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If you want to travel the world, now is the best time. If you want to start a business, now is the best time. If you want to go to the gym, now is the best time.
“If you spend your time chasing butterflies, they'll fly away. But if you spend time making a beautiful garden, the butterflies will come. Don't chase, attract.”
Only action can help you achieve your goals, nothing else. No one can help you achieve your goals.
Nobody cares if you’re lazy or not. Nobody cares if you procrastinate or not. Nobody cares if you exercise or not.
Complaining achieves nothing. It fills your mind with worry and negative thoughts.
Overthinking and complaining all the time are terrible for your mental health. You need to act. You can start today, or you can wait 'till tomorrow. The choice is yours.
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now." — Chinese Proverb
Don't worry about it if it’s not your business. If something doesn’t affect you, don’t worry about it. People are constantly worrying about things that don’t impact them. Keep yourself focused on what is truly your concern. You’re the most important person in your life, so make it your goal to do your best for yourself. Stop worrying about other people's opinions. 99% of the opinions you hear are wrong and will not help you. Trust in yourself.
Things aren’t always smooth. Things can go wrong and will go wrong. Your path will have obstacles, but you must progress toward your goals.
Life is not a sprint but a marathon.
“A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there.”
Growth demands that you step out of your comfort zone and do the hard things.
Whenever you’re trying to do something new, always try to keep it as simple as possible.
Don’t try to do too much at one time.
Don’t overcomplicate
You need to delay instant gratification, do hard things, take some stress, and make sacrifices so that you can achieve your future goals.
Self-discipline means doing the things that are good for your future but are hard to do in the present. Going to the gym is hard, but sitting on the couch is easy. It’s hard to start a business, but it's easy to procrastinate.
The time is never going to be perfect. If it becomes perfect, then there is a chance that it’s already too late. You can wait all you want; nothing will happen, or you can start today and move towards achieving your goals. You can’t wait for the perfect time, better resources, or more experience. Even if you don’t have a perfect plan with all the details, you can start today and figure things out along the way.
You will always be lazy if you don’t love what you do.
If your work is repetitive and has no flavor, finding meaning and happiness in the job would be very hard.
If you love your work, there will be no laziness. You will even forget the concept of laziness entirely.
Listen to your inner self; it will guide you.
Following your passion doesn’t guarantee that you will always be happy.
You can’t do everything. We have limited energy and must spend it in the best way possible.
Stop feeding your mind that you’re not good enough to do anything.
"If a decision is reversible, make it as soon as possible. If it is irreversible, make it as late as possible”.
“Your work will fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” — Steve Jobs
If you don’t like your work, change your work. If you don’t like your friends, change your friends. If you don’t like your thinking, change your thinking. If you don’t like your life, change your life.
“You'll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.” — John C. Maxwell
A routine helps your mind to stop thinking all the time about what to do next. You can adjust your routine to make it as perfect
“Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.” — Josh Billings
“20 years from now, the only people who will remember you worked late are your kids.”
"If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster." — Stephen Covey
“If they don’t have what you want, don’t listen to what they say.” — Alex Hormozi
“I am an old man and have known many troubles, most of which never happened.” — Mark Twain
You must classify your worries into two parts: 1) The things that you can control, and you can do something about. 2) The things you can’t control, and you can’t do anything about.
Easy Choices = Hard Life Hard Choices = Easy Life
If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. Learn to delegate if you want to do great things and make a big impact. — John C. Maxwell
20 Productivity Tips I Wish I Had Known Earlier 1) Plan your day. 2) Write everything you want to achieve in a day. 3) Write your goals on a physical paper. 4) Follow the 80/20 Rule. 20% of your work will bring you 80% of your results. 5) Stop Multitasking. Switching tasks reduces your productivity a lot. 6) Focus on one task at a time. 7) Remove all distractions from your environment. 8) When tired, take a nap. 9) Learn to say no. You will never have enough time if you say yes to everything. 10) Delegate all the non-important tasks.
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14) Set deadlines; the task will never be finished without deadlines. 15) Stop focusing on things that don’t help you achieve your goals. 16) Don’t become a perfectionist when it’s not required. 17) Schedule a time when you’re going to check your email. 18) Avoid all unnecessary meetings. 19) Avoid negative people at all costs. 20) Do what you love.
The Four Rules of IKIGAI: 1) Do what you love 2) Do what you're good at 3) Do what the world needs 4) Do what you can be paid for
Pomodoro Technique This technique is very simple. What you need to do is: work for 25 minutes uninterrupted then take a break for 5 minutes and you will repeat that.
you should adjust this technique accordingly.
Two Day Rule
you would not miss anything for two days straight.
