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If you want to get rid of an item but the only reason you are holding on to it is for sentimental reasons—if it’s weighing on you, if it’s an anchor—then perhaps it’s time to get rid of it, perhaps it’s time to free yourself of the weight.
Intermittent fasting is a pattern of eating that alternates between periods of fasting (consuming only water) and non-fasting. For example, a person who intermittently fasts might not eat for sixteen hours per day and then eat two or three meals within an eight-hour window.
None of us is perfect, but we all have the capacity to be authentic, to remove the pretense and the facade from our repertoire and just be authentically ourselves, not the people we think we’re supposed to be.
When we appreciate others for who they are, not who we want them to be, then, and only then, will we understand.
Your identity should come from your meaningful life, not from how you earn a paycheck.
People who are passionate about what they do are, in most ways, just like people who aren’t passionate about their work. Some days passionate people don’t want to get out of bed; sometimes they don’t feel like starting work on the new project that’s looming in front of them. Other days they jump out of bed feeling excited and motivated by their mission.
passionate people know what they are passionate about.
Passionate people know what they are most passionate about, but they also know what else they are passionate about: they know what gets them excited, what gets them energized, what gets them into a peak state.
Passionate people turn to their passions when they are feeling uninspired.
you’re not happy with your current situation, but you’re comfortable enough that you don’t want to sacrifice your comfort today for something that could potentially be less comfortable
Once you know what excitement looks and feels like, and you’re able to relate it to specific experiences that have excited you, it’s easier to answer the question What would you do with your life if money wasn’t an object? Answer: I’d do things that excited me every day. So, what excites you the most for the longest period of time? That is likely your passion.
Once you make a change in your life, the journey isn’t over—you must continue making changes if you want to be happy long-term.
Leverage is your ability to associate enough satisfaction with the change that you have no choice but to make the change a must in your life
That is, finding ways to transform the positive experiences you dislike into positive experiences you enjoy is the ticket to changing your life long-term.
Success = Happiness + Constant Improvement
