<ul><li>Not doing something will always be faster than doing it. </li><li>This statement reminds of the old computer programming saying, “Remember that there is no code faster than no code.”</li></ul>

Saying No

<ul><li>We agree to many requests not because we want to do them, but because we don't want to be seen as rude, arrogant, or unhelpful. </li><li>Often, you have to consider saying no to someone you will interact with again in the future.</li></ul>

Why We Say Yes

<ul><li>Saying no saves you time in the future.</li><li>Saying yes costs you time in the future.</li><li>No is a form of time credit. You retain the ability to spend your future time however you want.</li><li>Yes is a form of time debt. You have to pay back your commitment at some point.</li><li>No is a decision. Yes is a responsibility.</li></ul>

Difference Between Yes And No

<ul><li>Saying no is an important skill to develop at any stage of your career because it retains the most important asset in life: your time. </li><li>As the investor Pedro Sorrentino put it, “If you don’t guard your time, people will steal it from you.”</li></ul>

The Role Of No

<ul><li>Upgrading your no doesn't mean you'll never say yes.</li><li> It just means you default to saying no and only say yes when it really makes sense.</li><li> To quote the investor Brent Beshore, “Saying no is so powerful because it preserves the opportunity to say yes.”</li></ul>

Upgrading Your No

<ul><li><a href="https://deepstash.com/idea/262067/stop-doing-whats-not-working">This is similar to the well-known “Hell Yeah or No” method from Derek Sivers.</a></li><li>If someone asks you to do something and your first reaction is “Hell Yeah!”, then do it. If it doesn't excite you, then say no.</li></ul>

When To Say No

<ul><li>More effort is wasted doing things that don't matter than is wasted doing things inefficiently. </li><li>And if that is the case, elimination is a more useful skill than optimization.</li></ul>

The Power Of Saying No

"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all."

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The Ultimate Productivity Hack is Saying No

If you look at the Earth from another part of the universe, we are celestial beings. It is just a question of perspective.

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Mystic Quotes - Sadhguru

First try to figure out the reasons why you don't want to work...is it because you are unwell?...or is it because you are worrying about something else...

Think and Analyze

Write down the things bugging you...this will help you get things off your mindTry talking to yourself, explain the situation to yourself

Do a brain dump

It's never bad to take a break, even a small one works...do something that makes you happy or go out and see the outside world...

Pamper Yourself 

Listen to some good musicWatch an inspiring YouTube video or a ted talkYou can even talk to your colleagues maybe they are in a similar situation as you

Do something motivating 

WASH YOUR FACEDRINK WATER TAKE A DEEP BREATHE (and realise that you are not  suffering alone)START WITH A LIGHTER TASK AND YOU WILL FIND THE WORKAHOLIC YOU AGAIN :)

Returning back

Take frequent breaks and don't overwork yourself Everyone has tough times......

Believe in yourself

I have had my fair share of days procrastinating and not knowing what to do...these are some things that usually work for me so I hope it does for you too :)

Understand yourself and those around you.

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How to work when you don't want to...

"The secret of the Law of Attraction is to Love yourself."~Deepak Chopra

As it turns out, the law of attraction most people imbibe in fulfilling their desires has its own principles or laws as well. These laws determine how potent manifestation of attraction could be.

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Motivation & Inspiration

The 7 Laws of Attraction.

<ol><li>Solving a Rubik's cube</li><li>Learning to play a song on a musical instrument</li><li>Bottle flip or Juggle</li><li>Learn Humor</li><li>Learn to break an apple with your bare hands</li><li>Learn to attach papers without a stapler</li><li>Folding your clothes in less than 2 seconds</li><li>Origami Art</li><li>How to tie a tie</li><li>The basics of coding</li><li>Touch typing</li><li>Learn to whistle with a finger</li><li>Learn to MOONWALK</li><li>Magic tricks</li><li>The basics of Coding</li><li>Learn to write with your non-dominant hand</li><li>Speak the alphabets or numbers reverse</li><li>Roll a coin across your knuckles</li><li>Learn the basics of a new language</li><li>Learn the basics of martial arts</li></ol>

Skills you can learn within 1 week to impress just about anyone

You can use your free time productively by investing in these skills to impress anybody!!!

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50 Skills You Can Learn Independently in Five Hours or Less! – Day Zero Project

How do you keep writing when you have anxiety? When you feel like you’re just barely making it through your life? Like the whole thing is one big blur of “If I could just finish this one thing, then…” ? By experimenting and learning from others, I found 5 things that really helped me to overcome my anxiety so that I had enough headspace left to do something I wanted to do: write.

Tell me if this sounds familiar: You’re constantly working on your novel, thinking about your novel, or doing other things so you can write your novel…but you never seem to make any progress. You’re exhausted. And you’re not getting anywhere.When you write, only write, and give yourself a break from it so your mind can recharge. Choose to write only on Monday/Wednesday nights. Or only on Sunday mornings. You can choose the schedule that works for your lifestyle, but make sure you don’t let the hours overlap too much or your writing will start feeling like ‘junk food’ again.

Give Yourself Weekends Off

If there’s one thing that will screw you up hardcore and keep you from getting anything done, it’s multitasking.<ul><li>Taking a “quick break” while writing to check social media </li><li>Allowing notification banners on your desktop to pop while you’re writing</li><li>Popping back and forth among a dozen browser tabs looking for the one that had that picture you wanted to use as your protagonist’s inspiration</li><li>Googling “research” for your novel while you’re also in Scrivener trying to draft the scene</li><li>Moving your cat’s tail from the keyboard… again</li></ul>

Don't Multitasking

When you’ve got anxiety (or you’re someone who’s grown up/lived around the Internet for a while), focus can be really  hard. Fortunately, your brain CAN be trained. You have to make a conscious effort to make the change. This means: <ol><li>Setting yourself up for success </li><li>Developing awareness for distractions</li><li>Start by trying to focus on just one big task per day </li><li>Repeating this until it’s natural — all habits take time to build; give yourself a month to 6 weeks to feel like “a natural” at focusing on your writing.</li></ol>

The key to avoiding anxiety is to make sure it stays a passion and doesn’t become a chore. <ul><li>Where does your mind go in boring meetings? (stop multitasking, though!) </li><li>If you had to write every single day for the rest of your life, how could you make that feel like a reward? </li><li>What’s your Magnum Opus going to be? </li> </ul>

Remember/Rekindle Your Passion

Here’s an exercise that will help you focus your mind on writing, keep your creativity flowing, and reduce your anxiety all at once: Every day, for just 3 minutes, meditate on your current WIP. Do it until you can call up every aspect of your plot and characters immediately, even when you’re doing other things. Then keep doing it. It’s amazing the 180 you can do when you think about something for just 180 seconds.

Daydream About Your WI

As someone with anxiety who used to love to write these tips are helping me get back into the habit without the guilt

You want to be a successful novelist, but it's hard to focus when you're so stressed out. How do you keep writing when you have anxiety?

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How to keep writing when you have anxiety ⋆ Books & Alchemy

Chase your dreamsReach up highTake actionAll the time, we are asked to seek action<ul><li>What do I need to do?</li><li>How do I get there?</li><li>What's next?</li></ul>

But more often than not, action needs motivation and visualization.I remind myself by actually writing down the words.Commiting and tracking my goals.I truly believe, A Goal properly set is halfway reached.

In all of the hustle and bustle,I also feel the need to look inward and ask my self the questions that really matter.<ul><li>What do I truly want?</li><li>What am I grateful for?</li><li>What drives me?</li></ul>I never want to forget the need to pause.I have to protect the necessary moments of stillness that fuels me to keep going.From my personal experiences, I'm sharing with you a Tool, a friend, A guide Idea I created that will be with you. Whether it's an overwhelming, busy day or a quite, solitary afternoon filled with reflection. I'M THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY✨

DREAM KEEPER

The constant push of advertisements and commercials in this day and age makes us see more fascinating products than ever. There's always a new and better smartphone, shoes, laptops, etc. They can be huge distractions and may result in potentially wasted money.

How Materialistic Thoughts Trick Us Into Spending More

A lot of times when we are tempted by a specific product, usually expensive ones, we try to convince ourselves that we need it by making a habit or lifestyle out of the product. We create dreams of using that product to live a better lifestyle and develop habits from using them.For example, I see a shiny new shoe. Someone like me, who has never ran before, will start thinking: "hmm, maybe it's about time I start running/jogging regularly". Note that the reason for developing this habit is more inclined towards using those shiny new shoes rather than for improving my own health.

"I Need This To Start My Habit"

In a lot of cases, materialistic things won't make us develop a habit or make us better as something. Buying an expensive pair of shoes won't make me jog regularly; an expensive smartphone won't make me a productivity master; an expensive drawing tablet won't make a better artist; an expensive laptop won't make a better programmer; an expensive ereader won't create a habit of reading out of thin air.

Do We Really Need It

When tempted by these thoughts, it is important to take a step back and ask ourselves whether we are just making an excuse to buy something. A habit must come from within, not externally.If the habit/skill requires something to start, buy something cheaper or find substitutes with things you already own, develop a habit from it, then decide whether or not you'd like to upgrade into a better device/tool.Materialistic things are simply tools that assist and enhance your experience, they are not the core of the habit. Knowing this can save us a lot of energy and money.

Purchasing For The Sake Of Habits/Skills

More often than not I find myself wanting to buy things that I don't need, yet I can still come up with reasons of why I need that thing. It often results in me not using them after a week and wasting my time, money and energy.

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Lazy is when we feel that our life is not having a direction, Or we haven't found what really gives us energy. i don't think being lazy is a character but actually A signal or indication that it is not something we like or enjoy. So when you feel lazy, maybe the motivation isn't there yet and you have to look for it.

What's Lazy

Know yourself, what do you like? What are your strengths? Knowing yourself is important. For middle school and high school You can try to get to know yourself by what your hobbies are? What class do you like at school?etc, And that's where you will get the signals. Remember-"Surprising things/Great things come when you push yourself, and when you're not in your comfort zone"

How to Motivate Yourself? As a Student

<ul><li>be yourself</li><li>Must stay authentic</li><li>And never show that you want to be someone else, Because The successful essays we make can illustrate that we are unique individuals.</li><li>Don't be afraid to talk to other people. Because listening to input from other people Makes us more flexible,</li><li>We must also be open to other people's suggestions or criticisms because they can be very, very helpful.</li></ul>

Tips For Writing Some Essay

When we are in that environment we may indeed feel some pressure, because we have many shortcomings. But we will realize that all human process in time.

Do n't Compare Yourself With Your Surroundings

Motivation is what gives us the energy to move. i hope you guys enjoy reading

Tips Avoid Lazy

The cycle of "One Day" is the reason I am not at my goal weight, not at the skill level, not at my fill-in-the-blank. One day I will go to the gym, one day I will get my degree, one day I will change to that career track. So start today, you might fail, give yourself grace, and get started that day again! How do we break it?

Breaking The Cycle Of One Day

I find that so much about understanding life is about knowing where you stand inside of it. Gaining a perspective will elevate you to a better place. The biggest perspective change I had was with death 💀. Let's think about time as money 💰The reality is, we are withdrawing from our bank account on day 1. Every single day we are just given an allowance. As the bank account gets smaller. When I finally realized this / accepted it. I gained a lot of perspective. I do not want to get to the end of my life to find out that I spent it on all of the wrong things.

Step One - Gaining Some Perspective

So often we make decisions in the MOMENT rather than making decisions ahead of time. I find that we make BETTER decisions ahead of time because we are not going to "cave" or "change our minds".

Step Two - Make the Decision BEFORE the moment

Having a person that knows your goals and will ask you about them spurs you to accomplish them.

Step Three - Get Accountable

Substituting our distractions with other things that improve our life I have found to aid me in motivating me to change what I spend my time on. The biggest change I made by far was switching all of my social media to LinkedIn. I find that there is a community of people building, inspiring, growing, and supporting others. Joining that during my "downtime" really helped me to start pushing myself.

Step Four - Replace Distractions

People make all of the difference in our life. From what we do or do not do. To what we believe we can or can not accomplish. Find a community of people that inspire you, challenge you, elevate you. Then make sure you be that to someone else one day 😊

Final Thought - Get a Community

The "One Day" cycle is a dangerous lie that we tell ourselves. It's a lie that we can wake up from 10 years later and realize we never really did anything that we really wanted to.

The "One Day" cycle is a dangerous lie that we tell ourselves. It's a lie that we can wake up from 10 years later and realize we never really did anything that we really wanted to. 

The cycle of "One Day" is the reason I am not at my goal weight, not at the skill level, not at my fill-in-the-blank. One day I will go to the gym, one day I will get my degree, one day I will change to that career track. How do we break this cycle of "One Day". Rather than focusing on the future efforts WE BELIEVE are going to happen, how do we shift into working at the moment to get our goals and our vision for our life accomplished? So let us break down a few elements that I think can go into

Breaking the Cycle of "One Day"

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