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“So, to prevent fatigue and worry, the first rule is: Rest often. Rest before you get tired.”
If no one in your family or group of friends takes action, why aren’t YOU? By investing time in your relationships, you form group memories. That will only strengthen your relationships.
Making yourself useful ultimately leads to a meaningful life that satisfies all your human needs. That’s why too much rest will make us restless.
Time Blocking is simply using your calendar to block time for your most important priorities. During that time, you only work on that one thing.
“I take time blocking seriously, dedicating ten to twenty minutes every evening to building my schedule for the next day. During this planning process I consult my task lists and calendars, as well as my weekly and quarterly planning notes. My goal is to make sure progress is being made on the right things at the right pace for the relevant deadlines.”
One of the biggest thinking errors that I’ve made was that I thought I needed to know what I exactly wanted to do with my life. The truth is that no one knows what they truly want.
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”
So why do you make things even harder for yourself by doing shit that makes you very uncomfortable? Instead, start from the very bottom. Build a strong foundation. Get comfortable before you do scary stuff.
Stay close to yourself—there’s no point in pushing yourself so badly that your life becomes miserable.
So whatever you do, don’t stay in your comfort zone for too long. Try to keep moving forward every day: Even if it’s just a tiny step.
“You get rid of the thought of competition. You are to create, not to compete for what is already created. You do not have to take anything away from any one.”
But more money is not always better. Many people care more about having fun at work, feeling appreciated, and being happy.
Here’s the thing: It doesn’t matter what others think. If you believe in something and if you can create value, go for it.
That’s how our brain works. Without repetition, we forget things easily. I always look at myself as a beginner.
“The single most important factor in our long-term happiness is the relationships we have with our family and close friends.”
“In order to really find happiness, you need to continue looking for opportunities that you believe are meaningful, in which you will be able to learn new things, to succeed, and be given more and more responsibility to shoulder.”
What you’ll find is that the more you contribute to other people’s lives, the better your relationships will be as a result.
Instead of looking at how others treat you, measure how much time and energy you put into your relationships. That’s the only thing you can control. My experience is that when you make time for the people that matter to you, the relationships improve. And if they do not, the relationship was probably not meant to be. We simply have to move on.
You only have so much time and energy. So if you take on too many things, you end up spread too thin. Instead, it’s much more effective to focus your effort on one thing.
If you take the long road, achieve one goal after the other, and build up your wealth step by step, you are more likely to live a good life. It’s simple. And it always works. People who say it doesn’t just haven’t had the patience to apply it to their own life.
It comes down to this: You’ll get there if you put in the work. Who cares if it’s tomorrow or 20 years? It will happen. That’s all that matters.
