation for a blunder is having your opponent snatch defeat from the jaws of victory”

9.“Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation”

10.“I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves”

11.“Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game”

12.“Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events”

13.“Even the laziest King flees wildly in the face of a double check!”

14.“Combinations have always been the most intriguing aspect of Chess. The masters look for them, the public applauds them, the critics praise them. It is because combinations are possible that Chess is more than a lifeless mathematical exercise. They are the poetry of the game; they are to Chess what melody is to music. They represent the triumph of mind over matter”

15."I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess; Others give only 2 percent"

16.“Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders”

17.“Chess is no whit inferior to the violin, and we have a large number of professional violinists”

18.﻿“Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack”

19.“The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake”

20.🎉“Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate body from mind”

Thank you for reading. Here is a little reward for you: A plus quote.Cheers! PN.: Shoutout for S_H_A_R_K on <a href="https://www.chess.com/member/s_h_a_r_k">chess.com</a>. Thanks for the source!

+1“Chess is like war on a board”

Here are some famous chess related quotes. I hope you will like them.

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Your efforts will always pay off.You'll always be paid in lessons and experience.Introspecting your feelings, ideas, and progress helps unlock those lessons.

Progress is great. But are you progressing on the right things?Noticing your negative feelings can tell you what’s wrong:<ul><li>Misalignment between actions and values/purpose/goals</li><li>Flaws in your strategy and execution</li><li>Overexertion</li></ul>

😶 Feelings

As you work towards your goal, you’re likely to encounter new information and perspectives.These can spark ideas for:<ul><li>improving your quality of work</li><li>improving your systems & processes</li></ul>

💡 Ideas

Most systems boil down to these 3 questions:<ul><li>How much progress (relative to a goal) did I accomplish?</li><li>What actions were effective in creating this progress?</li><li>What didn’t work, and how can I do better?</li></ul> Feel free to use more prompts to get a more detailed analysis.

📈 Progress

<ul><li>Double down on the actions that worked</li><li>Re-alignment (if necessary)</li><li>Experiment with ideas (and iterate)</li></ul>

🤨 What to do with all this data?

<ul><li>Introspect consistently (daily, weekly, etc.)</li><li>Record them in your note-taking system</li><li>Refer to your records whenever needed</li></ul>

How to collect these data?

You might like my weekly newsletter, <a href="https://teaforthought.ck.page/tea">Tea For Thought</a>!I'm on a mission to find and implement life-tweaking ideas for designing and living an intentional life.📕 Bonus: I’ve also tied the above concepts together into a simple weekly reflection template.If you subscribe now, you’ll receive the template link in the welcome email.<a href="https://teaforthought.ck.page/tea">Come learn with me :)</a>

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Your efforts will always pay off. Introspection helps with extracting those rewards.

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3 data points to collect for faster goal achievement

“Buying your kids the best will never replace giving your kids your best.”

“The best way to change the world is in concentric circles: start with yourself and work your way out from there.”

“Be excited for people when they succeed.When a friend or family member reaches an important milestone like getting a promotion or making their first sale or scoring acceptance into their desired program, celebrate it. Buy them a drink. Send them a card. Tell them you’re proud to know them.Being thrilled on someone’s behalf is a lovely way to be. Winning is better when shared.”

“Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.”

“I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I do grow I did not breed or perfect the seeds.I do not make any of my own clothing.I speak a language I did not invent or refine.I did not discover the mathematics I use....... I am moved by music I did not create myself.When I needed medical attention, I was helpless to help myself survive.I did not invent the transistor, the microprocessor, object oriented programming, or most of the technology I work with.I love and admire my species, living and dead, and am totally dependent on them for my life and well being.”

If I do nothing, what will happen? If I act right now, what will happen? Sometimes you need to let go. Sometimes you need to get going.

3-2-1: The best way to change the world, celebrating others' success, and learning to listen

Being a lean entrepreneur is NOT second best Who says you got to do what everyone is doing? If the PROCESS of handling lots of employees and raising funds gives you a massive headache; Won't happy sustainable profits while still being able to deliver impact to the clients you serve, be better? Process yes !!!- Don't go for the goal and forget the process If you can't figure out your process RIGHTThere will be NO OUTCOME

Figure Out your Process FIRST

When someone wields a "power over" situation on you, this happens.In fact it is very common because of power differentials.- People with a higher position or status are less likely to be held accountable for gaslighting or overreacting.This is common in churches, schools communities and offices.In work places employees often feel powerless and hurt when their superiors wield this.This creates an unnecessary eggshell environment -fear based settings where everyone is on edge.With awareness, change will come from the individual.Insights: Brene Brown

Emotions & Awareness 

Even if it hurts. Because it will help you break through into the better version of yourself.If you're facing difficulty that means you're resisting change. Change is nature. It is something that is happening every day around you. Look at nature. the trees the flowers the insects. Growing and releasing. Even you are different one minute ago.

Change Is A Gift

Our mind is an amazing organ. It took me a long time to get used to embracing fear. It wasn't easy but worth it. (Quite similar to how habits are being formed.) No. I'm NOT 100% fearless. We don't have to be. Fear is protective and we need this too. 😌 So here's how it works for me:Anytime I needed courage, mentally I start thinking through processes in baby steps. 🪜 Eg Like research, focus groups, switching on awareness so that I start paying more attention. It's like guiding yourself step by step. And then into action. ☝️Most importantly give yourself time.

Shifting Paradigms 1

If you think you're slower, that's ok. Just start more often and start prepping earlier. Even getting mentally prepped of what's to come in a logical manner helps your guts. + It will help you soothe that irrational emotional fear Don't let irrational fear stop you. It's time to take back control and rewrite your story. Collectively we created a program to help you. 👉A safe space for brave failing and transformation Let us know how we can be of assistance

Shifting Paradigms 2

We're here not just to be mundane. Freedom is about choices. You have to be rich to be free.Find the things that make you feel free. Fall in the deepest love. (I did experience it with another.) It's painful probably because I didn't fall in love with myself deeply enough.You are going to be okay. You will figure things out. Discover the things that fill you with purpose that make you want to wake up every day. Feel the hope growing within all the pain the past has buried within you.There is no timeline for this discovery and growth. The only thing? It's this: you want to do it.

Freedom Is Your Ultimate 

So even when no one appreciates your value, you know you still deserve a pat on the back for having the courage to take imperfect action. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS8CkhSQS/For more candid Adventures, Follow me on tik tok

 Know Your Worth

"Open the door into your secret world and get real with your self" This means being in tune with your emotions, your experiences, your highs and lows.Doing so will increase our awareness and then we'll be able to align. Align with what? The inner and external agreement with yourself. In the simplest terms: You say what you think and do what you say.

Alignment 

I had an interesting meeting with someone (X) who wants to Branding. It got me baffled because when I found out that 'X' is doing very well monetarily, it got me thinking. What are you lacking that you need more? I checked everything. From presence to materials. Most basics are up. But they are not working WHY? Then it struck me: There is a lack of direction/confusion. 🙈When we get too rich and go nowhere It's a warning sign.Because when you're misaligned or bluntly put: confused The shit's bound to come 🫴

Personal Branding 1

Our clarity especially in the inner world of emotions acts like a roadmap. Your values and goals come next. The commercialisation will then complement this intrinsic foundation.Fix Manage Conquer Connect Who are you? And Why?My way of Personal Branding:First I understand. Where are you breaking up on? It is not just for commercialisation. It's also identifying and managing and transforming YOU; the individual. 🌟Into awareness, understanding and realisation 🦄This is when transformation and breakthroughs occurThis is where you'll be able to scale to the next arena.

Personal Branding 2

“Why do I share so many stories case studies, anecdotes that have nothing to do with work?"In truth, I share about life beyond work because we have a life beyond work. I share in the hope that you will come to see yourself and become more aware of how your thoughts and actions are also affecting the people around you. Branding are the tools you use to get to where you want to go and to build your influence as the empowered individual who then connects externally outwards. P/s: The cycle is dynamic and works externally in too.What is it that you're stuck with?

Personal Branding 3

Life is like an aquarium of fish A botany of plants or Like a slow cooker YOU GOTTA ENJOY THE PROCESS-The people-The connection Fast game or slow burn: at the pace you can work with..Because ultimately our ending is the same. Don't end up wondering "If Only"

Life Is Internal And External 

Get to know yourself and you'll know what fits well

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The Internal Journey

The flow state is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, involvement, and enjoyment in the process.Flow is all about finding a balance between a skill and how challenging it is. It requires a high level of concentration, however, it should be effortless.

Understanding the flow state

Athletes, writers, creatives, and artists will all tell you the same thing about the importance of flow in our lives: it is the gateway to unlocking our highest levels of performance, productivity, and personal satisfaction.Flow also gives us a sense of purpose, a feeling of being aligned with our truest selves, and a profound satisfaction that comes from living fully in the present.

Why flow matters

<ul><li>The foundation</li><li>How to flow</li></ul>

How to achieve a flow state of mind

<ol><li>Enjoyment – How could you ever flow with something you don’t like?</li><li>Awareness – To enter the flow state you need to be aware of every emotion and sensation you experience during the activity. You can practice mindfulness through activities like <a href="https://giovannispezia.com/how-to-start-meditating-the-easy-way/">meditation</a> and <a href="https://giovannispezia.com/journaling/">journaling</a>.</li></ol>Optimize those first. The rest follows.

The foundation

<ol><li>Create a distraction-free environment: Minimize interruptions and <a href="https://giovannispezia.com/how-to-break-phone-addiction/">remove distractions like notifications and phones</a>.</li><li>Challenge yourself: Engage in activities that slightly exceed your current abilities.</li><li>Immerse yourself completely: Bring full attention to the present moment.</li><li>Manage time and energy: Schedule flow-inducing activities during your most energized periods and take breaks when needed.</li><li>Practice mindfulness and meditation: Mindfulness is a key part of finding your flow.</li></ol>

How to flow

<a href="https://giovannispezia.com/how-to-find-your-flow-in-2023/">Read the full article to discover a simple action plan you can start following here!</a>Thank You for reading,Until next time✌

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